Citizenship in the Community
Merit Badge Class
Counselor: Mrs. Mary Holmes
Jan 21st, 9-12, Fayetteville Headquarters Library
Scouts: 1st Class or higher AND 7th grade or higher
Only 4 positions available – first come basis
Contact Mrs. Sarah Moorman at snmoorman@nc.rr.com
You must register with Mrs. Moorman and complete assignments prior to the class
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Our Troop enjoying a trip to Busch Gardens. The perfect camping weather and good fun made for a great trip.
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Raven Rock - June 5th
Members of our Troop on a day hike at Raven Rock State Park.
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Agape Camping - April 8-10
A great time was had by all at one
of our favorite places to camp.
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Uwharrie Camping / Hiking
11/12-14
A great time was had by all in the Berkshire Wilderness Area of Uwharrie. We hiked in Friday night, set up camp, slept, woke up and hit the road. Covered 8-10 miles on Saturday and set up camp again. Tired feet + tired Scouts = Great Time!
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Annual Kerr Lake Trip
Believe it or not, this was the 20th trip Venture Patrol (Star rank & age 14) to the Runkle house at Kerr Lake. On Saturday we spent nearly every minute on the water. With tubing, wake boarding, water skiing and wake surfing, I don't think we missed out on any water activities. Our many thanks to the Runkle family for allowing us to use thier lake house for all these many years.
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Summer Camp 2010
Our Summer Camp this year was held at Camp Cherokee near Yanceyville, NC. It was a great camp with wooded hills and 1,400 acres to explore. The camp was well organized and the staff made all the events fun to attend.
Our Scouts earned over 65 merit badges during the week.
(Click on image to enlarge)
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Uwharrie Backpacking
4/16-18/2010
Our Troop enjoyed a great weekend of backpacking and camping in the Uwharrie National Forest. We hiked
6 miles on the Badin Lake Trail and enjoyed perfect camping weather. A super weekend outdoors!
click on image to enlarge ........................................>
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Snowshoe, WV Ski Trip
2/19-21/2010
We certainly can't complain about the snow on our Snowshoe, WV ski trip. There were tons!!! On the drive up to the top of the mountain, the snow was piled up higher than our cars. We all got our ski legs in shape by skiing from 9:00 A.M. until 8:30 P.M. Other than our one snowboarding injury, I think everyone had a great time. And even he wants to try it again... but maybe not on a snowboard.
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Troop BBQ & Chicken Dinner
2/9/10
Our Troop served over 1,600 lunches and dinners in one day!!! Many thanks to all who assisted our Troop with the dinner by delivering lunches, serving meals, directing traffic and of course... buying tickets.
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Jamestown & Busch Gardens Trip 9/18-20
The Troop had a great time camping, visiting historic Jamestown and riding roller coasters nearly non-stop at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA. From all the conversation, it sounds like this trip or something like it may be in the works for later!
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Fayetteville Academy Flag Ceremony
4/27/09
Many thanks to Chip S, Bob M & Brantley J for assisting with the flag ceremony at the Fayetteville Academy.
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Snowshoe Ski Trip
2/6-8/09
12 Scouts and 3 Leaders enjoyed a great weekend of skiing at Snowshoe, WV. We got moving early on Saturday, got our gear at 7:30, had breakfast then skied at Snowshoe until the slopes closed at 4:00. At 5:30, we drove over to Silver Creek and skiied there until they closed at 9:00.
With great weather and good snow conditons everyone stayed on the slopes and got in all the skiing they could take. I don't think anyone had any trouble sleeping on Saturday night.
I understand that there's a toss up for the biggest splat of the day between Todd E. and Mr. Hyers. Too bad we don't have some action photos.
All together a great trip for troop 747!!!
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| Night skiing at Silver Creek |
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| Boarders on the slopes |
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| Ready to do it again |
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BBQ-Chicken Dinner
2/3/09
Our annual fund raiser, the Troop's BBQ/Chicken Dinner, was held Tuesday, February 3rd and was a HUGE success.
We sold over 1800 lunches & dinners!
All the proceeds from this event are used to fund the activities of Troop and each Scout gets credit for their individual sales that they can use toward the expense of any Troop activity.
The success of this event insures that our Troop can maintain it's high level of involvement in monthly campouts, summer camp and other Scout activities & events, including the 2010 National Jamboree and the Philmont Trek.
Our sincere thanks to all who supported this event!
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| Unkle Runkle leads the way |
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| Only 1700 more to go |
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| Manning the station |
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The "Frozen Chosen" Camp & Hike Uwharrie
Our Troop spent last weekend, 11/22-23, camping and hiking at Uwharrie. Although the temperature reportedly (by Mr. Runkle) got down to 16 degrees on Friday night, we survived and had fun.
On Saturday, we hiked about 6 miles (with a lunch stop on the shore of Badin Lake) to our campsite for Saturday. Everyone cooked an individual meal, enjoyed a campfire and all slept well after the hiking.
All in all an excellent weekend of Scouting!
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| Ready to hit the trail |
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| Just hanging by the fire |
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| Snoozing Luke |
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August 2008 - Kerr Lake Trip
Mr. D Runkle graciously hosted Troop 747's 18th annual
trip to his family's house at Kerr Lake. We water skied,
wake boarded, wake surfed and tubed, then ate and
skied some more.
There were lots of sore but happy Scouts come Sunday
afternoon when we headed home.
Many thanks to Mr. Runkle for continuing this great
event!
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| Flying Scouts spotted at Kerr Lake |
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| Ready to hit the water |
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Summer Camp 2008
Camp Durant 6/22-28
Our Troop went to Camp Durant for Summer Camp -- June 22 - 28, 2008. Everyone had a great time. We stayed busy working on merit badges and activities. Some of the weeks highlights were;
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Luke S. & Chip S. won the Tom Sawyer raft race on their "Purple Haze"raft.
Our pick-pocket skit Friday night was one of the best. Si D's rewind sound broke everyone up.
Several Scouts and one Leader were "inducted into the Order of the Arrow Brotherhood; Chip S., John S., Ben B., Wheeler D and Mr. Howell.
Brooks K was "tapped" for the Order of the Arrow and must now complete his ordeal.
Brooks K., Daniel G., Abhishek K., Steven M. and Wheeler D. all completed the mile swim. And Rohun S. was nearly
finished when the camp siren sounded.
Our team won the Camp scavenger hunt.
Thomas H. was the best shooter in the NRA competition for the 13 and under group. |
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Our Troop just returned from Summer Camp at Camp Bonner on the Pamlico Sound. By all reports, everyone had a great time and earned several merit badges. On their return there was an impressive display of bug bites, smelly clothes and tired Scouts - all signs of a great camp experience.
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