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NEW TO SCOUTS

Welcome to Scouts BSA!

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Scout Troops are typically "scout-run." The adults are there to supervise, make sure BSA policy is followed, and everything runs safely. Troop 435 follows the scout-run method, letting the scouts plan and run their Troop Meetings, decide where they want to go camping, what merit badges they want to earn, and what activities they'd like to do.  

 

The role of our adult leaders is to make sure everything is safe and provide guidance when needed. The exception is for the newer scouts that join the troop. There tends to be more adult involvement for the 1st and 2nd year scouts until they are more experienced in the youth leadership roles of running the troop.

 

Youth leadership positions are important in Troop 435 and the scouts are strongly encouraged to hold different leadership positions while in the troop.  

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In Troop 435, each scout chooses their own level of participation in the troop, not a leader. You work at your own rate of rank advancement.  

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As with many things in life, you get out of Scouting what you put into it, so we encourage you to be active within the troop by attending meetings and outings and to be proactive in working on requirements for rank advancement and earning merit badges.

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Joining the Troop...

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If you decided to join Troop 435, Welcome!

  • The following needs to be turned into the troop's Registrar:

    1. BSA Youth Application - print & sign both copies, turn in originals (application can be emailed until further notice)

    2. Medical Form Parts A & B (Part C will be needed for summer camp)

    3. Registration fees:

      • $65/yr for Troop Membership Dues

      • $80/yr for National Charter Fee

      • $80/yr for Council Charter Fee (plus $15/yr if you want Boys' Life magazine)​​​

      • $61 one-time fee for Troop supplies: includes loops, troop patch, neckerchief, slide, troop cap, scout binder, patrol patch, and parent info folder.​

      • $25 one-time new to Scouting fee

      • Total: $311 ($326 w/Boy’s Life magazine)

        • Make check payable to "Troop 435" for Troop supplies and dues through the end of the calendar year, Dec. 31.​​

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  • Scout will need to provide themselves:​

    • Tan Scout BSA shirt​ with council patch & World Scout patch

    • Olive scout pants or shorts

    • Scout BSA socks

    • Merit Badge sash (not needed right away but will eventually)

    • Troop apparel is available for purchase (download form)

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Note that:

  • At troop meetings we wear our Class A uniform without the sash (except during the summer, we wear Class B)

  • On outings we generally wear the Class B troop t-shirt

  • At Courts of Honor we wear the full Class A uniform including sash

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Uniforms and scout supplies can be purchased at:

River City Scout Shop

251 Commerce Circle

Sacramento, CA 95815

(916) 649-1800

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