2010 ANNUAL REPORT

BOY SCOUT TROOP #782

SUNSET DISTRICT - GREAT LAKES COUNCIL BSA

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church has sponsored Boy Scout Troop #782, since March 1, 2009 when we moved from St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, our sponsor since the troop began 55 years ago.  We have 94 boys from Livonia and surrounding communities.

The Adult Troop Leaders' Council works to support the troop activities, which are not fully financed by the boys, and to partially fund the several boys each year who cannot afford to participate.  The 6th Annual Golf Outing funded our scholarship grants to three graduating Eagle Scouts.  The troop also financially supports Leadership Training  Programs for older boys and funds the Wood Badge Course for our registered leaders.  All Adult TLC members and merit badge counselors complete the BSA Youth Protection training sessions offered on-line by the Great Lakes Area Council.  In 2010 we built the Scout Garage and Pavilion on the church grounds ~ a  project that we've talked about for some 25 years is now a reality.

Our yearly activity calendar sometimes has two outdoor programs a month, as we continue to emphasize the Boy Scout outdoor and advancement program. 2010 has been no different than other years.  Courts of Honor were held in February, June and November.  We have had 258 Eagle Scouts in our 56 years as a troop ~ twelve in 2010.  Our newest Eagle Scouts are:  R. Joseph Rauen, Derek Wenderlich, Matthew Andrus, Scott Kliman, Benjamin Puninske, John Yurgil, Kevin Riedy, Jerome Schlaff, Connor Seay, Linus Ziemba, Nathan Collins and Burke Culkeen.

During 2010, 36 boys and 8 adult leaders spent a week at Camp Pioneer in Pioneer, Ohio, working on merit badges and other scouting activities.  33 boys and parents spent a long February weekend visiting the Space Center in Huntsville, AL, the Hermitage and Grand Old Opry in Nashville, KY, Mammoth Cave and Fort Knox in KY.  In July, a group of 41 took a 16-day trip to West Virginia for white-water rafting, and down the east coast to the Florida Sea Base where they sailed and fished and snorkeled the coral reefs of the Florida Keys.  In August, nine boys and leaders attended the Scouting Centennial National Jamboree in Virginia for 8 days.

We continue to take part in various service projects at Greenmead, and for Holy Trinity Church, for the Friends of the Library Used Book Sale, the Goodfellows' Canned Food Drive, Christmas Greens for St. Andrews, canned food drive for the Holy Trinity Food Cupboard and projects collecting used cell phones and used eyeglasses.  Our boys' Eagle Projects have taken troop members into various service areas all over Livonia, as well as Canton, Plymouth, Redford, and Detroit.

We are preparing for another year of fun and high adventure out-of-doors in 2011.  Our February Mid-Winter trip will be to Chicago, IL and environs.  Our annual high adventure will be a 16-day trip by train to the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, where scouts and leaders will backpack for 11 days in the Sangre de Christo Mts.

Our meetings are held every Monday night in the Holy Trinity Activity Hall, from 7:30- 9:00 p.m.  Any boys in the area, or in the parish, who are eleven years old, or who have completed the fifth grade are welcome to attend.

The Troop Web Page is http://www.782bsa.com/

J. Kenneth Bourgon Scoutmaster

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