Troop 327 meets most Monday evenings throughout the year. Some of the meetings allow the troop to plan and carry out activities that occur on a yearly basis. Below is a listing of many of the activities that the troop participates in every year.
Scout Troop 327 Regular Activities
Ongoing throughout the year - Scout Parent Meetings
- Parents meet once a month typically on a Sunday evening
- Recycled aluminum can bin
- The troop has collection bins at Colony on HW 5 in Waconia, and on HW7 in St Boni.
- These periodically needs to be taken to recycling center
- Scouts helping with this earn credit hours
- Courts of Honor
- Ceremony where scouts receive rank advancement, merit badges, and other awards.
- Held in the spring, fall and winter
- Ceremony usually followed with dessert pot luck
Held every one to two years - High Adventure
- Attending one of the BSA high adventures
- Philmont - backpacking in New Mexico
- Northern Tier - BWCA canoe trip
- Sea Base - aquatics activities in Florida
Yearly recurring activities - January
- Christmas Tree pickup (early January)
- Scouts pick up discarded holiday trees throughout Waconia and deliver them to the parking lot near the city offices.
- Parents with trucks/ trailers also needed.
- Scouts earn credit hours
- February
- Winter Camporee (District wide weekend camp)
- March
- Fish Fry
- Help at St Joseph’s Church
- Crossover Ceremony
- Initiation ceremony for new scouts crossing over from Cub Scouts
- April
- Scouting For Food
- Scouts go door to door collecting cans of food for the Waconia Food Shelf
- Order of the Arrow elections
- Easter Candy Bagging
- Scouts bag candy for Lions Easter Egg hunt
- May
- Spring Camporee (District wide weekend camp)
- Spring Highway Cleanup
- Typically done on a Monday evening
- Scouts and parents pick up trash along HWY 5
- Scouts earn credit hours
- Library Book Sale
- Scouts assist library with setup/cleanup
- June
- MiniHigh Campout
- 3 night troop campout
- Location changes each year
- Different activities based on where camp is held
- July
- Many Point Camp (Council-run scout camp)
- 1 week campout from Sunday to Saturday
- Location is Many Point Scout Camp in the Park Rapids/Detroit Lakes area
- August
- Move out of Sheriff's building for County Fair
- Fair Parking Fundraiser
- Scouts staff a parking lot during the County Fair
- Scouts earn credit hours
- Fair Cleanup
- Cleanup fairgrounds after fair is complete
- Scouts earn credit hours
- Move back into the Sheriff's building
- Sept
- Fall Camporee (District wide weekend camp)
- Fall Highway Cleanup
- Fall Library Sale
- Scouts help with setup and take down
- Scouts earn service hours for helping
- October
- Wreath Sales Fundraiser (pre-sale)
- Scouts go door to door in Waconia and St Boni taking wreath orders
- Parents needed for driving scouts around
- Scouts earn credit hours
- November
- Wreath Sales Fundrasier (assembly and delivery)
- Assembly (bows need to be attached to all wreaths)
- Delivery
- Scouts deliver wreaths from pre-sale
- While delivering, scouts sell extra wreaths to homes that didn't pre-order
- Parents needed with trucks/trailers needed to drive
- Scouts earn credit hours
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