BOY SCOUT TROOP 6
Troop 6 Scouts attend community schools
Lake Harriet Community
Carondelet Catholic School (Formerly Christ the King-St. Thomas the Apostle School)
Lake Country
City of Lakes
Southwest High School
South High School
Holy Angels
Blake
Edina High School
Troop 6 provided over 600 hours of community service in 2004
Conservation projects
Fort Snelling State Park
Minnesota Valley Trail State Park
Community Service
Loaves and Fishes at St. Stephens- Serve meals to the homeless
Sabanthini Community Center- Fulton Neighborhood Food Drive
Lake Harriet- Litter pick up
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd- Fall clean up/leaf bagging
Cabrini House (halfway house)- Clean up and Christmas decorations
Edina Residence Home- Christmas Carols
Minnesota Twins Flag Ceremony
Eagle Service Projects
Minneapolis Crisis Nursery- Built furniture, painting and set up for opening
Woodlake Nature Center- Built wooden blue birdhouses
Sabathini Community Center- Built shelves to support food drives
Edina High School and Woodlake Nature Center-Buckthorn removal
Christ the King Church- Painted day room and provided furniture
Indian Housing Project- Painted apartments and stairwells
Linden Hills Park- Built tables and repaired benches
Sabathini Community Center- Repaired computers and distributed to needy families
Campouts - Partial List
SEPTEMBER 2003 Rum River Camp- Fall District Camporee- Camping skills
OCTOBER 2003 Elm Creek – Cub Scout Recruiting
NOVEMBER 2003 Camp Gronholm–Tower building, felling trees, ropes & lashing
DECEMBER 2003 Smoky Cabin –Knife, saw, & ax skills
JANUARY 2004 Baker Park –Nature observation, hiking & winter camping skills
FEBRUARY 2004 Giants Ridge Ski Trip, Biwabik, MN
MARCH 2004 Carver Park- Winter camping and cooking skills
APRIL 2004 Root River Bike Trails- Weekend of biking, Lanesboro MN
MAY 2004 Heritage Camp – Old time experience, pioneer skills, Albany MN
High Adventure Trips
To participate in High Adventure trips, scouts need to have learned and mastered basic camping skills. Some trips to national camps are restricted to age 14 and over. Boys must be accomplished swimmers if the trip is on water.
1995 COLORADO-Mountain hiking and camping, white water rafting
1996 FLORIDA- Sailing, fishing, snorkeling, exploring the Keys
1997 ONTARIO – Canoeing in Canadian wilderness north of Quetico Park
1998 MINNESOTA – Canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA)
1999 MICHIGAN – Camping and backpacking in the Porcupine Mountains
2000 SOUTH DAKOTA – Camping and backpacking in the Badlands and Black Hills
2000 TEXAS - Sailing, snorkeling, fishing, kayaking in the Gulf of Mexico
2001 WYOMING – Rafting hiking, biking in the Grand Tetons
2001 VIRGINIA – National Jamboree – a gathering of over 40, 000 scouts from the nation
2002 NEW MEXICO – Horseback riding – 8 days on mountain trails
2003 SOUTH DAKOTA –Exploring the Black Hills, Badlands and Custer State Park
2003 NORTH CAROLINA- Back packing in the Blue Ridge Mountains
2004 MONTANA - Reliving the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Canoeing, Mountain hiking and backpacking, horseback riding
2005 MINNESOTA – Sailing the Apostle Islands, Canoeing in the Boundary Waters
2005 VIRGINA - National Jamboree – a gathering of over 40,000 scouts from the nation
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