Troop 80 Christmas Service Project
POSTED 12/23/2010

As a service project for our generous charter organization, the Scouts of Troop 80 continued a tradition established in December 2006 and set-up the manger for the church's  Christmas Crèche figures. The manger was built by the scouts and is made from red cedar logs that a number of the Scouts helped find and carry back while on a day hike. The Crèche was assembled in front of the Church just after Thanksgiving and was dedicated at a special ceremony in early December. It looks great and receives a lot of compliments throughout the Christmas season!

CONGRATULATIONS KENNY and BRATHER!
UPDATED 12/20/2009

Congratulations to Kenny Henkle and Brather Cline. Boy Scout Troop 80 proudly announces the troop's newest two Eagle Scouts. This is the highest award a Boy Scout can achieve and is earned only after many years of work and service. 

A formal ceremony is being planned and will include the Troop 80 special Honor Guard comprised of exemplary Scouts from the troop.

Fewer than 4 percent of all Boy Scouts obtain the Eagle Scout rank. In addition to earning at least 21 merit badges, a scout must hold positions of leadership. As a final step, the Scout must plan, develop and lead others in a service project.

For Kenny's project he built and installed swinging benches at Denver's historic Rock Springs Camp Meeting.

Brather's project was to plant trees and landscape the entrance of the East Lincoln County Community Center located on Optimist Club Road in Denver, NC.

The value of staying in Scouting and attaining the rank of Eagle Scout is significant. In a boy's quest to attain Scouting's highest award the lessons, values, and skills he acquires benefit him the rest of his life. Colleges, Universities, the US Military, Government Agencies, and Corporations value the award and often provide special consideration to men who can claim the honor on their resumes'. It is no exaggeration to say that developing boys into men of good character with solid leadership skills and a strong sense of duty to God, Family, and Country is vital to the future of the world, now more than ever. When boys become Eagle Scouts they benefit, their family benefits, their community benefits, their nation benefits, and the world benefits.

Troop 80 has a new Storage Shed!
POSTED 12/15/2009

With the growing size of the troop we needed more space to store equipment and supplies. After considering a lot of options and talking it over, the adult leaders got together and searched for a great bargain on a beautiful storage shed. We're excited to announce that we found the perfect shed and that it was delivered this past December. It looks great and is the perfect place to put all our troop stuff!

Troop 80 has Wheels!
POSTED 03/13/2007

With all the new camp gear we're accumulating and the growing size of the troop it seemed pretty clear that we needed a better way to haul it all around. Well the adult leaders put the word out that we were shopping for a trailer and it wasn't long before they found the perfect deal. She's a real beauty with plenty of room for all our stuff, and with tandem axels there's no worry about whether she can handle what we throw at her (or in her!).