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Troop 581 is all about summer camp. We love it! We REALLY love it!!! The September before we head to camp, our Scouts vote on the camp they want our troop to attend. We ensure that every camp we go to has programs that are fun for ALL of our Scouts. We do look very hard at the quality of the first year camper program, but we also consider the quality of the merit badge program and exciting opportunities for older Scouts.
In 2014, we attended Camp Raven Knob near Mt. Airy, NC. This awesome camp is located in the cool mountains of North Carolina. We had 49 Scouts earn over 200 merit badges. Our summer camp history is the stuff of legend. Log in to the private side of the web site and check out the Summer Camp History on the History & Lore page.
In 2015, we took it to the next level. We headed north to Camp Keowa on the Ten Mile River Scout Reservation in Narrowsburg, New York. On the ride north we toured the largest outdoor store on the planet. Before we rolled into camp, we stopped at the famous TMR Scout Museum for a great Scout History program. And then our entire troop (100 people) will canoed down the Delaware River, but not before we consumed our epic blueberry pancake and multi-breakfast meat morning feast.
In 2016, we headed to the mountains of western North Carolina to Camp Daniel Boone. Brook trout, Dutch oven cobbler, and non-stop Scouting action. Amazing doesn't describe!!!
For 2017, we camped at the legendary Camp Rodney for a week of jaw-dropping, eye-popping Scouting fun. What's more is our older Scouts headed back to Camp Ottarri at the famed Blue Ridge Scout Reservation to live like 1870s mountain men...always a great time!
In 2018, we summer camped at Camp Ottari. And we also sent 24 boys to Mountain Man camp -- more than many troops send to regular summer camp!
In 2019, we headed to Camp Rodney for an all-boy week of summer camp. We celebrated the Fourth of July on Chesapeake Bay. How many crabs can a human eat? We did our best to find out and we're still not sure we've found our limit!
For 2020, Troop 581 heads to Camp J.C. Justice on the The Summit High Adventure Base! Will you be a part of that group photo? We sure hope so!!!
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Winter Camporee: First, we went to the Winter Camporee on January 18-20. And it was a classic Klondike Derby! We put those Scout skills of ours to the test as we hauled our sled from station to station, testing out mettle against everything the Klondike had to throw at us. And then there was our mastery of the two-man crosscut buck saw.
Rock Enon Cabins: And then we had our troop winter camping trip in February to Camp Rock Enon. At this event we will had access to tent camping, Adirondacks (3-sided shelters) and two very warm cabins. And it's a good thing we had those toasty cabins because boy di it get cold! Moose, bear, and trout -- yeah, we ate that. It was all about the mountains, roaring fires, and some fine winter camping cuisine.
The Nanuq Award: Created just for you by your PLC, this award is meant to motivate YOU to do some winter camping. Nanuq (also spelled Nanook or Nanuk) is the word for "polar bear" in the Inuit language. To earn it, you just needed to sleep three nights outdoors during this winter camping season (December 2015, January 2015 and/or February 2016) at a Scouting event.
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That's right: mulch. What does that have to do with the outdoor program, you ask? Well, everything. It is the source of all our power, so to speak. Scouts who sell mulch can grow their individual Scout accounts to epic proportions, allowing them to go on all sorts of adventures without having to put the beat-down on Dad's wallet.
But mulch is more than that. In Troop 581, it is a state of mind, a way of life. OK, maybe for just some of us. Scouts need not sell mulch if that is not something that interests them. However, we do ask that all hands turn out for Mulch Day every March. It is a day of hard work, lots of food to replace those burned calories, and, of course, plenty of mulch fellowship.
As we range farther across the globe in search of more exciting Scouting adventures, the motivation to sell more mulch has increased. Every year brings more mulch. A Scout is Thrifty. Check out our sales history.
| | Year | | Bags Sold | | | 2009 | | 6,000 | | | 2010 | | 10,000 | | | 2011 | | 13,000 | | | 2012 | | 14,000 | | | 2013 | | 15,081 | | | 2014 | | 15,000+ | | | 2015 | | 15,725 | | | 2016 | | 17,965 |
buy mulch buy mulch buy mulch buy mulch buy mulch buy mulch buy mulch buy mulch buy
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