About Troop 25

Here you will find many details about the troop and how it operates. Whether you are a prospective scout or parent or an existing member of the troop, this is an ideal place for you to be. We're still in the process of building this area and really appreciate feedback.

Where we meet

The Scout Lodge at the Lt. Elmer G. Raymond Memorial Park
35 Keyes Hill Road
Pelham, New Hampshire

We meet from 7.00-8.30pm on Thursday nights all year long.

Monthly Outings

Each month the troop goes on an outing. Typically for these we leave on Friday evening or Saturday morning and return on Sunday. These are usually camps, adventures such as skiing, mountain biking or climbing.

Summer camp

Troop 25 attends a week-long summer camp each year in New Hampshire at the Griswold Scout Reservation. In 2015 the Troop attended the Hidden Valley Scout Camp on the reservation.

High Adventure

In addition to the adventures each month, Troop 25 plans a High Adventure trip each year. This year we are hoping to visit New York City and travel the Hudson River Greenway up the west side of Manhattan.

The Methods of Scouting

In our efforts, as adult volunteers, to help our youth achieve the mission of scouting through the aims layed out we encourage them to employe eight equally important methods. The negelect of any method significantly impairs their ability to achieve the mission. These methods are:

Ideals
Patrols
Outdoor Programs
Advancement
Association with Adults
Personal Growth
Leadership Development
Uniforms

None can be neglected or set aside as less relevant. Doing so distorts their effort and in the very short time we have to encourage them they may easily miss the mark to our shame and to their ultimate frustration.

What is the Role of a Scoutmaster?

When Scouts participate in Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops training they learn, among many other things, that the role of the Scoutmaster is: To train and guide boy leaders. Work with other responsible adults to bring Scouting to boys. Use the methods of Scouting to achieve the aims of Scouting. Meet regularly with the patrol leaders’ council for training and coordination in planning troop activities. Attend all troop meetings or, when necessary, arrange for a qualified adult substitute. Attend troop committee meetings.

As adults engaged to guide and encourage scouts we ask ourselves, why do we do this? Answer: The Mission of Scouting. We ask, how shall we do this? Answer: The Methods of Scouting. We ask, to what effect do we point these methods? Answer: The Aims of Scouting.

The Scout Oath

All of scouting is designed to promote physical, mental, and spiritual excellence. Troop 25 lives this. Every one of our scouts is somebody important. He holds himself to these standards:

Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
Courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverent

Why We Meet

… and why we do scouting

Scouting has a mission. "The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetime by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law." And, as you should expect, there are aims (objectives) to guide our efforts as we endeavor to achieve the mission. "They are character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness."

To whom does the job of leading scouts belong? Many will say the Scoutmaster and in doing so they would be mistaken. It is the job of each new scout to look up to his more experienced "brothers". As a scout grows he begins to lead and it is these, ultimately embodied in the Senior Patrol Leader, who lead the scouts. It is this distinction perhaps, more than any other, that marks scouting as a movement of youth capable of changing the world.

The Aims of Scouting

Scouting's misssion is achieved through methods whose outcome is directed toward the aims of scouting. These are the development of:

Character
Citizenship
Fitness