Friday, November 30, 2012
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Neighbors | Submitted.Scout Luke Bowser was ready to eat lunch after preparing his meal by doing foil cooking were a ground beef patty, slices of potatos, onions, carrots and other ingredients are placed in a foil pouch and the pouch placed into a cooking fire, as part of his junior leader training the weekend of Nov. 16-18.
Boy Scout Troop 25 of Canfield hosted a junior leader training the weekend of Nov. 16-18 at Camp Akela at the Stambaugh Scout Reservation in Canfield.
Scouts who have been newly-elected in their troops into leadership positions are given a weekend of leadership experiences based on a national program to better prepare them for their responsibilities in leading their troops in the scouting program. Leadership positions include Senior Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leaders, Assistant Patrol Leaders, Troop Chaplain, Troop Historian. Troop Librarian, Troop Quartermaster, Troop Scribe and Junior Assistant Scoutamsters. The current Senior Patrol Leader is Donny Duda and Patrol Leaders are Zach Gierlach and Patrick Nielson.
Both indoor sessions combined with hands-on outdoor sessions are covered so that these newly elected leaders not only learn how to work with others but also how to plan and carry out a program so that all involved advance toward the goals they have set.
A boy can join scouting at anytime between the ages of 11 (or 10 years old and completed the fifth grade) through 17. The Boy Scouts is a year-round program designed to achieve the aims of Scouting through a vigorous outdoor program and peer group leadership with the counsel of an adult Scoutmaster.
Troop 25 meets every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in the basement of Canfield United Methodist Church at 27 S. Broad Street in Canfield. For more information about the troop and its activities, contact Scoutmaster Kevin Prus, Sr. at 330-533-5616 or ask any troop member.