Our Troop Activities
Here is the page featuring information about non-camping events, as well as community service projects and patriotic information.
Our plan this year is to support our new sponsor, Pleasant Valley Community Hall, whenever we can. Check our calendar for more details.
We coordinate the games and food sales at the Pleasant Valley Days July 4th Parade and celebration held at the Pleasant Valley Fire Station.
Our other fundraiser is Christmas tree sales usually the first weekend in December. Check our calendar for details.
Our troop also holds a Flag Retirement Ceremony following our Troop Courts of Honor. If you have a flag to be retired, it can be delivered to the Pleasant Valley Community Hall at our Monday night meetings; check our calendar for details.
Note Flag Retirements: We are going to begin a different process for retiring flags made of synthetic materials (we have lots!) that don't involve inhaling noxious petroleum based fumes. We can cut them up in a particular way for respectful disposal in a land fill. To that end, parents who'd like something to do during meetings, bring a sharp pair of scissors and we will cut up flags. Once we have several in a box, we will have a ceremony honoring them and what they stand for before they are taken to the landfill.
Here are some videos regarding our US Flag's History:
BSA Flag Etiquette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i0mQSDI9Rs
US Flag Etiquette and History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7WxxTyeoNY
National Constitution Center "The History of the U.S. Flag"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UONq4YCF4R4
How to Fold a Flag for Putting it into a Memorial Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhD8j4t79xY
The 13 Folds of the American Flag
This information is available in a number of places including this website now.
For details about our troop, check out our history.
Check out the lyrics for "Vespers".