This is the official website of Troop 1001 of Richardson, Texas. We hope you'll take a minute to learn about our troop, activities and programs, and see where we've been and where we're headed.
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Our program year will kick off with an overnight lock-in at Group Dynamix (GDX) for some team building fun. This event will be bigger and better at GDX's new-and-improved location, so Scouts won't want to miss it! Check out GDX's new location and features here.
Parents/Guardians: There will be a mandatory 30-45 minute meeting at 8:30PM, during which we will discuss our upcoming Scouting year. We ask that at least one adult per family attend this meeting, but all are welcome!
When: Friday, Aug 18th 8:00 PM - Saturday, Aug 19th, 7:30 AM
Where: Group Dynamix, 1100 Venture Court, Suite 120 Carrollton, TX 75006
Life Scout and former SPL of troop 1001, Caleb Lawson, is currently raising funds for his upcoming Eagle Scout project. He will be rebuilding a chain link fence area around a section of Trinity Bible Church, and funds will be needed to help aid in the cost for materials for the project. The link to his GoFundMe page is provided down below, and donations can be made there in order to help make sure that the project can be executed successfully. Further information regarding the dates of the project itself will be provided shortly.
Join us for our quarterly work day, Saturday, August 12! Please join us when you can or stay as long as you are able from 8am to Noon.After successful weeks of Summer activities like Music Camp, VBS and GCE Summer Camps our charter organization TBC needs the help of some scouts to help with cleaning, organizing or repairing things throughout the building. This is a great way for our scouts to earn some service hours required by various rank advancement and merit badges. The church will have a diverse list of projects from electrical, plumbing, painting, organizing and more, with tasks for people of any skill level, from novice to expert. For questions or specific areas you might like to serve contact Scott Schneider in the church office.
Hello fellow scouts, the time has come for me to begin my final step towards Eagle Scout and complete my project. I'm going to need your help with this project, so I'm calling everyone to meet me at the Heard Museum (1 Nature Pl Mckinney, Tx 75069) on July 29th at 8:30 AM. Somebody will be there at the front gate to meet you and let you in.
We're going to be cutting down invasive trees and spraying them with herbicide to help preserve the blackland prairie ecosystem. Be sure to wear a long sleeved shirt, long pants, long socks, boots (if you have them), work gloves, and eye protection (sunglasses are perfect here). Work comes with rewards, and free pizza and refreshments will be provided, as well as service hours that count towards the rank of Star and other things such as NHS. With all of us together, this project shouldn't take more than a day and it will help the Heard and the community out greatly!
Please text or call me at 972-832-4740 to confirm you're coming, or email me at connorskates16@hotmail.com. Adults are just as welcome as scouts here, so please come!
The day of Independence has arrived, and with it the spirit of Independence is strong. This feeling has been enhanced by the installation of flags throughout our neighborhoods. For this reason, thanks are in order for the efforts of last weeks committed volunteers, who braved the rain, thunder and lightening. At one point, when the lightening started, the scouts were called in, and they received a brief respite from the lightening thanks to Pattie Otte and Sweet Firefly. Here, ice cream provided comfort from the storm for scouts and adults alike. Some adults, Randy Bullard, Jim Danen, Paul Howard, Bill Sproull, and Tim Fooshee chose to forgo the ice cream and continue to work through the rain.
As such, the troop raised valuable funds for scouting activities last week for installing the flags. However, the fundraiser is just half done. This is because the troop also receives a dollar for each flag retrieved and stored. At last report, Troop 1001 is the current leader, above and beyond all other troops and organizations in the number of flags distributed and retrieved.
For retrieval, volunteers will meet at TBC, Saturday July 8, at 09:00 AM to bring the flags home. There will be donuts provided in the morning, and bottled water during the activity. We are usually completed within three hours and will meet to wrap up the event with ice cream.
The 2017-2018 patrols are responsible for filling the assigned volunteer spots. Please note, Scouts should wear their Class A uniforms or class B uniforms if they do not have a Class A uniform. Scouts sign up under their patrol leader. If they do not know who their new patrol leader is, please have them contact the senior patrol for guidance. Adults can sign up to drive for their scouts patrol or under Freebird (adult) patrol. Also, scouts can use the time for community and school volunteer hours.
If you cannot sign up on line, please contact me, Mark Young at 972-358-9005. Please see the following SignUpGenius link to sign up for Independence Day Flags retrieval:
It is almost time to go to Summer Camp at Hale Scout Reservation. Here is some useful information and several important reminders:
Form up starts at 8:00 am at Canyon Creek Elementary on Sunday June 25. The bus departs at 9:00 am. Scouts will need to bring a substantial brown bag lunch for this trip.
