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Oregon Trail Camp – Saturday, February 20th

Our next day camp will be Oregon Trail Camp, scheduled for Saturday, February 20th! We will be back at the Byzantine Catholic Monastery of St Claire, on Cady Road, in North Royalton. Come join us, and see if your patrol can make it all the way to […]

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Scouting for Food

As part of our annual Scouting for Food service project, our troop will be collecting household items and toiletries from scouts over the next several weeks. Items will be combined with troop grocery donations for four families served through the Strongsville Food Bank, and the surplus items […]

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Weekly Troop Meeting Info

Our troop meeting this week will be held in-person, in the pavilion at the back of the parking lot of St. John Neumann Catholic Church. We will be meeting from 7:00-8:30 PM. Everyone who attends must bring a completed Troop 701 COVID Screening form. This form should be filled […]

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Summer Camp Plans (information from Parent Meeting earlier this month)

Troop 701 is currently planning to return to Heritage Scout Reservation in the Laurel Highlands area of Pennsylvania this summer from Sunday, July 18, to Saturday, July 24. The cost for summer camp this year is $435 per Scout if paid in full to Heritage by April […]

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Sgt. Clean’s Car Wash Fundraiser

I will be wrapping up the Sgt. Clean’s Car Wash Fundraiser in the next few weeks. Please let me know by Tuesday, February 2nd if you would like any additional cards to sell. Money needs to be turned in by Tuesday, February 16th. Now that the troop […]

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Update on Upcoming Activities

Last Thursday, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health extended the county-wide Stay-at-Home Advisory until January 31st. While we were hopeful that the advisory would have been allowed to expire last week, we also knew that an extension was a realistic possibility. Here is how the extension impacts […]

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Hiking MB 10-mile Hike – Saturday, Jan. 23rd

The next hike for the Hiking merit badge series is scheduled for Saturday, January 23rd. This hike will take us to Medina County, near Chippewa Lake. We will be hiking the Chippewa Inlet Trail, the trails in Buckeye Woods Park, along with the wooded trails in the […]

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Service Hours Options

Our ability to gather as a troop to complete service projects has been somewhat curtailed this year because of social distancing. In order to be awarded the Community Service Award, a Scout must log 12 service hours per year, and participate in at least four separate projects. […]

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Campership Applications Available

Troop 701 has a campership fund available for scouts who would be unable to participate in the unit’s outdoor program without financial assistance. A limited amount of funds are available each year to assist scouts in attending monthly camping and/or summer camp. As we are anticipating a […]

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Parent Meeting Followup

Thank you to everyone who attended our parent meeting last week. The notes from the meeting were sent to all our our current family’s emails through TroopWebHost, so please check your email for this document if you weren’t able to join us. If you are having difficulty […]

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