Troop 355 stays active, with a campout scheduled once a month, and a variety of other activities. Thinking about joining Scouts? Come visit one of our weekly meetings, please.
Duncanville Troop 355 BSA raises the U.S. flag at camp in Colorado, 2012
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts in Southwest Dallas County will collect food for our local food pantries on Saturday, February 13, 2016. Troop 355 Scouts and Pack 355 Cub Scouts will be out there with them.
Scouting for Food in Dallas, Texas area, February 13, 2016. Image from Yorktown Pack 200
(Of course, Scouts throughout Circle 10 Council, BSA, will be collecting in the rest of the Council, the counties around Dallas up to the Oklahoma border.)
Food pantries and outreach ministries in the Best Southwest Area some years rely on this February Scout service campaign to carry them through Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, in the past decade donations have not been sufficient to meet with demand. If you’ve given four or five cans of food in the past, please give eight or ten, if you can, this year.
Please give generously when a Scout knocks on your door.
Press release from the Council:
Scouting for Food is the largest single-day food collection event in Dallas and one of the largest in the nation. On one day, approximately 30,000 Scouts go door-to-door collecting non-perishable food items for the less fortunate. The food is then distributed to local food pantries and assistance agencies across Circle Ten Council.
Tom Thumb has sponsored this food drive for 28 years and collects food at their locations throughout the entire month of February.
What is Scouting for Food?
Scouting for Food is the largest door-to-door food collection effort in the Dallas-Fort Worth area benefiting more than 45 assistance agencies across the area.
Who helps with Scouting for Food?
Scouting for Food involves approximately 30,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, friends, family and volunteers from the Circle Ten Council, BSA.
2016 Scouting for Food Dates: February 13, 2016
Food items can also be dropped off at any Tom Thumb Food and Pharmacy throughout the month of February!
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Don’t forget that tonight, August 3, 2009, Troop Meetings are starting up again. You can wear your yellow T-shirts for the rest of the summer if you like. We will be discussing having Troop elections, a Court of Honor, and this month’s campout at Cedar Hill State Park.
Also, if you would like to attend the Scout Night at the Mesquite Rodeo this Saturday night bring $15 per adult ticket and $9 per child ticket so we can have the tickets ordered by tomorrow night. I will not be able to go because of my Party Pets schedule, so we will also have to be sure we have at least two adults going before we can order the tickets.
Troop 355 meets Mondays at 7:00 p.m., at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Duncanville, Texas (203 South Main Street).
Troop membership runs in cycles. It’s been more than a year since our last Eagle Court of Honor. James Lewis completed his project in March, passed the Eagle Board of Review in April. His Court of Honor, just after summer camp, capped a very busy and constructive first half of the year.
The COH was held in the sanctuary of First Christian Church (DOC) of Duncanville.
Committee Chairman Frank Milewski was master of ceremonies.
Mark lit the candles on the Scout Law medallion
Troop 785 Scoutmaster Marvin Zimmerman talked about the qualities that make an Eagle Scout, and trekking Philmont with James.
The Eagle Charge and Oath
James's mother inspects the new Eagle pin.
Troop 355's newest Eagle Scout, James Lewis, his mother and father, and Troop Committee Chair Frank Milewski
Join Troop 355, supporters and parents, this Saturday at a special Court of Honor for James Lewis. James will receive his Eagle rank.
3:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary at First Christian Church (DOC) of Duncanville, 203 South Main Street. Refreshments and fellowship follow in the Fellowship Hall.
Groundsman chases cat off of playing field at Wrigley, at left field foul pole – Nuccio DiNuzzo/Tribune
That “355” is supposed to be there — it marks 355 feet down the third base line to the foul pole in left field. Still, it’s nice to know the number gets around.
James Lewis organized the addition of nine tables for the outdoor activities center at Hastings Elementary in the Duncanville ISD. Here are some photos from the final assembly work day.
Seeking approval from the Troop Committee, weeks before the project
Assembling the tables
Cutting holes for umbrellas
Sealing the tables
Mrs. Lewis fueled the work crew with sandwiches, delicious tortilla soup and a thousand bags of chips
Rock Solid Scouting - Troop 355 