Category Archives: Troop News

Troop 175 Scout Stars in Survival Challenge

TJ Nicholson, an Eagle Scout with Troop 175, was recently appeared as one of the stars of "Men Vs Women Survive The Wilderness For $500,000" on MrBeast, one of the largest YouTube channel in the country. Watch one of our Eagle scouts use the wilderness and survival skills he learned in our troop...

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BSA Troop 175/Troop 1175 Flag Retiring with the VFW

Special thanks to those scouts who came out today to help retire flags with our charter organization, the VFW.  We ceremonially burned about 150 flags and helped the VFW prepare about 250 more for retiring soon.  We were also honored with the task of helping the sister of veteran retire her brother’s flag. ...

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Simsbury Scout Troops Honored as Everyday Heroes

WFSB Channel 3 recently featured the scouts of Simsbury Troops 17 and 1175 as “Everyday Heros” for their work to protect healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click on the photo to view the video that aired on WSFB-TV3 on May 8, 2020.

 

 

 

 

Simsbury’s BSA Troops 175 and 1175 On Top of Africa

28 Scouts and parents left Simsbury on July 26 to fly to Africa to climb the highest mountain on the continent – Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The trip was two years in planning and began with a non-stop flight from JFK to Nairobi, Kenya. There the...
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