Category Archives: Troop News

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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Troop 175’s Florida Sea Base Adventure

The trip started out of Islamorada, Florida at the Sea Base headquarters. We flew down on an early morning Thursday flight, we're met by two Emerald vans and arrived in time for lunch across the road.
Thursday afternoon was check in (medical forms, trip overview), checking out snorkeling...
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