Boy Scouts set to honored this month as they move to their next rank

WASILLA— Boy Scout Troop 300, the largest troop in the Mat-Su Valley will be honored a handful of scouts whom are moving onto their next rank after many hours exploring in the field and helping out in the community.

“The boys learn how to respect authority and learn what it means to be active in their community,” Troop 300 volunteer, scout leader, Ed Bennett.

Troop 300 will hold their quarterly Court of Honor ceremony Aug. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The event is open to the public. This will be a time to recognize each boy’s individual achievements and their crossing into the next realm of responsibility. Each rank equates to more leadership roles, a core principle in the scouts.

“Once you earn these badges then you earn rank, you can teach the younger boys what to do,” Bennett said.

Sooner than that, this weekend the boys will go to one of a scout leader’s house on Finger Lake to get dragged on inner tubes and enjoy the last moments of sunlight for their end of summer bash. There will be plenty of games for the boys to compete against each other in; as well as plenty of hot dogs and hamburgers for them to eat.

Next Sunday, Troop 300 will sit down and plan out their camping schedule for the rest of 2018 and next year. According to Bennet, they typically take at least one camping/hiking trip a month, all year, hot or cold. The boys just finished a biking trip in Denali.

Next month is the annual Fall Jamboree where all the boy scouts across the Valley come together to compete against each other in various games. This year’s theme is: “the Highland Games” so the boys will perform various feats strength like the Celts before them.