Scout Troop and Crew 56
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We help all youth gain leadership, teamwork & outdoor skills through weekl meetings and weekend or summer outdoor adventures like hiking, backpacking, camping, sailing, rafting and more!
Sign-up Information
Ages: 11 to 17.
Grades 6th grade through 12th grade.
Wheelchair accessible.
Our meetings are wheelchair accessible and we can adapt our activities as much as possible.
Registration required
- Sign-up is ongoing
Signup is ongoing throughout the year. To signup, reach out to the Scoutmasters or attend a weekly meeting. You can join at any time during the year.
Cost
There are activity fees each semester (fall/spring) that cover all trips, required for all youth members. At least half of these fees are raised by the scout through sales (of Christmas trees, wreaths, garbage bags, etc.). Dues are projected to be $550 for the school year, September through June. Half of the dues (projected to be $275) must be earned by scouts, through fundraising or earning it through other means, such as shoveling snow or taking care of a pet for a neighbor. We can accommodate some
- Financial Aid and/or Scholarship Available
- Sliding scale based on income
Location
- In-person only.
1991 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
United States
Neighborhood 9
Dates and Times
This is an ongoing program.
Tuesday.
September 3 through End of School Year + Summer Camp. Activities run Tuesdays from 6:50PM - 8:00PM.
Additional information
THROUGH OUTDOOR ADVENTURES, SCOUTS LEARN LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOUTH OF DIVERSE CULTURES, RELIGIONS, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, AND GENDERS.
We are a truly inclusive troop, committed to diversity, welcoming all regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, neighborhood, disability, etc. Female youth have officially been part of Scouts BSA troops since February of 2019, but have been incorporated in our troop for much longer, with excellent results. (See: https://www.wbur.org/news/2017/10/12/boy-scouts-girls-cambridge, https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/01/15/first-female-eagle-scouts-cambridge-kavita-trivedi )
The Scouts BSA program helps youth to gain leadership, teamwork and outdoor skills, and build character. Youth age 11-21 complete rank advancement requirements to build skills, perform communityservice, and earn merit badges to broaden and deepen their interests.
Activities are youth led, with adults providing guidance. All parents are welcome to join the adult Troop Committee and attend activities, and all troop adults are trained in safe scouting and youth protection measures that are recently updated, expert-led, and thorough.
Our troop is vibrant and active in the outdoors, and we have weekend trips planned for each month of the school year (most often Fri-Sun), as well as summer trips. Activity fees are paid per semester (fall/spring) and cover all trips (whether the Scout attends each one or not). Scouts are required to earn at least one semester's activity fees through fundraising (sales of holiday wreaths/trees and garbage bags) or odd jobs. Community service is also required to St. James church (such as working at their food pantry once per semester).
Aims of Scouting: leadership, character development, citizenship training, mental/physical fitness
- Scout motto: Be Prepared.
- Scout Slogan: Do a Good Turn Daily.
- Scout Law: A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
- Scout Oath: On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the...
- Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
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Last updated August 21, 2024.
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