Scouts BSA Troop 248 Charlotte,NC

02/18/2025

SERVICE
August thru December 2024

August - Stream and Greenway Cleanup

September -
1) Assist with UNCC Student Food pantry. We collected food and helped organize pantry shelves.

2) Helped Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church with their Day In The Park festival.

October - Feed The Hunger. We packaged food that was sent to Western North Carolina.

November - Moved wood and swept/vacuumed around telescopes for the Charlotte Amateur Astronomers.

December - Room In The Inn. The scouts and their families provided food and served it to a few of our homeless neighbors.

**I don't have pictures from all the events.

10/06/2024

Photos from one of our council properties, Camp Grimes.

09/09/2024

07/17/2024

July Service.
We built habitats for the fish at Cherokee Scout Reservation.

07/15/2024

Troop 248 led a flag ceremony at Cherokee Scout Reservation while at Summer Camp.

07/15/2024

Summer Camp 2024 is in the books.
Cherokee Scout Reservation was a nice camp. This was our first year going there. The scouts had a blast and the camp had a great selection of Merit Badges. Some of the badges earned are.....Welding, Horsemanship, Farm Mechanics, Auto Mechanics, Traffic Safety, Environmental Science, Small Boat Sailing, Basketry, Nuclear Science, Chess....
The Adults at camp participated in a Homemade Ice Cream contest, Dutch Oven competition, a Shotgun shootout and they completed several training sessions.

06/27/2024

June SERVICE....
Making sandwiches 🥪 to donate to Cooperative Christian Ministry to help feed our hungry neighbors.

06/19/2024

June 2024.....
Canoeing

05/25/2024

MAY SERVICE...
This morning we joined other troops in our Council placing flags on graves at Evergreen Cemetery in Charlotte.

05/09/2024

May 2024
Nature Campout
It rained very hard with thunderstorms all day on Saturday. Our activities were rained out so the scouts had to find other things to do around camp to stay busy.

04/22/2024

SERVICE
April 2024
Happy Earth Day! We spent some time on Saturday cleaning up a local Greenway/stream bank.

04/22/2024

April Campout
Natural Rock Climbing
The scouts really liked this activity. I was told by some scouts that it's much better than climbing walls at camps.