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Scouting America Troop 799G

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Scouting America Troop 799G

Troop 799G is an all girls Scouting America troop serving the greater Richmond area.

07/04/2026

This week ten of our scouts attended Heart of Virginia Council, Scouting America Camp T.Brady Saunders. We enjoyed all that camp had to offer including a variety of badge classes, swimming in Lake Dillon, biking around camp, the snack bar, Iron Scout, singing at closing campfire, and enjoying our beautiful campsite. We can’t wait to go back!

06/03/2026

Troop 799G (and some siblings) at Heart of Virginia Council, Scouting America Cub Scout Day Camp! Some of our scouts are spending the week volunteering at this awesome camp!

02/22/2026

Troop 799G presented the colors for the University of Richmond Women’s Basketball game today! Go Spiders!!

02/08/2026

Today we participated in Scout Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church Richmond VA. Today is also the 116th anniversary of scouting so it was a fitting day to help the church collect donations for their Soup-er Bowl fundraiser benefiting local food banks. Our troop was recognized by the church, led a prayer, and helped during the tithing.

01/27/2026

Troop 799G braved single digit temperatures and some icy roads to spend a day at the Virginia State Capitol! We started our morning with a visit with our State Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg () followed by some time observing a House committee (where we ran into one of our local delegates - Rodney Willet ). Then we spent some time in the Capitol buildings learning about architecture, legislative processes, and history, followed by time exploring the old senate and house halls (where we could actually sit at the tables they used). The day was capped off by floor recognition from Senator VanValkenburg and our Lt. Governor and two hours of rather interesting debate on a number of bills, including one to declare the brown belted bumble bee the state native pollinator of Virginia. We plan on following this particular piece of legislation as it makes its way through both chambers and hopefully onto the Governor’s desk. In a few weeks we’ll be heading to DC to continue our focus on community and civics.

01/19/2026

What a weekend! Troop 799g enjoyed our first Heart of Virginia Council, Scouting America Winter Camp immensely! Friday started with games in the dining hall and meeting our bunk mates. Saturday was merit badges, campfire, skits, charades, stargazing and s’mores. Sunday some of us participated in honor guard, more merit badges and SNOW (!!!) followed by games and lots of snacks. Monday we did a conservation project and went for a hike (we saw evidence of beavers, racoons, and bobcats).

Our scouts signed up for all different sorts of merit badge classes including Archaeology, Astronomy, Art, Orienteering, Wilderness Survival, and Mammal Studies.

Next on the agenda is a visit to the Virginia State Capitol to meet with a state senator and view the General Assembly morning session.

11/10/2025

It was a beautiful weekend to camp at Virginia State Parks ! We enjoyed James River State Park’s geocaching ranger program, learned about local wildlife, cooked a tasty supper, lit a fire using the fire starters we made last week, and even played in a Batteau Boat! The night sky was so clear and the stars were incredible with the Milky Way right over us while we were sitting at the campfire. It was a special weekend and we are so excited for our next trip.

If you know of any girls in grades 5-11 who might be interested in joining us, please reach out! We have a lot of fun activities planned and would love for them to join us!

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8100 Forest Avenue
Richmond, VA
23229

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