Scouts BSA Combined Troop 179

11/27/2025

From our house to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!!

11/15/2025

Congratulations to Troop 179s newest Eagle Scout, Paisley!

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from Scouts BSA Combined Troop 179.

06/01/2025

From taking your first hike in the mountains…to starting your first campfire...Scouts BSA is about testing your limits and pushing yourself to do things you never thought possible. Don't let adventure pass you by! Check out our troop today! For info, contact [email protected]

09/08/2024

Our units have been accepted into the Combined Troop Pilot Program. This is a great option for families with multiple scouts. If you are interested in learning more, or know someone who might like to join Scouting, share this flyer or send me a message.

07/22/2024

Check this out!

https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2024/07/22/meet-the-13-eagle-scouts-competing-in-the-2024-summer-olympics/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3Q1210HDOarKxJ2--X6ywjMROqxvLGOt2ykwoKm3H6LAA0J7hnnPiy2zo_aem_FLvQJ6eWu66eveE3Giz_AA

Of the hundreds of athletes that will represent the United States in the 2024 Summer Olympics, 13 are Eagle Scouts.

06/30/2024

Fifty years ago this month, a pack of Juicy Fruit gum became the first item to be scanned via barcode. The invention that made it possible is credited to a BSA alum.

As a Scout, Norman Woodland learned Morse code as one of the requirements to earn the rank of First Class. This laid the foundation for his invention of the barcode.

Woodland wondered if Morse code could be visually represented. He thought that instead of dots and dashes, thin and thick lines could be used. The result is what we now call the barcode.

Billions of products per day are scanned and tracked worldwide with the help of barcodes.

Almost 100 million BSA alums are doing great things every day in their communities.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/history-bar-code-180956704/

06/07/2024

Scouts from Troop 179 making news!
https://www.vcoe.org/news/ArticleID/10184/Princeton-Bound-Grad-Wrote-the-Book-on-High-School?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3i9rX2Ymxkg8o6YY_F6GzjWksS6DeWVBAi7Q5amYG3WzQp9m8E5BkUDQA_aem_AbLW0tKcj7I7qhE6IxK1nRgEtmE0TZ0bBMTO29B3BDdeqtJalgLXTL29EiTSgt1QRaYG6yRTZ4u3hSwBRNOtORtP

When Danny Smiley was in 10th grade, he decided to write some notes for his little sister Katie who was getting ready to join him as a student at Ventura High School. “I took a lot of really challenging classes and I loved them, but they were a lot

03/17/2024

06/26/2022

Off to summer camp!

05/24/2022

This is why we say no food in the tents!

https://www.necn.com/news/national-international/boy-scout-is-awoken-by-black-bear-biting-his-leg-while-camping-with-troop-in-new-york/2745836/?fs=e&s=cl&fbclid=IwAR0OwhEY6Ik-0c0xQzOH4R-ZFSmjez9NEhZsMO5wRuU5Y25GFvngGOP5Nok

“Be Prepared” may be the motto for the Boy Scouts, but a 12-year-old from New York was anything but prepared for the encounter he had while on a recent camping trip, which resulted in his leg in the jaws of a black bear.

05/23/2022

Gladiator Patrol at our 100 year council camporee!