Troop 990 West Chester Oh

Troop 990 West Chester Oh Troop 990 - Boy Scouts of America
West Chester, Ohio

With the end of summer break arriving, last weekend we had a Court of Honor. It's always a great time celebrating the ac...
09/04/2026

With the end of summer break arriving, last weekend we had a Court of Honor. It's always a great time celebrating the achievements and awards our scouts have achieved over the summer.

On top of that, we'd like to give a little recap of what our scouts did this summer. We kicked off the summer by going to the annual memorial day parade! Our first campout of the summer was at Whitaker Farm. The scouts had a ton of fun on this massive property, hiking and exploring. As many may know, we attended summer camp at Owasippe and earned tons of merit badges and did some really cool activities. Towards the end of the summer, we had a fantastic joint campout with packs 941 and 940, and earned the Liberty in Action award. And we can’t forget our first ever Summer Lock-in! We did planning for the second half of the year and a little bit into next year.

It'd be a shame to mention to skip over what some smaller groups of our scouts did. For starters, we sent a small crew of older scouts out to Sea Base towards the beginning of the summer. They had tons of fun sailing and snorkeling in the Gulf and a tiny bit in the Atlantic Ocean! Also, we had 2 scouts attend NYLT this summer, one of them was even staffing it! Speaking of staffing, we had a scout work his second summer at Cub World. Additionally, the Purple Hawk patrol went on a bike ride! Furthermore, we had our troop's newest Eagle Scout and our troop’s newest Order of the Arrow member.

There were also a couple changes to the troop over this summer. Firstly, we became a family troop! This now means we can have all scouts, no matter their gender! This unlocks a ton of potential for new adventure and friendship. Additionally, we now have a troop Instagram account. Here, we will post some less formal content about our scouts and what life in scouting is like for them. The Instagram account is linked on our page and has the same handle and profile picture as this account.

Eye spy a scout from 990!
08/25/2026

Eye spy a scout from 990!

Eagle Court of Honors exist to honor an Eagle Scout’s years of dedication, leadership, service, and the fact they earned...
08/17/2026

Eagle Court of Honors exist to honor an Eagle Scout’s years of dedication, leadership, service, and the fact they earned the rank. Today, we had Miles’ Court of Honor, celebrating his newly earned rank of Eagle Scout! Congratulations Miles, and good luck at Western Michigan University in a few weeks!

This weekend we just had a great joint campout with Cub Scout Pack 941 - West Chester, OH and Pack 940! We all worked on...
08/10/2026

This weekend we just had a great joint campout with Cub Scout Pack 941 - West Chester, OH and Pack 940! We all worked on getting the Liberty in Action America 250 patch by doing activities like visiting a historical site, talking about topics the United States was founded upon (freedom, happiness and fairness), and leading a trash cleanup for Hueston Woods’ archery range and dam. Our scouts absolutely loved hanging out with the Cub Scouts and it was a great leadership opportunity for the whole troop!

Summer Lock-in!!!! This was our first time doing a Summer Lock-in, and the scouts loved it. Per usual, the scouts planne...
07/25/2026

Summer Lock-in!!!! This was our first time doing a Summer Lock-in, and the scouts loved it. Per usual, the scouts planned events for the rest of the year, plus a bit into the first half of next year. After the planning portion, the boys were in the church for the rest of the night, playing games and having tons of fun. By the looks of it, a Summer Lock-in might be a new custom here in Troop 990!

Thank you East Butler County YMCA for supporting Joel in his fundraising efforts for his Eagle Scout project- building 1...
07/18/2026

Thank you East Butler County YMCA for supporting Joel in his fundraising efforts for his Eagle Scout project- building 12 team benches and 3 large canopies- for East Butler County YMCA

With some paperwork, a new scout, and a good amount of waiting, Troop 990 is officially a family troop! This means we ca...
07/17/2026

With some paperwork, a new scout, and a good amount of waiting, Troop 990 is officially a family troop! This means we can now have a mixed troop of females and males. If you’re interested in joining, message us on facebook or email us at [email protected].

Congratulations to Troop 990’s newest Eagle Scout, Miles!  We are so proud of all your hard work and leadership.
07/14/2026

Congratulations to Troop 990’s newest Eagle Scout, Miles! We are so proud of all your hard work and leadership.

Camp Blackhawk (Go!) has been checked off our summer checklist! Our scouts had a ton of fun sailing, driving boats, swim...
07/11/2026

Camp Blackhawk (Go!) has been checked off our summer checklist! Our scouts had a ton of fun sailing, driving boats, swimming, horseback riding, zip lining, shooting sh****ns, ri**es, and bows. The scouts absolutely loved all that Owasippe had to offer!

We had scouts taking merit badges ranging from sailing and rowing, to shooting sports, to weather and animal science, with everyone having tons of fun across all those classes. A majority of our scouts have also completed all of those merit badges, plus a couple scouting leaving with more merit badges than they were signed up for!

Along with scheduled classes, there were tons of activities to do in the evening. Some scouts did lake tubing, others did open shooting, some did day-specific programs and competitions, a couple did open swim or open boating, but most importantly was the Scoutmaster Bellyflop Challenge. Our contender was Aaron Butterfield, who flew like a bird and landed an amazing belly flop, but sadly not good enough to win. Luckily though, we were able to get some great pictures and memories from these events. Another fun thing we did in the evening was celebrate one of our scout’s birthday, Colin!

Speaking of evening programs, we had a really fun evening program on Wednesday that was known as the Owasippe County Fair. They had tons of activities like crossing a small bridge, plinko, balancing on a bike, and more activities that would reward you with raffle tickets for several camp branded items or some free snacks. Owasippe being the oldest scout camp (established in 1911), they have a museum on camp that tells a bit about the history, in which many of our scouts spent a lot of time exploring the different parts of it.

Overall, our scouts loved Owasippe and have made some great memories here, it may even be a camp we come back to in the future!

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8230 Cox Road
West Chester, OH
45069

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+15132362578

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