Troop 160 Lexington

From Jeff Shorter:
Hi. The first deadline for deposits is this Thursday!!! I am starting to get checks in the mail. It is soooo exciting!!
Please either mail me (email me so I know it is comming) or bring your deposit to the troop meeting.
They told me that I have to call every scout […]

Last night, Feb. 19, Tom O. and Geoff C. passed their Boards of Review to become the newest Eagle Scouts in Troop 160 and the Boston Minuteman Council.  Congratulations!

An intrepid crew had great weather, including plenty of snow, for the Deep Freeze campout in Albion, Maine. Why is snow a good thing? So you can build snow caves, which are much warmer than tents in winter. Of course, anything worth doing is worth overdoing … more photos in the Gallery.

UPDATE: […]

Just a reminder that we’ll be having a joint Eagle Court of Honor for Tom D. and Dan W. on February 25. It’ll be at the Follen Church at 2:00 pm, refreshments to follow. See you there!

If you’re a regular user of the Troop 160 website, you’ll have observed that posts appear fairly irregularly, depending on what we’re doing. And you may have wished that there was some way you could automatically find out if there’s anything new.
Well, it turns out that there is. The front page of the […]

Looks like the Gunstock trip was a great success — photos can be found here.

Summer camp is coming up soon! Reserve your two weeks of fun. We will be going Aug 5-11 at Camp Bell and Aug 12-18 at Hidden Valley.
Deposits for the two weeks are due March 1st to Jeff Shorter (fill out Form 1 and mail it).
For more information on summer camp, check out the […]

The Troop will be having its annual Deep Freeze campout in Maine from Saturday, February 17, through Monday, February 19. Permission slips are due at the Troop meeting this Thursday, February 8. Payment of $30 is due no later than Thursday, February 15. Please check the packing list — you must bring […]

Some excellent photos from last month’s winter camping trip to Hidden Valley can be seen here. If anyone has photos from other trips that they’d like to contribute, please get in touch with the webmasters: 160webmaster -at- troop160 -dot- com.
UPDATE:  The January campout photos can also be seen here on the Troop website.

Troop 160 has an inventory of Boy Scout shirts and pants plus a few Cub Scout shirts which are available free to those who need them. The items show little wear and will be good for many more wearings. You will have to add patches and loops to the shirts, of course, since […]