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Many Awards For The Upcoming Court Of Honor In September 2025

on September 20, 2025 in Advancement, court of honor, summer camp No Comments »

The Boy Scouts of Melrose Area Troop 68 had a great week of summer camp at Many Point Scout Camp during July 13-19 this year. Ten of the eleven Scouts were able to attend. While the afternoon and evenings were used to have a lot of fun at camp, the mornings were used to work on advancement and earn merit badges. And boy oh boy, the Scouts did well with their advancement. The ten Scouts earned 48 merit badges while they were at camp.

Indian Lore, Archaeology, and Search And Rescue merit badges were the popular ones this summer. While two Scouts earned the Canoeing badge at camp, two more earned it on a canoe trip in August. It was also nice to see a few Scouts work on various Eagle required badges while they were at camp.

Not only did the Scouts work on the advancement at camp, many of them continued working after they got home. Another 5 merit badges were earned after camp, bringing the total for the next court of honor to 53 badges.

In addition to the merit badges, several Scouts finished work on their rank requirements. At the time of writing this the troop will recognize one new Scout Rank, one Star Scout Rank, two Life Ranks, and one Scout will receive his third Eagle Scout Pin, the Silver pin. It is going to be a fun court of honor on Monday, September 29.

The Last Court of Honor for 2022

on December 28, 2022 in Advancement, court of honor No Comments »

The Boy Scouts of Melrose Area Troop 68 held their last court of honor for the year on December 10 at the Harvest Church in Freeport. Nine of the ten members were in attendance, along with their families and two Webelos from Cub Scout Pack 68. The troop presented 14 merit badges and 3 ranks during the award ceremony.

The evening begin with a flag presentation which was followed by a Scout Law ceremony. A few Scouts received year pins for their membership in the troop. This was followed by the presentation of the merit badges. Receiving merit badges were:

Braden Z: Citizenship in the Nation, and Citizenship in the World. Alex G: Citizenship in the Nation, Family Life, and Personal Management. Isaiah G: Citizenship in the World, Hiking, and Family Life. Dawson W: Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Climbing, Genealogy, Programming, and Scouting Heritage.

After a couple skits (short plays) were performed by the Scouts it was time for the presentation of the Ranks. Three Scouts had earned a Rank since the last court of honor in September. They were: Dawson W – Tenderfoot Rank. Braden Z – Second Class Rank. Isaiah G – Life Rank.

The court of honor ended with the Scouts singing Scout Vespers, followed by the retiring of the colors. After the ceremony the Troop held its annual Troop Auction during which the Scouts used their “Troop Bucks” earned during the year to bid on various prizes. The Scouts rounded out the evening with their Christmas party.