Troop 30 has been serving our community for more than 100 years. We provide acts of service but we also teach youth how to be leaders in our community.
How can you help? A monetary donation to Troop 30 helps get a scout to camp where he/she/they learns outdoor skills. Or it can help pay the costs of campsites during the spring and fall, where the whole troop learns how to use maps and compasses, tents and cooking tools in the woods.
$35 buys a patrol’s patches
$75 rents a weekend campsite
$150 buys a new troop tent
$260 buys a season’s merit badges
$600 buys a scout a week away at camp
Inquire at watertowntroop30@gmail.com if you can make a donation to Troop 30. Here are some of the things that help scouts.
- Camp Stoves. We use Coleman stoves with white gas that allow us to camp in temperatures below freezing.
- Camp Fuel for stoves and lanterns. These are used sparingly but with five scout patrols we do go through fuel.
- Backpacking Stoves. We have a curriculum that requires scouts to learn how to cook while on a hike.
It’s not just funding we need!
Do you have a need for scout power? Scouts support agencies and nonprofits through volunteer efforts. Yes we do river cleanups, but did you know we create the biggest one-day food drive for the Watertown Food Pantry, collecting more than 3 tons of food? That our musicians will perform for your senior center? If you have a volunteer opportunity, we’d like to hear about it at watertowntroop30@gmail.com.
Do you have a skill you can share? We’re looking for CORI-checked merit badge counselors to teach badges like Wood Carving and Theater. But if you can only give a day, would you consider coming by the troop meeting and sharing your passion with us? Or do you have a shop/center/theater/cool thing we can tour? Give us a shout at watertowntroop30@gmail.com.
Do you have gear we can use? When you donate what you’re not using, you help outfit a patrol teaching younger scouts how to camp in the woods.
- Gently used hiking boots of any sizes help us get scouts on the trail
- Cast iron pots and pans help us teach cooking skills
- Sleeping bags and pads for any season help get a new scout into a tent
- Lightweight tents for 2-4 people are perfectly sized for 11-year-old buddies learning to backpack in with all their gear.
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