FOR 2023-24 WEBELOS II / AOL
LEARN ABOUT EVENTS FOR SCOUTS WHO WILL CROSS OVER IN 2024
Troop 357 Meeting Visit
The objective of this activity is to support the Webelos in completing AOL Scouting Adventure requirement 2:
Visit a Scouts BSA Troop meeting with your parent or guardian and, if possible, with your den members and leaders. After the meeting, do the following:
(a) Describe how the Scouts in the Troop provide its leadership,
(b) Describe the four steps of Scouts BSA advancement,
(c) Describe ranks in Scouting and how they are earned, and
(d) Describe what merit badges are and how they are earned.
The Webelos and their families will receive a Troop 357 information packet
December 5, 2024
Woerther Elementary
January 27, 2024
Beaumont Scout Reservation
Webelos Invited to Klondike Derby
The objective for this activity is to support the Webelos in completing AOL Scouting Adventure requirement 4: With your Webelos den leader, parent, or guardian, participate in a Scouts BSA troop's campout or other outdoor activity.
What is the Klondike Derby?
The Klondike Derby is a chance to learn and test winter camping skills. It helps teach the basic Scouting skills in the program: lashings can be tough to remember as an abstract exercise, but if the Scouts need to make a catapult, lashings go to the top of the list of cool things to do!
Patrols travel around to different Stations, which test traditional Scouting skills: pioneering, compass reading, fire building, knots & lashings, rope tossing, Leave No Trace, Nature and first aid. Other stations will require problem-solving or initiative games.
Patrols earn points at each Station and compete for the highest score at the Derby.
Cub Scouts should arrive at 9:45 am (30 minutes after the Troops start the Stations). Cub Scouts can visit the campsite and will be provided lunch by the Troop.
Crossover Ceremony
April 21, 2024
Current Troop 357 Scouts will be on hand to participate in the Crossover Ceremony as the Webelos celebrate finishing Cub Scouts and moving on for more adventure in Scouts BSA!
Your First Troop Meeting
April 23, 2024
Our tradition is to welcome the new Scouts to the Troop with a bowling night at West County Lanes for the first meeting after Crossover.
Voyageur Workshop
Save the date!
GSLAC offers an annual event designed to help first-year Scouts along the advancement trail and enjoy some of the fun activities available at our Council’s camps. They will cover Map and Compass, Fire Building, First Aid, and Knots and Lashing instructions. Scouts will also try their hands at shooting sports.
Many Scout through First Class rank requirements can be earned at this event...you'll be off to a strong start!
Location: Beaumont Scout Reservation; Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Once a registration link is available (expected late-2023), we will open an RSVP form.
April 27, 2024
Beaumont Scout Reservation
Climbing Merit Badge
April 28, 2024
Earn your first Merit Badge!
We are organizing an opportunity for the Scouts to earn the Climbing Merit Badge at Upper Limits Climbing Gym.
Click here for more information. The RSVP form is open now.
Your First Court of Honor
May 7, 2024
Scouts who register with Troop 357 (i.e., complete the application to Transfer their membership and pay the $25 New Scout Fee to the Troop) will be presented with their official Troop 357 neckerchiefs.
May Troop Meetings
May 14, 2024 & May 21, 2024
At these meetings, the new Scouts will establish / learn about their Patrol and complete new Scout requirements. Bring your Scouts BSA Handbook!
Your First Troop Campout!
May 17, 2024 - May 19, 2024
At the last campout of the year, we will visit Johnson’s Shut-Ins and plan the 2024-25 Scouting Year.
Specific details about campouts (cost / logistics) are typically provided by our Camping Chair (Ryan Stecher) approximately 6 weeks in advance.
Memorial Day Service
May 26, 2024
For more than seven decades, approximately 5,000 Scouts have gathered at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery before Memorial Day to decorate each of the approximately 280,000 graves with an American Flag. In its 75th year (2024), the tradition is one of the longest-running Memorial Day events within the BSA.
It takes approximately 2 hours to complete the Good Turn, and Scouts will have placed over 200,000 flags placed on each grave.
Service hours are required for each rank advancement from Tenderfoot through Life.
The RSVP form is open now.
Summer Camp 2024
Dates / Location TBD
The Troop leadership will soon be planning Summer Camp 2024.
We are considering attending an out-of-Council camp this year. Historically, the Troop alternates between attending S-F Scout Ranch and an out-of-Council camp every other year.
Ballwin Days 2024
Save the dates!
The Scouts of Troop 357 operate a concession stand at Ballwin Days as our biggest fundraiser of the year.
Scouts and their families that opt to work, will raise money for their individual Scout Accounts. It is common to earn enough money to cover dues and registration for the whole year just from this one fundraiser…and it’s fun!
The Scouts who work get 80% of the profits! The remaining 20% go to the Troop's operating fund.
August 16, 2024 - August 18, 2024
Vlasis Park