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Activities |
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Troop 243 is active in
numerous activities throughout the year. These include
three main areas:
1) Camping, 2) Trips / High Adventure, and 3) Service Projects. |
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Camping |
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Troop 243 attends local
campouts, as well as, Council camps such as Winterfest, Spring and Fall Camporees and Summer Camp at
Camp Mack Morris. Summer Camp is a week long camp
that benefits scouts by providing
opportunities to earn Merit Badges, enhance camping
skills, and encourage comraderie. Camperships are available to scouts
that meet certain conditions.
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Trips and High Adventure |
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Recent trips for Troop 243 have included Skiing at Paoli
Peaks and Hidden Valley, canoeing the Buffalo River,
spelunking in Cumberland Caverns, and backpacking at
Mousetail Landing and Montgomery Bell State Parks.
The Troop has had three groups to attend Seabase High
Adventure Camp in the Florida Keys over the last 7
years.
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Service Projects |
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Service projects are an important part of the Troop
activities. Past projects include placing flags at
veteran's gravesites on Memorial Day, flag raising
ceremonies, flag retirement ceremonies, providing a
water station during the Dyer Station Celebration,
helping with the Dyer Christmas decorations and
assembling boxes for the annual food distribution for
the needy during Christmas. |
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Boy Scouts of America,
West Tennessee Area Council, Troop 243, Dyer, Tennessee |
