Welcome to Boy Scout Troop 181
Chartered 1982 by Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, Bradenton, Florida
Number of Visitors Since august 16, 2008....
MUST WATCH VIDEO FOR ALL SCOUTS WHO ARE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN (see Link Below) Killed in action the week before, the body of Staff Sergeant First Class John C. Beale was returned to Falcon Field in Peachtree City, Georgia, just south of Atlanta, on June 11, 2009. The Henry County Police Department escorted the procession to the funeral home in McDonough, Georgia. A simple notice in local papers indicated the road route to be taken and the approximate time.
Boy Scouts of America Troop 181
Troop 181 is a boyscout run and directed troop under the guidanc
e and supervision of the adult leaders. The scout learns and practices the moral values laid down by Robert Baden-Powell in 1907. Scouting began in 1907, when Robert Baden-Powell, Lieutenant General in the British Army, held the first Scouting encampment at Brownsea Island in England. Scouting is a worldwide movement with the stated aim of supporting young men in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play constructive roles in society. The Boy Scout movement employs the Scouting method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports. In 2007, Scouting and Guiding together had over 38 million members in 216 countries.
SARASOTA SCOUTING HISTORY
The first Sarasota Boy Scout troop began in 1913. Within the first year, Col. John Hamilton Gillespie, Sarasota's first mayor and a British scoutmaster, agreed to be an adviser to the group when he was in town. The Sarasota Times frequently carried stories about the activities of the local Scout troop. A 1914 article described a Thursday camp-out. After a hike out to the country, each boy cooked his meal over the camp fire, spread his blanket on the ground by the fire, and then awakened at 4:30 a.m. for breakfast and the march back to town in time for school. Later that year, the 14 members of the Stag and Raven Patrols went to Longboat Key for "drills and other exercises." The photograph below came from the collection of Russell Woodfin 
Osprey Troop 6, C.W. Webb. Scoutmaster, Its clubhouse was dedicated in 1928.
Cub Scout Packs
Cub Scout Pack 46, Doug Shepard-Cubmaster. NAMED CUB MASTER OF THE YEAR FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COUNSEL FOR 2008 RECIPIENT OF THE LIVE OAK AWARD FOR SWFC Meetings - Kinnan Elementary School - Tuesday Evenings from 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. http://cubscoutspack46.web.officelive.com/default.aspx Charted by the Law Offices of Baily & Baily
Cub Scout Pack 181, Ariel Rniz, Cubmaster Meetings - Kirkwood Presbyterian Church-Tuesday Evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Charted by Kirkwood Presbyterian Church