North Port Troop 157
Hello! This is the North Port Boy-Scout Troop 157 website. This Troop is part of the BSA program that builds leadership, outdoor skills, and character. Our Troop has regular meetings during the school year on Mondays. We also have activities such as campouts or day trips about once a month. We as the older scouts try to help and become involved in the younger scouts’ growth while making progress with our own Boy Scout journey. At the end of the school year we go on a weeklong trip to a summer camp that we have raised money from fundraising throughout the year, it is jam packed full of bonding and fun.
Our adventures
Boy Scout Summer Camps are organized programs where Boy Scouts have the opportunity to engage on various outdoor activities and skill-building. It is not only a place for skill-building, but also for making long lasting memories and developing character.
Scout life
Helping Clean Up after Hurricane Ian
Helping our church partner with the after effects of hurricane Ian. We sorted and transported the piles of destroyed church and trees.
Sorting Glasses with the Lions Club
We helped our local Lions Club organize hundreds of glasses that had been donated.
Matthew’s Eagle Project
Matthew teamed up with People for Trees to restore and enhance their Tree Walk/Arboretum in North Port.
Ryan’s Eagle Project
Ryan used his construction class experience to make picnic tables and benches for his Eagle project.
“Be Prepared… the meaning of the motto is that a Scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.”
– Lord Robert Baden-Powell
“The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain.”
– Bill Bradley
When a flashlight dims or quits working, you don’t throw it away, you change the batteries.
When a person messes up and finds themselves in a dark place, do you cast them aside? Of course not, you help them change their batteries! some need AA (Attention and Affection); some need AAA (Attention and Affection and Acceptance); some need D (Direction). And if they still don’t seem to shine, simply sit with them quietly and share your own light.
– Lessons Taught By LIFE
On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to god and my country, and to obey the scout law; to help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
– Scout Oath
