Scouts BSA Linked Troops 427 - Wausau, Wisconsin

This page is a resourse for current information on Scouts BSA Troop 427 for boys and Troop 9427 for girls. Check below for the latest forms and information to download. Google Calendar updates are posted below for the entire season of scouting.

Calendar Updates - Scout BSA Troop 427 Google Calendar

Current Links and Upcoming Events

Pioneering Merit Badge Pre-Summer Camp Sessions - on April 30th - 6pm-6:50pm Meet in the lower meeting rooms. See our Merit Badge page for more details.
Troop Meeting & Cooking Merit Badge Pre-Summer Camp - Tuesday April 30th at 7pm
2024 Samoset Spring WorkTrek Crystal Lakes Scout Reservation - at Camp Tesomas Friday - Sunday, May 3-5, 2024. Please join us for a weekend of fellowship & service. We will be preparing camp for the upcoming summer. All you need to bring is yourself, work clothes, and a cheerful spirit to spend a day or two serving camp. Any additional tools to help with projects are also welcome. We have projects for all skill levels to include some construction projects all the way to simple spring cleanup work More information below. A great way to earn camping nights and outdoor conservation serivce hours for rank advancement.
- Samoset Council Website Information on the Spring Work Trek
- Troop Permission Slip - Due at the Troop Meeting April 30th. The Permission slip is a fillable form. Options for filling out the form.
  - (Best method) Export the PDF permission slip to your computer. Fill out the form, save it to your computer, print out a copy and bring to the scout meeting.
  - Print the form as is and manually fill it out and bring to the scout meeting.
  - Export the PDF permission slip to your computer. Fill out the form and save to your computer. Send the digital PDF to the Troop Committee Chair's email.
- Annual Health and Medical Form - Most members of troop have this on file. Any new scouts or leaders need to have Part A & B filled out and brought to this event.
2024 Order of the Arrow Vigil Nominations - The Vigil Honor is the highest honor that the Order of the Arrow can bestow upon its members for service to lodge, council, and Scouting. Tom Kita Chara Lodge is looking for nominations of Youth and Adults for this honor. If you know of an Arrowmen who routinely goes above and beyond, and lives a life of selfless service, then consider nominating them for the Vigil Honor.
Rib Mountain District 2024 Awards & Recognition - We hope you will join us as we celebrate the wonderful volunteers in the Rib Mountain District! Thursday May 2nd, 2024 at 7:00pm at Camp Phillips. Please bring your favorite dessert to share! Beverages will be provided.

Camp Tesomas Summer Camp Week 1, June 16-21, Week 2, June 23-29, 2024

Every third year, scouts who have been enrolled in Troops 427 & 9427 for at least one year, have the opportunity to spend TWO weeks at Camp Tesomas. 2024 is such a year (won't occur again until 2027). This opportunity usually only occurs once, or perhaps twice, in a scout's career, and it is one of the activities that truly sets our program apart from the rest. No other troop in Samoset Council offers this program.

Why spend an extra week at summer camp? During the first week (June 16-21), scouts will work as patrols cooking all of their own meals, sharpening their camping skills, and building pioneering projects with nothing more than wooden poles and twine. Your scout will pack a year's worth of lessons regarding leadership, teamwork, and problem solving into a single week. It is transformative. In addition, your scout will start on a "fast track" to becoming an Eagle Scout. Your scout will not only develop the previously mentioned "soft skills," he or she will also have the opportunity to earn up to four additional merit badges, including Eagle-required cooking and camping merit badges.

After returning home for a day to rest, your scout will return for the second week of summer camp (June 23-29). The second week is the traditional Tesomas experience, in which scouts eat meals in the dining lodge, participate in camp-wide merit badges and activities, and attend the traditional Wednesday-evening Order of the Arrow ceremony. All scouts, including the new scouts that recently crossed over from Cub Scouts, are welcome and strongly encouraged to attend week 2.

2024 Troop Summer Camp Registration Form Due March 5th or 12th at the Scout Meetings. Also needed is the Advancement Schedule for the 2nd week of camp.
Leader Guidebook 2024 - Information on Programs, Merit Badges & MicroTrek
See our Merit Badge Page for information on Merit Badges for Week 1
Tesomas Scout Camp Advancement Schedule 2024 - Start looking at possible merit badges to take this summer at Camp Tesomas for the 2nd week. Troops 427 & 9427 plan to attend summer camp for two weeks in 2024. The first week of June 16-21, we plan to work on merit badges as a troop. We will be completing Camping MB, Cooking MB, Pioneering MB and Fish and Wildlife MB. See the Merit Badge page of our website for the schedule of work on the prerequisites needed to be completed before camp.
Advancement Prerequisites 2024 - Needed requirements to complete before camp.
Micro-Trek 2024 Schedule available for older scouts
Medical Information
- Annual Health and Medical Form - Complete for all campers (including adults) needs to be turned into the troop by the end of May 2024.
- Scout Medication - Complete for campers with medication and bring to camp
Camp Map - Complete with campsites, program areas, and building locations
Map to the Crystal Lake Scout Reservation - detailed directions on how to get to camp

Financial Assistance Links to help with Cost of Summer Camp

Online Samoset Campership Application - Complete for campers with financial need for summer camp - submit by April 15th, 2024
Troop 427 Summer Camp Scholarship Request Form Available for members of Scouts BSA Troops 427 - This form is completely confidential and is only seen by the Scoutmaster and the Troop Camp Scholarship Committee. Scoutmaster Signature Required. Form needs to be submitted to the Troop Committee Chair - submit by April 16th, 2024
Samoset Council Financial Assistance - Families that need financial assistance are welcome to apply for National BSA membership fee, Samoset Council program fee, Scout Handbook, and Scout uniform assistance. We don’t want cost to be a barrier for any family. Go to Samoset.org/aid to complete a financial assistance form. In addition, unit money earning opportunities (i.e., popcorn sale, firewood) should be part of a plan for Scouts to earn their own way.
Online Friends of Vincent Foundation Inc. (Haunted Sawmill)- Complete for campers with financial need

National Youth Leadership Training - June 9-15, 2024

National Youth Leadership Training training is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.

The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what he/she must KNOW, and what he/she must DO. The key elements are then taught with a clear focus on HOW TO. The skills come alive during the week as the patrol goes on a Quest for the Meaning of Leadership.

NYLT is a seven-day course. Content is delivered in a troop and patrol outdoor setting with an emphasis on immediate application of learning in a fun environment. Interconnecting concepts and work processes are introduced early, built upon, and aided by the use of memory aids, which allows participants to understand and employ the leadership skills much faster.

NYLT Brochure (PDF)

Wood Badge | Baden Powell’s Legacy for You

SCOUTING’S PREMIER ADULT LEADER TRAINING COURSE - The purpose of Wood Badge is to develop skilled leaders who can strengthen Scouting units in achieving the mission of the Boy Scouts of America. When we accomplish the mission of Scouting, we do it in the units.
Therefore, the short form of the purpose is, the purpose of Wood Badge is to strengthen units. Although the course is different today, what Baden-Powell said in 1919 still applies:
"One of the purposes of Wood Badge training is to get Scouters to think about the practice of Scouting, to meet together, to exchange experiences, and to live together in the spirit of the Scout Oath."

More information on Woodbadge at Samoset Council's website and Signup link

Scouts BSA program with Troops 427 - Important Links and Troop Forms

Blank Troop Deposit/Refund Slips
Weekly Dues Information and Form - New Policy in place.
BSA Personal Safety Awareness Videos & Scouts BSA Youth Protection Training for Scouts – Scout Rank Req.# 6a. & Star Rank Req. #6.
Link to Scouts BSA Advancement and Award Opportunities
Scouts BSA Troops 427 Position Trained Requirements
Eagle Scout Resources

Troops 427 & 9427 In the News

Channel 9 WAOW has a feature on our troops volunteerings, Area Scouts ask for donations in 'Scouting For Food' April 13th, 2024
Check it out our Troops have made the Scouting Life Magazine: Scouts Hone Their Survival Skills as Temperatures Fall Into the Single Digits - In the December 2023 issue of Scout Life Magazine (BSA's national magazine).
WAOW Channel 9 Video - Check out the feature on Addison Puent's American Red Cross Blood Drive for her Eagle Project.
WAOW Channel 9 Video - Local girl among first female Eagle Scouts in the nation - Check out the feature of Katie Martell, our first female Eagle Scout in Troop 427.
Wausau Daily Herald Article - Wausau's Katie Martell breaks new ground as area's first female Eagle Scout
Channel 9 WAOW News with our Troop Christmas Service Project for 2018.

Scoutbook Connections

LOGIN to: Scoutbook (For access to Rank advancement)
Scoutbook Tutorial for Parents
Scouts can login to Scoutbook if their parents invite them. A parent needs to be associated with their Scout by the Scoutbook unit admin, then the parent logs in and clicks on their Scout, goes to Edit Profile and at the bottom of the page is a place there the parent can invite the Scout to participate. Only a parent can do this. Setting up an Account Your Scout Can Use is in the Scoutbook Tutorial for Parents towards the bottom of the instructions.
Link to the Scoutbook App for Parents and Scouts (iPhone or iPad version) For parents and Scouts to track the Scouting Experience from Lion to Eagle Scout. This app is for parents and scouts only, it is not for adult leaders to track scouts. A Scoutbook.com log in is required and your account must either be connected to a Scout as a parent or be a youth account.
Link to the Scoutbook App for Parents and Scouts (Google Play Android) For parents and Scouts to track the Scouting Experience from Lion to Eagle Scout. This app is for parents and scouts only, it is not for adult leaders to track scouts. A Scoutbook.com log in is required and your account must either be connected to a Scout as a parent or be a youth account.