Author: Aaron Hall

We recently held a very successful Open House recruiting event for Webelos II / Arrow of Light Cub Scouts who are shopping for a Boy Scout troop to cross over […]

Troop 58 recently said farewell to a long-time Scouter and member of our scouting family.  This was by far the hardest thing I have had to do in close to […]

While at church this week, the Priest started his homily by sharing the names of several athletes who, as a kid, he thought were beautiful when they played their sport […]

Most of the time, being one or the other is pretty clear…and as Scouts and Scouters (and I imagine generally as parents of Scouts) – we all want to be […]

What a great week at camp!  Honestly, I’m not sure I’ve ever been to or heard of a bad week of summer camp…of course, I may be biased as an […]

Some would say Star Wars and Boy Scouts have much in common thematically – good triumphs over evil, family matters most, all the best action happens outside….I could go on.  […]

Unless you’ve missed a whole lot of email from TroopTrack recently, this is an amazing time of the year.  Not just because of all of the great outdoors, service, and […]

The 10th point of the Scout Law – a Scout is Brave – conjures up visions of a Scout running into a burning building to save someone, or being calm […]

How’s that for an attention-grabber?!? You may have heard of the poet/philosopher Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (aka Rumi) – see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi for a bit of background – or maybe not.  Aside […]

Several of Troop 58’s adult leaders attended the University of Scouting in late February – a great event with just under 1,000 Scouters from across the National Capitol Area Council (and […]