TROOP 1 PORTSMOUTH IS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD BOYS!

Boy Scout Troop 1 in Portsmouth is a high quality, active Boy Scout Troop that provides a first class Boy Scout program to boys ages 11-17 in the Portsmouth area as well as Aquidneck Island and the Sakonnet River area.

In the past, the Troop has conducted trips and campouts to Cooperstown, NY to see the Baseball Hall of Fame, Gettysburg, the Basketball Fame in Springfield, MA, Valley Forge, Fort Ticonderoga and Lake George, bicycle camping trips to Cape Cod and we do annual summer camp trips to Camp Yawgoog in Richmond, RI.

Older boys (14+) have done backpacking and white water rafting in New Hampshire.

Boys ages 11-17 or 5th grade and up can join at anytime!!!


 
              

Troop 1 Portsmouth Earns
The Ready Prepared Gold Award!

The Award

There are two award levels: Gold and Silver.

To earn the Gold Award, a Boy Scout troop, Varsity Scout team, or Venturing crew must complete 10 mandatory requirements and three elective requirements. Youth and adult members of a unit earning the Gold Award are entitled to wear the gold-bordered BSA Ready & Prepared Award patch and the unit is entitled to display the gold BSA Ready & Prepared ribbon.

The BSA Ready & Prepared Award was developed to encourage and reward Boy Scout troops, Varsity Scout teams, and Venturing crews that incorporate safe practices while enjoying challenging activities. The award acknowledges the common sense and judgment, founded on knowledge and training, used to incorporate risk management into a unit's decision-making process. It recognizes that the more responsibility individual members take for their personal health and safety, the more everyone contributes to a successful activity. Earning the award helps units focus on areas in which emphasizing risk management can help reduce fatalities and serious injury, such as:

• Driver and passenger safety
• BSA Youth Protection
• Precautions for aquatics activities
• Premises safety and first-aid readiness
• Personal fitness and safety

Here's a link for more information about ready and Prepared Awards
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/BSAReadyandPrepared.aspx