Mission Statement:

As a Boy Scout Troop, we will:

Emphasize a boy led, back packing oriented outdoor program;

Develop boy leadership through service to others;

Promote youth self-sufficiency in the wilderness and at home;

Strive to live into the Scout Oath and Law in our daily lives.

Troop 835 has been recently re-activated at Amity United Methodist Church. Active until the late 1980's, Troop 835 has a rich history of involvement in the Chapel Hill community and in the world of Scouting. The re-activated troop boasts of an exceptionally strong and experienced adult Troop Committee (with 6 Eagle Scouts), and an accomplished and experienced cadre of senior youth leadership. The troop has raised over $12,000 already so that it will be able to concentrate fully on its core program during the next year without concern over adequate fund raising. Troop 835 is actively represented in the Occoneechee Lodge of the Order of the Arrow.

Troop size: 24 by 6/1/1998; target size of 48 by 1/1/2000.

Long term goals:

Attend National Jamboree in 2001

 Philmont Scout Reservation in 2002

 World Jamboree in 2003

Intermediate steps:

District / Council Camporees in spring and fall each year

 Regional hiking excursions / camping on monthly basis

 Week long summer camp at Camp Durant or Raven Knob

 7-14 day Appalachian Trial excursions building to Philmont

 High adventure trips for I" Class Scouts - Boundary Waters, etc

 Venture Program and High Adventure Camps for senior scouts

Meeting times / location:

Troop 835 meets in "The Scout Hut" beside Amity United Methodist Church on Estes Drive. Meetings are every Thursday at 7:30 pm. First meeting of re-activated troop will be May 14 at 7:30 at the "Hut."

Next meetings will be 5/21, 5/28, 6/4. Camping trip 6/5 - 6n. Pre summer camp meeting (parents, too) 7/16. Summer camp at Camp Durant in Carthage, NC 7/19-7/26. Regular meetings resume 8/20.

Questions:

Contact Scoutmaster Kurt Uphoff, 967-4627, ktuphoff@juno.com

 or Committee Chairman Steve Gathy, 942-2089