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BOY SCOUT TROOP 20
• Troop 20 is SCOUT-LED! Elections are Oct 21st. Your scout could BE A LEADER!
• We meets up once a week. Good for building up scout skills and fellowship.
• We are a four season troop with all types of adventures planned for 2024 - 2025! You can join us for our first October Troop adventure as we head to Six Flags, earn Merit Badges and experience Fright Fest together!
• We encourage and celebrate training! Every Scout deserve a well trained leader. Scouts benefit when all parties (especially parents) understand the scouting program.
ABOUT SCOUTMASTER BIG BEAR
Scoutmaster Correa (aka. Big Bear) is a vetted, Scouting America adult volunteer with over 9 years of scouting experience who looks forwards to learning even more. He's spent many hours learning scout crafts and skills and is CPR and AED Certified to boot! He's even taken the time to take Wood Badge, [N5-333-19] the highest training an adult scout volunteer can take in Scouting America just to learn how to bring the best scouting has to offer to the youth.
As part of his Wood Badge requirements, he had to complete multiple service projects to scouting called 'Tickets' in the course of a year to earn his Wood Badge Certification.
He is very patient and well versed bringing out the best in Scouts, even in those who are neurodivergent being a father of four boys with ADHD.
In 2024, he was Award one of three Key 3 Leaders Awards in recognition for his service to his district. He enjoys cooking with Dutch ovens in the wild and seeing what awesome ideas young people can think up to leave a lasting and positive impact on their communities and the environment.
“Andrew Correa may go by the nickname Big Bear, but to me he's nothing but a gentleman. He leads his scouts firmly but respectfully while giving them opportunities to develop independence and leadership skills."
- Peter Coy | Demarest NJ | Honorable President of The Demarest Nature Center
WELCOME TO TROOP 20
Do you want to learn how to make a fire without using matches? Perhaps you'd like learn how to fish and catch a monster bass on a lake! Maybe you'd like to learn how to cook lasagna in a Dutch Oven in the woods on a cool evening ? Or maybe you'd like to fly a plane and see our planet from a whole new perspective?
THEN YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!
Click our Troop logo to join today!
FAQ's
Great question! Troop 20 meets up once a week at two locations. 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month we meet up at the Demarest Middle School from 6:30PM to 8:00PM in the school cafeteria. On the 2nd and 4th Sunday, we meet at Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church from 3:00PM to 5:30PM.
Where does your Troop meet?
For $1 a day (or $365 dollars a year) your scout can enjoy four seasons of outdoor adventures! $170 dollars pays for your Scouting America National and Regional dues (not including the optional Scout Life Magazine subscription and $5.55 online processing Administrative Fee). The annual Troop Dues are $195 dollars. This covers the cost of registering Adult Volunteer ($130 fee) and the cost of patches, troop camp reservations and camp out equipment.
We have regular fundraisers to make the cost of scouting even more budget friendly and National Scholarship and Regional Camperships are available for families in need.
How much does it cost to join Troop 20?
A scout-led Troop is a Troop that is run by its scouts! Every six months the scouts elect their leaders and these scout leaders meet-up once a month to discuss what they want to do at their Troop Meeting. These. meetings are called Patrol Leadership Councils. The Adults prepare the scouts for this awesome responsibility by having them attend leadership workshops called Introduction To Leadership Skills and for older scout National Youth Leadership Training.
You call yourself a "Scout-Led" Troop? What is that? What does it mean?
UPCOMING ADVENTURES
JOIN US ON OUR FIRST OF TWO AMAZING CAMP OUTS IN OCTOBER: The Six Flags Jamboree during FRIGHT FEST and the NJ 360 CAMPOREE!
NEW PATROLS WILL BE FORMING IN OCTOBER.
ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD MONDAY OCTOBER the 21st.
Click below to see our Annual Troop Calendar.
