Boy Scout Troop 124 - Pointing the Way for 50 Years!

Since 1971, Troop 124 has been Pointing the Way! Our mission is to help young people make moral and ethical choices throughout their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and the Scout Law – facilitating life-changing experiences that foster citizenship, character and fitness!

Troop 124 maintains an active outdoor program, consisting of monthly weekend camping trips, an annual week-long summer camp, and trips to National High Adventure Bases in the Rocky Mountains and Florida Keys every two years. Our two buses and 22 canoes and equipment trailers enable us to conduct a variety of weekend trips throughout the Mid-Atlantic area at minimal cost.

Troop 124 also has a history of providing community service through an annual non-perishable food drive and multiple Eagle Scout service projects each year. With an emphasis on youth leadership, our program features activities that are both fun and meaningful. Nobody else does what we do!

Who’s the best for sure?... 124!

Troop buses over the years.

 

WHAT HAVE WE DONE. High Adventure camps:  Philmont Scout Reservation NM Seabase Scout camp FL Northern Tier. MI Canoe Adventures: Patapsco river Delaware river.  Other Exciting Trips. Winter Klondike, Upper PA Kenya, Africa MORE CAMPING LOCATIONS

Summer camps and other Trips: Burt Adams GA Raven Knob NC Roosevelt, ME Griswold, NH Haliburton, Ontario Canada Ransburg, IN Loll, WY Royal Gorge. CO WHAT WE ARE PLANNING. Iceland Scout Camp White Nights 2025 Camp Durant Summer 2025 Philmont Summer 2026

WHAT IS SCOUTING?

Scouting is a year-round program for boys Grade 5 to 17 years old designed to achieve the aims of scouting through a vigorous outdoor program and peer group leadership. A Game with a Purpose. Scouting invites every youth to a safe, fun place to learn, explore, and grow.

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) provides the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, which helps young people be “Prepared. For Life.®” The Scouting organization is composed of more than 1 million youth members between the ages of 5 and 21 and more than 628,000 volunteers in local councils throughout the United States and its territories.

Since its inception in 1910, more than 130 million young men and women have participated in the BSA’s youth programs. More than 35 million adult volunteers have helped carry out the BSA’s mission.

BSA programs are divided by age and activity: Cub Scouting is for boys and girls in kindergarten through 5th grade, Scouts BSA is open to young men and young women in grades 6 through 12, and co-ed Venturing and Sea Scouting are available for young men and young women age 14 through 20. The BSA also offers career-oriented co-ed Exploring programs to youth age 10 through 20. 

Traditional Scouting programs are operated by local chartering organizations, such as religious institutions, clubs, civic associations, and educational organizations, which implement the Scouting program for youth within their communities. These units are led entirely by volunteers appointed by the chartering organization, who are supported by local councils using both volunteers and paid professional staff. 

In order to further outdoor activities, which are core to Scouting’s mission, the BSA has four High-Adventure Bases: Northern Tier (Minnesota, Manitoba, and Ontario), Philmont Scout Ranch (New Mexico), Sea Base (Florida), and Summit Bechtel Reserve (West Virginia).