New Scouts

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You will find useful information on the Troop Forms/Links Page (see button above also) covering an introduction to Scout history, regional Boy Scout web-pages, Troop operations, summer camps & Scout uniform requirements as well as a Membership Application Form.

Your son will be assigned to a Patrol which will have a Patrol Leader. You can find more information on roles & contact information for Scouts and the Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmasters in the Troop Roles & Responsibilities & Contact Information pages. There you will also find details of other adult leadership roles in the Troop. Some of these pages are password protected to limit SPAM and inappropriate usage. You can access Scoutmaster and a few other links - please call by phone to initiate contact also please fill out the Troop's Web Approval Form (names, address, phone numbers, email & approvals) - see the Web Policy Page. This form can be submitted by email (or hard copy) to capture all required personal information and to sign up for full Troop website access and Troop Newsletter subscriptions.

Meetings:
The whole Troop meets 2-3 times per month on Monday evenings and usually also has at least one Troop activity planned every month (camping, hiking, backpacking or other). Once you join get signed up for the email newsletters to stay in touch with Calendar updates. General upcoming calendar items are on the home page - you can also find out more about joining the Troop by attending a regular Troop meeting (please call the Scoutmaster first so we know to greet you).

See the requirements to become a Boy Scout to the left as well as some early rank advancement requirements.

Troop Resource Survey:
We do ask that parents contribute some of their time & support to the Troop as well as to their sons individual progress in Scouting. We hold a new Scout parent orientation meeting soon after the usual Cub Scout transition to Scouting (~March) and at this time we will ask you to complete the Troop Resource Survey to indicate areas where you may be willing & able to support the Troop. We usually specifically ask parents to sign-up for volunteer activities/roles in our October Annual Parent Meeting so you will have some time to get used to the Troop and decide how you can best help. You can always update your Resource Survey inputs later or just volunteer for alternate items.

Summit School: Here is a map* to our usual meeting place at Summit School: (with aerial & birds eye views)

4515 E Muirwood Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85048-7683

Here is also an aerial photo of the Summit School MPR Entrance Location
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Here is a map to our usual activity departure & return point the parking lot of the Basha's plaza on the corner of 48th St and Warner Rd between the Burger King and Taco Bell: (check out the aerial & birds eye views).

Photo of parking lot Meeting Location
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Pecos Park: When school is out of session we usually meet at a Ramada at Pecos Park

Here is also an aerial photo of the Detailed Ramada Location
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Fire Station #43: The monthly Board Of Review and some other Troop sessions (JLT etc) are held in the Community Room of Phoenix Fire Station (#43) on the North side of Chandler Blvd opposite the Safeway Plaza at 40th St. (park on the west side).

Here's a map* to the location (with aerial & birds eye views)
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Here is a photo showing the location to park & enter the building for the Community Room

Occasionally we hold Troop wide meetings - especially Courts Of Honor and Eagle Scout Courts of Honor at Corpus Christi Church - usually in the Parish Center. Occasionally PLC meetings and JLT training session are also held in the Church meeting rooms (exact rooms vary).

Here is an Aerial Photo of the various Corpus Christi Church Locations
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We hold many Troop Committee Meetings at this location in one of the meeting rooms. Note that mapquest shows a slightly incorrect location - the church is on the north side of Liberty lane after Nighthawk & Saltsage

Centennial School: Here is a map* to our old Troop meeting place at Centennial Middle School: (with aerial & birds eye views)

Desert Breeze Park – Boy Scout Area: We will occasionally meet here, where - clean air restrictions allowing – we are able to have a campfire.

Here's a map* to the location (with aerial & birds eye views)

660 N Desert Breeze Boulevard, Chandler, AZ 85226

Here is an aerial photo of the Boy Scout Area
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This website is not really a recruiting tool - but you can get an idea of what our Troop does in these pages... If you are interested in joining Troop 278 please contact the Scoutmaster - details on the Contacts Page.

Boys must be aged between 11-17 to join or transfer into the Troop or may join at age 10 only if they have completed the 'Arrow of Light' award in Cub Scouts or have already graduated the 5th grade.

Usually Cubs Scouts visit the Troop in the winter & formally join in the spring of their 5th grade school year. Troop 278's largest source of new Scout recruits are local Cub Packs 278 & 978 but all others are welcome.

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