Troop 281 Cincinnati, OH

  This past weekend was the Feast Fest campout. A lot of the troop showed up and it was a super fun campout. We had one AOL, Emmet, join us on the campout. We arrived at Camp Oyo kind of late, but it was fine. We set up patrol boxes, got our gear, and headed up to our cabins. We woke up the next morning ready to start the day with some delicious pancakes and sausage, then we got ready to go on a hike. We found out that it is hunting season and people were out hunting, so we went to a different trail in a non-hunting area that had a great view and is a great hike around a lake. In total we hiked about 6 miles. We went back to camp and made lunch. After lunch we did random things like basketball, gaga, advancement, and Micah and Zoe earned their Totin Chip. After that the cooks started making the dinner. The Swiss Misses had Mexico; Rams had Germany; Gladiators had Greece; and Whales had Italy. Everybody made amazing dishes. The girls won; Rams came in second; Whales came in third; a...

 Camp Whip Poor Will Service Project Last Saturday on November 6, some of the boys and girls in our Troop participated in the Camp Whip Poor Will service project. A total of 5 scouts went and a couple of adults. Our Troop has been helping Camp Whip Poor Will for the past 10 years, and they thank you very much. It was a good day of taking down tents and eating pizza.  Everybody enjoyed it and we all got a good amount of service hours in. They got to walk across a wobbly rope bridge and saw tons of bats under the tent flies. We helped take down 4 campsites. It was hard work but we got the job done. It was a good day at Camp Whip Poor Will, and we can't wait to help them again.  Aaron G. (Troop 281 Historian)

  Court of Honor This past Sunday we had our 2021 fall Court of Honor. Many people got recognized and it was a lot of fun. It started off with opening flags done by the Whales and Swiss Miss, then moving on to the opening prayer done by Melissa Longbrake. Then we started the award part of the ceremony with Mr. Longbrake where a lot of people got their patches for there new rank. Mackenzie Specht was the first out of all of the Swiss Miss to get Life rank. It then continued on to merit badges were everybody got some cool ones from summer camp at Camp Rainey Mountain, and mostly everybody who went got a white water rafting patch. It then moved on to the Senior Patrol Leader talk done by Deacon Howland from the boys troop and Hannah McOwen from the girls troop. After that we moved into summer camp review where they talked about how this year's summer camp went. We made an entrance into our campsite and showed our Troop spirit by running around the parade field on each other's sho...

 Hello everyone!   I am very excited to go to the Air Force Museum this weekend!  GO TROOP 281!!!