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Boy Scouting is a fun & exciting program to get involved with. Scouts can be as involved with the troop as they want to be. Some scouts join to journey up the ladder of ranks to one day earn their Eagle Rank, and some scouts join to hang out with friends, go on fun camp-outs & other adventures, and to get involved with helping the community. Either of these are fine reasons to be a part of Boy Scouting. Troop 396 is a "scout-lead troop", with supervision of the adult leadership. This means that the boys have control of what they want to do (and don't want to do) in the troop.
The troop goes on at least one campout a month, except in December. Some campouts are canoeing adventures, some are hiking excursions, and some are council sponsored camporees. On the weekend of a campout, we (usually) leave Friday evening and return Sunday mid-day (with enough time for scouts to complete homework). There is almost always a short church service for any interested scout on Sunday morning before we leave the campsite. In June, Summer Camp at Ransburg Scout Reservation in Bloomington, Indiana takes place of the monthly campout. While at Summer Camp, the troop camps at a secluded part of the camp, Adventure Point, where we run our own summer camp. With our own merit badge classes, we cook for ourselves, use our own tents and other things you don't do while at main camp. Here scouts are given the opportunity to receive merit badges, Firecrafter, rank advancements, and go swimming & participate in troop athletic games. The troop also occasionally takes trips other than the monthly campout to go on
hikes, museums, or do other fun activities.