About Us

Welcome to Troop 700!

Since 1969, Troop 700’s leadership has been committed to providing a safe, structured, and engaging Scouting program for the youth in Grapevine and its surrounding communities.

Through our active committee, parents, and adult volunteers, we maintain a fun environment that gives our Scouts the opportunity to develop the values and skills they need to become outstanding citizens in our community and the nation.

Troop 700’s committee is dedicated to and supports a separate boy led troop (700B), and a separate girl led troop (700G). Each troop has their own youth elected leadership structure and Scoutmaster.

We are committed to Outdoor Activities, Leadership, Teamwork, Service.

Outdoor Activities

We are a youth-led troop! Our Scouts conduct an annual meeting to plan their outdoor activities and schedule for the coming year. We like to be in the outdoors, and we have a weekend campout each month. We camp in rain, shine and snow and have a great time no matter the weather. Take a look at our event schedules! See 700B for the boy led troop schedule. See 700G for the girl led troop schedule. In the past activities have included canoeing, backpacking, biking,  wilderness survival, orienteering, pioneering, shooting, rock climbing, fishing, rocketry, zip lining …just to name a few.

Leadership

The leadership structure in a Scout Troop is democracy-in-action. Its key leaders are elected by their peers, and then the elected leaders provide direction through the Troop’s small group teams, that are called Patrols. The two elected positions are Senior Patrol Leader and Patrol Leader(s).

The Troop is run by its elected key youth leaders. With the guidance of the Scoutmaster, these youth leaders plan the program, conduct troop meetings, and provide leadership among their peers. Non-elected Scouts can develop their leadership skills by being appointed to any of the roles below:

Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
Troop Guide
Quartermaster
Scribe
Den Chief
Chaplain Aide
Historian
Instructor
Librarian
Webmaster
Bugler
Order of the Arrow Representative
Outdoor Ethics Guide
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster

Teamwork

As a member of a small group (patrol), youth are afforded opportunities that are hard to find anywhere else. Unlike a sports team, a Scout patrol carries out a wide range of tasks that require pooling resources and working together to function successfully in all kinds of circumstances.

For most young people, being in a Scout patrol will be the first time they have to rely upon themselves and other young people to follow an array of necessary steps to satisfy objectives that requires a wide range of life skills.

Like any team, a patrol will function well only as long as all the particular responsibilities pertaining to the completion of a task are carried out successfully. Because of its size, this gives every member an opportunity to participate, and this in itself results in some positive outcomes. Making a contribution to the patrol’s success provides a welcome sense of belonging, of being appreciated, and a feeling of competency resulting in self esteem.

As an illustration, let’s take the example of preparing a full course dinner on a campout. To accomplish this undertaking effectively, under the direction of their patrol leader, all members of the patrol get to plan the menu. One or two get to accomplish the grocery shopping, one or more can organize getting the water for cooking and cleaning, and prepare the fire or setup the stove(s). Others will be designated to do the actual cooking, lead the blessing, serve the food, and oversee the cleanup. Of course, the whole patrol gets to eat the meal. It’s a patrol enterprise, requiring cooperation, the sharing of responsibilities and leadership, working for the collective good, and putting skills into action.

Service

The concept of service is foundational to the Scouting way of life. It’s in our Scout Oath, our Scout Law, and most particularly, in our Scout Slogan, which is:

Do a Good Turn Daily

For a Scout this does not mean that they should do just one Good Turn during the day and then stop. It means we are always looking for opportunities to help others, quietly and without boasting. We remember that a Good Turn is an act of kindness, not just something we do because it is good manners. Good Turns should be done for family, friends, adults, children, and especially for those that are not able to do the task themselves.

Each year Troop 700 commits to service projects for our chartered organization, our local community, and Scouting BSA.