Boy Scout Troop 264

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Troop Meetings

Troop meetings for Scouts are held weekly year round on Monday evenings from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Lee’s Summit United Methodist Church except for one Monday evening each month that is designated for a meeting of the Troop Committee (adult leaders of the Troop). 

About the Troop

Troop 264 is a part of the Heart of America Council of the Boy Scouts of America.  Troop 264 was chartered at the Lee’s Summit United Methodist Church over 50 years ago.  During the past 50 plus years, over 250 Scouts in the Troop have achieved the highest rank in scouting, Eagle Scout.  The Troop actively participates in all aspects of the Boy Scouts of America program, annually earning the National Quality Unit Award.  These programs and activities include use of the “patrol method” of dividing the Scouts into separate patrols of 6 to 10 members who elect a Patrol Leader.  The Scouts also elect a Senior Patrol Leader to lead the entire Troop.  The Patrol Leaders and the Senior Patrol Leader (and his assistants) comprise the Patrol Leaders Council.  The Patrol Leaders Council meets frequently outside of regular Troop meetings and also conducts an annual program planning conference to develop the Troop’s annual calendar of programs and activities. Troop 264 is a Scout-led organization supported by active adult Scouters.

The Troop currently consists of approximately 65 Scouts, supported by 50 active Troop Committee members (adult leaders).

Troop Programs and Activities

Troop programs and activities include performing community service projects; participating in outdoor activities such as camping one weekend a month year round, attending summer camp, and taking high adventure trips; and conducting a Troop Junior Leader Training program to train younger Scouts to take leadership roles in the Troop in the future.  A representative listing of some of the recent activities the Troop has participated in is listed below.  Scouts in the Troop also participate in the Mic O Say and Order of the Arrow honor camping programs.

REPRESENTATIVE TROOP ACTIVITIES:

  • Annual summer camp attendance (10 day session in June or July) at H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation on Truman Lake near Osceola, Missouri.
  • Monthly Troop overnight campouts at local locations such as Longview Lake, Monkey Mountain Park, and Blue & Gray Park and at locations outside of the area such as Indian Cave State Park in Nebraska (Eagle Days at nearby Squaw Creek National Wildlife Preserve); Hannibal, Missouri (Mark Twain sites and Mississippi riverboat); Hutchinson, Kansas (Kansas Cosmosphere Space Center); Bennett Springs State Park (trout fishing); Omaha, Nebraska (Omaha Zoo and Strategic Air Command museum); Columbia, Missouri (Katy Trail bike riding); Weston, Missouri (night snow skiing and snowboarding at Snow Creek).
  • High adventure trips to locations such as Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico (2 weeks of backpacking in the Sangre de Cristo mountains); Ely, Minnesota (Boundary water canoe trips in summer; cold weather camping in winter); and Current River in southern Missouri (canoe trips).

Contacts and More Information

Troop Chartered Organization Representative:  Gene Guevel (816)  524-4966

Troop Committee Chairman:  Chris Williams (816) 246-5284

Troop Scoutmaster:  Mike Whalon (816) 525-1097

 
To learn more about Troop 264, contact  Lee's Summit United Methodist Church or one of the individuals listed above.  To learn more about Scouting, visit the Heart of America Council website or the Boy Scouts of America website.