Pasadena, California
At our last boy scouts meeting we celebrated changes in Leadership roles. Current leading scouts handed down their roles as patrol leaders, while the newer scouts achieved their first accomplishment of earning the Scout rank. Additionally, Tenderfoots were promoted to Second Class rank, mastering…
Some of our Troop 21 scouts and parents met in San Dimas on a beautiful Saturday to spend the night at the Frank Bonelli Regional Park. Scouts cooked up delicious meals towards earning their cooking merit badges. Parents also enjoyed a good times over…
Our Troop embarked on a hike this past Sunday Feb 23rd from the Hahamonga Watershed Park near the Jet Propulsion Lab with the mission of locating various items along their path. Although we weren’t able to locate all the items we had a great…
On the long holiday weekend of Jan 18-20, Troop 21 set off for the Mojave Desert to visit Joshua Tree with adventures of rock climbing and backpacking on their minds. Unfortunately, we could not gather enough scouts for a rock climbing tour, but we…
the December court of honor was a blast to end the 2024 scouting year. Many people earned merit badges, special awards and ranked up. We also had an amazing Troop 21 community pot luck where everyone brought something. There were egg rolls, fried chicken,…
For the Holiday toy drive a group of troop 21 scouts assisted the Salvation Army members in a toy drive for low income families. We sorted the donated toys into different sections for age groups and category of toys so families could choose gifts…
During Thanksgiving morning a group of scouts from Troop 21 joined up at the Salvation Army to deliver delicious Thanksgiving meals to the elderly. We set up tables and chairs for a Thanksgiving meal for the community.
On Oct 19-20, we went on mile and a half backpacking trip down into our campsite, shaded by large conifer pines and next to a creek. We took a day hike to a large lush green waterfall. At night we played many games of…
On the weekend of Dec 7th-8th. our Troop had the privilege of camping within a few hundred feet of the Visitors entrance to the Palomar Observatory. Although the weather was beautiful with clear skies and warm afternoons, early Saturday evening and Sunday morning was…
On the evening of September 30, 2024, Troop 21 held its Court of Honor ceremony. That night we honored scouts earning Ranks and Merit Badges, as well as three fellow scouts who earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank attainable. Such a…
We kicked off the new school year with our first camping trip to one of our favorite spots, Bandido Camp in the Angeles Crest National Forest just an hour from Pasadena. WIth SPL Gus and ASPL Wyatt leading the way, the campers, including several…
Appropriately enough, Daniel and James Shopbell became Eagle Scouts on the same evening, Sept. 25, following successful completion of their respective Boards of Review. This achievement culminates years of service to Troop 21 and the greater Pasadena community. Both Daniel and James served in…