Boy Scout Troop 111

Scouting for Food 2024

Submitted by Timmy Hingst on March 15, 2024 - 9:11pm

In late February, Troop 111 set out to help those in need by participating in Scouting for Food. Scouting for Food is an annual event where scouts collect food generously donated by local families to donate it to local food banks. About a dozen of our scouts participated handing out fliers to houses. Luckily we did not get rained out this year, unlike last year. The weather was also in favor when we collected foods a week later. In total, hundreds of cans and boxes of non-perishable foods were collected. All of the food was donated to the Sacred Heart Food Pantry. Thank you to everyone who generously donated their food and time to this event!

Ropersmith Erosion Control

Submitted by Tom Kelley on January 6, 2024 - 9:18am

2024 is here! That means it’s time to break out the trail tools and embark on another year of service on public lands!

Troop 111 was up early with the cold and headed high into Harmon Canyon Preserve this morning to make repairs to the Ropersmith Trail.

Supervised by two of the Ventura Land Trust’s trail foremen, the Scouts cleared debris, repaired erosion controls, and hauled a ton of earth and stone to repair the upper sections of the trail.

Things are starting to look nice and “flowy” again on this fantastic shared hiker/MTBer route. Great work, gents!

Adventures at Philmont

Submitted by ColinErickson on August 23, 2021 - 8:59am

There is a lot to say about a 10 day on the trail and four days on a train. But one thing anyone who experiences it can tell you is that it’s life changing. At philmont this summer Troop 111 was given the unlikely chance of splitting into two crews and having those crews have the very same trek, extremely lucky indeed. Some highlights of this trip were the top of the Tooth of Time, a whole zero day of relaxing, and hanging out in the observation train car.

As one could expect from a trip like this there was a fair bit of hurting on the many days of hiking. But it never went to anyone’s head. For the whole time no one ever tapped out and said they couldn’t do it. Quite the contrary. In the nature of being cheerful everyone always kept a smile on their face and always helped lift everyone else up to have a smile as well.

When we were loaded on the bus to take us back to the train station we all looked over our heads to see Arrowhead Rock, which legend has it if you look back and see it you will return one day. And that we already know we will.

Green bar Pow Wow at San Simeon

Submitted by josephw on September 8, 2019 - 5:05pm

From August 31 to September 2, Troop 111 went on a trip to San Simeon state park. Many boys took the opportunity to climb trees, get sign offs done, or both. There was also a 5 mile hike for the boys who needed it for ranks or merit badges. Along with this, the boys in leadership roles of the troop met to hammer out possibly the best, if not most insane, annual schedule our troop has ever had. After the meeting the hikers and leaders all met down at the beach. This was both a fun and productive trip overall.

Summer Camp at Whitsett

Submitted by josephw on August 13, 2019 - 11:44pm

On Sunday, June 30, 2019, Troop 111 took a drive to Camp Whitsett, staying for the whole week. The camp offers a wide variety of programs for the scouts, including many different merit badges, such as swimming, archery, and environmental science. One of the programs was the overnight on Wednesday, Scouts hiked to a small field where there were activities such as tug of war, jenga, and foam swords. That night we slept outside under the stars. Another great part of this camp was the waterfront. It had a swimming area, canoes, rowboats, and kayaks. Some scouts also decided to go fishing. On the last day, the Camp Wide Games were held, which had troops competing in activities such as kayaking, swimming, running, and archery, in which Troop 111 came in third place. Overall, it is a great camp, almost as nice as Camp 3 Falls!