It is in the outdoors that Scouts share responsibilities and learn to live with each other. It is here that the skills and activities practiced at troop meetings come alive with purpose. Troop 339 offers an outdoor experience once a month. These activities are designed to challenge the boys. We, specifically, seek out and explore new and exciting adventures to place obstacles before each boy, so that he may overcome and conquer his individual fears, weaknesses, and limitations with the help of his friends and peers and, as required, supportive adults.
Regular attendance is necessary to obtain maximum benefit and to acquire skills.
If a Scout is irregular in his attendance, he misses out, and he deprives his patrol of the resources, strengths, and skills that he can contribute to the patrol and to the Troop on these outings. The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. Ranks are simply a means to an end, not an end in themselves. Everything boys do to advance and earn these ranks, from the day they join until they leave the program, should be designed to help boys have an exciting and meaningful experience. Education and fun are functions of Scouting, and they are the basis of the advancement program.