Our Troop Philosophy
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Scouts BSA Troops 1028 (boys) and 1029 (girls) are affiliated Scout-led units. Ours is a value-based community, a proud and encouraging team. We foster and train engaged citizen leaders amidst an exciting atmosphere of fun and real adventure!
Our very diverse and skilled Scouters provide strong support for boys and girls seeking true self-reliance. We hope that Scouts ultimately become ready and prepared to do the right thing, doing their best wherever they are, whenever they can, with whatever they have.
The Scouts of Troop 1028 and 1029 advance at their own pace within an encouraging, supportive structure. Whenever possible and feasible, Scouts teach their peers, for this benefits both teacher and pupil. While we strive to insure that Scouts advance as quickly as their initiative, skills, and understanding allow, our Scouts learn and earn their skills, awards, and ranks. Our active and varied program provides Scouts with lots of advancement opportunities. This makes it feasible for a Scout to obtain their First Class rank within a year of joining, but only if the Scout is motivated. As we like to say to all our Scouts: It is always your move!
Our very diverse and skilled Scouters provide strong support for boys and girls seeking true self-reliance. We hope that Scouts ultimately become ready and prepared to do the right thing, doing their best wherever they are, whenever they can, with whatever they have.
The Scouts of Troop 1028 and 1029 advance at their own pace within an encouraging, supportive structure. Whenever possible and feasible, Scouts teach their peers, for this benefits both teacher and pupil. While we strive to insure that Scouts advance as quickly as their initiative, skills, and understanding allow, our Scouts learn and earn their skills, awards, and ranks. Our active and varied program provides Scouts with lots of advancement opportunities. This makes it feasible for a Scout to obtain their First Class rank within a year of joining, but only if the Scout is motivated. As we like to say to all our Scouts: It is always your move!
Visitors Always Welcome
If you are interested in joining, please come check us out (updated per new BSA rules April 18, 2022):
- Scouts BSA Troops 1028 and 1029 are in the Monticello District of the Virginia Headwaters Council (VAHC)
- Any boy or girl aged 10 or older but not yet 18 (note: age 10 requires being in 5th grade and registered after March 1, OR having earned Arrow of Light award in Cub Scouts) is eligible and welcome to join
- Feel free to attend any Monday Troop meeting to meet our Scouts, Leaders, and Parents - email us for location details (see "Contact Us" page above)
- Check our Calendar and Events pages first to make sure we are meeting (we don't meet on Albemarle County or STAB school holidays or when schools are closed due to bad weather) and confirm the location
- You can also use the Contact Us page to email the Scoutmasters or Committee Chair to check the detailed agenda and let us know you are coming
- Many of our amazing outings are open to Webelos and AOL Scouts! Join us for our annual kayaking adventure, hike with us, zipline with us, camp with us at Apple Harvest, or join us for one of our many and varied outings!
- We hold Open Houses several times throughout the year, our next Open House will be on Monday, January 27, 2025 - see more details below. In the meantime, feel free to visit us any time!
Troop Meetings - Monday Nights, Year-Round
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With the exception of Albemarle County and STAB school holidays and weather-related closings, we meet year-round every Monday evening from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.
Meeting Location: We meet at the St. Anne's-Belfield (STAB) School's Belfield Campus on 799 Faulconer Drive (just off the 250 Bypass, take the US 250 Business exit towards Ivy and immediately follow signs) in Charlottesville, Virginia. Follow the map to park and reach our meeting location in the Learning Village Dining Hall. For more detailed directions to the STAB Belfield campus, please see www.stab.org |
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Upcoming Troop 1028/1029 Open Houses
We hold Open Houses several times throughout the year, following a similar format as shown below. Our Troop Scouts will be running lots of hands-on activity stations, Scouts games, offering food samples from our amazing Troop chefs, helping AOLs finish their Bobcat requirements, plus we're giving away insanely cool raffle prizes like our exclusive Troop 1028/1029 LEGO Seabase St. Thomas sets, Troops carabiners, mess kits, and even autographed books from a certain Scoutmaster! Be sure to attend one if you can, but in the meantime, feel free to visit us any time!
- Early Fall Open House - Monday, September 9, 2024 - a great success!
- Late Fall Open House - Monday, November 18, 2024 - a great success!
- Winter Open House - Monday, January 27, 2025
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Want to find out more about us?
Feel free to use our Contact Us page to email us questions or to inquire about visiting the Troops for a meeting or an outing. See all of our upcoming meetings on our Calendar and Events pages and pick something that interests you. Also see below for an informative flyer, new parent packet, and link to our Facebook and How to Join pages which you are encouraged to check out:
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Troop History / Information
Some quick facts about Troop 1028 (male):
Some quick facts about Troop 1029 (female):
How do our two amazing Troops operate together?
- Troop 1028 was founded in 2002 and was originally chartered by the Moose Lodge 1028 in Keswick, Virginia
- We moved to our current STAB Belfield Campus location in January 2015 and are now chartered by the Rimora Foundation
- We currently have 16 active Scouts in Troop 1028
Some quick facts about Troop 1029 (female):
- Troop 1029 was officially chartered on February 2, 2019 as the first official female Troop in the Monticello District
- We share the same meetings with Troop 1028, and are also chartered by the Rimora Foundation
- One of our Scouts earned her first Merit Badge (Horsemanship) on our very first day (2/2/2019), the first Merit Badge earned by a female Scout in the Monticello District
- Several of our Scouts are in both Scouts BSA and Girl Scouts, and plan to pursue both the rank of Eagle Scout and the Girl Scout's Gold Award
- Two of our Troop 1029 Scouts are twins, and their dad is an Eagle Scout. They were the first to sign up back in the Fall of 2018 !
- We currently have 5 active Scouts in Troop 1029
How do our two amazing Troops operate together?
- We have families with Scouts in both Troops. This is one of the great features of the Scouts BSA program – siblings can participate in all the same activities, earn the same awards, and go on all the same fun and amazing adventures. It also makes it pretty convenient for parents if everyone is going to all the same Scouts BSA events!
- Both Troop 1028 and 1029 share the same Chartered Organization and same Troop Committee, as well as most other adult leadership, but each Troop has its own independent Scoutmaster per Scouts BSA rules
- Each Troop is Scout-led and elects its own Scout leadership - Senior Patrol Leader (SPL), Assistant Senior Patrol Leader (ASPL), Patrol Leader (PL), Assistant Patrol Leader (APL), Quartermaster (QM), Scribe, etc.
- Each Troop has dedicated "Patrol time" during every meeting for work on rank advancement, Patrol bonding, and planning
- Each Troop holds regular and independent Patrol Leaders Council (PLC) meetings (chaired by the SPL) for shorter-term look-ahead planning, as well as joint Annual Program Planning sessions (co-chaired by both SPLs) for longer-term look-ahead planning
- Most aspects of the Scouting program are shared: we typically have the same Troop meetings, same events, same outings, etc.
- However, both Troops are Scout-led so we also frequently have separate Troop and Patrol outings or special events
- Just to keep it simple, most of this website uses "Troop 1028" or "Troops" to refer to both Troops
Troops 1028 and 1029 - Charlottesville, VA
Read about our Troops in Southside Neighbors Magazine!
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We were thrilled to be featured in the October 2021 Southside Neighbors magazine which is distributed to over 2200 homes in Charlottesville's southern neighborhoods!
Check out our article below to learn more about our amazing Troops and join us to start the adventure of a lifetime! pdf file courtesy of Best Version Media, article photographs by Troop 1029 (Eric Cutright and Kevin Reilly), professional cover/article photographs by Rob Garland Photographers, 2021.
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