Close enough to guide. Far enough back for Scouts to lead.
Troop 826’s adult volunteers provide safety, coaching, continuity and encouragement. They prepare the ground, ask good questions and help Scouts learn from experience without taking the adventure away from them.
Support looks different in every moment.
Sometimes an adult teaches. Sometimes an adult checks the plan. Often, the most important thing an adult does is give a Scout time to work through the next step.
Meet Troop 826’s adult leaders.
Each person brings different experience to the troop, but they share one purpose: keeping Scouts safe, supported and free to do the leading.
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The responsibility is real—and so is the support.
Scouts elect their youth leaders, help choose adventures, plan meetings and menus, teach skills and lead their patrols. Adults do not disappear from that process. They create the safe structure in which Scouts can try, make mistakes, adjust and try again.
Before an outing, adults make sure transportation, permissions, equipment and safety plans are in place. During it, they watch the larger picture while Scouts handle the work appropriate to them. Afterward, adults help young leaders reflect without taking ownership of what the Scouts accomplished.
- Youth protection and appropriate adult supervision
- Outdoor safety, transportation and emergency preparation
- Coaching for the Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leaders and other youth roles
- Advancement guidance without turning advancement into a race
- Clear, dependable communication with families
Different roles. One shared purpose.
Troop 826 works because adults contribute in different ways. Not every volunteer camps, teaches a merit badge or serves in a formal leadership position.
Scoutmaster Team
Coaches youth leaders, supports patrols, teaches outdoor and leadership skills, and helps Scouts grow through the program rather than running it for them.
Troop Committee
Handles the behind-the-scenes work—records, finance, equipment, transportation, communication and resources—so the Scout-led program can happen reliably.
Merit Badge Counselors
Share knowledge and experience while helping Scouts ask questions, complete meaningful work and take ownership of their learning.
Parents & Helpers
Drive, camp, support service projects, lend a skill, help with an event or take on a small task. Every useful contribution strengthens the troop.
Present adults. Capable Scouts.
Families should see adults who know when to step in, when to teach and when to let a young person work through something difficult. The goal is never to leave Scouts unsupported. It is to help them become steadily less dependent on adults doing the work for them.
A younger Scout may need someone to demonstrate how to set up camp or organize his gear. Later, that same Scout may be the one teaching the skill. An older Scout may lead a meeting, manage a patrol problem or prepare for National Youth Leadership Training while an adult mentor helps him think—not simply tells him what to do.
That balance of protection, patience and genuine responsibility is where much of Scouting’s growth happens.
Safety is part of every plan.
Troop 826 follows Scouting America’s youth protection and activity-safety practices. Adult leaders complete required training, use appropriate supervision and plan activities with the age, experience and wellbeing of participating Scouts in mind.
Families should feel comfortable asking how an activity will be supervised, what preparation is required and who to contact with a concern. Trust grows through clear expectations and consistent practice.
Scoutmasters of Record
Meet the Scoutmasters who have protected Troop 826’s Scout-led tradition and helped generations of young people grow since 1996.
