Scott Wittler
Current Scoutmaster
February 27, 2024 – Present
Troop 826 History
The adults who protected a Scout-led tradition.
Since 1996, ten Scoutmasters have accepted the responsibility of guiding Troop 826. Each served in a different season of the troop’s life, but every one held the same trust: keep Scouts safe, preserve continuity and give young leaders room to grow.
A role passed forward
One office. Ten different chapters.
A Scoutmaster is not the person who is supposed to do everything. The role is to coach the troop’s youth leaders, support the outdoor program, uphold Scouting’s standards and help Scouts learn from both success and difficulty.
Each Scoutmaster inherited traditions, relationships and responsibilities from the leaders before him. Each also met a different group of Scouts with different needs, ideas and adventures ahead of them. The names and dates below preserve that line of service.
The fuller story belongs to hundreds of Scouts, families, assistant Scoutmasters, committee members and volunteers who served beside them.
Troop 826 since 1996
Scoutmasters of Record
The record is presented from the current Scoutmaster back to the troop’s founding. Where a historical photograph has not yet been located, an illustrated placeholder marks the space without inventing a likeness.
David Griffin
Ninth Scoutmaster
February 28, 2023 – February 27, 2024
Robert B. Sparks
Eighth Scoutmaster
November 1, 2017 – February 28, 2023
Christopher Strefelt
Seventh Scoutmaster
February 2, 2014 – November 1, 2017
William Miller
Sixth Scoutmaster
June 2, 2010 – February 2, 2014
Mike Johnson
Fifth Scoutmaster
November 2008 – June 2, 2010
Historical photograph sought.
Roger Mallory
Fourth Scoutmaster
August 2008 – November 2008
Historical photograph sought.
Bruce Bennett
Third Scoutmaster
November 5, 1999 – August 2008
Historical photograph sought.
Duane Wikoff
Second Scoutmaster
Summer 1998 – November 5, 1999
Historical photograph sought.
Steve Saddler
Founding Scoutmaster
August 26, 1996 – Summer 1998
Historical photograph sought.
What this record represents
Leadership measured in opportunities given to Scouts.
A Scoutmaster’s legacy is not limited to a term of service. It appears in the experiences Scouts were trusted to lead and the traditions the next generation received.
Youth leadership protected
Scoutmasters coach Senior Patrol Leaders and Patrol Leaders while resisting the temptation to run the troop for them.
Adventure kept moving
Monthly campouts, summer camp and high-adventure experiences continue because adults prepare carefully and Scouts do the work.
Service made visible
Flag ceremonies, Eagle Scout projects, conservation and community events teach that leadership includes showing up for others.
Traditions carried forward
Skills, expectations and stories pass from one generation to the next while every group of Scouts adds something of its own.
Help preserve the story
A photograph can return a whole chapter to view.
Five historical Scoutmaster portraits are still missing from this record. Former Scouts, leaders and families may have the photographs, dates and memories that help complete it.
A useful submission does not need to be a formal portrait. A clear image from a campout, ceremony, meeting or troop event can help us represent that Scoutmaster’s years honestly.
