Fishtrap Park Campout on the River
On April 5, 2024 to April 7, 2024 Scouts from Pack 440, Troops 440 and Crew 440 of Ellijay, Ga gathered at Fishtrap Park of the Coosawattee River Resort to enjoy the final weekend of Spring Break in fantastic fellowship.
2024 Spring Fellowship
written by David Grubb This March, I took one Scout from Troop 440 Ellijay, my son, James to the ordeal. He was totally ready for the experience. I gave him some hints but didn't tell him about the scant food that he would be eating. While James was off doing his...
2024 Spring Court of Honor
On Monday, March 11th, Troop 101 celebrated with its Spring Court of Honor.
“EPIC Whitewater” Rafting Trip Sep 9th, 2023
On Saturday of September 9th, our troop went to the Ocoee River on a rafting trip. We started near the waterfall at the beginning of the river. The first rapid was shortly after we got in the water. This rapid was not too intense and was a good introduction to the...
2023 Lock In
Troop 440 went to mountain light church and had a lock-in to have fun and learn something new. We played Mario Kart and ate hamburgers for dinner and frosted flakes for breakfast the next morning. Played a little bit of nerf war with the boys. Stayed up all night...
Warm 2022 Fall Camporee Recap “Hungry Games”
Four Troops, 101, 125, 432, and 440 from four counties gather to compete in the Hungry Games, hosted by Troop 125.
Hiking Merit Badge Requirements Update
Several requirement changes have been approved to the Hiking merit badge These will become effective on January 1, 2023. Requirement 2 Requirement 2 has been expanded into three parts, to allow Scouts to thoroughly demonstrate an under- standing of the importance of...
2022 Family Fall Camping
The 2022 fall family camping at camp rainy mountain hosted over 300 people last weekend, October 14-16th. The Cub Scout families enjoyed fishing, BB shooting, archery, trick-or-treating, costumes, and campfire.
Explosive NOVA Down and Dirty Recap
Last Saturday 19 Scouts gathered for our quarterly NOVA event, Down and Dirty. Down and Dirty NOVA focused on geology, rocks, minerals, and volcanoes. The afternoon began with creating a model of a volcano. The Scouts spray-foamed their mountain into an aluminum pie...
2022 Pow Wow Recap
An amazing weekend for Pow Wow at Camp Rainey Mountain