Troop 17 provides opportunities for scouts of all ages to participate in outings that offer a variety of adventures to allow them to explore their interests and challenge themselves! From rappelling down mountains, navigating a cave, hiking through streams, and camping in all seasons and terrains.
Scouting offers youth many opportunities to develop leadership skills that they will use throughout their lifetime, at home and in their career. Young scouts can learn the basics of leadership as a Patrol Leader and continue to hone their skills as an older youth leading the troop as Senior Patrol Leader. Leadership in Troop 17 is valued, and we offer our youth a chance to refine their skills through attending National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) and we recognize their dedication with the Troop 17 Prusik award.
One of the challenges all youth must face is developing a sense of personal management and self-reliance. Scouting allows the youth opportunities to become an independent person through rank advancement, earning merit badges, and participating in wilderness adventures with the assistance of youth leadership and adult mentors.
Learning how to function in a team is an integral part of society, be it in family, education, sports, or career. Scouting offers youth the chance to be a member of a team in which they learn to lead, they learn to rely on others, and they learn to let others rely on them. As a member of a patrol, scouts learn how to use each other’s strengths and overcome weaknesses through participating in patrol meetings, patrol challenges, and camping as a patrol. Adult leaders also have a chance to develop and hone their team building skills through leadership training found through Wood Badge.
Throughout their time in Troop 17, personal achievement is recognized through tangible items such as patches, pins, and awards which are presented to the youth for their dedication to advancement in front of their peers and family at quarterly ceremonies called the Court of Honor. Personal achievement is found through rank advancement, community service, and leadership.
Involvement in scouting can allow a youth to step out of their comfort zone and into the limelight! Scouts of all ages have the opportunity to develop basic skills of communication through as a patrol leader, through rank advancement as they communicate with the adult leaders, as well as advanced forms of communication such as public speaking, emceeing a campfire program, serving as a troop instructor, or contacting a non-profit organization to offer their service as a volunteer.
Located in Ahwatukee, AZ, Troop 17 has been serving boys in the community for 35 years. The Troop is active with outdoor adventures, service projects and a wide range of other Scout activities throughout the year.
Troop 17 has volunteer leaders who are dedicated to providing Scouts with experiences that are both educational and designed to help youth become leaders and independent adults.
Being a Scout means you are a member of a worldwide
youth movement that stands for certain values and beliefs. Scouting
is more than something to do. It’s all about the person you are and the person you will become.
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