Welcome to troop 508's website
On December 29th, 2023 we awarded our last active scout his Eagle Rank. Anyone may view our list of Eagle Scouts by clicking on the list on the left side of this page.
This marks the retirement of Troop 508 with an incredible list of Eagle scouts. 28 members of our troop earned their Eagle rank in just the last 5 years.
Troop 508 was founded on December 1, 1965, Over those 58 years, 157 scouts earned Eagle. Good job Troop 508!
AS WE NOW RETIRE TROOP 508, on December 31, 2023, we want to express to our charter organization, Menlo Church (20455 Herriman Ave, Saratoga), how much we appreciated their 58 years of support for our troop. That is where we held our troop meetings on Monday nights from 7:30pm-8:30pm.
Our Eagle advancements were only made possible by all of the scouts (and adult volunteers) in the troop who helped those 157 scouts along the way; camping with them, eating the food they prepared, and attending their many presentations and teaching sessions on the life long skills needed to earn scout ranks and merit badges.
High Adventure camps, river rafting, attending regular summer scout camps, camping, biking, rock climbing, playing home made drums at Scout-O-Rama while teaching attendees how to make key fobs from paracord, and learning survival skills were all part of what made this troop unique. Camping at Dillon Beach (see photos above) was one of our favorite fall camping trips.
THANK YOU TO ALL ADULT VOLUNTEERS AND SCOUTS WHO MADE THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY POSSIBLE!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Shaw