Sponsorship: United Church of Penacook is a proud sponsor of Boy Scout Troop 83 which meets weekly on Tuesdays from 7 PM to 8:30 PM in Fellowship Hall at the United Church of Penacook. If you are interested in our program, contact Randy Charity at 796-6482 or George Stinson at 753-9752 or stop by our weekly meeting to learn more about Troop 83.

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. At weekly meetings, the boys work on traditional scout skills and plan monthly outings to work on basic scouting skills, to provide leadership opportunities to the boys, or just to have fun. Events can include an overnight biking trip, the fall jamboree, swimming at the YMCA, a ski trip, and overnight at a winter cabin.

2009 Activity: Highlights of the 2009 program included

• Scouting for Food
• Veterans Day Ceremony at Boscawen Veterans Cemetery
• Swimming at the YMCA
• Gunstock Mt. Skiing/Tubing day trip
• Klondike Derby at Canterbury NH
• Boston Celtics game at TD Banknorth Garden
• Winter Cabin overnight at Storer Scout Reservation, Barnstead NH
• Annual Wannalancit District Hike-a-Thon, Meridith NH
• Overnight camping and orienteering course, Pembroke NH
• Spring Camporee for two nights camping and scouting activities, Gilmanton NH
• Camping and fishing at Mt. Sunapee State Park
• Lonesome Lake Day Hike, Franconia NH
• Summer camp at Hidden Valley Scout Reservation, Gilmanton NH
• Ruggles Mine, Grafton NH
• Camping for two nights at Burlington VT with 25-mile bike ride along Lake Champlain
• Whitewater rafting, Androscoggin River, Milan NH
• District Fall Camporee, Bow NH

2008 Activity: Highlights of the 2008 program included

• An Eagle Scout Court of Honor and reception held to recognize Kristopher Hanks.
• Ragged Mt. ski day trip
• The Wannalancit District Klondike Derby held February 2 at Carter Hill Orchards.
• Scout Sunday on February 10.
• Winter Cabin overnight at Storer Scout Reservation in Barnstead.
• Indoor rock climbing at Vertical Dreams in Manchester
• Host of the annual Wannalancit District Hike-a-thon
• Overnight camping and orienteering course at Pembroke
• Spring Camporee, 2 nights camping and scouting activities in Epsom
• Junior Leader Training for newly elected boys
• Camping at Mt. Sunapee State Park, tour of Fort at No. 4, Charlestown
• Summer camp at Hidden Valley Scout Reservation, Gilmanton
• Scout Night at Fisher Cat Stadium in Manchester for a game and overnight campout
• Camping and biking the trails of Lake Champlain from Shelburne to Burlington VT
• Overnight camping at Gunstock Recreation Area and climbed Mt. Major
• District Camporee, Elm Brook Park, Hopkinton

2007 Activity: Highlights of the 2007 program included

• overnight camping and climbing Mt. Monadnock
• overnight snow camping and hiking to Bridal Veil Falls, Franconia
• overnight winter cabin, Storer Scout Reservation, Barnstead
• overnight in the lodge at Ragged Mt. ski trip
• Klondike Derby, Carter Hill Orchard, Concord
• bowling at Boutwell's
• astronomy merit badge workshop at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
• "Rocketeers" workshop at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
• Spring Camporee, 2 nights camping, Gilmanton
• Battleship Cove, overnight on the Battleship Massachusetts, Fall River, MA with a tour of Old Ironsides in Boston Harbor on the return trip
• Summer camp, Hidden Valley Scout Reservation, Gilmanton
• Eagle Court of Honor for Eagle Scout Jonathan Lambert
• Panning for gold, Lyman, NH
• 15-mile bike trip and overnight camping, Penacook/Salisbury/Boscawen
• 2007 Jamborees, 2 nights camping at Gunstock Recreation Area

Giving Back: The Boy Scouts participate in the annual Scouting for Food and the annual church clean-up. Periodically, the troop works at the UCP Open Door Community Kitchen. During the summer, the troop takes on projects such as scraping and painted the north wall of UCP or the handicap ramp at the main entrance..

More Information: For more information about Boy Scouts, visit the national Boy Scouts of America site at http://www.scouting.org/ or for New Hampshire scouting, visit the Daniel Webster Council serving New Hampshire at http://www.dwcbsa.org/.