Weekly Meetings, Campouts and other Activities
(meetings are held in North Hall at St. Stephen's Church unless noted)


New Eagle
Troops 76 and 431 congratulate their new Eagle Scout, Danny B., who passed his Eagle Board of review on Monday, November 4th. His project established ten location markers to help lost hikers within the Pine Mountain trail network. Working with the Ridgefield Fire Department and Conservation Commission, he determined the best spot for each marker, then supervised volunteers to install and log their exact locations. Special thanks to Rings End Lumber in South Salem for donating materials. Great job, Danny. We're proud of you for earning the highest rank in scouting.




It's Our Only Fundraiser
We're all painfully aware that prices are up over the past few years. That includes what it costs to provide an active, meaningful scouting program.

In addition to the scouts' hard work selling holiday wreaths, we raise money selling directly to those attending church services by setting up tables outside Jesse Lee and St. Mary's.

Please help the troop maintain this important flow of funds by volunteering for the church sales and the wreath distribution to scouts. Sign up here.

Church sales volunteers help set up tables by the front doors, bring a supply of wreaths and make cash transactions with churchgoers. We need a minimum of two adults and several scouts in Class A uniforms at the church sales.

For the scouts who sold wreaths for delivery to customers, pick up your orders in the rear parking lot at Jesse Lee between 9:00 am and 11:00 am on Saturday, November 23rd. Your order, complete with bows and pine cones, will be assembled. The pick-up should take no more than 10 minutes. A print-out will be available with all of your orders, customers' addresses, what they'll receive and what they owe you. Please bring a tarp or drop cloth for your car to minimize pine needles littering the interior.

If you can't make it Saturday morning to pick up your orders, please call or text our Wreath Coordinator John Mooney (925-223-7961). He'll store the wreaths in the outside trailer at Jesse Lee until you are able to pick them up.

Scoutsgiving Weekend
Saturday, November 23rd - Sunday, November 24th, Sturges Park, 217 Rippowam Rd., Ridgefield

This is a popular troop tradition where troop scouts and participating adults enjoy a full turkey meal and host visiting cub scout Webelos.

Plan to meet at Sturges for the meal at lunch on Saturday, the 23rd, host the Webelos for activities and games in the afternoon, then sleep in tents. In addition, we'll work on some basic scouting skills for the new scouts in the troop. Scouts will prepare dinner, and parents are asked to donate other food and refreshments.

This meal is only for scouts, participating adults and adults staying overnight. It's not a gathering for all family members. Sign-ups are closed, but email SM Pearl if you're interested in going so we can try to increase our food order.

Sign up here for the overnight Scoutsgiving campout at Sturges. Here's the equipment list.

Philmont Scout Ranch, New Mexico
Scouting High Adventure, Summer 2026
Good news. Troop 76 has been accepted to send a group to Philmont. Please mark your calendars for our adventure from July 5th - July 12th, 2026. Our trip will likely start earlier, July 2nd or 3rd, to Colorado Springs. Troop 76 scouts have been enjoying Philmont for years. It's a unique experience of a lifetime.

If you're planning to go on this adventure, please bring a $150 non-refundable check to the next meeting. We're making our first payment for Philmont on December 1st, and need to have minimum crew sizes locked in. If you're still interested in going, please sign up, there is space available. Sign up here

Scoutmaster Announcements
The annual troop dues are due. This year, it's $235 for the first scout in your family and $185 for additional scouts. Please make out checks to Troop 76. We don't accept credit cards.

Please ignore direct email messages from BSA to renew your membership. The troop will handle the scouting renewals.

Scouts can request a Board of Review for advancement any time. No need to wait for the next Court of Honor. If you've completed advancement requirements, schedule a Scoutmaster conference, then request a Board of Review by contacting Mrs. Pearl, the Advancement Chair.

Please mark your calendars for Summer Camp 2025
Our week at Camp Sequassen is July 20–26 next summer.

Scoutmaster Michael Pearl
mpearl0315@hotmail.com

More Activities and Opportunities outside the Troop
Troop 76 belongs to the Connecticut Yankee Council, Scouting's regional organization located in Milford. "Council" organizes and sponsors scouting activities available for all troops and packs in its region.

Another program is on Saturday, Dec. 7th, is all about chess. The CYC Chess Play and Tournament, will be at SoNo Collection, Norwalk Mall. Scouts and cubs from the area are invited for casual play, tournaments, chess merit badge, Team Play Chess with our Mega Chess Set, and more. Open to Scouts and youth from grades 4 – 12.

Details for these and other events are available on Council's activity newsletter, Trail Notes. Check it out here.

Community Service Opportunities & Guidelines

How to Submit Service Hours for all Projects
Our Troopmaster Administrator is Ms. Janine Olsen, a parent volunteer. (Troopmaster is the name of the database software that stores and tracks our troop's information.)

It's each scout's responsibility to submit their completed community service hours. The troop will not be following up with each scout about service hours. Please send your completed service hours to Ms. Olsen (janine.olsen@gmail.com) and copy at least one of your parents in the message. As a reminder, any community service project outside troop-sponsored events must first be approved by Scoutmaster Pearl. When submitting service hours, troop and non-troop, please provide the event name, date, time, and amount of hours.

Community Service Projects Requests
Our troop is known for helping Ridgefield. We've volunteered our work and time on a wide range of projects from helping residents in need shoveling snow, collecting ScoutsCAN, helping collect donations for the Food Pantry, maintaining parks, on and on. If you know of an organization that needs our help, please fill out this form, Community Service Request and email it to SM Pearl

We have provided easy access to all the signup sheets discussed in the weekly newsletters. Simply click here. This will take you to the TTSU main page. The main page will display all the upcoming events. You can click on the event you are interested in participating, it will then take you to the respective signup sheet.

Council Events
The Connecticut Yankee Council, the regional BSA office, offers exciting events and programs for cub and boy scouts under their umbrella. Here's Council's latest newsletter.  These events are not organized or staffed by Troop 76, however all scouts may sign up.

Financial Assistance
If a scout family is in need of financial assistance at any time, please contact Troop Committee Chair David Luhman.  All financial assistance requests are kept strictly confidential.

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