This guide describes the steps necessary to plan and execute an outing for BSA Troop 39.
First off, if you are reading this, we want to Thank You for helping to organize a trip for the scouts!
While we have tried to make this guide complete not all trips are the same. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Troop 39 Outing Coordinator, Mark Stevens, at (770) 845-8918.
This guide does not cover all the details for planning a Summer Camp or High Adventure Camp. For these outings, please see the person that did it last for real world experience.
First Things First
Outing Coordinators, please start with this document.
Forms
The following forms may be needed to execute the outing.
Resources
- List of Previous Troop 39 outings
- Outing Planning Document
- BSA Guide to Safe Scouting
- BSA Youth Protection
- BSA Safety Afloat
- BSA Weather Smart
- BSA Wilderness First Aid
Process
Annual Outing Planning Process – Occurs around August
- The PLC and several ASMs will have a meeting each year to set the overall outing agenda for each month in the upcoming year. The types of outings should be established and initial dates but not specific locations.
Timeline for each outing
Click here to download the Outing Planning Document, which contains information on planning your outing, starting at about 6 months before the outing.