Journey to Excellence is the Boy Scouts of America program to help units to plan, monitor and evaluate their performance and their ability to serve youth. There are specific criteria for the unit to plan and accomplish. These standards are reviewed each year and revised standards are published.
Troop 457 is pleased to announce we have earned the GOLD Journey to Excellence Award for 2022 (the highest possible rating).
ITEMS OF NOTE
- The Troop achieved a top score in 4 of the 11 objectives (Planning & Budget, Building Scouting, Service Projects, Patrol Method)
- We expect to achieve gold in the 3 silver objectives
- Webelos-to-Scout transition: Needed to have a Den Chief. Two were selected in our latest election
- Short Term Camping: We hope to have short term camping opportunities 10 of the 12 months this year. This will be dependent on Scout interest and Parent availability.
- Leadership & Family Engagement: We missed gold because we only had 2 Courts of Honor in 2022. We plan to hold 3 Courts of Honor in 2023.
- Our Bronze rated opportunities are primarily related to removing inactive Scouts from our charter. We hope these changes will enable us to achieve silver or gold status in 2023.
- Finally, there is only one objective that we did not score on in 2023: Advancement. In order to achieve Bronze, 40% of our Scouts must advance at least one rank during the year. Only 23% of our registered Scouts advanced in 2022 (34% if we excluded our inactive members). During 2023, we will focus on increasing this percentage.
