Kroger's Community Rewards Program Helps BSA Troop 800

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Kroger's Community Rewards Program will donate a percentage of your in-store purchases to the charitable organization of your choice -- hopefully BSA Troop 800.  All you have to do to make this happen is link your Kroger Plus Shopper's Card to the Troop's account.  This costs you nothing.  Your spending is 100% confidential and this program DOES NOT affect your earnings toward fuel program discounts.  

Click here or on the Kroger Plus Shopper's Card above to learn more.

The 2024 Scouts BSA Troop 800 Mulch Sale is officially complete.  We have delivered nearly 30,000 bags of mulch -- the majority of which took place in an 8-hour period of time.  Many people do not realize the magnitude of what it takes to make this happen.  If not for the generous donation of time from the scouts, their families, our leaders, past scouts and numerous volunteers, Troop 800 would not be where we are today.  We thank you, our customers, for ensuring we will be able to continue this program and to pass along the skills and knowledge for these scouts to become the successful leaders of the future.

For the second year in a row, the scouts and families of Scouts BSA Troop 800 collected and donated turkeys to the Cumberland Food Bank.  This year, these donations will help provide a holiday meal for at least 52 families.

2022 Scout Adventure Day

There have been a lot of questions circulating about how Troop 800 intends to safely resume regular Troop meetings and camping activities. A lot of thought and research has gone into the following plan, which has been shared with The Heart of Virginia Council, who intend to use it as the framework for their own plan. Please read it thoroughly, because it contains many very important changes and new requirements in many areas.

Now that we have entered Phase II of Virginia's reopening plan, it is time for us to get our scouts involved again and back on track.

Please read the article below for news and information pertaining to Scouting BSA's recent Chapter 11 filing notice.

Locally, we know the following:

  • The Heart of Virginia Council of Scouting BSA is a completely separate financial entity and is not affected by national's filing.
  • Scouting activities in the Commonwealth will continue as normal unless and until we are told otherwise.

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February 18, 2020
by Michael Freeman
(Eagle Scout, Associate Editor of Boys’ Life, Scouting and Eagles’ Call magazines)

If you’re reading this, you have probably experienced the positive impact of Scouting.

And I’m guessing that – like me – you want Scouting to be around to serve kids in our communities for many years to come.

I’m hoping you also agree that it’s important that the BSA supports victims of past abuse in Scouting. Quite simply, it’s the right thing to do.

February 4, 2017 -- Florence, SC

It is with great pride that we pass along the following news from BSA Troop 800's very first Eagle Scout, Michael Hesbach.

Michael Hesbach, Scout Executive, Florence, SC"It is with great joy and excitement that I announce my selection as the Scout Executive of Pee Dee Area Council in Florence, SC. I start on March 1. I have truly been blessed with a supportive wife and family. I am forever grateful to the many volunteers along the way, for we share in our successes together. I look forward to serving the volunteers and staff in Florence."

20150516 132304 20150516 140017Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, VA) - Monday, May 18, 2015
Author: AMELIA BRUST

WEYERS CAVE - The sight of a medevac helicopter is usually a bad sign, but on Saturday visitors were encouraged to get a closer look. Crew members of the AirCare 5 medical helicopter at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport opened their hangar to the public in honor of the service's 10th anniversary in the Valley.

Visitors were shown around the Weyers Cave facility and inside the helicopter to learn about the its role in the region. For Boy Scout Troop 800 of Midlothian, it was a chance to get outside and on the road while "exposing them to things they wouldn't normally do," said assistant Scoutmaster Howard Fishburne.

"I do love this stuff," said troop member Caden Caruso, 11, whose father pilots a Diamond Aircraft personal plane. As he ducked underneath the back of the helicopter, Caruso said he liked learning about the different features of aircraft, big and small.

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