2005 - Troop and Crew 180 plan to send a contingent to Eurojam, the European Jamboree that will take place in England from July 29 to August 10, 2005. Our contingent will form a combined jamboree troop with a contingent from our international friendship group, the 113th Blue Mountain Scout Group, Bratislava, Slovakia. Home stays and sightseeing will also be part of this trip.
2004 - 20 Scouts and Venturers and 3 adult leaders from Troop and Crew 180 formed a joint Michigan International Camporee troop with 16 Scouts and 3 adult leaders from the Queen’s Royal College Scout Group, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Four additional Crew 180 Venturers and two 180 adults served on the MIC staff. Troop and Crew 180 hosted the Scouts and leaders from Trinidad and two MIC staff members from the Perchtoldsdorf Scout Group in Austria in our homes from July 22 to August 1, camped with them at the Michigan International Camporee from August 1 to 8, and then hosted them in our homes again until their departure on August 10.
2003 - 30 day trip to Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy. We want to thank Scouts and leaders in Lachen, Switzerland, Breclav, Czech Republic, Budapest, Hungary, Bratislava, Slovakia, Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, and Rijeka, Croatia for doing so much to help make this trip possible. Trip summary. Trip photos on the web site of our Slovakian host group.
2002 - 15 Day trip to Trinidad, Tobago, and Curacao, with an unplanned overnight stay in Barbados. We want to thank Scouts and leaders in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and Willemstad, Curacao, for doing so much to help make this trip possible. Trip summary.
2001- Crew 180 Philmont Expedition.
2001 - U. S. National Jamboree - Scoutmaster served on the International Hosting Staff and 2 Scouts participated as part of the Chief Okemos Council Contingent.
2000 - Michigan International Camporee - Troop 180 families hosted Scouts and leaders from Slovakia and camporee staff members from Austria in their homes, Troop 180 Scouts and leaders camped in a troop with the Scouts and leaders from Slovakia and Troop 180 leaders served as Camporee Chief and in other key camporee staff positions.
1999 - 36 day trip to Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, and the Blue Summer National Camp of the Danish Scout and Guide Association which was held at Stevninghus Scout Camp. Our Danish host families were from the Boy Scout group in Kliplev and we camped at Blue Summer as part of the Kliplev Scout Group. We also held a joint camp with the 17th Bratislava Scout Group in Slovakia near Vychodna and the Tatra Mountains, stayed with Scout host families in Budapest, Hungary (Troop 400), and Cologne, Germany (Karthago-Persepolis troop), and stayed in Scout houses in Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, Berlin, Germany, and Zwanenburg, The Netherlands. We want to thank our host families and host troops for their hospitality and to thank Scouts and leaders from Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, and a BSA troop in Berlin for showing us some of their countries while we were on this trip. Itinerary.
1995 - Scoutmaster served as Scoutmaster of troop of Michigan and Ohio
Scouts who traveled to Germany, Austria, and The Netherlands and participated in
the 18th World Jamboree.
1994 - 38 day
trip to Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech, Germany, Denmark,
Sweden, and the Blue Summer National Camp of the Danish Scout and Guide Association which was held
at Stevninghus Scout
Camp
. Our Danish
host families were from the Boy Scout group in Broager and we camped at Blue
Summer as part of a camp family which included the Broager Boy Scout Group, the
Gyldenløve Scout Group from Jystrup Sj, and the Søndermark Scout
Group from Copenhagen. We stayed with Scout host families in Lachen,
Switzerland, Budapest, Hungary (Troop 400), and Lindingö, Sweden (Norra Lindingö
Sjöscoutkar). We also stayed at a Scout camp near Salzburg named
Pfadfinderdorf Zellhof
, in a youth hostel in
Bratislava, at a Scout camp outside Prague, and in the Søndermark Group's Scout
house in Copenhagen, and camped with Norra Lindingö Sjöscoutkar on an island in
the Stockholm archipelago. We want to thank our host families for their
hospitality and to thank Scouts and leaders from Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary,
Denmark, and Sweden for showing us some of their countries while we were on this
trip. Itinerary
1993 - Scoutmaster and Scouts participated in US National
Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.
1992-3 - Scoutmaster led group of Scouts on trip to Brazil and
the Columbus Jamboree.
1992 - Hosted a group of Scouts from Australia, took them on a
tour of Niagara Falls and New England, and camped with them at the Connecticut
International Camporee.
1992 - Trip to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.
1991 - Troop 180's Venture Crew planned and ran the Huron
District Spring Camporee as their "ultimate adventure " for the Orienteering
Venture Award.
1991 - Trip to the Western United States and the Teton High
Adventure Base.
1990 - Backpacking Expedition to Isle Royale in Lake Superior.
1990 - Scouts and leaders participated in Grand River
Expedition '90, canoeing the length of the Grand River.
1989 - 31 day trip to Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium The
Netherlands, Denmark, England, and the Blue Summer National Camp of the Danish Scout and Guide Association which was held
at Stevninghus Scout
Camp. Our Danish
host families were from the Scout group in Graasten and we camped as part of the
Graasten Scout Group at Blue Summer. We also camped in the Ardennes Forest with
the De Havik Scout Group of
Ghent, Belgium, and stayed in Scout houses in Amsterdam, Bruges, Copenhagen, and
London. We want to thank our host families for their hospitality and to thank
Scouts and leaders from Belgium, Denmark, and England for showing us some of
their countries while we were on this trip.
Itinerary
1988 - Week-long sailing trip
on the Prevailing Winds II, sailing on Lake Huron and the North Channel.
1988 - Troop leaders served as chairman and in other key
leadership positions for the Chief Okemos Council Join-in Jamboree Camporee.
1987-1988 - Scoutmaster served as Scoutmaster of troop of
Michigan Scouts who traveled to New Zealand and Australia and participated in
the 16th World Jamboree.
1987 - Week-long canoe trip on Michigan's Manistee River.
1986 - Trip to New England and Connecticut International
Camporee - Camped with Swiss Scouts.
1984 - Week-long backpacking trip on the High Country Pathway in Michigan's Pigeon River Country.
1983 - Trip to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico
1982 - Trip to New England and Quinnipiac Council
International Camporee - Camped with English Scouts.
1981 - Scoutmaster and Scouts participated in US National
Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.
1980 - 3 week trip to England and Wales which included a week of home stays and sightseeing in Wiltshire hosted by the Savernake Forest Scout Group, a week of camping with the Savernake Forest Scouts along the Wye River Valley, and a week of sightseeing in London. We want to thank our host families for their hospitality and to thank Scouts and leaders from the Savernake Forest Group and from London for showing us some of their country while we were on this trip.
1979 - Hosted Scouts and leaders from the Savernake Forest
Scout Group, Wiltshire, England.