Category: Service Projects

This weekend at Salado Park near Bowie Elementary, several Troop 570 scouts participated in a tree planting project involving planting multiple trees throughout the park. The scouts had a great time and learned a lot about conservation and the principles of leave no trace, all while helping to make a difference in the community.

Just this year, scouts Yannik Balster and James Gewax both completed their eagle projects and became eagle scouts. Yannik’s eagle project involved building a large storage unit for the Richardson High School’s marching band. The project is now used as an easy way to store percussion equipment before and after band rehearsals and performances. James’s […]

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May 27, 2019: Troop 570 continues to answer the call in classic fashion. Thank you guys for your support honoring our veterans at the 25th annual SCCO Memorial Day Parade!

November 2018 (Dallas, TX): Drew Hamlin led a team of Scout and Adults to construct an install a free little library for the benefit of Spring Creek Elementary. Students are able to pick a book and/or leave a book at any time. Drew was recognized by SCE PTA and by the RISD School Board for […]

Troop 570 delivers once again for the Spring Creek Civic Organization and the annual Spring Creek Memorial Day Parade honoring our veterans! Nice job Scouts!!!

Troop 570 carried the flags and conducted the flag ceremony at the annual Spring Creek Memorial Day Parade.

November 5, 2016: Troop 570 participated in My Park Day at Valley View Park. We picked up trash and debris and mulched along the park and bike trail. A big thank you to all the scouts and family members that helped!

05/21/16 Troop 570 participated in the Trinity River Trash Bash in Ft Worth. We helped clean up the river and had a great time!

Troop 570 participated in Scouting For Food this past Saturday the 13th. We picked up a lot of food for the North Texas Food Bank.

Troop 570 had 4 scouts finish their Eagle Projects this summer. Congrats to Calvin, Nicholas, Spencer, and Cole on a job well done!

Anthony Pace helped coordinate 6 Scouts and 6 adults and family members to volunteer nearly 3 hours each of their time on Saturday, October 25th, to help clean and beautify Valley View Park. Sam Berry, Ben DiGennaro, Cameron Eager, Colin Eager, Jack Gann, and Dylan LeBlanc were the Scouts. Robert and Nate Berry, Meimei DiGennaro, […]

Troop 570 volunteered at the District Cubmobile Derby at Flag Pole Hill on Saturday. We had fun helping the cubscouts and even got to ride the derby cars.

Troop 570 participated in My Park Day for the City of Dallas on March 29, 2014 and helped clean up parks.

Troop 570 collected lots of food for the North Texas Food Bank this past Saturday, Feb 15, 2014. Thank you to all who donated.

Troop 570 participated in the Circle Ten Council’s Fleur-de-Lis event on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Fair Park. We crushed cans to build the World’s Largest Fleur-De-Lis made from Aluminum Cans.

Members of Troop 570 completed a ramp for a disabled mom of 3 children on November 3, 2013. Due to family’s low income, family was unable to provide easy entry access to their home for the disabled mother. The project was run by Dallas Ramps, web http://dallasramps.wordpress.com/ , whose purpose is to liberate people imprisoned in their homes, unable […]

4 scouts and 3 adults participated in My Park Day on Saturday, Oct. 5, in a city wide effort to help our local parks.  Troop 570 is partnered with a local HOA, Valley View HOA, to assist Valley View Park, a local community park, with various cleanup projects. We spread mulch, picked up trash, and trimmed […]

Saturday September 7, 2013 During this volunteer clean up activity, we had multiple people stop and inquire about our effort, and were thankful to learn what we were doing. In fact, we had joggers, walkers, and even drivers applauded our work by saying thank you as they passed by.

Boys in both Philmont crews spent this morning clearing trails on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. They helped Groundwork Dallas with this great conservation project to make the Trinity River more usable.

A small group of scouts spent two days this month out at Bluestem Nursery in Arlington earning the Plant Science Merit Badge. We earned service hours helping Mr. Snowden, the owner, with his nursery and learned much about horticulture. We got a lot of hands-on experience transplanting plants and grasses and enhanced our knowledge about […]