Troop 333 Scouts Participate in National Youth Leadership Training

On the week of June 8, 2014, 4 Troop 333 scouts headed to Camp Butler, for a week at National Youth Leadership Training. Every year, many Boy Scout and Venture Scout Troops from the area send scouts out to Camp Butler, where they learn how to be better leaders in their home units. Some things that were taught there were better communication, helping newer people feel accepted, and better teamwork. Monday through Thursday each represented a ‘week’ in a ‘month’ of a troop. Each scout was put into a random group of 7 other scouts, in order to better model team building as it would be in a new troop. Unlike a new troop however, each day, a new set of two scouts got to be Assistant Patrol Leader and Patrol Leader. All in all, there was a total of 14 teams, each with a corresponding color and design: solid or plaid colors, which were divided into 2 troops: Troop Fire for the solid patrols, and Troop Ice for the Plaid patrols. For meals, teams would have to prepare them themselves. Throughout the week, there were friendships made, along with good food. Each team also made a skit demonstrating what leadership meant to them. These were presented on Friday, after the groups spent most of the week working together on them. When all was said and done, everybody learned something new to take to their home units.