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This is a list of notable Scouting, Guiding and other Scout-like local units. This is intended to include notable known scouting-affiliated troops, packs, dens, posts, and other local groups of the Boy Scouts,[1] Brownies, Cub Scouts, Explorers, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts,[2][3] Navigators,[4] Rovers, Sea Scouts, Trail Life[5] groups.,[6] and other Scouting groups.
in Australia
[edit]Rover Scouts
[edit]- Surrey-Thomas Rover Crew, known for its role in the development of the sport of rogaining.
in the Netherlands
[edit]Student scouting
[edit]- Delftsche Zwervers, is the world's oldest student Scouting group.
in New Zealand
[edit]Sea Scouts
[edit]- 1st Waiheke Sea Scouts, based on the shores of Putiki Bay, Ostend, Waiheke Island; was one of the largest groups in the Auckland Region over the period 1960-1976.
- Kotuku Sea Scout Group
in Singapore
[edit]Scouts
[edit]in Sri Lanks
[edit]Scouts
[edit]- 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group, the oldest continuous scout group in the Sri Lanka Scout Association, and holder of Guinness World Records for having created world's largest neckerchief and world's largest woggle.
in the United Kingdom
[edit]Student scouting
[edit]- Oxford University Scout and Guide Group, is the oldest student Scout and Guide club in the United Kingdom
United States
[edit]Boy Scouts of America
[edit]Boy Scouting
[edit]- Boy Scout Troop 600 (Bellevue, Washington), noted for having 11 Scouts promoted to Eagle rank at one event.[7] More than 50 years old.[8]
- Boy Scout Troop 6 (Newport News, Virginia), noted for having 10 Scouts promoted to Eagle rank at one event;[9] established in 1924.[10]
- Mounted Boy Scout Troop 290
- Boy Scout Troop 232's Koshare Indian Dancers
- Racine Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps, of the Racine County Council of the Boy Scouts, which includes members from at least 14 troops in the council.
Exploring
[edit]- Long Beach Search and Rescue, Longbeach, California
- Orange County Sheriff's Department Explorer Post 449, Orange County, California
- Darien EMS – Post 53, emergency services in Darien, Connecticut
- Explorers Post 205 of Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue, Palm Beach, Florida
- Explorer Post 475 of Shaker Road-Loudonville Fire Department, Colonie, New York
- Explorer Post 50, a youth-based television production group associated with the Durham Bulls baseball team, Durham, North Carolina
- Law Enforcement Exploring Program of King County Sheriff's Office, Washingon
Girl Scouts of the USA
[edit]- Troop 1500, a Girl Scout troop in Gatesville, Texas, whose members all have mothers in prison at the Hilltop Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Subject of documentary Troop 1500, which won two Gracie Awards.
References
[edit]- ^ "Boy Scouts". http://www.scouting.org/. Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "World Association of Girl Guides". http://www.wagggs.org/. London: WAGGGS.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ "Girl Scouts". https://www.girlscouts.org/. Girl Scouts of America.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ "Navigators". http://navigatorsusa.org/. New York: Navigators USA. 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Trail Life". http://www.traillifeusa.com/. Orlando: Trail Life USA. 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help); External link in|website= - ^ "ScoutLander Directory". ScoutLander. 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ Seattle Times article
- ^ http://www.troop600.com/
- ^ Newport News news article
- ^ http://bsatroop6nnva.com/
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