Troop 521 - Scouting America, Mechanicsville VA

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Welcome to our website! Troop 521 meets every Tuesday from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Cool Spring Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, Virginia.

We are a large and very active troop with a variety of activities and scheduled monthly outings. We attribute our success to our active adult leadership, "boy-run troop" philosophy with focus on advancement, merit badges and high adventure activities which keeps our scouts very interested and involved.

Please contact our Scoutmaster if you would like to join or find out more about us

Disclaimer: Boy Scout Troop 521, Mechanicsvile, Virginia, is solely responsible for the creation and content of this Web Site. While this site does not reflect the official policy of the Boy Scouts of America, we do support and adhere to their national guidelines referred to by Heart of Virginia Council. Comments concerning this Web Site can be directed to Webmaster Troop 521.

Sail Yorktown Festival 2026 - June 12th -14th, 2026

Posted on May 11 2026 - 5:42am

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Added into our busy Troop calendar for the month of June will be our entry into the 250 Anniversary of the United States, a visit to Yorktown where the American Revolutionary War ended in 1781 with the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the British forces to General George Washington! We will be attending one of the Tall Ship events, the Sail Yorktown Festival 2026.

SUMMER CAMP BALANCE DUE BY MAY 26, 2026

Posted on May 11 2026 - 5:37am

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The balance of the fees for Summer Camp at Camp T. Brady Saunders, June 28th - July 4th, 2026, is due by May 26th. Please see the attached list for the exact amount due for your Scout. Several of the Merit Badge Classes have additional fees and they have been detailed and included.

USS Wisconsin - May 22nd - 24th

Posted on May 11 2026 - 4:51am

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Payments are due by May 12, 2006!

We will be staying onboard the USS Wisconsin, an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s, on Saturday, May 23rd. The USS Wisconsin is berthed at Nauticus on the Norfolk waterfront. On Friday, May 22nd, we will be staying overnight in the barracks at Camp Pendleton - State Military Reservation, a training facility for the Virginia National Guard. With this being an active military base, all adults are required to have a Real ID drivers license or a current US passport.

TRANSITION FROM YPT TO SYT (SAFEGUARDING YOUTH TRAINING – 5/31/2026

Posted on May 11 2026 - 4:37am

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Thank you for being a leader in Scouting and for taking Youth Protection Training when you joined BSA or Scouting America.  Our new youth protection training is an enhanced program called SafeGuarding Youth. The first time that you take the new course, it takes 90 minutes. After that, the refresher course only takes 20 minutes. Every adult is now required to retake that training yearly to stay current.  Every adult must take the initial new training prior to May 31, 2026. See the attached list to see when your youth protection training expires! You will receive an email from National Scouting America encouraging you to renew your training.    

Troop Committee Meeting - May 5th - Parents Encouraged To Attend

Posted on May 4 2026 - 3:41am

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On Tuesday, May 5th, we will have our regular monthly Troop Committee Meeting. We would like to encourage at least one parent for each of our Scouts to attend. There has been a proposal for our Scouts to use a dedicated group communication platform other than just email. We need to know how our Troop parents feel about this and if implemented, what the guidelines should be!