This page is a resourse for current information on Scouts BSA Troop 427. Check below for the latest forms and information to download. Google Calendar updates are posted below for the entire season of scouting.
Current Links and Upcoming Events
- Troop Meeting - Tuesday June 17th - at 6pm in South Hall. We need to organize and pack up all troop gear needed for summer camp. All hands on deck.
Summer Camp June 22-28, 2025 at the Mohican Camp Site at Camp Tesomas
- Summer Camp Permission Slip - This form needs to be filled for all the scouts that plan to attend summer camp. It helps with logistics of how many vehicles needed for transportation to and from camp.
- Summer Camp Family Visit Invite Form with information on dinner June 25th, 2025 Family Visit at our Mohican Campsite at Camp Tesomas.
- Annual Health and Medical Form - Complete for all summer camp participants (including adult leaders) needs to be turned into the troop ASAP.
- Diet Request Form - Samoset Council has a request form page for any Special Diet Request
- Samoset Council's Tesomas Scout Camp Main Website
- Tesomas Leader Guidebook 2025
- Camp Map - Complete with campsites, program areas, and building locations.
- Food Menu 2025 - Patrols will plan their own meal on Tuesday evening and the Troop will provide the meal on the Wednesday Family visit.
- 2025 Troop Summer Camp Registration Form with Advancement Schedule - All scouts that plan to attend summer camp need to have this form turned in so we can sign them up for the merit badges.
- Tesomas Advancement Schedule
- Advancement Prerequisites 2025 Merit Badge items required to work on before summer camp.
Current Links
- Troop Communication - We have set up the application BAND. An email with the QR Code and URL link was sent out to members of the troop. This will get you set up with BAND with the Troop 427 link. Currently we will still use emails in Scoutbook as well as mailing list for scouts427.org, but eventually only the BAND app will be our main source of communication. We are hoping to get scouts, parents & adult leaders signed up with BAND using the website or App on their phones, tablets or computer.
- Hodag 2025 - Sunday, July 13, 9 p.m. - Monday, July 14, estimated completion time 3 p.m.Scouts BSA Troops 427 for Boys & Girls are the beneficiary an annual fundraising opportunity that allows Scouts to earn signficant funds to pay for their Scouting activities. Our mission is to clean up the Hodag festival grounds following the final musical performance on Sunday evening, July 13th. Primarily this involves raking up and bagging garbage and collecting aluminum cans for recycling. Each Scout, sibling, and parent who commits to work this event will earn $150 for their Scout's account. By way of example, if a family of four were to work this event, it would earn $600 for a Scout account! More information and signup.
- Samoset Information on the 2026 National Jamboree - Jamboree dates are July 22-31, 2026, with touring added either before or after those dates. Scouts may use their Scout Accounts for the $100 deposit needed to sign up.

Scouts BSA program with Troops 427 - Important Links and Troop Forms
- Blank Troop Deposit/Refund Slips
- Troop 427 Weekly Dues Information and Form
- BSA Personal Safety Awareness Videos & Scouts BSA Youth Protection Training for Scouts – Scout Rank Req.# 6a. & Star Rank Req. #6.
- Link to Scouts BSA Advancement and Award Opportunities
- Scouts BSA Troops 427 Position Trained Requirements
- Eagle Scout Resources
Scoutbook Connections
- LOGIN to: Scoutbook (For access to Rank advancement)
- Scoutbook Tutorial for Parents
- Scouts can login to Scoutbook if their parents invite them. A parent needs to be associated with their Scout by the Scoutbook unit admin, then the parent logs in and clicks on their Scout, goes to Edit Profile and at the bottom of the page is a place there the parent can invite the Scout to participate. Only a parent can do this. Setting up an Account Your Scout Can Use is in the Scoutbook Tutorial for Parents towards the bottom of the instructions.
- Link to the Scoutbook App for Parents and Scouts (iPhone or iPad version) For parents and Scouts to track the Scouting Experience from Lion to Eagle Scout. This app is for parents and scouts only, it is not for adult leaders to track scouts. A Scoutbook.com log in is required and your account must either be connected to a Scout as a parent or be a youth account.
- Link to the Scoutbook App for Parents and Scouts (Google Play Android) For parents and Scouts to track the Scouting Experience from Lion to Eagle Scout. This app is for parents and scouts only, it is not for adult leaders to track scouts. A Scoutbook.com log in is required and your account must either be connected to a Scout as a parent or be a youth account.
Financial Assistance Links
- Samoset Council Financial Assistance - Families that need financial assistance are welcome to apply for National BSA membership fee, Samoset Council program fee, Scout Handbook, and Scout uniform assistance. We don’t want cost to be a barrier for any family. Go to Samoset.org/aid to complete a financial assistance form. In addition, unit money earning opportunities (i.e., popcorn sale, firewood) should be part of a plan for Scouts to earn their own way.
- Online Samoset Campership Application - Complete for campers with financial need - submit by April 1st.
- Troop 427 Camp Scholarship Request Form Available for members of Scouts BSA Troops 427 - This form is completely confidential and is only seen by the Scoutmaster and the Troop Camp Scholarship Committee. Scoutmaster Signature Required. Form needs to be submitted to the Troop Committee Chair
Other Links
- Annual Health and Medical Form - Complete for all summer camp participants (including adult leaders) needs to be turned into the troop by the end of May 2024. If forms are not in (waiting for doctor appointment) please let us know the date that they will be turned in.
- Link to the Official Obituary of Wayne G. Waldhart

Troops 427 & 9427 In the News
- Channel 9 WAOW has a feature on our troops volunteerings, Area Scouts ask for donations in 'Scouting For Food' April 13th, 2024
- Check it out our Troops have made the Scouting Life Magazine: Scouts Hone Their Survival Skills as Temperatures Fall Into the Single Digits - In the December 2023 issue of Scout Life Magazine (BSA's national magazine).
- WAOW Channel 9 Video - Check out the feature on Addison Puent's American Red Cross Blood Drive for her Eagle Project.
- WAOW Channel 9 Video - Local girl among first female Eagle Scouts in the nation - Check out the feature of Katie Martell, our first female Eagle Scout in Troop 427.
- Wausau Daily Herald Article - Wausau's Katie Martell breaks new ground as area's first female Eagle Scout
- Channel 9 WAOW News with our Troop Christmas Service Project for 2018.
