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About Troop 12

Troop 12 meets at Asbury United Methodist church on Monday nights from 7 PM to 8:30 PM. We meet all year round and deliver a program actively engaged with the great outdoors. We live in a wonderful part of the country with many opportunities to be engaged in activities in the community and the outdoors. We camp or hike at least once each month and spend one week during the summer at a Boy Scout camp. Our past outings include the following:

Camping/Hiking

  • Annapolis Naval Academy
  • Appalachian Trail (to many times to count each one)
  • Baltimore’s inner harbor, including overnights onboard the USS Torsk WW-II submarine, USS Constellation Frigate and the Coast Guard Cutter Taney
  • Fort Indiantown Gap
  • Gettysburg, Valley Forge and Saratoga Battlefields
  • New York City
  • North Valley District Snow Bound camporee
  • North Valley District Fall camporee
  • Pines Barron’s State Park in New Jersey
  • Sandy Hook beach & batteries (allowing for ample time to enjoy the sand and surf)
  • Summer Camp at Camp Minsi, Camp Trexler, Ockanickon and Hidden Valley
  • Washington DC
  • West Point Military Academy
  • Winter camped at Netimus / Valley Froge / Camp Minsi – rewarding indoor campout with outdoor snow activities

    • High Adventure

  • Canoe Camping - on the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers
  • Philmont - spent 11 days hiking over 90 miles reaching elevations of 11-12,000 feet in the Sangrea Mountains at the Philmont Boy Scout high adventure ranch in New Mexico - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2017
  • White Mountains - hiked parts of the Presidential range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

    • Engineering & Building

  • Cardboard Boat Regatta - built and raced full size cardboard boats on Lake Stillwater and Lake Minsi
  • Punkin Chunkin - constructed full sized catapults, roman war machines and trebuchets launching pumpkins over 300 feet

    • Other

  • served as powder monkeys onboard a Frigate
  • skied, snowboarded and snow tubed as a troop
  • visited the local Coke bottling plant
  • North Valley District First Aid meets
  • rode state of the art people movers (segways)
  • camped and attended Council 100 year anniversary camporee
  • held numerous cooking events fashioned after Iron Chef America and Chopped – one being a special Cast Iron Chef Troop 12 event outdoors in January

    • This Year

    To see this year's activities - see the links on the left side of the website.

    We currently have 30 scouts in the troop and have a trained youth leadership team and a trained adult staff. Troop 12 has earned the Boy Scout National Quality Unit Award for the last 10 years.

    The Boy Scout program is designed to build desirable qualities of character, to train in the responsibilities of citizenship, and to develop personal fitness. Boy Scouting recognizes the importance of religious faith and duty. It is nonsectarian and leaves it to the scout, his family, and religious leaders to give instruction. Asbury and Troop 12 leaders will offer the “God and Life” program later this year for scouts who are in grades 9-12.

    You may contact our scoutmaster Brian Harman for more information.

    Troop 12 is sponsored by Asbury United Methodist Men. We appreciate the opportunity to use the Asbury facilities and perform service projects for the church. We recently helped collect the Christmas decorations during Dehanging of the Greens, helped clean-up after the Bazaar, raked leaves, and our Eagle Scout candidates have had projects that reconditioned rooms, expanded the playground area, and other projects for the community outside Asbury.

    If you are between the ages of 11 to 18 and adventure, learning, challenge, and responsibility interest you, contact someone from our troop or come visit us on a Monday night.

    Guides & Resources

  • Camping Guide
  • Troop Manual

    • Origins

    Troop 12 has been a part of Asbury United Methodist Church for over 51 years beginning in downtown Allentown and continuing today in South Whitehall Township. Troop 12 was chartered in 1927 by the American Legion.