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  • Troop 883 founded in 1992
  • 75+ Eagles and counting
  • Youth-Led and Youth-Led!
  • All high adventures
  • Annual Summer Camp
  • Winter Cabin tradition
  • Monthly outings
  • .. And MUCH MUCH more!

Every summer, Troop 883 goes to summer camp for a week. Traditionally, this begins the last Saturday in July, and at Camp Horseshoe, which straddles Maryland and PA, and is officially part of the Chester County Council. The troop stays in three-sided Adirondack shelters with bunks and mattresses and participates in a variety of programs and merit badges.

“With over 50+ merit badge choices, a stellar first-year program, computer lab, STEM offerings, a multitude of SIP’s as well as older-Scout program opportunities including COPE, mountain biking and Independent Merit Badge Studies, Camp Horseshoe has something for every Scout.”

Adult Attendance

Troop 883 likes to send a minimum of four (4) adult leaders to summer camp – and may help the cost of doing so.  (The theory is that, if two adults need to accompany a Scout to the hospital, there would always be two adults in camp – to comply with BSA Youth Protection guidelines.)  

Additional leaders and adults are welcome to go to summer camp, but they are expected to pay their own camp cost.

The Troop Committee established a “hierarchy” of who would get reimbursed to go to camp:

Scoutmaster


Assistant Scoutmasters
In the event there are more than three Assistant Scoutmasters who would like to attend summer camp (or four Assistant Scoutmasters in the event the Scoutmaster is not attending summer camp), the total cost of any additional adult leader registration costs may be divided by the Scoutmaster and Assistance Scoutmasters who are attending.

Committee Chair
In the event there are fewer than four leaders (Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmasters) signed up for summer camp, the Troop may cover the cost of the Committee Chair to attend summer camp as a leader.

If there are four or more leaders (Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmasters) signed up to attend summer camp, the Troop will not subsidize the cost for the Committee Chair to attend summer camp.

Committee Members
In the event there are fewer than four leaders (Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, and Committee Chair) signed up for summer camp, the Troop may cover the cost of a Committee Member to attend summer camp as a leader.

If there are four or more leaders (Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, and/or Committee Chair) signed up to attend summer camp, the Troop will not subsidize the cost for a Committee Member to attend summer camp.

Unregistered Adults
All adults attending overnight camping trips must be registered leaders. No exceptions.

Approved by the Troop Committee on May 16, 2011; updated 10/1/2026