Parents

Every Monday (except holidays) 6:30 - 8:00pm at Prince of Peace Catholic Church at 12500 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM. Any one is welcome to attend any meeting or event to visit our troop.

No, participation is voluntary as we recognize that families and Scouts are have many activities and are often involved in additional school and sporting activities. However, the benefits of the program accrue the more activities are attended. 

While we always welcome additional adult support, Troop 410 is blessed to have very active adult leadership participation and thus often have more than enough adults for meetings, camping trips, and other outings. Thus parents are not required to attend the events their Scouts participate in; however, we do require permission slips and medical forms for events where that parent is not present.

Troop 410 is a Scout-led troop with logistic support from Adult leaders, Troop Committee members, and Scout parents. The parents, the Prince of Peace community, the pastor, and adult leaders of Troop 410 whole-hearted believe that Scouting is the BEST organization for the development of Scout into responsible adults and are dedicated to using the program to help our children grow into young adults of value and honor.   For over 100 years, Scouting programs have instilled in youth the values found in the Scout Oath and Scout Law.  Today, these values are just as relevant in helping youth grow to their full potential as they were in 1910 when the BSA was founded.  Scouting helps youth develop academic skills, self-confidence, ethics, leadership skills, and citizenship skills that influence their adult lives.  This is the primary purpose of our Troop and we instill these values through a fun program of outdoor outings, activities, and service projects under the direction of boy-led patrols of 4-8 Scouts.

Troop 410 provides your Scout with programs and activities that allow them to try new things, provide service to others, build self-confidence, and reinforce ethical standards. While various activities and youth groups teach physical skills and promote teamwork, Scouting goes beyond that and encourages youth to achieve a deeper appreciation for service to others in their community.  Scouting provides youth with a sense that they are important as individuals.  It is communicated to them that those in the Scouting family care about what happens to them.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Scouting promotes activities that lead to personal responsibility and high self-esteem. As a result, when hard decisions have to be made, peer pressure can be resisted and the right choices can be made.  This is how Troop 410 works for you and your child. 

Annual Dues:

• $100.00 troop dues per scout annually

This covers Scouting America registration, insurance, all advancement awards and troop leadership badges, some leader training costs, activity supplies, procurement and maintenance of troop camping equipment, basic operating supplies for the troop and an annual subscription to “Boys Life” magazine.  When you join our troop, you are also provided the Troop’s unique red and yellow neckerchief and a class B t-shirt with extras/replacements provide for $5/$20 each respectively.  Scholarships are available.  Please speak with the Committee Chair John Snider at johncsnider@msn.com  for more details. 

Fundraisers / Other fees:

We are entirely self-sufficient for funding our activities.  For our active troop that means that we typically have more expenses than is just covered by our troop dues.  Camping events are individually funded activities and Scouts/adults that participate in the campouts pay their portion of the total event costs (food bought by patrol members, entrance, and consumables). However, to support our Council’s fundraising, to supplement our Troop budget, offset larger troop expenses, and allow Scouts to earn money toward larger expenses such as Summer Camp, our troop conducts various fundraisers throughout the year.  Specifically our Troop currently conducts two fundraisers per year, High Desert Council Popcorn Sales in Sept/Oct and local discount card sale in April.  These have been traditional fundraisers, but there could be other things as we explore ways to keep our troop funded.

Summer Camp is a week long, professionally run Scouting America camp which allows the boys to enjoy a week of camping and working on scout skills and advancement.  A percentage of all troop funds earned are allocated to Scouts who help in the fundraisers to help pay for these long term camps.  In 2026, the Troop plans to go to Cris Dobbins Summer Camp in Colorado and Sea Base High Adventure Camp at St Thomas Island.  The cost for Cris Dobbins will run around $500 per scout for registration and transportation but much of that cost can be defrayed by Scouts participating in Troop fundraising efforts.

Troop 410 encourages a complete uniform at every meeting except during summer months in which we wear troop activity shirts. Every Scout will also need a handbook which will need to be brought to each meeting. For Troop 410, a complete uniform consists of the official Scout shirt with appropriate patches, blue jeans or green pants (shorts or long pants).  We also will be requiring Scouts in our Troop to purchase our Class B activity shirt which will be worn during our outdoor activities and at summer meetings for both comfort and to save wear and tear on the official uniform. Handbooks and complete official uniform average about $70.00 and can be purchased directly from the Scout America supply website www.scoutstuff.org or through the local Scout Shop. The Class B activity shirt is ordered periodically and purchased through the Troop. (price depends on price of shirt at time of order but about $20).  

For camping, the troop has tents, stoves, chuck boxes for cooking items, and many other group equipment items. Scouts will need to provide their own personal equipment like sleep bags, sleep pads, backpacks, clothes and other camping gear. For personal camping equipment, the troop and leaders have some initial equipment which can be loaned but not a lot is really required for most campouts. 

We usually have one major outing per month on the third weekend with examples including camping, day hike, fishing, canoeing, mountain biking, skiing visiting an aquarium, museum, etc., specialty meeting related to Merit Badge being worked on by Troop. We also attend summer camp annually in New Mexico or Colorado and high adventure camps at Philmont, Emerald Bay, and Sea Base Florida. As a boy-led troop, the scout actively participate and decide which activities they want to do. We also actively engage in community service projects including Council events, Scout Donut Sunday, Eagle projects, and other volunteer activities.