Troop 1325 at Maryland Seafood Festival & Camping

Troop 1325 at the 2025 Maryland Seafood Festival

Troop 1325 traveled to Sandy Point State Park on September 12th to prepare for a weekend of service at the Maryland Seafood Festival. The Scouts and adult leaders worked with members of another troop to pick up trash and remove trash bags throughout the two day event. The Scouts also got to enjoy the park, beach, beautiful weather, and music throughout the weekend. 

Troop 1325 Join Scouting Archery Night - September 17, 2025

 

Troop 1325 Welcomes Interested Families at Join Scouting Archery Event on September 17, 2025

Date changed: Please note the original date of this event was September 10th, but we had to adjust the date to September 17th.

Troop 1325 invites interested families to join us on September 17, 2025, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church (13700 Schaeffer Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874) for an archery event. Students ages 11 to 18 are eligible to join and participate in the event. Parents and guardians will need to sign a release form prior to their child participating in the archery event and parents and guardians should stay for the entirety of the event. Students should wear closed toe shoes.

Come meet our Scouts and Leaders, learn more about Scouting, and try your hand at archery. 

If you have any questions, please email us at troop1325inquiries@gmail.com.

Troop 1325 at Camp Rodney

 

Troop 1325 attends Camp Rodney

Troop 1325 spent the week starting July 27, 2025, along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay at Camp Rodney in North East, Maryland. Many of newer Scouts participated in the Brownsea program working on rank requirements and requirements for the swimming and nature merit badges. Other Scouts spent the week in classes to earn a variety of other merit badges. The Scouts had a good time despite some rainy days and some hot and humid ones. 

Troop 1325 at Camp Snyder

 

Troop 1325 Attends Camp Snyder Merit Badge Week

Scouts from Troop 1325 attended Camp Snyder the week of July 15th. Scouts completed merit badges including cooking, rowing, archery, weather, environmental science, personal management, rifle shooting, first aid, model design and building, programming, architecture, and photography. 

Troop 1325 Volunteers at Swim Meet

 

Troop 1325 Volunteers at Swim Meet

On Thursday, July 10, 2025, Scouts from Troop 1325 volunteered at a swim meet at Darnestown Swim & Racquet Club. The older Scouts served as timers for the meet while the younger Scouts assisted with setup, concessions, and clean up. All the Scouts attended meetings with officials or timers before the meet to understand the rules and they also observed the officials during the meet as part of their requirements for the Athletics merit badge. The troop thanks the Germantown and Darnestown Swim Teams for allowing the Scouts to attend and volunteer. 

Troop 1325 Participates in Radio Merit Badge Event

 

Troop 1325 Participates in Radio Merit Badge Event

On June 28, 2025, Scouts and parents from Troop 1325 spent the day at the Damascus Volunteer Fire Department Activities Center earning the Radio Merit Badge with the Montgomery County Amateur Radio Club. This event was coordinated by the Rockville Science Center. 
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Troop 1325 Attends Innovations in Flight Exhibit at Air & Space Museum

 

Troop 1325 Attends Innovations in Flight Exhibit at Air & Space Museum

On Saturday, June 14th Scouts from Troop 1325 and their families went to the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air & Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia. They attended a special event called Innovations in Flight that brought in a number of World War II era planes to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the war. Some of the Scouts were trained on the pre-flight safety check on a B-29. Scouts were also able to go inside a NOAA airplane that flies into hurricanes and learn about the equipment used to assess hurricanes.