Welcome to the Troop 1701 website. Troop 1701 is chartered by the volunteers of Fire Station No. 2 in Troy, Michigan. The Troop was first chartered in 1926. We meet on Tuesdays during the school year in the Leonard Elementary School Cafe, 7:00 - 8:30pm. Visitors are welcome to join us at any Troop Meeting.
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At the recent Kickoff Picnic/Court of Honor, we (finally) honored our longest-serving Scoutmaster, Hanson Lee, for his years of service to the Troop and the Community. From 1990 to 2017, Mr Lee held the position of Scoutmaster, overseeing a group of boys that some years, numbered as low as 10, while in other years, was as high as 43! In all, well over 200 Scouts have spent time in the Troop with Mr Lee as Scoutmaster, and 50 of them them have earned the rank of Eagle Scout!
Troop Committee Chair Michael Nowosatko presented Mr Lee with a clock for his years of service as Scoutmaster. We also took the opportunity to present him with a customized "Scoutmaster" patch, with the word "Emeritus" embroidered at the bottom. Whether he chooses to wear that patch, or a stock Assistant Scoutmaster patch will be up to him, but that shoulder has been without a patch for too long.
I won't try to list all of the ways Mr Lee has contributed to the community outside of his position in the Troop, but the ones that come to mind to me include Order of the Arrow (OA) Chapter Advisor, National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) Course Director and Scoutmaster, Advisor for Venture Crew 1888, and he's already scheduled to head up next August's Wood Badge Course.
