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Thank you to Order of the Arrow members and candidates who have already signed up for the Spring Induction Weekend May 5-7 at Firelands. Early bird pricing ends March 26, so if you haven’t registered yet, this is a good time to save a few bucks. We’d […]

This Tuesday is your last chance to purchase paper tickets for our pancake breakfast fundraiser this Saturday, March 4. Please be sure to see Dan Hughes to get your ticket – no tickets will be available at the door on the morning of the event. Online ticket […]

It was great welcoming our new Scouts to the troop last week, and we enjoyed getting to know their parents at the first of our New Parent Meetings! We will get together again this Tuesday (2/28) for the second part of our orientation. This week, we’ll talk […]

This month’s camp is Father & Son Camp, scheduled for the weekend of March 10-12. It’s been a Troop 701 tradition for over 30 years. We hold Father & Son Camp in March because it is designed to be the first camping experience for our new scouts […]

Troop 7513 will be hosting an Open House on Thursday, March 16, 2023 from 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. at St. Ambrose Hilkert Hall. Girls will get to make and take home a paracord survival bracelet, and parents can learn about all the details of our Troop and […]

Great job by everyone who joined us at our Ice Age Camp this past weekend! Participating in a winter camping experience like that is pretty unique, and all of you should be proud of what you accomplished! We will be having an Advancement Night and PLC meeting […]

Our Chartered Organization, the Rotary Club Foundation of Strongsville, sponsors the Chili Open Golf Classic at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea each year in February. This is their biggest fundraiser of the year, and impacts all of the Rotary Club’s community service and sponsorship (including our […]

A warm welcome to all parents of our new Scouts! We will meet this Tuesday (2/21) and next Tuesday (2/28) during your son’s first two meetings with the troop at the Strongsville High School Media Center. This week, we will discuss troop communications, what you can expect […]

The Troop Introduction Program (TIP) is a course developed by Troop 701 to help new scouts learn about and adjust to the Scouts BSA program. There are a number of major differences between Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA that take time adapting to, and are easier to […]

There is a 10-mile hike scheduled for Sunday, February 26th. This hike will take us to Medina County, near Chippewa Lake. We will be hiking the Chippewa Inlet Trail, trails in Buckeye Woods Park, along with the wooded trails in the nearby Schleman Nature Preserve. The Inlet […]