About Our Troop

         Organized in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America is the largest non-military youth organization in the world.  The Scouting program attempts to build better citizens by encouraging boys to be "physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight."  Each scout must learn the Scout Oath, in which he promises to do his duty to God and country, to others, and to himself.

             Troop 701 has been operating since September 24, 1979, and is one of two Boy Scout troops in Strongsville, Ohio.  The troop is sponsored by the Strongsville Rotary Club and holds it's weekly meetings at Chapman Elementary School on Drake Road.  The Quarrylands District, of which Troop 701 belongs, has described Troop 701 as "one of the strongest, largest, and best troops on the district", which covers most of the west and southwest suburbs of Cleveland.