The Troop 454 family consists of a boys' and a girls' troop, offering scouting for the entire family. We draw scouts from different school districts throughout the greater Austin area, which means that 454 is also a great place for scouts to build new friendships and find community. With our emphasis on monthly camp outs, high adventure, and local and out of state summer camp options, 454 offers something for everyone!

In the next couple of weeks, I will be working with scouts to earn the STEM NOVA award "Start Your Engines".

Designing and building objects which move is a lot of fun! Since spring break Odin, Torin and I have worked on two projects. Click the links below to see two videos about our projects:
- Mouse Trap Car
- Race Car Robot

Are you interested in designing and building a moving model-vehicle, and in the process earn a STEM NOVA award? Reply now (hansw96@gmail.com) and let me know you're interested!

Hans van der Wal
Nova Counselor and Supernova Mentor  

The April 9th CPR/AED training is being rescheduled because of the limitations on group sizes in place because of COVID-19. It's been rescheduled for May 28th with the hopes that we are able to meet again as a group by then. 

Our scouting calendar has been and will be affected by much of what is happening in the world with COVID-19. Our goal is to keep our troop scouting, although that may look a bit different as we make accommodations. Updates will come by e-mail and we'll be working to keep the website up to date with the latest happenings at the Remote Scouting & COVID-19 page in the left-side menu of the 454.org website. 

Please all scouts and parents RSVP for Mulch Delivery day on 3/7 on the troop calendar.  Expectation is that all Scouts participate, even if you did not sell mulch.  This is an important way that we finance our troop activities and ALL scouts should be contributing on delivery day.  We need your support, even if you can only make it for a couple of hours. Parents, please add in notes section of your RSVP if you have a vehicle that can  haul any mulch, a trailer or if you can just carpool kids around to delivery sites. 

Registration is now open for our February campout Feb 28-Mar 1.  Scout leadership will set the schedule and choose the activities for this campout. The boys troop is planning to work on Advancement including First Aid activities, Totin' Chip, and Firem'n Chit. The girls troop is planning to work on Forestry, Astronomy, and Cooking merit badges.  To register, go to the calendar and click on the event and select the register button.