Trailmen experience various topics and learn specific skills that help them see the way that God has created our wonderful world. Through the learning of these skills, they learn the importance of working together as a team, being a good leader, and how to be good stewards of what they’ve been given.
Meetings
During every meeting, Trailmen learn new skills as well as prepare for the upcoming Hit The Trail activity or other outing. Trailmen are expected to wear their Troop uniform to these meetings.
At the Woodlands level, Trailmen learn through games, hands-on activities and adventures, and learning how it connects to family and their faith. At the Navigators and Adventurer’s levels, Trailmen work on completing requirements for Trail Badges that are required for them to advance to the next rank.
A typical meeting might look like this:
- Opening ceremony, announcements, and chaplain mentoring moment
- Patrol breakouts to learn a skill or prepare for upcoming campout
- Worthy Life award work
- Troop game
- Final words and closing ceremony
Hit The Trail Outings
The Woodlands Trail program conducts a Hit The Trail activity each month where we go on hiking, fishing, and biking day trips; visit museums; participate in community events; and the like. We try to make these outings in various locations around Rhode Island, East Connecticut, and South-West Massachusetts to help the boys gain a better understanding of the region in which they live.
See our Events Calendar for upcoming planned events.
Camping
Navigators and Adventurers Trailmen go camping or on some other outdoor adventurer monthly. During campouts, boys work on skills using the patrol method. The patrol method splits a troop into small groups that explore the theory and practice of leadership, while using the gifts of individuals to build group wellbeing. Boys in the Woodlands Trail program begin to see what leadership looks like and learn from the other boys in the troop.
During campouts, boys work on skills using the patrol method. The patrol method splits a troop into small groups that explore the theory and practice of leadership, while using the gifts of individuals to build group wellbeing. Boys in the Woodlands Trail program begin to see what leadership looks like and learn from the other boys in the troop.
Service
Selfless devotion to helping others a big part of what it means to be a Trailman. Our troop participates in several service projects each year to give boys a chance to learn the value of servant leadership.