2025 Fall Pacao
2025 Fall PA-CA-O: Scout Pioneering, Good 'ol Fashioned Outdoor Fun
When: October 3rd - 5th 2025
Where: Beaumont Scout Reservation, Lane Camporee Field
Join us for the 2025 Gravois Trail Fall PA-CA-O, where scouts will test their skills in classic outdoor activities. Emphasizing the fundamentals of scouting, this year's event will challenge patrols with, teamwork, and creativity in the world of Pioneering.
Activities will include Tower Build, Troop Campsite Gateways, First Aid, Dutch oven and Campsite cooking, knot tying challenges, rope making, and more! Many of these atcivities will align with the Pioneering Merit Badge, bring blue cards for any scouts interested in completeing the merit badges this weekend.
Scouting For Food 2025
November 15, 2025 – Bag Distribution Day
- Assemble with your Pack, Troop, or Crew at a pre-determined location. All Scouts should travel in groups of two or more (the Buddy System). Break up your assigned territory and hit the streets!
- Bags should be distributed to residences only, no businesses. Scouts should not enter apartment buildings. Scouts should not enter any homes and should not put the bags in mailboxes.
November 22, 2025 – Food Collection Day
- Please DO NOT begin collecting food before 10 am. This allows families time to place the food outside.
- Have your groups cover the same area where they distributed bags. This will minimize the risk of homes being missed.
- After thoroughly canvassing your assigned area take the collected items to your assigned drop-off location. Collection sites are open from 10:00 am to 4 pm.
- Please drive through your assigned area by car in the early afternoon to collect any bags missed during morning pick up.
Post-Scouting for Food Bowling Party
Post Scouting for Food Bowling Party
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Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner
2026 Gravois Trail Volunteer Recognition Dinner
Gravois Trail District Dinner -
The Gravois Trail Volunteer Recognition dinner will be held on Friday, January 23rd, 2026, at Andre's South Banquet Center. The highlights of the evening include presenting the District Awards of Merit and the Unit Spark Plug awards. It'll be an excellent opportunity to socialize, congratulate our outstanding volunteers, and celebrate our accomplishments!
Doors will open at 6:30 pm with meal at 7:00 pm - Cost $30 per person.
Be sure to nominate deserving Scouters in your unit or the district by submitting the following forms by January 2nd, 2026
Nominate deserving scouters at the following links:
Klondike
2025 Gravois Trail Winter Klondike
https://scoutingevent.com/312-2025GTKlondike
Get ready for a winter adventure in the "Wild West"! Join us for the 2025 Gravois Trail Winter Klondike, taking place from February 7-9, 2025, at the Shippey Camporee Field, Beaumont Scout Reservation in High Ridge, MO.
Theme: "Wild West Cowboys"
Youth Camp Master: Owen Kirk (Troop 331/Crew 2032)
Adult Advisor: Joseph Crabtree
Camping Chair: Terry Madden
Event Highlights:
Patrol Challenges: Compete in activities like Knot Tying, First Aid, Fire Building, Orienteering, Shelter Building, and more, testing essential scouting skills.
Troop/Crew/Pack Challenges: Participate in Cowboy-themed campsite pioneering, a Dutch oven cook-off, and skit/song performances around the campfire.
Sled Races & Horse Races: Test your teamwork and spirit in our exciting races with Cowboy-inspired themes.
All-Day Activities: Experience branding, meet Beaumont's horses, and try your hand at axe throwing!
Registration:
Early Registration (by Jan 14, 2025): $12
Walk-In Registration (after Jan 14, 2025): $15
Fee includes awards, program supplies, and a patch.
Prepare your patrol for a weekend filled with adventure, skill-building, and camaraderie as we embrace the spirit of the Old West! Don't miss this chance to showcase your scout skills and create unforgettable memories.
2026 GT VSOA Spring Event
More info soon!
77th GT Memorial Day Good Turn
77th Annual Jefferson Barracks Memorial Day Good Turn
Scouts of all ages are invited to participate in the 77th Annual Memorial Day Good Turn on Sunday May 24, 2026, hosted by Gravois Trail District. Registration will be from 10:30 am until 11:30 am at the VA Hospital Orange Lot with the procession into the cemetery beginning at 11:30 am. Upon check-in, the unit leader or designated adult will receive a map and participation ribbon. Patches will be available for $5.00.
Participants will attend the Flag Ceremony before proceeding to the flag boxes. No one will be allowed to begin placing flags until after the ceremony has been dismissed.
Register Here
About Memorial Day Good Turn
For more than seven decades, approximately 5,000 Scouts have gathered at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery before Memorial Day to decorate each of the approximately 280,000 graves with an American Flag. In its 77th year (2026), the tradition is one of the longest-running Memorial Day events within Scouting.
The public is welcome to attend the event. Scouts from across the Council will assemble at the VA Hospital Orange Lot and march into the Cemetery, where they proceed to the main flagpole for assembly and ceremony honoring our fallen soldiers. A flag presentation marks the opening of our ceremony, followed by a guest speaker who will address the crowd. The ceremony will close with the retrieving of the flags, Taps, and Amazing Grace by the Bagpipers. Everyone will be dismissed to begin placing the flags on each grave.
It takes approximately 2 hours to complete the Good Turn, and Scouts will have placed over 200,000 flags on each grave.
In 1866, Jefferson Barracks was established as a National Cemetery, and today is one of the oldest interment sites of the National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Bee Tree Park Twilight Camp
2025 Info coming soon! 2024 info below:
Bee Tree Park Twilight Camp
When: June 17th – 20th | 5:30 pm - 8:30pm Daily
Where: Bee Tree Park County Park
Who: All Cub Scout-aged youth (Siblings and non-Scouts are welcome!)
Cost: $75
This evening camp is a great add-on to other summer activities. Fishing, shooting sports, and STEM are just a few of the activities campers experience!
Register Here by April 10th to save $10 on registration fees.