The troop camped at the tree houses near Nims Overlook at the S bar F Scout Ranch in March 2026. Thirteen scouts participated. There was a lot of rain Saturday morning. The troop hiked to Castle Rock Saturday afternoon. Everyone slept in bunk beds in the tree house cabins. The patrols cooked on the ground… Read more

For a change, the Pathfinder District Spring Camporee in April 2026 was at Camp Warren Levis instead of Beaumont. That camp is in Godfrey, Illinois. It was the best attended camping trip of the year with 30 scouts in attendance. Four patrols competed in the camporee events. The weekend’s theme was “Stranger Scouts.” One of… Read more

The troop went trout fishing at Maramec Spring Park in May 2026. There were 13 scouts on this trip. Everyone had to buy a daily trout tag at the camp store. A siren sounded to start fishing in the morning and to call it off in the evening. We could fish along the Meramec River,… Read more

(Story by Henry W.) On Sunday, May 24, 2026, Troop 344 gathered at the Beth Hamedrosh Hagadol Cemetery for its annual Memorial Day weekend service project honoring local veterans. The morning  began with a flag-raising ceremony before Scouts split into small groups to replace worn  American flags with new flags at veterans’ gravesites throughout the… Read more

Twenty-five scouts from Troop 344 cut down honeysuckle and cleaned up trash at Ladue Middle School (LMS) on March 28. The troop met outside LMS early that Saturday morning. The scouts cut down overgrown honeysuckle bushes between the drive outside of the fenced-in blacktop area and the creek and piled up the brush to be hauled… Read more