Coastal Georgia Council · Coastal District
Scouting on the Georgia coast, paid forward.
The Golden Isles Scout Foundation raises the money that keeps Scouting affordable in Glynn County — and it supports two units doing the work every week: Pack 204 for younger Scouts and Troop 204 for older ones.
Dens by grade, a monthly pack meeting, and the campouts, derbies and service projects in between. Boys and girls both.
How to join the PackPatrols run by the Scouts themselves — monthly campouts, summer camp, merit badges and the trail to Eagle.
How to join the Troop
What we stand for
The Oath, the Law and the Motto.
Every meeting opens with them and every campout puts them to work. Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA share the same Oath and Law; each program carries its own motto.
The Scout Oath
On my honor I will do my best
to do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
to help other people at all times;
to keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.
The Scout Law
A Scout is
- Trustworthy
- Loyal
- Helpful
- Friendly
- Courteous
- Kind
- Obedient
- Cheerful
- Thrifty
- Brave
- Clean
- Reverent
Scouts BSA motto
Be Prepared.
And the Scout slogan: Do a Good Turn Daily.
Cub Scout motto
Do Your Best.
The motto every Cub Scout lives by, from Lion to Arrow of Light.
About Scouting
More than a century of turning kids into capable adults.
Scouting is the world’s largest youth movement, and its idea has never changed: put young people outdoors, hand them real responsibility, and let them grow into it.
Our own history · Troop 4 → Troop 204
Scouting came to Brunswick early. Glynn County’s first Boy Scout troop was organized at First United Methodist Church in the World War I era, and the church has sponsored Scouting through most of the century since — for generations as Troop 4, today as Troop 204. Were you part of it? Share your story on the Memory Board.
What Scouting teaches
- Leadership
- Citizenship
- First aid & safety
- Outdoor skills
- Cooking
- Navigation
- Personal fitness
- Managing money
- Public speaking
- Service to others
- Teamwork
- Ethics & character
Scouts learn by doing. They practice a skill, teach it to someone younger, and use it for real on a campout — with the Scout Oath and Law as the standard for how they treat people along the way.
What kids get out of it
- Confidence from doing hard things — a long hike, a swim test, a night in the rain — and finishing them.
- Real leadership at 13 and 14: running meetings, planning trips, being responsible for younger Scouts.
- Friends and mentors outside school and sports, of different ages, who show up for each other.
- Time outdoors instead of on a screen, and a lifelong comfort in the woods and on the water.
- A habit of service: helping other people becomes something they just do.
The Eagle Scout
A rank that stays with you for life.
Eagle is Scouting’s highest rank. To earn it, a Scout completes at least 21 merit badges, serves in a leadership position, lives by the Oath and Law, and plans and leads a service project for the community — all before turning 18. Only about four percent of Scouts have earned it since 1912.
The title carries weight. Colleges and employers recognize it, Eagle Scouts may be able to enlist in the military at an advanced rank, and the list of Eagles includes President Gerald Ford, astronaut Neil Armstrong and filmmaker Steven Spielberg. You are never a former Eagle Scout — once an Eagle, always an Eagle. Meet Troop 204’s Eagle Scouts.
You don’t have to make Eagle to win.
Most Scouts never earn Eagle — and they still leave with the skills that matter: how to lead a team, keep a cool head in an emergency, cook a meal for twelve, find their way with a map and compass, and keep a promise. The tools last a lifetime, whatever rank a Scout reaches.
Cub Scout ranks · Pack 204
One rank for each grade.
- LionKindergarten
- Tiger1st grade
- Wolf2nd grade
- Bear3rd grade
- Webelos4th grade
- Arrow of Light5th grade — then on to the troop
Each rank is earned by completing “adventures” with the den and at home.
Scouts BSA ranks · Troop 204
From new Scout to Eagle.
- ScoutJoining the troop
- TenderfootFirst outdoor skills
- Second ClassCamping, cooking, first aid
- First ClassA well-rounded outdoorsman or woman
- StarMerit badges, service, leadership
- LifeMore of all three
- Eagle21 merit badges and an Eagle project
Tenderfoot through First Class build the core skills; Star, Life and Eagle add merit badges, service and leadership.
The deal
What a Scout gets — and what we ask in return.
What you can expect
- Adventure. A campout nearly every month, a week of summer camp, rivers, islands, mountains and canyons.
- Real skills. First aid, cooking, navigation, swimming, fire and knife safety — skills you keep for life.
- Leadership. A real job in the troop, and the chance to be elected to lead it.
- A path to Eagle. Rank by rank, at your own pace, with adults and older Scouts who want you to make it.
- Friends and mentors. A crew of people of different ages who have your back.
- Service that matters. Work that leaves Glynn County better than you found it.
- Fun. Campfires, skits, competitions and stories you will tell for years.
What we expect from you
- Show up. Come to meetings and campouts, and let your patrol leader know when you can’t.
- Live the Oath and Law. Be trustworthy, helpful and kind — on the trail and off it.
- Give your best effort. Try the hard thing. Finish what you start.
- Own your gear and your jobs. Pack your own pack, do your share of the cooking and cleanup.
- Help the younger Scouts. Someone taught you; pass it on.
- Respect people and places. Your leaders, each other, and the outdoors — leave no trace.
- Wear the uniform with pride. You represent Troop 204 and Brunswick.
Give
Every dollar stays in Glynn County.
Dues, uniforms, camp fees and gear add up fast, and no family should have to sit out because of it. Gifts to the Foundation cover camperships, registration for Scouts who need help, and the equipment both units share.
Fastest way to give
Send it on Venmo
Open Venmo, send to the handle below, and put your name and “donation” in the note so we can thank you properly.
Shows in Venmo as Troop204.
@Troop204 collects for the Golden Isles Scout Foundation. Giving to Pack 204 specifically? Write “Pack 204” in the Venmo note.
Open VenmoOn a phone this opens the Venmo app. On a computer it opens the Foundation’s Venmo page in your browser.
Other ways to give
By check
Made out to Golden Isles Scout Foundation and mailed to 5 Saint Andrews Court, Brunswick, Georgia 31520. Note a Scout’s name or “where needed most” on the memo line — or “Pack 204” for a gift to the Pack.
Sponsor a Scout
Underwrite one Scout’s full year — registration, handbook, uniform and summer camp. We keep the family’s name confidential.
Gear and in-kind
Tents, stoves, canoes, trailer repairs, printing, a truck on a Saturday morning. Tell us what you have and we’ll tell you whether we can use it.
- Pots and pans with lids — cast iron or stainless steel preferred
- Dutch ovens
- Camp utensils: spoons, spatulas and serving utensils
Business sponsorship
Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum levels for Troop 204, from $100 up. See the sponsor levels below.
Long-term goals
Four funds we’re building
Troop Bus Fund
A dedicated troop transport — a school bus or a retrofitted RV — so Troop 204 can get Scouts and gear to campouts, service projects and summer camp without asking families for a caravan of cars every month.
Checks payable to Golden Isles Scout Foundation, memo line: Troop Bus Fund
2028 Sea Camp Fund
Florida Sea Base is Scouting America’s national high-adventure base in Islamorada, in the Florida Keys. Crews spend a week on the water — sailing, snorkeling the coral reefs, paddling the mangroves and fishing — while learning seamanship and reef ecology. It is the kind of trip a Scout remembers for life.
Checks payable to Golden Isles Scout Foundation, memo line: 2028 Sea Camp Fund
2029 Northern Frontier Fund
Northern Tier is Scouting America’s oldest high-adventure base, running wilderness canoe trips since 1923. From its Canadian base in Atikokan, Ontario, crews paddle and portage through the lakes of Quetico Provincial Park and Canadian Crown land with a staff guide — carrying everything they need and camping where they land each night.
Checks payable to Golden Isles Scout Foundation, memo line: 2029 Northern Frontier Fund
2030 Philmont Fund
Philmont Scout Ranch, near Cimarron, New Mexico, is Scouting America’s best-known high-adventure base: about 140,000 acres of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, given to Scouting by Waite Phillips in 1938. Crews backpack treks of 7 to 12 days and roughly 56 to 106 miles, carrying their own food and gear through backcountry camps — and many climb Baldy Mountain, 12,441 feet.
Checks payable to Golden Isles Scout Foundation, memo line: 2030 Philmont Fund
Each Sea Camp and Northern Frontier trip costs an estimated $1,200 per Scout. These funds subsidize the cost so every Glynn County Scout who earns a spot on one of these high-adventure trips can go.
A note on taxes: the Golden Isles Scout Foundation has not yet received 501(c)(3) status, so gifts are not currently tax-deductible as charitable contributions. We send a receipt for every gift.
Support Troop 204
Become a Sponsor
Invest in adventure. Build tomorrow’s leaders.
Business and family sponsors keep Troop 204 camping, serving and learning all year. Choose a level below, or talk with us about something that fits.
Bronze
$100
- Social media thank-you
- Koozie & decal
Silver
$250
- All Bronze benefits
- Name on our sponsor recognition board
- Koozie & decal
Gold
$500
- All Silver benefits
- Business logo on our recognition board & troop shirts
Platinum
$1,000+
- All Gold benefits
- Featured sponsor spotlight on social media
- Business logo on the troop trailer
All sponsors receive an “I sponsored Troop 204” koozie. Monetary gifts, supplies and in-kind donations are welcome.
Call Jen Shaw · (912) 269-9627Jen Shaw, Troop 204 Fundraising Chair
Join
Two units, two ages, one door in.
Visiting is free and there’s no commitment — come to a meeting, let your kid see it, decide after. Both units welcome boys and girls.
Pack 204
- Meets
- Thursday nights, 6:00–7:00 pm
- Where
- Emanuel Methodist Church, Ratcliffe Road, Brunswick
- Cost
- Annual BSA registration plus $100 a year in pack dues, due October 1 — and never a reason to stay away; ask us.
- Contact
- Key ThreeCubmaster Wallace Phaire, wallacephaire@gmail.com
Committee Chair Wrix McIlvaine, wrix@mcilvainelaw.net
Chartered Organization Rep. Ken Herbert, kenneth.herbert@sunbeltrentals.com
How to start
- Email us that you’re coming — we’ll watch for you.
- Come to a pack or den meeting. Wear anything; no uniform needed yet.
- Register online through Scouting America when you’re ready — here’s how.
- We’ll walk you through the handbook, the uniform, and what to buy first (it’s less than you think).
Troop 204
- History
- Formerly Troop 4. Scouting at First United Methodist Church goes back to the World War I era, when Glynn County’s first Boy Scout troop was organized there. Share your memories.
- Meets
- Monday nights, 6:30–8:00 pm
- Where
- First United Methodist Church, Brunswick
- Cost
- Annual BSA registration plus $100 a year in troop dues, due October 1 — camperships are available and confidential.
- Contact
- Key ThreeScoutmaster Dave Morris, djfreedm@yahoo.com
Committee Chair Wrix McIlvaine, wrix@mcilvainelaw.net
Chartered Organization Rep. Ken Herbert, kenneth.herbert@sunbeltrentals.com
How to start
- Let us know you’re coming, then visit on a meeting night.
- Come on a campout as a guest before you decide — that’s where you actually see the troop.
- Register online through Scouting America — here’s how.
- A youth leader gets your Scout into a patrol and started on rank.
Register with Scouting America
Signing up, step by step.
Registration for Scouts and adult leaders is done online through Scouting America. We’re happy to walk you through it at a meeting.
Register your Scout
- Go to BeAScout.org and search ZIP code 31520.
- Choose Pack 204 (listed as Pack 3204) for kindergarten through 5th grade, or Troop 204 (listed as Troop 0204) for ages 11–17, and click Apply. BeAScout lists our contact as James McIlvaine — that’s Wrix.
- Sign in or create a parent account on my.Scouting, fill out your Scout’s application, and pay the national registration fee online.
- The unit leader reviews and accepts the application — usually within a day or two. Then bring your Scout to the next meeting.
Prefer paper? Applications are on Scouting America’s forms page; bring a completed one to any meeting. Unit dues are separate and collected by the Pack or Troop.
Start at BeAScout.orgBecome an adult leader
- Talk with the Cubmaster, Scoutmaster or Committee Chair about the role that fits you — den leader, committee member, merit badge counselor or something else.
- Create a free account at my.scouting.org and note your Member ID.
- Complete Safeguarding Youth Training from your my.Scouting dashboard. It’s free and online, and must be done before your application can be accepted.
- Apply online through BeAScout.org to Pack 204 or Troop 204, choosing your position and authorizing the criminal background check every registered adult completes.
- Once the unit and our chartered organization approve you, take the position-specific training on my.Scouting — also online and free.
Where to find training: all of it — Safeguarding Youth Training and every position-specific course — is on my.scouting.org, not BeAScout. BeAScout is only for finding the unit and submitting your application.
Safeguarding Youth Training must be kept current. Questions about any step: wrix@mcilvainelaw.net.
Go to my.scouting.orgTroop 204 · Be Prepared
A campout a month. A week of summer camp. Every year.
Scouting is learned outdoors, so that is where Troop 204 spends its weekends. The troop camps on average one weekend every month of the school year and always spends a full week at a Scouting America summer camp. The Scouts plan the menus, pitch the camp, cook the meals and run the program; the adults keep them safe and get out of the way.
Troop 204 · Cumberland Island · Nov. 7, 2026
11 Miles. 2 Hot Meals. 3 Minutes to Spare.
Five Troop 204 Scouts and three adult leaders hiked 11 miles across Cumberland Island, cooking hot meals on trail stoves along the way to complete Cooking merit badge requirement 6. They waded through floodwaters, shared the trail with wild horses, hiked four miles of open beach and made the last ferry home with three minutes to spare.
See the Hike →How Troop 204 works
Run by the Scouts. Really.
Troop 204 is Scout-led. The adults coach, teach when asked and keep everyone safe — but the decisions, the planning and the work belong to the Scouts. That is where the leadership comes from.
- They elect their own leaders.The Scouts vote for their Senior Patrol Leader and youth leadership team, who run the troop meetings and campouts. Meet this year’s youth leaders.
- They vote on the program.The Scouts choose where the troop goes and what it does — down to voting on which summer camp we attend — and then they lead it.
- They plan their own meals.A Scout grubmaster writes the menu, budgets it and shops for it.
- They cook their own meals.Every patrol cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner on the campout — and cleans up after.
- They pack their own gear.Every Scout packs their own gear, and the Quartermaster makes sure the troop gear is ready, loaded and accounted for.
- They teach each other.Older Scouts teach the younger ones the skills they learned the same way.
Summer 2026 · Camp Rainey Mountain
Scout Skills Competition champions.
Troop 204 won the camp-wide Scout Skills Competition at Camp Rainey Mountain — and four of our Scouts completed the Mile Swim.
Outdoor cooking
A Scout grubmaster plans every menu, budgets it, shops it, and the patrols cook breakfast, lunch and dinner over stoves and coals — from hobo dinners to camp jambalaya.
Fire, tools & camp craft
Building and safely managing fires with tinder, kindling and fuel wood; knife, axe and saw safety; pitching tents; lashing camp gadgets; and keeping a campsite clean enough to pass daily inspection.
Navigation & hiking
Map and compass courses, trail-blazing, five-mile day hikes, canyon scrambles, and planning for overnight backpacking on the Appalachian Trail.
On the water
Swim tests, canoeing and kayaking, snorkeling Florida’s spring runs, barge crossings to a barrier island, and whitewater rafting on the Chattahoochee and in the North Carolina mountains.
Nature & Leave No Trace
Minimum-impact camping, fishing (license rules included), wildlife of the Okefenokee and the salt marsh, and trail work that leaves public land better than we found it.
Leadership
The Senior Patrol Leader and the youth leadership team run each campout and teach the skills — including to the Webelos and Arrow of Light Cub Scouts the troop hosts on its campouts.
Where we’ve camped — and where we’re headed
2023
- Black Creek Scout ReservationSummer camp
- Fort McAllister State ParkRichmond Hill · August
- Camp TolocheeCamporee · September
- Primitive farm campoutFish-removal conservation project · October
- Private farmThanksgiving fish-conservation campout · November
2024
- Crooked River State ParkSt. Marys · January, with Pack 204’s Arrows of Light
- Laura S. Walker State ParkWaycross · March, with Pack 204’s Arrows of Light
- Coastal PinesApril
- Bert Adams Scout CampSummer camp · June
- Black Creek Scout ReservationHaunted Trail setup · October
- Black Creek Scout ReservationHaunted Trail staff weekend · October
- Private farmWayne County · Thanksgiving fish-conservation campout
2025
- Creighton IslandMcIntosh County, by barge · January
- Ichetucknee SpringsFlorida · February
- Fort McAllister State ParkRichmond Hill · March
- Crooked River State ParkSt. Marys · April
- Providence Canyon State ParkPlus Chattahoochee whitewater · May
- Camp Daniel BooneSummer camp, North Carolina · June
- Jekyll IslandAugust
- Okefenokee SwampStephen Foster State Park · September
- Black Creek Scout ReservationHaunted Trail setup · October
- Black Creek Scout ReservationHaunted Trail staff weekend · October
- Private farmWayne County · Thanksgiving fish-conservation campout
2026
- Camp TolocheeHosting Pack 204’s Webelos · January
- Olustee Battlefield Historic State ParkFlorida · reenactment volunteers · February
- Creighton IslandMcIntosh County, by barge · March
- Coastal PinesApril
- Camp Rainey MountainSummer camp, Rabun County · Scout Skills Competition champions
- Ichetucknee SpringsFlorida · September
- Private farmOctober · cooking Boston butts for the fundraiser
- Cumberland IslandNovember · Cooking merit badge day hike, 11 miles across the island · see the hike
- Private farmNovember · Thanksgiving fish-conservation campout
- George L. Smith State ParkTwin City, Georgia · December
2027
- Stephen C. Foster State ParkOkefenokee Swamp · January, hosting Pack 204’s Webelos
- Olustee Battlefield Historic State ParkFlorida · reenactment weekend · February
- Creighton IslandMcIntosh County, by barge · private sea island · assisting with a small-aircraft fly-in · March
- Providence Canyon State ParkLumpkin · April
- Reed Bingham State ParkPaddle-in island campsite, Adel · May
- Camp La-No-CheSummer camp, Paisley, Florida · June 13–19, 2027
Summer camp week Upcoming
Troop 204
Out there, doing it.
Rivers, canyons, barrier-island beaches and a lot of campfires — a few recent days with Troop 204.
Summer 2026
Tubing, a sunrise Mile Swim, pirates — and a beaver shark.
A few more from summer 2026.
Troop 204 · Video
See it in motion.
Summer camp at Camp Rainey Mountain, the barge to Creighton Island, the Olustee reenactment and more — press play.
Pack 204
Cub Scouts: doing their best, having a blast.
Den banners, climbing walls, field trips and a lot of muddy shoes — this fall with Pack 204.
How Pack 204 works
A family program. The Pack is only as strong as its parents.
Cub Scouting is built for families. There is no paid staff: the dens are led by parents, the pack meetings are run by parents, and every field trip, campout and derby happens because a mom, dad or grandparent said yes. When parents show up, the program is great — and the kids can tell.
- Parents lead the dens.Each grade’s den is led by a parent volunteer, following a program that is written out for you.
- The youngest Scouts come with a grown-up.Lions and Tigers do their activities with an adult partner — usually Mom or Dad.
- Campouts are family campouts.Cub Scouts camp with their parent or guardian, under a BALOO-trained leader.
- Every family pitches in.Driving, snacks, a derby station, planning one field trip, a seat on the committee — many hands make every job small.
- You grow alongside your Scout.Adventures are done together in the den and at home, so you see the growth up close.
The best thing you can do for your Scout’s Pack: pick one way to help this year.
Service · A Scout is helpful
“To help other people at all times.”
Every Scout promises it in the Scout Oath, and the Scout Law asks them to be helpful, friendly, courteous and kind. In Pack 204 and Troop 204 that promise gets kept in uniform, on Saturday mornings, wherever Glynn County needs a few more hands.
“To do my duty to God and my country”
Honoring our veterans and our flag
- Memorial Day ceremony, Veterans Memorial Park, Brunswick — every year we’re invited: handing out programs and water, supporting the color guard, and clearing chairs afterward
- Veterans Day ceremony, Neptune Park, St. Simons Island — programs, salute formation for the color guard, and cleanup
- Frederica Naval Action Commemoration with the Sons of the American Revolution, St. Simons Island
- Flag retirement ceremonies — retiring, with dignity, worn American flags turned in by members of the community
- Glynn Academy Baccalaureate, First Baptist Church — leading the flag ceremony and the Pledge of Allegiance each of the last two years
- Golden Eagle Dinner, Jekyll Island — serving as honor guard for the Coastal Georgia Council’s dinner
“Be conservation-minded” — Outdoor Code
Caring for the land
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge — clearing trails and cleaning up the historic Chesser Island Homestead
- Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park — four-hour volunteer shifts for park staff during the annual reenactment
- Rivers Alive litter cleanup on the F.J. Torras Causeway with Keep Golden Isles Beautiful and the Torras Foundation (Pack 204)
- Camp Rainey Mountain — loading gravel for a handicap-accessible ramp and clearing mountain trails
- Black Creek Scout Reservation — clearing and prepping the Haunted Trail for the Council’s Cub Scouts
- Fish conservation — every Thanksgiving campout is a fish-conservation project on a private farm
“A Scout is helpful, friendly, kind”
Serving our neighbors
- Operation Christmas Child — the Troop loads shoeboxes bound for children in need at Lord of Life Lutheran and Centerpoint Church; the Pack packs shoeboxes at Emanuel Methodist
- Brunswick Kiwanis Club — unloading and setting up the annual Christmas tree lot at Howard Coffin Park
- Brunswick Stewbilee for the Kiwanis Club, every year — bringing contestants their sample jars, carrying the samples to the judges, and keeping every contestant stocked with sample cups to hand out
- Porchfest — working the event start to finish keeping the grounds clear of trash
- Food bank drive — Pack 204 collects canned goods from the food bank’s most-wanted list
- First United Methodist Church — packing boxes for a community service project alongside other local volunteers
Fish conservation
Every Thanksgiving campout is a fish-conservation project on a private farm — Scouts fish to help manage the farm’s fish population, then sit down to a Thanksgiving feast of covered dishes the Scouts bring themselves.
Porchfest
When Brunswick fills its porches with music, Troop 204 works the event from start to finish keeping the grounds clean.
Organizations and events we’ve served
- Veterans Memorial Park Memorial Day Ceremony
- St. Simons Veterans Day Ceremony
- Sons of the American Revolution
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
- Keep Golden Isles Beautiful
- The Torras Foundation
- Rivers Alive
- Samaritan’s Purse · Operation Christmas Child
- Lord of Life Lutheran Church
- Centerpoint Church
- Kiwanis Club of Brunswick
- Brunswick Stewbilee
- Porchfest
- Glynn Academy
- First Baptist Church
- Local food bank
- First United Methodist Church
- Emanuel Methodist Church
- Coastal Georgia Council · Golden Eagle Dinner
- Black Creek Scout Reservation
- Camp Rainey Mountain
Have a project that needs willing hands? Tell us about it — a Scout does a Good Turn daily, and our Scouts are always looking for the next one.
Calendars
What’s coming up.
The full 2026–2027 year for both units is below — the Pack first, then the Troop. Past events fade out as the year goes on.
Pack 204 · 2026–2027
Meetings Thursdays, 6:00–7:00 pm · Emanuel Methodist Church, 245 Ratcliffe Road, Brunswick
No meetings on Glynn County school holidays and breaks.
- Den meeting
- Pack meeting
- Field trip
- Service project
- No meeting
- Council / district event
September 2026
- Den meetingFirst meeting of the year
- Den meeting
- Haunted Trail early-bird pricing ends
- Bobcat Bootcamp registration closes
- Field trip — Blythe Island Regional Park
- Bobcat BootcampCamp Tolochee, 10 am–6 pm
October 2026
- Pack meetingDues ($100 per Scout) due today
- Haunted Trail registration closesSells out — register early
- Den meeting
- Scout Day on the FarmPoppell Farms, 10 am–9 pm
- Field tripDetails TBA
- Cub Scout Haunted TrailBlack Creek Scout Reservation
- Den meeting
- Cub Scout Shooting Sports DayCamp Tolochee
- No meetingNext: Operation Christmas Child, Wed Nov 4
November 2026
- Service project — Operation Christmas Child shoebox packingEmanuel Methodist Church, Ratcliffe Road · 6:00 pm dinner (provided for all volunteers) & instructions · packing about 6:30–7:15 pm · led by Committee Member Audrey Herbert · Cub Scouts and parents
- No meetingThe Pack meets Wed Nov 4 instead
- Webelos WeekendBlack Creek Scout Reservation (Webelos & Arrow of Light)
- Den meeting
- BALOO Training registration closes11:59 PM · $30 · class limited to 25 leaders · Register here
- Pack meeting
- BALOO Training — Camp TolocheeBasic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation · check-in 7:30 AM Sat, ends noon Sun · open to all Cub Scout leaders · finish the My.Scouting.org online course before you arrive · Register by Nov 17
- No meetingThanksgiving break
- Webelos Weekend registrationDeadline TBA — watch announcements
December 2026
- Pack meeting
- Field tripDetails TBA
- Christmas party
- No meetingChristmas break
- No meetingChristmas break
January 2027
- Den meeting
- Pack meeting / Blue & Gold Dinner
- Den meeting
- Family Scout Freeze OutBlack Creek Scout Reservation
- Cub Scout Blizzard early-bird pricing ends
February 2027
- Den meeting
- Pack Pinewood Derby9 am
- Pack meeting / Arrow of Light crossover
- Scout SundayDate TBA
- Field tripDetails TBA
- Cub Scout BlizzardBlack Creek Scout Reservation
- Den meeting
- Coastal District Pinewood DerbyWatch announcements
March 2027
- Den meeting
- Pack meeting
- Field tripDetails TBA
- Den meeting
April 2027
- Den meeting
- No meetingGlynn County spring break
- Council Pinewood DerbyBlack Creek Scout Reservation, 9 am
- Pack meeting
- Field tripDetails TBA
- Cub Scout Spring AdventuresBlack Creek Scout Reservation
- Den meeting
May 2027
- Field tripDetails TBA
- Pack meetingRank advancement & awards — final meeting of the year
- Glynn County schools out for summer
Register for council events at scoutingevent.com (Pack 3204): Bobcat Bootcamp = 099-Bobcat · Haunted Trail = 099-Haunt · Blizzard = 099-Blizzard. Field trip details are announced in the Pack 204 Announcements GroupMe.
Troop 204 · 2026–2027
Meetings Mondays, 6:30–8:00 pm · First United Methodist Church, Brunswick
No meetings or campouts on Glynn County school holidays and breaks. One campout a month, plus a week of summer camp.
- Troop meeting
- Campout
- Order of the Arrow
- Service
- Council event
- Pack 204 / joint
- No meeting
October 2026
- Troop meetingSign-ups open for the optional Cumberland Island Cooking merit badge day hike (Nov 7)
- Cumberland Island sign-up closes · noonTap each name that is going in the Troop 204 Announcements GroupMe polls
- Butt seasoning · 5:00–7:00 pmScouts who are available help season the butts
- Butt Extravaganza Campout · Shaw farmFriday night until the butts are distributed at 1:00 pm Saturday · $10 grub fee by Venmo to @Troop204 before Friday · breakout sessions: “meet with a judge, lawyer or public official” presentation, and Cumberland hikers treat clothes and gear with Permethrin, build camp stoves and plan trail meals · orienteering and GPS requirements Friday night and Saturday morning
November 2026
- Troop meeting · OA unit elections (tentative)OA elections tentative · to be confirmed for Nov 2 or Nov 9 · Summer camp chosen: Camp La-No-Che, Paisley, Florida, June 13–19, 2027
- Cumberland Island · Cooking merit badge day hikeOptional · about 10 miles with trail breakfast and lunch · leave Brunswick 7:30 am, 9:00 am ferry from St. Marys, 4:45 pm ferry back, home about 6:30 pm · overnight cut so we can volunteer at Porchfest
- Porchfest · volunteering 12:00–6:00 pmTrash cleanup start to finish · be there by noon
- Troop meetingOA unit elections may be held tonight instead of Nov 2, depending on the availability of OA Lodge members · awaiting confirmation of Nov 2 or Nov 9
- OA Winter Ordeal · Camp TolocheeI-Tsu-La Lodge: Ordeal, Brotherhood, business meeting · candidates at the dining hall by 7:45 pm Friday with a copy of medical forms · Class A Saturday
- Troop meeting · Court of Honor
- Kiwanis Christmas tree unloading · 8:00 amThen straight to the farm for the Thanksgiving campout and fish conservation
- Thanksgiving campout · fish conservationPrivate farm · Scouts bring covered dishes
- Operation Christmas Child shoebox loadingNo troop meeting · Thanksgiving break Nov 23–27
- Troop meeting
December 2026
- Troop meeting
- December campout · George L. Smith State ParkTwin City, Georgia · historic gristmill, 7 miles of trails and canoeing in an ancient blackwater swamp · moved from Fort Clinch, which was booked
- Christmas Party & White Elephant
- No meetings · Christmas break
January 2027
- No meeting · Christmas breakSchool resumes Thu Jan 7
- Troop meeting
- No meeting · MLK Day
- Pack 204 Blue & Gold
- Troop meeting
- Webelos Weekend · Stephen C. Foster State ParkOkefenokee Swamp, Fargo · hosting Pack 204’s Webelos and Arrow of Light Scouts
- Council Family Scout Freeze OutOptional · same weekend
February 2027
- Troop meeting
- Troop meeting
- Arrow of Light crossover into Troop 204
- February campout · Olustee reenactmentOlustee Battlefield Historic State Park, Florida
- No meeting · Presidents’ Day
- Troop meeting · Court of Honor
- Kiwanis Stewbilee2027 date not yet announced
March 2027
- Troop meeting
- OA Spring Fellowship · Black CreekI-Tsu-La Lodge: induction, fun & fellowship, Vigil Honor ceremony · Fri 5 pm to Sun 11 am
- Troop meeting
- Earth Tribe Skills Weekend · Camp TolocheeOptional
- No meeting · school planning day
- March campout · Creighton IslandMcIntosh County, by barge · private sea island with wild cows, boars, donkeys and horses · assisting with a small-aircraft fly-in
- Troop meeting
- Troop meeting
April 2027
- No meetings · spring break
- Council Spring Thaw · Black CreekOptional
- Troop meeting
- April campout · Providence Canyon State ParkLumpkin, Georgia · “Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon”
- Troop meeting
- Earth Tribe Champions of NatureCouncil event
- Troop meeting
- Golden Eagle dinner · honor guard
May 2027
- Troop meeting
- Troop meeting · summer camp prep
- May campout · Reed Bingham State ParkPaddle-in island campsite, Adel · summer camp shakedown
- Court of Honor & end-of-year party
- Last troop meeting of the school yearGlynn County schools out Wed May 26
- Glynn Academy Baccalaureate · flag ceremonyFirst Baptist
- Memorial DayOn the Pack calendar
Summer & beyond
- Summer camp week · Camp La-No-ChePaisley, Florida
- OA Annual Banquet · Camp TolocheeRegistration required · Class A
OA events are run by I-Tsu-La Lodge; register at scoutingevent.com. Campout sign-ups, permission slips and packing lists go out in the Troop 204 Announcements GroupMe.
Council-wide events — camporees, training weekends, summer camp dates — are on the Coastal Georgia Council calendar.
Our leaders
The volunteers who make it happen.
Every one of them is a registered, trained volunteer. If you have a question, any of them can point you the right way.
Pack 204
- Cubmaster
- Wallace Phaire
wallacephaire@gmail.com - Committee Chair
- Wrix McIlvaineBALOO trained — qualified to lead Pack campouts
- Arrow of Light Den Leader
- Wrix McIlvaine
- Treasurer
- Audrey Herbert
- Committee
- Audrey Herbert
Ken Herbert - Chartered Org. Rep.
- Ken Herbert
kenneth.herbert@sunbeltrentals.com
Troop 204
- Scoutmaster
- Dave Morris
djfreedm@yahoo.com - Assistant Scoutmasters
- Wrix McIlvaine
Dylan Diamond
Paul Diamond
Ken Herbert
Adam Harper
Seamus Barry - Committee Chair
- Wrix McIlvaine
- Advancement Chair
- Wrix McIlvaine
- Camping Director
- Wrix McIlvaine
- Treasurer
- Nick Shaw
- Fundraising Chair
- Jen Shaw
- Committee
- Molly McIlvaine
Seamus Barry
Dylan Diamond
Paul Diamond
Nick Shaw
Jen Shaw
Ken Herbert
Adam Harper - Chartered Org. Rep.
- Ken Herbert
kenneth.herbert@sunbeltrentals.com
Youth leaders
Elected by their fellow Scouts, these youth leaders run the troop meetings and campouts. How a Scout-led troop works.
- Senior Patrol Leader
- Aidric H.
- Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders
- Matthew K.
Gunner R. - Troop Guides
- Gatlin M.
Rory M. - Quartermaster
- Lawson S.
- Scribe
- Daniel H.
- Chaplain Aide
- Rory M.
Get involved
Scouting runs on parents and community volunteers. All of it.
There is no paid staff here. Every meeting, campout and derby happens because an adult said yes to something. Most of these jobs are smaller than they sound, and none of them require you to have been a Scout.
Den Leader
Lead one grade’s den through the year. The program is written for you — you follow the book and bring the enthusiasm. About two hours a week.
Committee Member
The behind-the-scenes side: budget, records, advancement, fundraising, permits. No weekly meeting with the kids required.
Merit Badge Counselor
Teach what you already know, a few hours a year, on your schedule. See the badges we need most.
Assistant Leader
Back up a den or the troop without owning it. The easiest way to find out whether you like this.
Campout Driver & Cook
Come along one weekend. Drive, cook, sit by the fire, be another adult on site. Genuinely enough.
Foundation Board
Help raise and steward the money: sponsorships, the annual campaign, grants, and keeping the books straight.
Merit badge counselors wanted
We’d love local counselors for these badges.
If you know the subject — from your job, a hobby or your own life — you can counsel it. Counselors are approved through the Council after free youth protection training; we’ll walk you through it.
- First Aid
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communication
- Cooking
- Personal Fitness
- Personal Management
- Camping
- Family Life
- Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving
- Environmental Science or Sustainability
- Swimming or Hiking or Cycling
Coming in 2027 · help wanted
We’re exploring a Venturing crew — co-ed, ages 14 to 20.
Venturing is Scouting America’s program for teens and young adults. A Venturing unit is called a crew, and it is run by its members: they elect their own officers and plan their own adventures — high adventure, service and leadership. It is a natural next step for Scouts who age out of the troop at 18, and it is open to teens who have never been Scouts. We are working toward chartering a crew in 2027.
- Who
- Young men and women ages 14 through 20 — or 13 after finishing 8th grade
- Led by
- Elected youth officers, with an adult Crew Advisor
- Recognition
- Venturing, Discovery, Pathfinder and Summit awards
- Chartered
- As its own unit, alongside Pack 204 and Troop 204
To get it started we need: a Crew Advisor, Associate Advisors, crew committee members — and teens who want to be charter members.
I’m interested in the crewThe Foundation
What the Golden Isles Scout Foundation does.
Units are good at running a program and bad at raising money — volunteers burn out doing both. The Foundation exists so the money side has its own people, its own plan, and its own accountability.
Keeps Scouting affordable
Camperships and registration assistance for Glynn County families, handled quietly. Cost is never the reason a kid isn’t in Scouting here.
Buys and maintains the gear
Tents, stoves, trailers, canoes, cooking kits. Equipment outlives any one family, so it gets bought once and shared by both units.
Recruits and trains adults
Sign-up nights, leader training, and the steady work of finding the next Cubmaster before the current one runs out of road.
Builds a lasting fund
Annual giving covers this year. An endowment covers the years after that, so Troop and Pack 204 aren’t starting from zero every fall.
Troop 204 and Pack 204 are chartered in the Coastal District of the Coastal Georgia Council, Scouting America. The Coastal District serves Glynn, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, McIntosh, Pierce and Ware counties.
Our Council
Proud to be part of the Coastal Georgia Council.
Pack 204 and Troop 204 belong to the Coastal District of the Coastal Georgia Council, Scouting America. The Council runs the camps our Scouts love — Black Creek Scout Reservation and Camp Tolochee — along with the Haunted Trail, the Cub Scout Blizzard, Bobcat Bootcamp, pinewood derbies, training for adult leaders and much more. Troop 204’s Arrowmen belong to the Timucua Chapter of I-Tsu-La Lodge, the Council’s Order of the Arrow lodge. If you’re in Scouting on the coast, the Council calendar is worth a bookmark.
Coastal Georgia Council · 11900 Abercorn Expressway, Savannah, Georgia 31419 · (912) 927-7272
Questions families and supporters ask
Straight answers.
If your question isn’t here, ask us — a real person answers.
Safety, cost and the basics
Is Scouting safe for my child?
Keeping kids safe is the first rule of everything we do, and Scouting America’s youth protection rules are among the strictest of any youth organization:
- Every registered adult authorizes a criminal background check and completes Safeguarding Youth Training before being accepted — and must take a refresher every year to stay registered.
- No one-on-one contact. An adult leader is never alone with a Scout who is not their own child. Electronic messages to a Scout must include another registered leader or a parent.
- Everyone must report. Any adult in Scouting who suspects abuse must report it to the authorities directly.
- The Scouts First Helpline is open to anyone, 24 hours a day: 1-844-SCOUTS1 (1-844-726-8871) or scoutsfirst@scouting.org.
Pack 204 and Troop 204 follow these rules at every meeting, campout and outing. Parents are always welcome to come along.
What about the abuse cases I’ve read about?
They are real, and we don’t pretend otherwise. Scouting America faced tens of thousands of claims of abuse that happened in past decades. In February 2020 it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to resolve them; more than 82,000 claims were submitted, and in September 2022 a federal bankruptcy judge approved a $2.46 billion trust to compensate survivors.
The protections in the answer above exist so that no child is put in that position again. We take them seriously, and we invite any parent to ask us how we apply them.
Do you take girls? Is Scouting co-ed now?
Yes. Girls have been welcomed into Cub Scouts since 2018 and into Scouts BSA since 2019.
- Pack 204 welcomes boys and girls. Lion through Webelos dens may be co-ed; Arrow of Light dens are single-gender.
- Troop 204 welcomes girls as well as boys. Since December 2025, Scouting America lets a troop be a boy troop, a girl troop or a co-ed “family troop.”
- Venturing, which we hope to start in 2027, is co-ed as well.
How much does it cost?
The annual national registration fee, paid online when you register, plus $100 a year in Pack or Troop dues, due October 1. Uniforms, handbooks and summer camp are extra. Money should never keep a child out of Scouting — camperships and help with registration are available through the Foundation, and they are kept confidential. Just ask.
How much time does it take?
Pack 204 meets Thursdays, 6:00–7:00 pm, plus a pack meeting, field trip or event most months. Troop 204 meets Mondays, 6:30–8:00 pm, camps about one weekend a month during the school year, and spends a week at summer camp. Scouts do as much as they can; showing up regularly is what makes it work.
Do parents have to be involved?
In the Pack, yes — Cub Scouting is a family program, and the youngest Scouts do their activities with a parent. Here’s how that works. In the Troop, the Scouts lead and the adults coach; parents help with driving, committee work and camping, and every bit of help matters.
My child isn’t very outdoorsy. Will they fit in?
Many of our Scouts weren’t at first. Skills are taught step by step, older Scouts help younger ones, and nobody is expected to know anything on day one. The confidence that comes from learning it is a big part of the point.
Does my child have to earn Eagle?
No. Eagle is a wonderful goal, and we will help any Scout who wants it — but every Scout who sticks with it leaves with leadership, outdoor and life skills that last, whatever rank they reach.
We meet at churches. Do we have to belong to a particular faith?
No. Scouting America welcomes families of every faith. The Scout Oath includes a promise to do one’s duty to God, and how a Scout understands that is up to the Scout and their family. Our units meet at Emanuel Methodist Church and First United Methodist Church because those congregations generously host us.
Can we try it before we join?
Absolutely — visiting is free and there’s no commitment. Come to a meeting, or ask about coming on a campout as a guest. Here’s how to start.
Joining
How do we sign up?
Start with a visit — no commitment and no uniform needed. Email us that you’re coming, then come to a meeting:
- Pack 204 (Cub Scouts): Thursdays, 6:00–7:00 pm, Emanuel Methodist Church, Ratcliffe Road.
- Troop 204 (Scouts BSA): Mondays, 6:30–8:00 pm, First United Methodist Church, Brunswick.
When you’re ready, register online through Scouting America — here’s how. You can join at any point in the year; we’ll help your child catch up.
Is my child the right age for the Pack or the Troop?
Pack 204 is for kindergarten through 5th grade, with a den for each grade: Lions (K), Tigers (1st), Wolves (2nd), Bears (3rd), Webelos (4th) and Arrow of Light (5th).
Troop 204 is for ages 11 through 17. A Scout may also join at 10 after finishing 5th grade or earning the Arrow of Light. Arrow of Light Scouts “cross over” from the Pack into the Troop at the end of that year.
What do we need to buy?
Nothing to visit. Once your child joins, you’ll need the handbook for their rank and, in time, a uniform. Ask us before you shop — we’ll tell you what’s needed first and what can wait. A Troop Scout’s camping gear builds up over time, and the troop owns tents, stoves and cooking gear Scouts can use.
We’re moving from another pack or troop. Does progress carry over?
Yes. Ranks, adventures and merit badges belong to the Scout, not the unit, and Scouting America’s advancement records go with them. Let us know you’re transferring and we’ll help with the paperwork and get your child placed in a den or patrol.
Can my child do Scouts and sports, band or other activities?
Yes. Scouting fits around school, sports and other activities. Come when you can, let your leader know when you can’t, and each Scout advances at their own pace.
Who supervises meetings and campouts?
Scouting America requires at least two registered adult leaders, age 21 or older, at every Scouting activity, including meetings. When girls take part, a registered female adult leader must be present. Every adult who stays overnight on a Troop campout must be registered, background-checked and trained in youth protection. Parents are always welcome to come along.
Giving and helping
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Not yet. The Golden Isles Scout Foundation has not yet received 501(c)(3) status, so gifts are not currently tax-deductible as charitable contributions. We send a receipt for every gift.
Where does my money go?
Every dollar stays in Glynn County. Gifts cover camperships and registration help for families who need it (handled confidentially), the tents, stoves, trailers, canoes and cooking gear both units share, recruiting and training adult volunteers, and a lasting fund so Pack and Troop 204 aren’t starting from zero each fall. More about the Foundation.
Can I give to the Pack, the Troop or one Scout?
Yes. Venmo @Troop204 collects for the Foundation — write “Pack 204” in the note for a gift to the Pack. By check, payable to Golden Isles Scout Foundation, write a Scout’s name, “Pack 204” or “where needed most” on the memo line. You can also sponsor one Scout’s full year. Ways to give.
Can my business sponsor the troop?
Yes. Troop 204 has Bronze ($100), Silver ($250), Gold ($500) and Platinum ($1,000+) sponsor levels, with recognition from social media thank-yous up to your logo on the troop trailer. Supplies and in-kind gifts are welcome too. Call Jen Shaw, Troop 204 Fundraising Chair, at (912) 269-9627. See the sponsor levels.
I don’t have a child in Scouts. Can I still help?
Absolutely. Community volunteers can serve as merit badge counselors, campout drivers and cooks, committee members or Foundation board members — no Scouting background needed. Registered volunteers complete a background check and free youth protection training, and we’ll walk you through both. See where we need help.
I was in Troop 204. How do I stay in touch?
We’d love to hear from you. Our Eagle Scouts page honors the troop’s Eagles and has a sign-up for the alumni list — open to every former Troop 204 Scout and leader, Eagle or not. Alumni make great merit badge counselors, too.
Contact
Ask us anything.
A real person answers. There is no wrong question, including “is my kid too young.”
Pack 204
Key Three
Cubmaster Wallace Phaire
wallacephaire@gmail.com
Committee Chair Wrix McIlvaine
wrix@mcilvainelaw.net
Chartered Organization Representative Ken Herbert
kenneth.herbert@sunbeltrentals.com
Troop 204
Key Three
Scoutmaster Dave Morris
djfreedm@yahoo.com
Committee Chair Wrix McIlvaine
wrix@mcilvainelaw.net
Chartered Organization Representative Ken Herbert
kenneth.herbert@sunbeltrentals.com
The Foundation
Wrix McIlvaine
wrix@mcilvainelaw.net
5 Saint Andrews Court, Brunswick, Georgia 31520
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Coastal District
Dustin Connally, District Executive
dustin.connally@scouting.org
(912) 248-7966
