Boy Scout Troop 379

Boy Scout Troop 379 was originally sponsored and organized by St. Martin’s Episcopal Church and the St. Martin’s Men’s Club in 1960. The troop has a long standing tradition of being one of the best troops in Atlanta, consistently earning the coveted Quality Unit Award. Troop 379 currently has 22 members and has a very busy schedule. For example, in July they completed a 50 mile hiking trip along the Appalachian Trail in the Smokey Mountains, and in June attended summer camp for a week in the north Georgia mountains earning merit badges and learning outdoor skills. Some of the monthly trips last year included hiking on the Appalachian Trail, shotgun and rifle shooting, map and compass competition, rock climbing, camping and fishing the Tennessee River, canoeing the Flint River, snow skiing in North Carolina, and water skiing on Lake Hartwell. Past years’ high adventure trips have included bareboat sailing/snorkeling/ fishing in the Bahamas, canoeing in Canada, kayaking and glacier climbing in Alaska, rafting the Grand Canyon, and hiking in the Rockies at Philmont Scout Reservation. Next summer’s high adventure trip will be to Costa Rica.

In its proud history Troop 379 has produced over 100 Eagle Scouts - an honor achieved by fewer than 5% in the Boy Scout ranks. The Eagle rank usually requires 4-6 years of diligent effort to earn 21 merit badges, 7 separate rank advancements, and planning, funding, and completion of a substantial work project that benefits the community. Some of the Eagle projects on the St. Martin’s campus include customized racking and shelving in the basement, retaining walls along the parking lot bank, prayer gardens and walkways along the property perimeter, landscaping along Lanier Drive and Windsor Parkway, construction and installation of outdoor stairs, and landscaping along Ashford Dunwoody. Other Eagle projects off campus include construction of a bridge in High Point Park, construction and installation of outdoor stairs at Wieuca Baptist Church, and the construction and erection of 24 picnic tables at Chastain Park.

Troop meetings are every Sunday evening from 5:30 – 6:30 in Gable Hall at St. Martin’s Church. The troop takes trips and goes on outings every month, spends a week in June at Woodruff Scout Camp in the north Georgia mountains, and usually has a high adventure trip in July.

Troop 379 is looking for a few good men (and a few good dads too). If your son is 11 years old, has completed the 5th grade, and is interested in outdoor adventure with his friends, then contact John Burton at 404-597-3122 or johnaburton@comcast.net.