{"id":67,"date":"2014-10-20T13:26:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2019-02-14T20:27:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T02:27:02","slug":"troops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Troop membership is\u00a0one of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">best<\/span> benefits that we offer our members!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2583 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/tonto-site\/uploads\/2014\/10\/troop184-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"CO troop 184\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/tonto-site\/uploads\/2014\/10\/troop184-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/tonto-site\/uploads\/2014\/10\/troop184-416x169.jpg 416w, https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/tonto-site\/uploads\/2014\/10\/troop184-800x325.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/tonto-site\/uploads\/2014\/10\/troop184-250x102.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/tonto-site\/uploads\/2014\/10\/troop184-150x61.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/tonto-site\/uploads\/2014\/10\/troop184.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What could be more fun or educational than getting together with other members to learn, earn, and share?\u00a0 You\u00a0 must be a member of DSA to join a troop.\u00a0 Troops do many things, from meetings and presentations, to community service, fundraising, hikes, and more! Working on badges together can be much more effective when we work as a team, sharing our tips (and failures), and helping others reach their goals.<\/p>\n<p>Troops, as well as members, have 3 key things that we all agree on and live by:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The<a title=\"The Dog Scout Way\" href=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/certification-program\/the-dog-scout-way\/\"> Dog Scout Way <\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a title=\"The Dog Scout Laws\" href=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/home\/the-dog-scout-laws\/\">Dog Scout Laws<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"DSA Position on Punishment\" href=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/home\/dsa-position-on-punishment\/\">DSA Position on Punishment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Learn &#8211; Earn &#8211; Share<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Find a Troop\" href=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/troops\/find-a-troop\/\">Find a Troop<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Join a troop today!\u00a0<\/strong> Click this link to visit our &#8220;Find A Troop&#8221; page to see what troops exist near you.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Start a Troop\" href=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/troops\/start-a-troop\/\">Start a Troop<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Can&#8217;t find a troop near you?<\/strong>\u00a0 Do you communicate well?\u00a0 Can you motivate members to participate in your troop activities?\u00a0 Perhaps you should start a troop of your own!\u00a0 Click this link to visit our &#8220;Start a Troop&#8221; page to learn all you need to know.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Running a Troop\" href=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/troops\/run-a-troop\/\">Running a Troop<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Already have a troop that you are leader or co-leader of?\u00a0<\/strong> Click this link for everything you need to manage and run your troop, and keep your members engaged and happy!<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<a title=\"Troop Recognition Program Guidelines\" href=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/troop-recognition-program-guidelines\/\">Troop Recognition Program\u00a0Information<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3>Questions?\u00a0 Concerns?\u00a0 Ideas?<\/h3>\n<p>Contact our\u00a0troops coordinators, Barrie Lynn and Cindi Stone &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:troops@dogscouts.org\">troops@dogscouts.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troop membership is\u00a0one of the best benefits that we offer our members! What could be more fun or educational than getting together with other members to learn, earn, and share?\u00a0 You\u00a0 must be a member of DSA to join a troop.\u00a0 Troops do many things, from meetings and presentations, to\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/troops\/\">[ READ MORE ]<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-twocolumns-right.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpautop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3821,"href":"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/3821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogscouts.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}