{"id":70,"date":"2020-10-08T17:06:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T21:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troop553.net\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:45:52","slug":"welcome-to-troop-553","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/troop553.net\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Troop 553!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Welcome new Scouts and Scouting Families and Thank You for being part of our Troop 553 and Troop 6553 family!<br>Troop 553 was established in 2012 and Troop 6553 was established in 2024. <br>We remain an active troop in the community with weekly meetings and monthly activities. <br>We look forward to working with you and making your scouting experience enjoyable and educational. <br>An exciting program has been planned for the entire scouting year and with your active participation we will ensure its success. <br>In Scouts BSA, our Program is decided upon by the Youth for the Youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cThe mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our objective in Troop 553 and Troop 6553 is to provide the boys and girls, respectively, with a program that is fun, adventurous, and offers opportunities for them to learn new skills as they advance in rank and live a rewarding scouting experience through the Scouts BSA program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/troop553.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/att.eNiwNThJtheDedFeWwhnios35AJgaBy3tLNEe-wPOMs.dat_-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troop553.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/att.eNiwNThJtheDedFeWwhnios35AJgaBy3tLNEe-wPOMs.dat_-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/troop553.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/att.eNiwNThJtheDedFeWwhnios35AJgaBy3tLNEe-wPOMs.dat_-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/troop553.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/att.eNiwNThJtheDedFeWwhnios35AJgaBy3tLNEe-wPOMs.dat_-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/troop553.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/att.eNiwNThJtheDedFeWwhnios35AJgaBy3tLNEe-wPOMs.dat_-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/troop553.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/att.eNiwNThJtheDedFeWwhnios35AJgaBy3tLNEe-wPOMs.dat_-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact Us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scoutmaster<\/strong>:<strong> <\/strong>scoutmaster@troop553.net<br><strong>Committee Chair<\/strong>:<strong> <\/strong>committee_chair@troop553.net<br><strong>Webmaster<\/strong>: webmaster@troop553.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome new Scouts and Scouting Families and Thank You for being part of our Troop 553 and Troop 6553 family!Troop 553 was established in 2012 and Troop 6553 was established in 2024. We remain an active troop in the community with weekly meetings and monthly activities. We look forward to working with you and making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/troop553.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/troop553.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/troop553.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troop553.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troop553.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/troop553.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/troop553.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/troop553.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}