Troop 488 currently meets at the St. Mary's Church Hall which is located at 350 Stinson Avenue, near the intersections of Stinson Avenue and Hemlock Street. The Troop meets on Mondays at 7 pm. We are chartered by the Vacaville VFW post 7244. The former Mayor of Vacaville, Dave Fleming, is the Scoutmaster and has been since 1974.

The Troop currently has approximately 25 active Scouts and seven active Assistant Scoutmasters. This past year in 2010 the Troop climbed a number of peaks including Mt. Wittenburg, Mission Peak, Mt. Diablo, Mount Tamalpias and Mt. St. Helena in the Bay Area.

The Troop is responsible for picking up recyclable products from the Leisure Town Senior Community once a month. The center, located at the Vacaville City Corp Yard on Ulatis Dr., is open to the public to drop off recyclable plastics, newspapers, glass, aluminum, and tin cans between the hours of 9:00 and 12:00. See the recycling page for location and schedule. Follow the "Recycling" link at the top of the page for recyclable items information.

RECENT EVENTS

December 10, 2011

Troops members assisted Chad Nelson with his Eagle Project at Lagoon Valley Park near Vacaville.

December 10, 2011

A large group of Scouts and Adults from Troop 488 assisted with the Placement of 10,000 holiday wreaths as part of the annual Wreaths Across America event. The troop volunteered at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, CA.

October 14th and 15th, 2011

Scouts and adults from troop 488 participated in the annual Webelo-ree at Camp Pollock.

October 8, 2011

Several scouts and adults volunteered to assist in crowd control duties during the annual Mustang Days and the Nut Tree Airport.

September 16, 2011

Annual Costal Creek Cleanup. A large group of volunteers from Troop 488 participated in the annual cleanup of the Clements River and the day use area.

August 16, 2011

Eagle Project - Numerous current and former members of the troop assisted Steven Romas with his eagle project at Lagoon Valley Park near Vacaville.

July 24, 2011

Summer Camp 2011 - The Troop (15 Scouts and 3 adults) completed the annual Summer Camp adventure at Camp Winton. As always, the scouts from Troop 488 had a wonderful time and earned numerous merit badges during this week long adventure.

July 17, 2011

Zim Zim Falls Hike - Nine scouts and five adults completed a 12 mile hike at Zim Zim Falls.

May 30, 2011

Two scouts and two adults from troop 488 completed a 10 mile hike at Point Reyes. The group completed the hike to the summit of Mount Whitener.

May 20, 2011

Backpacking and overnight camping at Cache Creek. A group of 11 scouts and three adults completed a three mile hike followed by an overnight camping event along the Redbud Trail. On Saturday morning, before the return hike, the troop did a little Evocating in the area of Baton Flats along Cache Creek.

April 8th and 9th, 2011

10 Scouts and four adults from Troop 488 participated in the District Wide Camphorweed at Nelsons Grove. This event consisted of two nights of camping along with a large number of other troops from the area.

January 15, 2011

A large group of scouts from Troop 488, Wheels scouts from Pack 150 and several adults completed a 10 mile hike at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park near Sonoma, CA. This hike was one of a number of recent 10 mile hikes which the Troop has completed as part of the Hiking merit badge.

October 16 and 17, 2010

A group of 10 scouts and 5 adult leaders participated in a two day Troop leadership training outing. This was a two day activity geared towards providing our youth leaders with the tools and training required to promote the scouting ideals of a youth led troop. Several of the scouts who have taken part in the BSA National Youth Leadership Training program helped to organize this training outing.