High Adventure Since 1944

History of Troop 282

Scouts of America, Troop 3282 (referred to as Troop 282) is the oldest of the Scout troops in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota.

Troop 282 was originally chartered in December, 1944 at Elliot School. Little is known about the troop during that period but at a recent Memorial Day ceremony with the American Legion Post 282, the Commander said that their Post started Scout Troop 282. The charter was dropped in 1965.

The Troop was re-chartered in June of 1969 with 5 scouts at Lenox School. Lenox PTA was the chartering organization until the 1974-75 school years when the St. Louis Park MN Lions Club became the chartering organization. The Troop then changed its meeting location to Peter Hobart School and then to its current location at Spirit of Christ Community Lutheran Church. The original Troop of five scouts grew to fifteen scouts within a year, and now has a roster of 27 scouts.

Troop 282 earned a reputation for high adventure camping, and in recent years, the Troop has sponsored multiple trips to accommodate the boy’s preferences.

The troop has several major fund raisers each year to help scouts earn money for these trips and for our camp outings. These include the sale of wreaths, nuts, popcorn, and State Fair mini-donuts at several events. 

The major fund raiser benefiting primarily the troop is our Christmas Tree Lot in November and December. These profits go to pay major troop expenses such as new tents, patrol boxes, cooking equipment, as well as offset camping costs. The troop's Charter Organization, St. Louis Park MN Lions Club donate monies to support camping as part of their Community Service.

During the Troop’s current existence, there have been twenty Scoutmasters: Dave Apold, who re-chartered the troop in 1969, Tom Richards, Dennis Anderson, Al Krough, Joe Casey, Dale Klinkhammer, Rom Jurewicz, Roger Mann, Steven Hagen, Mark Foresman, Rom Jurewicz, a second term, Stuart Thomas, Tom Muralt, John Johnson, Mark Gerold, Dan Myers, Peter Mesick, Jeff Hickstein, Billy Anderson, and Matthew Ernst.

During the first twenty years, we know of only one Eagle Scout, Frank Fleetham, Jr. in 1959. Our first Eagle Scout would go on to be Mayor of St. Louis Park, MN. Troop 282 has sixty scouts who have the distinction of earning the Eagle Scout rank. Only 6% of all scouts worldwide have earned this award

During it's history, Troop 282 has had a higher than the national average of youth who have earned the rank of Eagle Scout. The Eagle rank is the highest rank that a Scout can earn. Only six percent of all Scouts, worldwide, who have participated in the Scouting program have earned the Eagle rank. The following Troop 282 scouts have earned this distinction.

1	Frank Fleetham, Jr	1959		29	Daniel Stephens	2001		57	Carl Ell-Egemeier	2017
2	Scott Apold	1972		30	Dan Wilder	2001		58	Eric Hickstein	2017
3	Jon Apold	1974		31	Joseph Miller	2001		59	Jonathon (JT) Seaman	2017
4	Bill Kirschner	1974		32	Christopher Tatarek	2002		60	William Huyck	2017
5	Jim Folley	1974		33	Mark Marek	2003		61	Ryan Gemilere	2017
6	Tim Folley	1974		34	Nick Okonek	2003		62	Joey Mack	2020
7	Mark Comeau	1975		35	Eric Kelley	2003		63	Ben Cantor	2020
8	Darrell Richards	1980		36	Aaron Hagen	2004		64	Jonathan Peterson	2021
9	Don Bratland	1981		37	Charles Magrew	2004		65	Keenan Thomas	2022
10	Doug Bratland	1982		38	Mark Miller	2007		66	Lief Anderson	2022
11	Jeff Anderson	1984		39	Max Johnson	2008
12	William Schwartz, Jr.	1985		40	Jeff Studenski	2009
13	Kent Mein, Jr.	1989		41	Alex Johnson	2010
14	Casey Johnson	1989		42	Michael Chase	2010
15	Alan Long	1990		43	Nicholas Olson	2010
16	Jeff Mein	1992		44	Matthew Cichoski	2010
17	Jon Casey	1993		45	Shane Boettcher	2010
18	Jon Lipp	1994		46	Tommy Barrett	2011
19	Gus Hallman	1995		47	Donald Stephens	2011
20	Paul Miller	1998		48	Austin Mack	2012
21	David Tatarek	1998		49	Madison Christensen	2012
22	Micheal Fischer	1999		50	Mitch Rotert	2013
23	Patrick Marek	1999		51	Luke Cichoski	2013
24	Matt Klinkhammer	2000		52	Jacob Mattson	2013
25	Dan Westrud	2000		53	Ben Sixel	2014
26	Chuck Donkersgoed	2000		54	Jordan Gemilere	2015
27	Eric Jurewicz	2000		55	Zachary Conati	2016
28	Eric Mann	2000		56	Caleb Mesick	2017