Boy Scout Troop 317, based in Montrose, received the Lord Baden-Powell award at the Verdugo Hills Camporee event on October 12, 2013, at Camp Tecuya near Frazier Park. The Lord Baden-Powell award recognizes one troop that represents the finest of scout principles within the Verdugo Hills Council and exhibits the basis of all scouting: selflessness, community involvement, leadership, troop spirit, the scout-run principle, exceptional advancement, solid physical presentation, and carries forth those high ideals at Camporee and on a daily and annual basis in the troop.
This is the second time that Troop 317 has won the Lord Baden-Powell award. It is the only troop within the Verdugo Hills Council to have won the award twice. Troop 317 is chartered through Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose.
