Welcome to our website. Please take a few minutes to explore our site and learn more about our Troop.
Above Photo - Meyer Center from our February 2011 Court of Honor
We have weekly meetings on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
in the Harry Meyer Hall/Center (insider picture above) on St. Susanna's Campus in Mason, Ohio. Click for HERE a map of the St. Susanna's Campus. Want a different view of the campus? Click HERE
Another view
Our troop Calendar can be found on our News & Event Page (click here) lists our upcoming events with event flyers & permission slips (when/where applicable).
If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us for further information.
For information about joining Troop 500, please email Frank Borke, Troop Committee Chairman at FrankBorke@embarqmail.com or you can call Mr. Borke at 513.398.9155.
You also may email Mark Corsmeier, Scoutmaster, at weareforuk@cinci.rr.com or call Mr. Corsmeier at 513.398.7943.
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Troop 500 - Adult Leadership
Troop 500 Committee | Troop 500 Adult Leaders |
Frank Borke, Chairman | Mark Corsmeier, Scoutmaster |
Gene Geckler |
Bob Alcorn, Assistant Scoutmaster |
Bill Flodder, Advancement Chair | Matt Allwardt, Assistant Scoutmaster |
Pat Borke, Training Coordinator | Chuck Balzer, Assistant Scoutmaster |
Peggy Allwardt, Secretary |
Steve Beck, Assistant Scoutmaster |
Beth Gilene, Treasurer | Jeff Findley, Assistant Scoutmaster |
Tim Rapp, Chaplain | Dan Adrian, Assistant Scoutmaster |
Tom Dugger |
Michael Braine, Assistant Scoutmaster |
Andrew Weller, Outdoor Activities Coordinator | Greg Pitstick, Assistant Scoutmaster |
Dave Carr, Assistant Scoutmaster | |
| Dick Kent, Assistant Scoutmaster | |
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Troop 500 is within the Hopewell District of Dan Beard Council of Boy Scouts of America. National Boy Scouts of America Website is here:
Dan Beard Council's Website is here: http://www.danbeard.org
Our Hopewell District's website is at:
http://hopewell.danbeard.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
To see photos of our District Scouting Director & Executive visit this site:
http://74.204.168.92/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=46
Troop 500 Committee Members & Adult Leaders History/Background in Scouting:
Troop 500 Committee Members & Adult Leaders History/Background & Scouting Career:
Frank Borke, Troop 500, Committee Chairman
4 years as Cubmaster
21 years as Committee Chairman
4 years as Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner
1 year as Unit Commissioner
3 years as Campmaster
3 years as member of Wilderness Engineers at Camp Friedlander and Camp Michaels
5 years as registered NRA instructor for rifle, shotgun, pistol, and range officer for all scouting functions
Bronze Pelican Catholic Religious Award
District Award of Merit
Silver Beaver Award
Andrew D. Weller, Troop 500, Committee, Outdoor Activities Coordinator
Andrew joined the Scouts in Troop 500 in March, 2006 with the crossing over of his son, Drew in March of that year. He was active as an assistant Leader for the Pack 500 Webelos Den 7 for two years prior to his son’s entry into the Boy Scouts with Troop 500. During that first year of 2006, he joined the ranks of the Leadership for the newly formed troop, serving as Assistant Scoutmaster from the summer term forward, to when he answered a personal “calling” of his commitment to youth and growing youth leadership by stepping up to the Scoutmaster Leadership of the Troop in Feb 2007. He has completed all training for Scoutmaster / Assistant Scoutmaster and for Troop Committee. He is also in the process of training to serve as a Merit Badge Counselor for most of the Eagle required badges and for several hobby related merit badges.
Andrew Weller is an active member of St. Susanna, serving as a Lector since joining the Parish in 1997. He is active on the Capital Campaign for St. Susanna and is currently serving a sixth term as President of the Timber Meadows Homeowner Association in the community where he lives. He currently works for Procter and Gamble in Mason, where he is an Engineer of 20 years. Andrew served as a Knothole Coach for the Handicapped in Northern KY; then as a Youth Counselor and Board of Trustees member for Thomas More College during the 1990’s.
Andrew is no stranger to the Boy Scouts, where he has been a member of the Dan Beard Council since his youth, participating as a Cub Scout, Webelo, and Boy Scout in his town of Bellevue, Kentucky, with Troop 66. He was an active Scout, earning the rank of Life before turning his attention to High School and College. He follows a family tradition of serving in Leadership to the Scouts, from his Father’s tenure as a Scoutmaster for Troop 66 during his youth, to his current Brother’s position of Den Leader for Pack 239 in Burlington, Kentucky.
Mark Joined Cub Scouts with Pack 500 and was a Tiger Cub Den Leader when his son was in the first grade. He then became the Cub Master of Pack 500 for the next 3 years. Mark spent a lot of time conducting leader meetings every month as well as the yearly planning meeting. He also planned at a minimum of 3 summertime activities each year, one camping outing, and several derby events as well. In his last year with Pack 500, he held the Pack Trainer position on the committee. While Mark was heavily involved in the Pack, he took a lot of training classes, including CubMaster Specific, BALOO, New Leader Essentials, What is Scouting, etc.
Mark and his son Jared both joined the Boy Scouts with Troop 500 in March 2010 when Jared crossed over. Mark is currently active in Hopewell District serving as the Cub Scouts Activity Chair. Mark has completed all the necessary training for the ScoutMaster / Assistant ScoutMaster positions.
Mark is no stranger to the Scouting program or to the Dan Beard Council. When Mark was a youth, he joined Pack 845 in Florence, KY. He was very active in Cub Scouts since the 2nd grade. He eventually went on and earned his Arrow of Light. There he went into Boy Scouts until he was eighteen. While in Boy Scouts, Mark earned his Eagle Scout Rank, his AD ALTARE DEI and was a member of the Order of the Arrow. Mark learned a lot of great skills and leadership qualities that he wishes to pass on to all the boy youth in the United States. After high school, Mark attended Northern Kentucky University for 3 years earning his Bachelor of Arts in Physics. He then moved to Lexington and attended the University of Kentucky and earning his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Mark is an active member of St. Susanna. Mark currently works for Intelligrated in Mason, serving the position of Senior Electrical Engineer for the past 8 years. He is following a family legacy of scouting leadership in the scouting program. His father served many roles in both troop and district positions. Mark’s father was a ScoutMaster, Assistant ScoutMaster for 9 years. He then went in the District level where he earned the Silver Beaver Award and held a position of District Commissioner and District Chairman.
Frank Finnern, Troop 500, (Founding Member, No Longer Active in Troop - Moved out of Town)
Frank has been an adult leader in scouting for 8 years, the last 7 of which have been here in Mason, Ohio. He began his Mason scouting career as an assistant Webelos Den Leader with Pack 875 for 2 years, and then he crossed over into Boy Scouts with his son, Nathan, in 2002. He then became an Assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 43 for a few months, after which he assumed the position of Scoutmaster for the troop and remained as such for a little over 2 years. Following that, he joined the Troop 43 Committee as a member at large, and later accepted the responsibility of adult Training as a Troop Committee position. In December 2005, Frank assumed the position of Scoutmaster for Troop 500, the newest troop in Mason, which is sponsored by St. Susanna's. Frank transitioned from his position of Scoutmaster on February 27, 2007, to take a position on the Troop Committee.
Frank has also served the Dan Beard Council in a number of capacities. He is the Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner for Hopewell District, and is also the Chairman of the Protestant Church Committee on Scouting and a member of the Dan Beard Council Relationships Committee. He completed BSA Camp School in the summer of 2005 to become a qualified Chaplain for summer camps, and he is also the Chaplain for the Order of the Arrow Ku-Ni-Eh Lodge. He was previously the Chairman of the Training Committee for Ft Ancient District, and he currently serves on the training staff to teach New Leader Essentials and Scoutmaster/ASM Fundamentals to adults. He is also a merit badge counselor for multiple merit badges, and he provides adult training in the various aspects of the scouting religious programs (religious emblems, chaplains, chaplains’ aides, etc) for all faiths at the University of Scouting each year.
Frank has earned the following recognitions and awards in scouting: Scouters Training Award, Scoutmaster Award of Merit, District Award of Merit, the God and Service Adult Religious Award, and the Arrowhead Honor (for commissioners).