We welcome all scouts and families regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability or any other aspect of their identity. All are welcome here, and we value the diversity of our community!

Welcome from Troop 65B!

Established in 1942, Troop 65 of Mt. Lebanon, PA offers opportunities for boys ages 11-17 to experience the outdoors, learn outdoor skills, provide community service and grow in leadership through a structured advancement program. We strive to be a scout-run, scout-led organization as much as possible.  All new scouts are welcome; no previous scouting experience is required. Troop 65 serves scouts from various public, private, and home schools in and around the Mt. Lebanon area. Our Troop sizes varies from 20-35 registered boys on our roster at any time. While access to many parts of our website are granted only to members of our troop (by login), we would be happy to hear from any interested families (right colum on this page - Contact Us).

Some highlights of our program include camping, backpacking, kayaking, wilderness survival, Klondike Derby, Adopt-a-Highway, broomball and summer camp. Our Summer Camp program has followed a practice of exploring a new scout camp every two years.  In over the last dozen years, we have visited Heritage Reservation, Camp Guyasuta, Camp Seph Mack, Beaumont Scout Reservation, Goshen Scout Reservation, Seven Mountains Scout Reservation, Resica Falls Scout Reservation, Rodney Scout Reservation.  We also regularly have boys participate in BSA sponsored high adventure trips to the World Jamboree, National Jamboree in West Virginia, Philmont in New Mexico, Seabase in Florida, and Northern Tier in Minnesota/Canada. Over one hundred and forty Troop 65B scouts have attained Eagle Scout rank (Menu-Home-Eagle Scouts of the Past).

Scouting’s Journey to Excellence is the BSA’s planning, performance, and recognition program designed to encourage and reward the success of our units, districts, and councils. It is meant to encourage excellence in providing a quality program at all levels of the BSA. Since the program's inception, we've earned the Journey to Excellence - Gold Level.

as of April 2023

AVERAGE AGE: 13 years, 5 months

Troop 65 has achieved Gold status each year since Journey to Excellence was introduced in 2011.  Prior to that, the Troop continually earned the Boy Scouts of America Quality Unit award each year.

The Journey to Excellence program is designed to encourage and reward Troop success by measuring the performance of all Boy Scout troops, nationwide, and is meant to encourage excellence in providing a quality Boy Scout program.

The levels of achievement are dynamic and become harder to earn each year. To achieve the Gold level, a Boy Scout troop must be ranked in the top 10% of all troops nationwide.

The current standards are available at Boy Scouts of America's Journey to Excellence website.

Welcome from Troop 65G!

Scouts BSA is a year-round program for youth ages 11-17 that provides fun, adventure, learning, challenge, and responsibility to help them become the best version of themselves.  Scouts BSA is a youth-led organization, meaning the Scouts choose their youth leaders, the Scouts lead meetings, and the Scouts decide on the types of activities they want to do.  The adult leaders and volunteers help them make their ideas happen and help keep them safe.

In 2019 Scouts BSA opened their iconic program to young women. Scouts BSA Troop 65G is a troop for girls that was founded in December 2023, shortly moving to our new Charter Organization, Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills.  Our charter organization, who also charters a separate troop for boys, Troop 65B.  We meet on Thursday evenings, weekly throughout the year at the church (or nearby); we go on weekend camping trips monthly throughout the year; and we attend a week-long summer camp together.