About Us

About our Troop:

• Scouting in Riverside for 33 years. 

• Supported by Riverside Elks Lodge

• Boy led - Scouts manage the program

• Patrol Method as best we can.

• We have an annual plan

• Wide variety of activities

• Teach basic skills of life

• Caring & Enthusiastic Leaders

What Will My Son Get Out Of It?

• Work in a team, his Patrol, make decisions

• Advance in Rank, knowledge and leadership

• Deep appreciation for service to others & the community

• A sense that they are important as individuals

• Learn new skills. Cooking, fire starting, preparedness

• See new places. Campouts, day trips, seminars, workshops

• Advance his knowledge with 136 Merit badge topics

• And sooo much more....

Who can join Scouting?

• Be older then 10 or finished the 5th grade and less then 18

• Live nearby downtown Riverside City.

• Most of our Scouts are from Jurupa Valley, Rubidoux, Mira Loma, Orange Crest, Woodcrest, and City of Riverside. If you are out of area and want to drive in you are welcome to.

• Find or join a Boy Scout Troop in Riverside on beascout.org  or call us to help.

Boy Scouts of America (BSA)

California Inland Empire Council

Mt. Rubidoux District

Boy Scout Troop 5

Chartered June 1, 2005

Riverside, California, USA

Committee Chairman: Karla Sears

Assistant Scoutmaster:  Eryka Crossley

Assistant Scoutmaster:  Ray Allaya

Scoutmaster:  Steve McGuffey

Troop Meetings:

Mondays, 6:30 PM

Riverside Elks Lodge
6166 Brockton Avenue
Riverside, California, USA

Enter thru the back doors of the lodge