DECEMBER MEETINGS & EVENTS THEME: CAMPING & COOKING The Cooking and Camping merit badges were two of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911. The Cooking merit badge introduces principles of cooking that can be used both at home or in the outdoors. Camping is more »
This Week: 11/30/17
This week will be the last of our November Pioneering meetings. Scouts will be focusing on lashings – please bring the rope you were given earlier this month. This Saturday the Pocono Environmental Education Center is offering a Winter Ecology Hike. For Scouts working towards First Class, this is a more »
“BSA Chief answers your questions about welcoming girls into BSA programs.”
After the BSA Board of Directors’ historic decision to welcome girls into Scouting, many in the Scouting community had just one question: When can my daughter sign up? Other Scouters had more specific questions about the reasons for the move, implementation and rollout plan. On Oct. 30, Bryan Wendell (an Eagle Scout; more »
This Week: No Meeting 11/23
No meeting this week – Happy Thanksgiving! On Saturday, November 25, PEEC is offering an Animal Tracking Hike. This is a great opportunity for those Scouts who need to complete Second Class requirement 4: Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild animals (such as birds, mammals, reptiles, more »
Knowledge is Power
Advancement Requirements for each rank are broken down by Scout Skills. A hike led by an environmental educator is a great way to gain the knowledge necessary for completing some of these requirements. Second Class, Requirement 4: Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals (such as more »
This Week: 11/17
This week there will be no meeting on Thursday, (11/16/17). Instead, we will be meeting on Friday November 17th at the Orange County Emergency Services Center in Goshen. It is located on Wells Farm Road (off 6 1/2 Station Road). The event starts at 7:00 pm and we will begin to work more »
BUILD A STRONGER SCOUT, BUILD A STRONGER TROOP
You love Troop Meetings, Camping, and Hiking. You love bonding with your fellow Scouts and learning from your leaders. So how can you help make your Troop even stronger? There are multiple programs BSA has in place your Troop can take advantage of. Want to see them incorporated into more »
This Week: 11/9
This week we will be focusing on November’s theme of Pioneering. Along with your handbooks, pen/pencil, and paper, please bring the rope you were provided at a previous meeting. Lashings and pioneering projects are always a component at the District Klondike Derby (2/3/18) and are a rank advancement requirement for more »
Adopt-a-Family 2017
Many thanks to Ms. Howe who each year gives us the opportunity to make the holidays a little brighter for a family in need. This year we will be helping out a single mom with six children. Ms. Howe will be at each meeting from now to December 7 to more »