I love to read Bryan on Scouting. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to go to Scouting Magazine and check out his blog. He has a series of “Top Five Merit Badges” blog posts – ranging from How to Survive a Zombie Apocolypse and merit badges that help when there more »
Date Change!
Apologies – but donations for The Giving Tree are due by the December 5th meeting. Thank you!
January 2019
By Ryan Walsh January 10: Troop Meeting: Cooking. Bring your handbook, pen and paper, and full uniform. January 17: Troop Meeting: Cooking. Bring your handbook, pen and paper, and full uniform. January 24: Troop Meeting. Topic TBA. Bring handbook, pen and paper, and full uniform. Board of Review – contact more »
This Week: 4/5/18
This week’s meeting will continue to focus on Inventing. Scouts should bring anything required by their team. Scouts will also be working on “bear deterrent” for the upcoming camp out. Please remember this week’s location change: Wawayanda/Slate Hill Senior Center, Shannen Park, 1918 Route 284, Slate Hill, NY. ScoutBook accounts more »
ScoutBook Clarification
My apologies – I misunderstood how the Troop is using ScoutBook. Only requirements that have been signed off on (either in your handbook or a blue card) are to be entered into ScoutBook. If a Scout delays in getting his handbook signed off, then there will be inaccurate troop report more »
NOVEMBER
* Please note correction to camping trip: it is at D&H! This week Scouts will be helping the Church set up for their Holiday Craft Fair. Scouts should wear their Class B t-shirts and be prepared to work. Committee Meetings have been changed to the second Thursdays of each month. more »
All About Merit Badges
Merit Badges are more than just an Eagle requirement. And Bryan on Scouting is an excellent resource for information on Merit Badges. Some Merit Badges teach Scouts life skills, such as Personal Management, Cooking, and First Aid. Some Merit Badges are great for working on during school breaks: Top 5 Merit Badges for a Staycation more »
This Week: 10/26
This week’s meeting will again focus on First Aid. Scouts should bring their handbook, pen/pencil, and paper. Be sure to get any rank advancement requirements that you complete signed off on and entered into ScoutBook. If you have money from the candy bar fundraiser please turn it in to Ms. more »
JOTA Fun!
Last night Troop 169 hosted Cub Scouts from Pack 169 and Pack 157 at their Jamboree-on-the-Air event. Members of the Orange County Amateur Radio Club brought their equipment and set up four stations at the Mt. Hope Senior Center. Scouts were able to make contact with hams in Italy, Germany, more »
This Week: 10/20
Just a reminder that there is no meeting on Thursday, October 19. Instead we will be meeting on Friday, 10/20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Mount Hope Senior Center (Baker Street, Otivsille). Volunteers from the Orange County Amateur Radio Club will be there to bring Jamboree-on-the-Air to our Troop. JOTA more »