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Oct 2-4, 2009 That was a "Wild", "Wild West Camporee",
the scouts really had a great time and got some cool BSA 2010 Hats, Reuseable
Bags/Water Bottles, and more at the auction.
May 1-3, 2009 Lots of fun at the Star Wars Camporee, contratulations to
those that won the Star Wars costume prizes
April 26th, 2009 Scuba BSA was as fun as ever. We hope we can go again
next year
April 25th, 2009 Our 'Adopt a Highway' section of Rt 82, got cleaned up
April 18th, 2009 What a great time at Thornedale for the new scouts.
April 4th. 2009 Thanks to all who helped clean up St. Peter's Cemetery.
Seven additional veteran's graves were found for marking for Memorial day
flags.
March 29th. Great Troop Dinner again, and nice accommodations at the Millbrook
Fire House. Lots of Merit Badge presentations and Rank advancement
Participation in the two Merit Badge seminars can help advancement goals.
Feb 27-28, Our regular Cabin Campout - 5 miles of hiking, merit badge and
regular advancement activities
Feb 20th, 2009 Welcome new troop members and graduates of Cub Scout Pack
31. Amazing ceremony at Dutchess Day School!
Snow days
Popcorn, Popcorn, Popcorn
Some rain, but still a fun Lean-to campout - Nov 14-16
Thanks for everyone's participation in honoring veterans at the flag ceremony
Nov 11th and the flag retirement ceremony later in the day.
One scout helped at the Union Vale Fire Company's Ham Supper Nov. 8th
November 1st we cleaned up our stretch of Rt 82, for "Adopt a Highway"
service.
Court of Honor was held Oct 29th at the Millbrook Fire House. Congratulations
to all who had advanced in Rank, accepted new roles in the troop, and completed
merit badges
Great time was had at the Going Green Fall Camporee October 17-19
Aug, 17, 2008 - Our SeaBase trip was adventurous, but cut short by Tropical Storm Fay, and we had to evacuate the Keys. Click for a 12 meg updated slide show/video of some of the first pictures available, the first few are the flight down
and the day in Florida before the SeaBase session, then some SeaBase pictures
and our evacuation. (Crew Photo taken at SeaBase)
June 11, 2008 - The troop room is looking much better after our clean-up
day
May 18, 2008, Thanks to all who helped Joe with the first part of his Eagle
project preparing to make repairs along part of the Appalachian Trail
May 17, 2008, Thanks to the scouts who help us salute veterans by putting out the flags at the cemeteries
May 2-4 Lots of us went on the historic Camporee to the FDR site, this
was the first time ever a group was allowed to camp at the site. Here's
a Troop Picture - from the event
April 20, 2008, Thanks to all who helped Miles with his Eagle Project planting
at IES
April 13, 2008, A few scouts did service for the community by helping with
Parking at the "Mount Beacon Amateur Radio Club-Hamfest"
March 29, 2008, Thanks to those who beatified our "Adopt a Highway'
portion of Route 44
Feb 23, 2008, Another great cabin campout at Nooteeming
Sunday 1/13/2008
Of the 8 boys and 4 adults that went to the scuba BSA excursion, everyone
thought that it was extremely fun. We started off at Marsh Scuba and took
a class on the basics of scuba diving. After the class we hung around and
had pizza and soda. After the class and socializing we got fitted with
scuba gear and then took a ride over to the YMCA. Once there we suited
up and got into the water in groups with our dive instructors. Once in
the water we learned first hand the skills we saw in class. One we completed
the skills, we were allowed to swim around the pool for about 30 minutes.
We then geared down and and swam in the pool for a while. Also, a special
thank you to Marsh Scuba and also to the scoutmaster who organized this
event.
Advancement was presented at the Oct 24th Court of Honor, multiple rank advances, lots of merit badges, patches for summer camp, and the camporee
Great Fall Camporee, Oct. 19-21. The theme was "Advancement Through
Scouting", Scouts worked on various merit badges such as Weather,
Fingerprinting, Rocketry, Criminal Justice, Astronomy, Handicap Awareness,
Public Health, Rifle, Reading, American Labor, and several others, as well
as worked on Rank advancement. Across the whole district this was attended
by more that 250 scouts.
Most scouts and adults in the troop are recertified in First Aid thanks
to the course at the Millbrook Fire House Oct. 3rd. We'll be prepared to
help folks in need when we encounter them.
MiniGolf Sept 30th was a first, all reports were that it was fun
Thorne Dale campout - Sept. 21-23rd was really fun, string burning, wood
chopping, tent raising, and the rest. Remember the Diet Coke / Mentos experiment
too.
OA Weekend Sept. 14th-16 was well attended multiple Troop31 OA members
attended, one new OA member inducted.Thanks to the scouts that made our
Rt44 Adopt a Highway stretch look much better on Sept. 9th
Special page: Hiking / Conservation update
The Planning meeting Aug 4th went well and the tentative plans are on our
calendar. Take a look and talk w/ your Patrol leaders about more ideas.
From what I heard the 20 Mile Hike was great and long :)
Sun - July 1st thru Sat July 7th - Summer Camp was great, we should have pictures in a while. http://www.wpcbsa.org/Read/
Wednesday June 13th @ Nine Partners Cemetery on Church St. in Millbrook 7 PM to 8:30 we cleaned veteran's plaques and placed another one.
Sunday June 10th work day on the AT 1 PM to 6 PM - location
details on the calendar
Saturday June 9th - 10 mile hike 8 AM to 2PM see the calendar for location detail
Fri. June 8th 7PM-8:30PM - Summer Hike/Backpacking trek planning meeting at Jim Evan's house
Wed - June 6th - Troop room cleanup, the room looks great. Thanks to all
who came and hope you enjoyed ice cream afterwards
Wed - May 30th - Court of Honor 7PM + outgoing seniors celebration - Congratulations
Seniors, good luck and come back when you're in town. Continue Scouting!
Mon - May 28th - Memorial Day Parade 9:30AM - Thanks to everyone who marched
and honored the veterans
Wed - May 23rd - Regular meeting 7PM
Sat - May 19th - Flags on Veterans' graves
Wed - May 16th - Regular meeting 7PM
Sat - May 12th - Adopt a Highway 12:30PM (Service)
May 9th - regular meeting
May 6th - Appalachian Trail work Rt 55 (Conservation Service)
May 1st - PLC Meeting (Leadership)
April 27th - 29th - Spring Camporee - Camp Nooteeming