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Venture Patrol Board Game Outing

On October 26 members of the Venture Patrol participated in a fun few rounds of the board game Diplomacy. It is a strategic game in which seven players each assume the role of one of the major European powers just prior to WWI. Unlike other games in the genre it encourages players to imagine themselves […]

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October Backpacking Trip

The group consisted of 5 scouts and 3 adults on our October backpacking trip at Harriman State Park. Scouts went on a 7.3 mile partial loop with lunch and a photo stop at the Lemon Squeezer. While there, they oriented their map using landmarks and checked their work with a compass for practice. The steady […]

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Venture Patrol Trip to Northern Tier

From June 21st – June 30th the Venture Patrol traveled to the Atikokan Base at Northern Tier high adventure camp in Ontario, Canada (Atikokan is one of the three bases at Northern Tier). Scouts canoed across a section of wilderness called the Northern Crown Lands for a week. In addition scouts also had to plan […]

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Pope Pius XII Award

Boy Scouts Jayden Altamura, Oliver Buenafe, Andrei Delos Santos, Clare Facchini, Colin Jette (not pictured), and Michael McNamara earned their Pope Pius XII emblem on Monday, 04/22/24. Scouts attended weekly meetings for a few months and followed through with various activities, including completing a service project and attending a retreat and panel discussion, before they successfully completed […]

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Antietam Battlefield Tour

On April 6th Scouts visited Antietam Battlefield. Scouts camped at a nearby campsite in Washington Monument State Park. The troop took a tour of most of the battlefield stopping at important spots from the battle as well as memorials commemorating the soldiers the fought there.

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