Zach, Brady, Tiago and Ryan served 30 residents at the South Park Inn in Hartford on Wednesday.

Thank you Mr. Moy, Mr. Lopez, Mrs. Banhon and Mrs. Krane for your support.

Additional thanks to Alex, Evan and Mr Glynn for food shopping as well as Ryan, Evan Tierney, Mrs. Krane and Mrs. Tierney for food prep.

Awesome team event to help those in need and make this happen.

The weather was kind and fun to watch on top of this beautiful mountain as the clouds moved around us sharing expanding views for moments at a time. 6 scouts and 5 adults scampered up 1800 feet of elevation change to reach the top of the 3200 foot mountain. We enjoyed lunch as we sheltered from the wind and enjoyed the views. Rock climbing on the way up and down was rewarded with a fresh mountain spring to top of our water bottles at the bottom. Traditional camping and meal planning was livened up with some dutch oven peach cobler and an enjoyable campfire program and flag retirement ceremony.

Troop 156 accepted the call to service! The Hands on Hartford food pantry was getting low with a steady increase in families asking for help.

With short notice the troop mobilized in a week to collect and donate over 1400 lbs of food. A special thanks to Sandy Oullette who helped coordinate, the scouts

and the Glastonbury community who is always so generous.

Troop 156 traveled to Boston Mass to hike the Freedom Trail. 12 scouts and 6 adults hiked from the Boston Commons to the Bunker Hill Monument to learn about Boston's early American history. Some of the highlights were touring several old graveyards, watching musket firing and reloading on "Old Ironsides", enjoying lunch at Quincy market and running up the steps of the Bunker Hill monument. Scouts also had great camping weather at camp Sayre south of the city with a lively campfire program.

Congratulations to our newest Eagle scout Nathan Zimbelman. Nathan has been in scouting since the second grade with many highlights including: Summer camp at Yawgoog, Maine high adventure, Climbing Mt Marcy, Gettysburg and countless campouts. Nathan was also an outstanding Senior patrol leader for our troop during his junior year in HS. Finally, as a culmination of all of his skill and leadership development Nathan planned, developed and constructed with the help of volunteers a number of raised planting beds for the Riverfront community center. Truly an outstanding achievement.

Thanks to Graham, Dylan, and Brady for volunteering in this year's Scout Sunday at South Congregational Church.  They assisted the congregation by greeting, ushering, handing out worship bulletins, and collecting the offerings.  Great job in supporting our Chartered Organization!