On Nov 18 & 19, our Troop will be holding a fundraiser at the I-84 Rest Stop in Willington,CT.  We will offer travelers free hot coffee, hot chocolate, tea, lemonade, water along with donuts and home baked goods.   Please signup for shifts (8am-11:30 or 11:30-3pm) on the website calendar.

Service hour opportunity

Jon Hecker is seeking help constructing his eagle project. The project consists of building 2 donation bins for the sports locker.  All scouts welcome, we will have all tools and materials on site at our house (300 Main Street). The project will be 10:00-12:00 Sunday, Oct 1st.  Please call or text Jon (860)808-4100 if you can come. We will have pizza and drinks afterwards.  Depending on how much is completed, there may be another day, the following weekend.  We will need someone with a pickup truck to transport it to academy school.

Date changed to Sunday Oct 1st

We will be doing an Equipment Demonstration for the adults at the Troop Meeting on Sept 20th… so if you are a new parent and you need help in decided what equipment is needed, what’s good equipment, etc, please come...  we will show you.

The first Troop Event is the TLT (Troop Leadership Training), Saturday August 26th.  

• This is required training for all First Class Scouts and above, and is completed each year. The training will be from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (may end as early at 2:30), at South Church.
• Lunch will be provided. 
• In addition to leadership training, leadership assignments will be made, new leaders will be trained, and Patrols will be formed.

Regular Troop Meetings will resume on Wednesday, Sept 6th, at 7:00 pm, in the Gideon Wells Cafeteria. 

• Scouts get their Patrol Assignments, pick Patrol Names, Patches, Flags, and Yells. 

31 Scouts and 10 Adults spent time at camp this summer.  Highlights include:

• WE WON THE TROOP TOURNAMENT, AGAINST TROOP 1 GREENVILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Started 2 new chants in the dining hall
• 3 Mile Swimmers
• 1 Scout - 600 situps - not kidding... not a typo!!!
• 81 Merit Badges  earned

AND

• The ONLY Troop in Yawgoog with our own sofa!!!!

Thank you to all that made this week possible!!!!

Also, Did I mention that WE WON THE TROOP TOURNAMENT, AGAINST TROOP 1 GREENVILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The troop visited block island, biking around and hiking near tall sand cliffs, also visiting the north point of the island