Monthly Archives: February 2009

Finally! Some pictures from our intrepid scout troop and their weekend misadventures! This year, the scouts opted to go to Belleayre and spend the entire weekend out skiing. Today we have a few pictures from the all you can eat dinner weekend – whoops, I meant the annual ski outing.  The scouts didn’t go [...]

This week, the Suffolk County Police visited troop 565 to honor three of our scouts – EvanP, PeterT and JamesG – for coming to the aid of a police officer in need. During our winter fundraiser event, several scouts braved the cold weather and were selling wreaths at the Paradise diner in Hauppauge. A [...]

Today is Scout Sunday – a day to recognize the contributions of young people and adults to Scouting.  Today is also one of those days that is in line with being reverent.
The 12th point of the Scout law reads…  A Scout Is Reverent
But what does that mean – to be reverent?
By definition, it means “feeling, [...]

At our latest Court of Honor, in addition to several scouts receiving patches and advancements, three of our adult leaders were awarded their Wood Badge beads. The Wood Badge is a Scouting leadership program for adult leaders in the programs of Scout associations around the world. Wood Badge courses aim to make Scouters better leaders [...]