Troop 565 | Smithtown, NY

For summer Camp each scout is required to bring their Class A and B with them.  Class A is your uniform that your wear to the troop meetings.  The Class B is our troops shirt with the bull on it and says Troop 565 Smithtown.  On Sunday July 31st when we are heading to camp each scout must be wearing their Class A uniform. Once we get to camp you can take off your class a and put on your Class B. You only put your Class A on when you go to breakfast, lunch, or dinner. when we go back home we put our Class A back on.

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Each scouts trunk for Yawgoog must be dropped off at Mrs. Ingrams house (63 Dillmont Drive , Smithtown) on July30th. You can check in your trunk from 11am to 2pm. Also if you have medication you must drop it off at the same time you hand in your trunk. The ferry leaves from Orient Point at 2:00pm. ALL SCOUTS must be at the ferry no later then 1pm. The ferry will not wait for you. The drive to Orient Point is about a 1 hour and 30 minutes but don’t forget about traffic. Attached is the Yawgoog Scout Camp information packet and directions to Orient Point.

Orient Point directions Yawgoog Information Sheets 2011

On July 25th Chris Ingram is having his eagle scout project. His project will be at Long Island Veterans Home and it is from 12:30 to 6:00. You should bring a shovel and a rake and wear clothes that you can get dirty.

Yawgoog summer camp is coming soon and scouts should start thinking about what merit badges they are interested in. If their is a merit badge that you want to do that has a pre-requisite you should start working on it. Some merit badges require suplies, so remember to bring some money to camp. Here is dome documents to help you plan for yawgoog.

Merit Badge list Yawgoog planing schedule

Our troop is having a first aid kit fundraiser. 50% of the money you raise will go into your scout account. Attached is the flyer and an order form to keep track of the people who bought each first aid kit. Each scout must sell a minimum of 4 first aid kits. The order form and money must be handed to Mrs. Nocella August 7th when the scouts get off the ferry from Yawgoog. Or you can mail or drop off the money and order form to Mrs. Nocella at   24 Burham Drive, Smithtown, NY 11787 or Mr. Perino at  41 Lindron Avenue, Smithtown, NY 11787.

firstAidKit_orderForm firstAidKit_flyer