On Saturday, December 8th, many of our scouts got together at the Stone Church to work on (or help others work on) rank advancement skills. From knot-tying to cooking, patrol method and roles to fire-starting, all attending scouts below the rank of first class were able to make progress on their rank advancement, and our…
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Troop 173 scouts and families gathered on Monday, October 29th to celebrate our Fall Court of Honor. 5 of our scouts advanced to the Tenderfoot rank, having learned some basic first aid skills and how to tie knots and improving their physical fitness. 2 scouts earned the rank of Second Class. These scouts have participated…
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On October 13th, the Westchester Putnam Council held the annual Thunderbird Games, and once again Troop 173 helped provide a fun friendly event for Cub Scouts across the region. We want to thank all of the Scouts, leaders and parents who helped make our station successful!
Congratulations to Troop 173’s newest Eagle Scout, Ryan H. James is the 2nd scout to earn his Eagle in 2018 and the 96th young man from Troop 173 to earn the Eagle Scout Rank. For his Eagle Scout project, Ryan designed and built platform step-benches for the classrooms at St. Patrick’s School, designed to help…
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Congratulations to Troop 173’s newest Eagle Scout, James D. James is the 1st for 2018 and the 95th young man from Troop 173 to earn the Eagle Scout Rank. For his Eagle Scout project, James built a new stick-built shed for St. Patrick’s Church. Way to go, James!
On Saturday, 5/4, Troop 173 held the New Scout Campout. This campout is geared towards helping the newest scouts in the troop earn requirements for their ranks. New scouts participated in activities such as fire building, flag ceremonies, a campfire, cooking, lashing, and knot tying to help them achieve their Scout rank. While the younger…
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Recently, two of our senior scouts, Ryan and Andrew, earned the religious award ‘Ad Altare Dei’. This award is specific to the Roman Catholic faith, however, similar awards for many other religions exist with similar requirements specific to each faith. Ad Altare Dei maens “altar of god,” and the boys learned more about their faith…
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On Friday, April 20th, the scouts and families of Troop 173 headed to Washington, D.C. for their long anticipated DC camping trip. We stayed at the William B. Snyder Scout Camp in Virginia, which is a terrific facility. Friday, we were able to tour the East Wing of the White House. We were able to…
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On Saturday, March 17th, Troop 173 departed for our March campout at Mountain Lakes County Park. The boys went on an adventurous hike (quite literally), fished, and learned lashings in order to complete requirements for advancement on the road of scouting. The boys also performed various skits and songs at the campfire on Saturday night.…
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On Monday, March 12th, our troop went go carting for our monthly fun night. We had 18 scouts and 9 family members racing, while other adult leaders met and discussed our upcoming Washington DC trip. The scouts raced, and then had pizza and played games in the arcade aftewards. The attendees all had lots of…
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