Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

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Strengthening Youth Through Scouting.

Troop 173 Visit to Gettysburg

On October 14-16th, Troop 173’s Scouts took an educational trip to Gettysburg, camping on the outskirts of the site and touring the many battlegrounds and monuments on Saturday. Some photos are below.

September Campout

The scouting season’s first campout was held at Durland Scout Reservation. Scouts worked on a number of skills for advancement during the day, and also fished and took a 2.5 mile hike.

Photos from Camp Yawgoog

Below are a few of the images from our scout’s week at Camp Yawgoog. Considering how quickly plans had to change, the week went fairly smoothly. Life threw a fork at us, but we persevered. Right, Keith? ASM Tom Bodkin shows the Troop 173 Spirit:

Troop Bike Trek

Scouts: Tomas C, James D, Frankie B, Ryan G, Ian S, and Jarrett S Adults: Carlos Cartaya, Jim Dowd, Fred Gonfantini, and Ken Schwartz On the bike trek our scouts went all over Cape Cod, every day biking about 20 miles or so to get from one place to another. Each day they stopped at…
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Troop 173 Olympics

For our last regular Scout Meeting of the year, Troop 173 hosted our own Troop Olympics. Scouts were organized by patrol, and participated in the following events: Knot-tying relay Baseball Running Bases Tug-O-War Here are some photos from the events: At the end of the competition, the older scouts squared off against our Scoutmasters for…
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Fun Night at The Cliffs at Valhalla!

Recently our scouts held their Troop Meeting at The Cliffs at Valhalla. 19 scouts plus ASMs and family members had a great time learning climbing skills and having fun scaling the walls there. Here are a few scenes from out fun night at The Cliffs