Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Pack Camping Committee Meeting #1

Well, tonight was our first committee meeting at Sloatsburg Library.  My committee is made up of 3 parents and some boy scout leaders/scouts.  We met to brainstorm ideas for the pack campout - what we've done before, some ideas going forward, and a review of a potential schedule.  There were some great ideas thrown around!  Steve and Mike are new Tiger parents this year and Nicole is a Wolf mom.  They are great additions to my little group.  We will meet again next month to go over the final schedule - we will take ideas from tonight, pare them down and work them into our campout.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

District Committee Awards! 4/21/13

We pause for a moment to celebrate my fellow scout leaders from the district that got awards tonight!  My bobwhite brother Jose got an award as well.  I was lucky to be selected as a district hidden hero.  Here we are in our best non-camping attire.  I came straight from OWLS training at Camp Nooteeming - changed in the car!



Hike #2: Claudius Smith's Den / Earth Day Service Project

I worked with Billy M. who led the scouts on a hike to Claudius Smith's Den in Harriman State Park today.  Actually, we weren't entirely sure we got to where we wanted to go!  The scouts were real troopers for this hike.  It was pretty hard.  One lesson learned is that we should have had the trail a little better understood before going - but that being said, we made the best of it and enjoyed beautiful weather.  Here are some photos from the hike.  We also did some service in the park, with an earth day cleanup and a lesson leave no trace.