Garden State Council 2
 
Electronic Knapsack
For Mahalala and Quakesen Districts
April 6, 2013
In This Issue
Are You Tougher Than A Boy Scout?
Roundtable
Garden State Council Marketing Committee
Outdoor Skills Day at Pine Tree
BSA Cycling Team
Robo-Scouting Camporee
100 Year Anniversary Troop 2
2nd Annual FOS Wine Tasting
River Jam 2013
Garden State Council Cuboree 2013
Former Law Enforcement Explorer Heads Secret Service
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Dear Parent/Guardian,

           

My name is Ross Clouser, and I am the Vice Chief of Program for Hunnikick Lodge 76, Order of the Arrow. We are inviting all 2nd year Webelos and 1st year Boy Scouts to a very fun and exhilarating event.

As the boys progress from Webelos to Boy Scouts, a lot of activities will become more challenging, especially in outdoor skills. Scouts will need to develop stronger outdoor skills as they take on new adventures.

Our goal is to get younger scouts more familiar with the outdoors, so we are inviting all 2nd year Webelos and 1st year Boy Scouts to participate in our annual Outdoor Skills Day! You son may also invite a non-Scout friend, who is in the same age group.

The cost of Outdoor Skills Day is $7 per scout and $4 per non-scout friend. Outdoor Skills Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 13, 2013, from 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. at Pine Tree Environmental and Education Center in Tabernacle, New Jersey.  

 

Outdoor Skills Day Information

 

Click here for Participation Form 

 

 

 

 

Garden State Council

BSA Cycling Team

 

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Come and join our new GSC BSA Cycling Team

 

  • No cost to join and open to all Troops and Venture Crew members 14 and older
  • Requires a road or mountain bike and helmet
  • First ride Saturday April 13th 2013 Washington's Crossing to Bull Island
  • Scheduled rides: Saturday May 4th and 18th

                                 Saturday June 1st, 15th, 29th

                                 Saturday July 13th

  • Team Charity Ride: Sunday July 14th American Cancer Society Bike-a-thon
  • Goal: community service and physical fitness
  • Fulfill requirements for Cycling and Physical Fitness merit badges
  • Earn Team Shirt ( available June)
  • Team Advisors: Ed Fernandez and Earle Sheaffer
  • Contact Information: Ed Fernandez Crew 61 hemeddies@verizon.net,609-760-2001

                                                                                  

          Earle Sheaffer Crew 82sheafferjr@gmail.com 

                                                                                    856-912-5143

 

 

Come out and have fun!

 

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Troop 2 of Riverside 100 year Anniversary
All Leaders:
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Troop 2 of Riverside, New Jersey will be celebrating their 100 Year Anniversary on April 13, 2013. They are planning a celebration in Riverside starting at 10:00am with a short parade, if you wish to enter a float to display the history of your Troop or of Scouting in USA it would be appreciated. Light refreshments will be served in the Riverside Fire Company which is the end point of the parade. Formation of the parade will begin at 9:15 am at Washington & Bridgeboro streets. If you can attend please notify Roger Kirk at (856) 461 - 8623 or at happycamper234@msn.com, please include the number that will be attending and if you will be entering a float. 
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River Jam 2013
The Inaugural Camporee of the Garden State Council
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October 18-19-20 2013

Activities will take place along the waterfront from Riversharks Stadium to the Battleship New Jersey.

 

 

 

Cost:   $50.00 Is the Base Price. This includes: Camping at Rivershark Stadium for Friday and Saturday night, all meals, Local Scout Show and Skill, and Entertainment

Additional options:

$35.00 per night if you would like to sleep in the sailor's berths of the Battleship New Jersey. This price includes a Tour so there is no need to pay for the al a carte tour. (see below)

$10.00 All day Admission fee to the NJ Adventure Aquarium. Once you have the wristband you can come and go as many times as you would like.

$5.00 All day Admission fee to the Battleship (for those not sleeping aboard). Once you have the wristband you can come and go as many times as you would like.

$10.00 Admission fee for the National Constitution Center, Hike Across the Ben Franklin Bridge and a Philadelphia Day Hike and Citizenship of the Nation Merit Badge* *prerequisites required. Boy Scouts $7.00 for adults

 

Spring Camporee
Former Law Enforcement Explorer Becomes First Woman to Head Secret Service

Explorer Secret Service

Julia A. Pierson was sworn in as the 23rd director of the United States Secret Service on March 27, becoming the first woman to hold the post.

Pierson, who has more than 30 years of experience with the Secret Service, was an Explorer in Post 103 with the Orlando, Florida, Police Department as a youth and was the 1978 National Law Enforcement Exploring youth representative.

After serving as a police officer in Orlando, she began her career in the Secret Service as a special agent assigned to the Miami and Orlando field offices.

In her new post, she has agreed to serve as the National Law Enforcement Exploring chair.


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