BOY SCOUT TROOP 2295
of River Edge, New Jersey
(meeting place: Cherry Hill School)
All boys between the ages of 11 and 17 are invited to attend one of our weekly troop meetings. Parents are welcome to attend! More than that, parents are encouraged to volunteer to become Assistant Scoutmasters (ASMs), leaders and coordinators. Now that the troop is a very large troop there's a lot of work to be done -- 40 scouts have joined the ranks of Troop 2295 in the past 2 years!) Any support the scouts can get from parents who volunteer will serve to improve the quality of the troop and free up the scouts to focus on their boy-led troop meetings and events.
TROOP 2295: The Scout Year 2008-2009, So Far...
The current scout year has built upon the extraordinary success of 2007-2008. The enthusiasm and teamwork of the boys of Troop 2295 has been exemplary! The 2008-2009 scout year began with a troop meeting on September 4, 2008 and immediately shifted into high gear with a successful mums fundraiser which culminated in the mums distribution on September 14, 2008. This was followed one week later by a shakedown hike at Harriman State Park on September 20 (the Pack 229 and Pack 95 Senior Webelos scouts joined Troop 2295 on the hike!) The September itinerary concluded with the awarding of merit badges to scouts at the September 25, 2008 troop meeting.
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In addition to a total of 15 troop meetings and Klondike Training sessions in the final 4 months of the 2008 calendar year, the troop participated in either an overnight or field trip each month. In October the troop convoyed to Cedar Pond to partake in a 5-mile backpack hike & campout (see thumbnails to the left & right, and the 3 thumbnails above). In November the scouts took part in a 2-night lean-to campout at NoBeBoSco (see the 4 thumbnails below). On November 22, 2008 the troop participated in Den Chief training and a Merit Badge Fair in Westwood. A very fine Court of Honor Ceremony was held on December 4, 2008. Three days later the troop hiked the Upper Manhattan Historic Hike (they'd hiked the Lower Manhattan route in October 2007).
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The months of December and January saw the scouts of T2295 training each Saturday for the Klondike Derby. On January 31, 2009 the troop competed in the Klondike Derby and attained a high score on the course at Campgaw, missing the 3rd place trophy by just two points and outscoring 26 other troops! (2009 Klondike Derby results) The troop went Ice Curling in South Plainfield on February 8, 2009 and observed Scout Sunday at Grace Lutheran on February 15, 2009. Under bright lights a family-friendly Bridging Ceremony was held on February 25, 2009 -- 40 boys have joined Troop 2295 since it was chartered on July 7, 2007. The winter concluded with snow skiing at Mount Peter (March 1, 2009), a 2-night cabin campout at NoBeBoSco (March 6-8, 2009) and the Scouting for Food food-drive (March 14, 2009).
Spring 2009 was a very busy time for the scouts of Troop 2295. In addition to troop meetings, the scouts participated in riflery training, hiking at Bear Mountain, and the Beach Jam '09 campout in Wildwood, NJ. The Spring concluded with marching in the Memorial Day Parade, whitewater rafting on the Lehigh River, Green Day at Memorial Park and more troop meetings. The summer has already kicked off with the June 24 troop meeting and Archery Lessons at Targeteers on June 28, 2009. The 4th of July Parade, a Court of Honor cookout and Summer Camp at Camp Keowa are coming soon!
May/June 2009 Newsflash: In its inaugural year Troop 2295 had the good fortune to be visited by two U.S. Army officers, Jim McCauley and John Tumino. Both men were deployed to Iraq shortly after meeting with our troop. They recently returned from serving in Iraq. Welcome home!
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