Service Hours Available

Troop 217 will once again be participating in the Deacons program at the Westmont Presbyterian church on Luzerne St. We will need boys to help pack boxes on December 14th at 7 pm and we will also need people to help on December 16th at 530 pm to serve dinner and carry boxes to cars. Please sign up in the comment section below to schedule your son to help out.

Rada Knife orders are due!!!

For any of you that are going to England, The RADA knife orders are due tomorrow, Nov 30th. There is not a scout meeting so they must be to Pauls house by tomorrow evening. If you have questions or need directions, contact him at 243 6320. The address is 700 goucher st and is right across from the elementary school.

A successful, warmer than usual, campout

November 28th, 5 boy scouts, 2 webelos, and 3 adults(term used loosely) made our way out to the Adirondack shelters for a night of fun, mess kit pizzas and doughnuts. A good time was had by all and the boy scouts learned that if you build a fire for winter camping, but its not winter, your shelter turns into a sauna!!!

Campout on November 28th!!

The boy scouts will be taking the Webelos camping for a FALL  campout on November 28th at the lean to shelters that we all know and love!! It should be a great chance to meet the boys that will be joining our troop in February. Please comment below if you and/or your boy will be attending. Cost will be 5 dollars per person attending. Please see the overnighter page for a list of required as well as recommended gear for the trip.

Welcome!!!!!

Welcome to the new age of Troop 217!!!
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Scouts In The News

On Saturday, March 31, 7 Scouts from Troop 217 attending the Radio Merit Badge Day at New Germany Grove.  Beginning at 8 am and finishing at 4 pm, these Scouts completed the entire badge in one day!  The seven scouts in attendance were Preston, Michael, Josh, Ashton, Austin, Brendan, and Tristan.  An eighth scout planned to attend, but was too ill to go.

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Sunday, April 1, 2012

All those Scouts in attendance and they picked Troop 217 to photograph!  Well done, Scouts, on earning your badges!

Columbus Day Parade

Troop 217 took part in the annual Columbus Day parade held on Monday, October 10, 2011.

Our boys know how to carry their flags!
The Troop looked fantastic at the end of the parade.