Rechartering

Recharting is now due.  The cost will be $30.00 due now.  If your son is going to continue with the troop please let us know as soon as possible so we can get things going.

Cross country skiing and orienteering, what a fun mix!!!

To all orienteers and potential orienteers:

On January 10th at Laurel Ridge Ski Area, WPOC will offer a ski-orienteering event.  This is orienteering on cross-country skis.  There will be three courses:  one for beginners, one for experienced and one in between.  Registration and starts for the orienteering go from 10 am to 1 pm but the ski area will be open for skiing all day.

If you haven't tried cross country skiing before, Naomi Jarvis will be there to teach beginners starting at 10am.  Ski equipment will also be available to rent from the concession at Laurel Ridge.  I am sending this early notice because I want to give you time to think about coming, and perhaps to pass the word around.  I will send out the usual kind of reminder about 2 weeks before the event and at that time I will ask you to let me know if you plan to come and you want to rent equipment - this is so I can tell the concession people how much equipment is needed.

Laurel Ridge Ski Area is on route 653 between Donegal and Somerset. It is at an elevation of nearly 3000 feet; so I am hoping we will have snow.

Please comment below if you are interested in participating and we can get it organized!!

UPDATE!!! Cost would be 20 dollars for boys and 35 dollars for adults

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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