Scout Troops of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish
Merit Badges were the work of the day. The merit badges came in two basic flavors, aquatic and all others. The meeting place for breakfast, lunch, dinner and many of the aquatic merit badges was the Bayview Terrace. The rest of the merit badges classes, not aquatic, happened in the
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Each day at camp begins with the raising of the camp flags at 06:15 in the morning. The troops line up at the flagpole and a designated troop becomes the color guard to raise the flag. Our day came on Wednesday morning. Being a small troop that presented us with
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What would a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Summer Camp be without a campfire?A good campfire is the Segway into the contextual approach to folklore. In the days of old people used to sit around the campfire after a long days travels across the country A time to relax and
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Last month I wrote about CFI’s Adult leader Programs in our troop newsletter, and mentioned “Nap Safely.” Well, I can tell you we all passed that course at summer camp this year and we did it safely. But I must tell you that some of our leaders; Bernie the
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One of the highlights of the day started bright and early in the morning. In fact, the staff had to get one of the attendees (the lucky staff member who probably drew the short straw) out of bed to participate, much to his chagrin, I’m sure. "Swim" might be a
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The time has finally arrived; the day to start the long trek to California. We gathered at Columbia Hall bright and early on Sunday morning to meet up and get on our way. The trip was pretty un-eventful, just boring. We arrived safe and sound just before dinner time.
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Scouting as we know it has always been outdoor oriented. Seven years after Lord Baden-Powell started scouting in Great Britain, a young scoutmaster in America decided to take the outdoors aspect of scouting to the next level. In 1915, we have to remember that scouting in America was still in
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