Our First Eagle Scout! - Congrats to William O'Leary

Last night Troop 4 reached an important milestone when William O'Leary passed his Eagle Board of Review and became Troop 4's 1st Eagle Scout.  I am so proud of William for his effort and determination, but I am even prouder thinking back to 5 years ago when William was still 12 and he took a leap of faith and helped start this brand new Troop.  Many of the traits of the Troop that we take for granted were forged by William and his peers and have left a stamp on the culture of the Troop that many who will never know William will benefit from.

William graduates this June from North Salem and will attend Connecticut College this fall as part of their Class of 2022.

On Saturday, May 19th we will hold a public Eagle Ceremony to celebrate William's achievement and I hope you all can join us to celebrate this milestone.  An invitation with details will be available soon.

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Gore Mountain Ski Trip - 2018

In what may be our last visit to Gore we had the good fortune to hit the mountain after two significant snowfalls in the previous seven days.  By 8:30am Saturday morning, 100% of the mountain was open for skiing.

We stayed in the Log Cabin at Read, where we slept, ate, and rested between ski days.  This year we had to take care of our own cooking which was a step up in quality but required a little more effort from the Scouts which they handled admirably.

The Westchester/Putnam Council has canceled all Winter Activities at Read due to budget problems so we will begin to look for other ideas for next year's Ski Adventure.

For a full photo record of our trip please check out our photo album here:

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Orienteering - December 2017

Orienteering competition at the Westmoreland Sanctuary last Saturday.  The objective is to use a map to find the fastest way between control points.  The control points act as course markers and have to be hit in the correct order.  Miss a control point or go out of order and you get a Did Not Finish (DNF).  All the teams that get their control points punched correctly in the right order are then ranked by time to determine the winner.

The Troop split up into teams to tackle the course and after some trial and error scored rather high beating all other competitors on the White course.  Next time we will step it up and will try the Yellow or Orange courses.

Thanks to Kevin Smith and Scott Jeffery for making this event possible with their attendance and driving.  Special thanks to Kevin for photographing the day.

For all the pictures from the event check out the Troop photo album here:

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