Port Jefferson Station - BSA Troop 354

Troop Meeting
2023-05-08 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-05-15 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-05-22 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
This meeting will be at Norwood Ave School, 7:30 to 9:00 pm, Class B uniforms.

Sculpture Merit Badge
2023-05-13 11:45 - 14:00
BSA Troop 354 ASM Mr. Reed has graciously agreed to run a Sculpture Merit badge session on Saturday May 13th, 11:45 a.m. till about 2:00 or 2:30 pm. It will be at the Long Island Art and Carriage House Museum in Stony Brook. Directions are below. The youths will be completing all the merit badge on this day if we don’t have wet weather. If it’s wet, we will do the tour of the sculptures that day with umbrellas, and do the lesson & clay work on another day, probably at one of our Monday night meetings. Pray for no rain! The youths will be touring the art in the East grounds. Mr. Reed will be talking with them to finish up the badge, and they will be working with some clay to create their own sculptures. We will have soda and pizza at some point also. The cost will be $15.00 per youth. Bring the money with you that day. We will be across the road on the Eastern grounds. There is a flier attached. All of these activities will be outside, so if it is cool that day bring warm enough clothes. If it’s wet, bring umbrellas because we will be doing at least the tour of the grounds that day. The youths should bring a smock or older clothes because they will be working with clay. The tickets we get are for the youths and this will allow them to tour the grounds and go into the carriage house museum. Adults will be allowed to be with the youths outside when touring the grounds, but it will cost them $10.00 for the adult tickets to tour the carriage museum.
Please let me know by Monday evening 5/8 if your youth and/or you will be attending. Bring the money with you the day of the trip.
Directions;
Take Nicolls Road all the way north to the end which is 25A. Make a left, and go to the end, about a mile, make a left and then another quick left and the parking lot is just past the building on the left. Don’t park on the West side of the road so we don’t have to deal with crossing that busy road.
BSA-Sculpture Merit Badge Announcement_new

Backpacking Trip (rescheduled)
2023-05-20 06:00 - 2023-05-21 14:00
We have a backpacking trip scheduled for this weekend up at Harriman State Park in New York.
Details in a separate email.

Calverton Flag Placement
2023-05-27 09:30 - 11:00
9:30 am, Calverton Cemetery, Section 10, use the south entrance, Class A uniforms, rain or shine.
You are on your own for carpooling. Start early because the traffic gets very bad.

Archery Merit Badge
2023-05-30 19:00 - 21:00
7:00 to 9:00 pm at Smith Point Archery Range, 215 East Main Street in Patchogue, $30 per person.

Shopping for Cathedral Pines Campout
2023-06-01 19:30 - 20:30 | BJ’s Wholesale Club, 4000 Nesconset Hwy, E. Setauket, NY, 11733, United States
We will be shopping for the food for the Cathedral Pines campout this evening, 7:30 pm at the BJs in Setauket.
This should only take about 45 minutes.

Calverton Flag Pickup
2023-06-03 09:30 - 10:30
9:30 am, Calverton Cemetery, Section 10, use the south entrance, Class B uniforms, rain date is Sunday.

Troop Meeting
2023-06-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
This meeting will be at Norwood Ave School, 7:30 to 9:00 pm,
I will talk about Yawgoog with the parents that have questions, and the boys will work on their camp schedules.
Class A uniforms for everyone

Troop Meeting
2023-06-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
This meeting will be at Norwood Ave School, 7:30 to 9:00 pm, Class B uniforms.
Mr. Olson is offering to start Family Life Merit badge this evening, and it will most likely finish up in the fall. For those who will be participating in the Family Life MB, Mr. Olson will discuss the requirements 1, 2, 6a, and 7 with them this evening. The Scout will need to complete requirements 3, 4, 5, and 6b on their own and then provide the evidence of completion in September or upon completion.

Girls Troop Fundraiser
2023-06-13 17:00 - 20:00
Make sure you mention that your order is should count toward the Troop354G fundraiser.

Flag Day ceremony
2023-06-14 14:30 - 16:30
The Elks Flag Day Ceremony at the Long Island State Veteran’s home in Stony Brook is this Wednesday at 2:30 pm in the afternoon. The boys will carry in some flags during the ceremony. It will last about an hour and a half, and this is a class A uniform event, and it counts as community service for rank advancement. Please let me know if you and/or your youth can attend.

Flag Retirement ceremony
2023-06-14 18:30 - 19:30
I have received confirmation from Mr. Mosca at the high school that we’re approved to conduct the Flag Retirement ceremony on June 14th at 6:30pm. Of course, we will love to have the Troop join us and work with the Cubs on the proper folding and safe placement of flags on the fire.
Flag collection bins have been. Placed at each of the school buildings, but I don’t yet know how full these are. If you have, or know of any local flags that may be ready for retirement, we will gladly take as many as we can.
I plan to connect with leaded from Pack 120, and local Girl Scout Units so that all local Scouts know they are welcome to participate with us. Liz is also already aware, and is welcome to spread the word.

Court of Honor
2023-06-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Elk’s Lodge, 41 Horseblock Road, Centereach, NY, 11720, United States
Court of Honor night and last meeting of the Spring/Summer. I found out the school is closed this day, so we will have our court of honor meeting at the Elks lodge, 41 Horseblock road in Centereach, NY. 7:30 pm, Class B uniforms for everyone.

Jack Montoya's Eagle Project
2023-07-06 17:00 - 19:30
Jack Montoya will be working on his Eagle Scout project on this Thursday and Friday evening starting at 5:00 pm at the high school on the gym side. He will be constructing some outdoor volleyball courts and he needs our help. Please try and make it to help him out.

Jack Montoya’s Eagle Project
2023-07-07 17:00 - 19:30

Eagle Court of Honor
2023-07-09 11:30 - 14:00 | Elk’s Lodge, 41 Horseblock Road, Centereach, NY, 11720, United States
We have an Eagle Court of Honor scheduled for this next Sunday for Jake Lopez, Rickey Rennard, Colin Cipriani, and Ethan Nosenchuk. We really need the boys help with this. It’s a pay it forward thing. We want the boys there to help the Eagles celebrate their accomplishment. This is a Class A uniform event. There will be bagels, coffee, and drinks served starting at 11:30 am and the ceremony should start at 12:00 noon. It will last for about two hours. Please have the boys try to make it, and the parents are welcome also to see how we celebrate when they make the Eagle Rank. We could also use some help with setting up the lodge that morning. I’m going to set a tentative time of 9:00 am for that and send out email later to confirm.

Yawgoog Camp
2023-07-16 - 2023-07-23
More details to follow….
2023 Yawgoog Medical Form (PDF)

Jake Gulyansky’s Eagle Scout Project
2023-07-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-27 18:00 - 20:00
Jake Gulyansky will be working on his Eagle Scout project building some planters and bird feeders. This will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and the location is tentatively at Jake’s house. There will be a separate email about this when it get closer to the date.

Mums Flower Sale
2023-08-19 - 2023-10-01
I have attached the forms for the Mums Flower sale.
We are starting early because the orders are due early and so everyone has time to work on it.
The totals sheet for the orders and the money is due October 1st.
We just want the totals sheet, please do not give us the customer orders sheets, you keep them.
Tally Sheet & Order Form

Troop Meeting
2023-09-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
This is our first Scout meeting of the fall. Class A uniforms, 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria.
We will be working on finishing up Family Life Merit badge, and I have a message from Mr. Olson, your merit badge counselor.
I hope all is well for those working on the Family Life Merit Badge. Over the Summer you should have been tracking your chores (five minimum) and working on those two projects benefiting your family. I intend to review chore tracking sheets and project outcomes with Scouts starting the week of September 18th, or 13 weeks after we started the merit badge. If you started your tracking a week or two after we had the discussion at the Troop meeting, that is ok and we will handle that on a case-by-case basis. Thank you, Mr. Olson

Cedar Beach Cleanup, Mt Sinai
2023-09-16 14:00 - 16:00
For those that need some community service, or a conservation project, we have a beach cleanup this Saturday, 2:00 pm at Cedar Beach in Mt Sinai.
244 Harbor Beach Road in Mt. Sinai, NY. (Google Maps)

Troop Meeting
2023-09-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
Class B uniforms, 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria.

BJs Food Shopping
2023-09-28 19:30 - 21:00
We will be shopping for the food for the camping trip this Thursday night at BJs in Setauket, 7:30 pm. If your boy wants a say in what we will be eating this is the time, and it also helps toward some rank requirements for food preparation.

Blydenburgh Overnight Camping Trip
2023-09-30 09:00 - 2023-10-01 13:00
Unfortunately, the usual place we go to is closed, so we are going to do the bike campout at Blydenburgh County Park this weekend. It will be Saturday morning to Sunday morning. The cost will be $15 per youth for food, and the adults staying with us are free. There will be a separate email about this with all the details. I will need an adult leader to stay with me for this trip.
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Important, I need a count of who is going camping by this Wednesday evening.
The Blydenburgh Camping trip is this next weekend. I will need a count on who is planning on coming along by this Wednesday evening. Please get back to me by then to let me know if your boy is coming along, and adults are welcome to come along also. I need a count for purchasing the food at BJs on Thursday evening.
This is a bike campout, so the boys can bring their bikes along. Don’t forget your helmets and any other gear you might want.
We will probably have the opportunity to work on Search and Rescue merit badge this weekend. If your boy is interested, we will probably be able to satisfy some of the requirements on the camping trip, and resolve the rest of them at our meetings.
Let me know when you respond if your boy is interested in working on the search and rescue merit badge.
Apparently Cathedral Pines is closed for a while so we arranged for this camping at Blydenburgh Camp grounds in Hauppauge. You take 347 west into Hauppauge, and just past the 454 merge is the camp on the right hand side. There is a map of the camp grounds attached to this email. We are staying in the Wolf 2 camping area.
I may need help with driving the boys to and from next weekend. Please let me know if you can help with one or both trips.
The troop supplies the tents for the boys, food, and eating supplies. The boys need to bring their sleeping gear, clothes, personal gear and flashlights for an overnighter.

Court of Honor
2023-10-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
This will be our fall court of honor evening when the boys will receive all the awards and rank advancements they have earned over the summer and up to now. Parents are welcome to come to the meeting and watch the ceremony.
Class A uniforms, 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria.

Backpacking Trip
2023-10-14 06:00 - 2023-10-15 12:30
This is our fall backpacking trip to Harriman State Park. Backpacking is not for everyone because there is usually some work involved carrying everything you need in and out, but if your boy is interested this is a good trip.

Troop Meeting
2023-10-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
Tonight is a game night. It’s a night for the scouts to relax and have some fun with each other. The scouts should bring a game with them they want to play with their fellow scouts. Sorry, but there will be no access to the gym.
Class B uniforms, 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria.
