Port Jefferson Station - BSA Troop 354

Bike Campout at Sears Bellows
2022-05-21 09:00 - 2022-05-22 12:00 (America/New_York) | NY
So, we are going to Sears Bellows County Park in Hampton Bays. I wanted to give everyone a heads up as soon as I could. This is a little further away and it’s not as convenient, so let me know if this changes your plans as far as attending, or helping us with transportation. I have not been there before but it looks interesting on the map, I’ve been hearing good things about it, there is a bunch of trails, and we can still bring our bikes. Let me know if this changes anything for you.
Google Maps

Troop Meeting
2022-05-23 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
We will be working on either Coin Collecting, Collections, or Sustainability Merit badges.

Calverton Flag Placement
2022-05-28 09:30 - 22:30 | NY
This is the Calverton Flag Placement Day. This is a rain or shine event.
We are working field 10 again this year, and we are allowed to start at 9:30 am.
I’ll send an email separately with more details when it gets closer. Yes this does count toward community service hours.
We will be wearing our Class A uniforms.

Calverton Flag Pickup
2022-06-04 09:30 - 10:30 | NY
This is the Calverton Flag Pickup Day. We are working field 10 again this year, and we are allowed to start at 9:30 am.
The rain date is Sunday June 5th, at 1:00 pm. I’ll send an email separately with more details when it gets closer.
Yes this does count toward community service hours. Class B Uniforms this day.

Yawgoog Night
2022-06-06 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
I am giving you all a break on the uniforms because of the Cuboree and Memorial day this past month
I will be discussing Yawgoog Summer camp with the new parents and any others that have questions.
The boys will be planning for summer camp, what badges they will be taking, how to decorate the campsite, etc.

Troop Meeting
2022-06-13 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
All Yawgoog Summer Camp funds, and medical forms due this evening.

Elks Flag Day Ceremony
2022-06-14 13:30 - 14:30 | NY
This is the Elks Flag Day Ceremony at the Stony Brook Veteran’s home near the Stony Brook Hospital at 1:30 pm
I realize this is during a school day and I will not get too many boys able to attend this, but I have to try.
If anyone is available to help with this Flag Day ceremony, please let me know. I will drive and I just need a couple of boys.
This will be in our Class A uniforms, and this counts as community service.

Flag Retirement Ceremony
2022-06-14 18:30 - 19:30 | NY
This is the flag retirement ceremony at 6:30 pm at the high school. Please attend if you can.
This will be in our Class A uniforms, and this counts as community service.

Personal Fitness Merit Badge
2022-06-18 09:00 - 11:00 | NY
The final fitness test will be given on Saturday, June 18, at JFK track at 9:00 a.m. sharp. Please contact me directly if you have any questions or concerns. This is a rain or shine event, but will be cancelled and then rescheduled if there is thunder, lightning, a downpour or snow. Typically, younger boys are not as well-suited for the Personal Fitness Merit Badge as older boys, as it requires good organization, follow through skills, independence, and maturity. Scouts must maintain a DAILY record of their personal fitness. My recommendation is that boys in 7th grade and above should consider coming out for the badge.

COH Night
2022-06-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Elk’s Lodge, 41 Horseblock Road, Centereach, NY, 11720, United States
This meeting will be at the Elks lodge, 41 Horseblock Road, Centereach, 7:30 to 9:00 pm, Class A uniforms

Yawgoog
2022-07-17 - 2022-07-24 | NY
For Those Going to Yawgoog, Sunday Morning, 7/17/2022, 8:00 am at High School
We meet at 8:00 am at the high school parking lot by the tennis courts to pack the trailer.
No uniforms necessary, we just need the trunks to pack the trailer, and anything the boys are not carrying with them on the ferry.

For Those Going to Yawgoog, Sunday Afternoon, 7/17/2022, 1:00 pm at Orient Point Ferry
We meet at 1:00 pm at the Orient Point Ferry terminal to gather before boarding the ferry for camp.
I recommend the boys take a light weight knapsack with them on the ferry with a drink and a snack.

For Those Going to Yawgoog, Sunday Afternoon, 7/24/2022, 2:00 pm at Orient Point Ferry
Please meet us at 2:00 pm at the Orient Point ferry to pick up your boys for coming home from camp.
FYI, This is earlier in the day then it has been in the past because we have to leave camp earlier.
We will head back to the high school parking lot by the tennis courts to gather again to unload the trailer, and hand out the camp pictures.
When you are picking up your son that day, We will have a leader walking off with them to make sure they all have someone there for them.
The boys tend to scatter, so please try to make eye contact with the leader so we know there is someone there for them.

Eagle Scout Fundraiser
2022-08-31 17:00 - 20:00 | NY
Hello,
On Wednesday August 31st, I will be holding a fundraiser for my Eagle Scout Project. The fundraiser is a mobile spirit night at Chic-fil-A. The way a mobile spirit night works is that Chic-fil-A will give me 15% of the total sales of mobile orders that enter the code: “Eagle“, in the special instructions when placing an order on either the Chic-fil-A app or website. The orders must be placed during the 5pm – 8pm window, and they must be mobile orders, in store purchases do not count. Thank you for your support.
From,
Rickey Rennard

Troop Meeting
2022-09-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
Our meetings will be at the Norwood Elementary school this year. Our first meeting will be on Monday evening, September 12, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
Hope to see you all there.

Troop Meeting
2022-09-19 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-10-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-10-24 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
We will be working on where the boys are to get ready for the COH

Sunday Mums Order Distribution
2022-10-02 09:30 - 11:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
The Orders pickup will be from 9:30 am to 11:00 am at Norwood Elementary School. They will be delivered to the school hopefully around 6:35 in the morning, and there will be around 800 plants, so we need help with sorting the orders. No orders will be picked up until they are all sorted out.

Troop Meeting
2022-10-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
This is a Court of Honor evening where the boys will receive the awards they have earned over the summer.
This meeting will be at Norwood Ave School, 7:30 to 9:00 pm, Class A uniforms

BJs Food Shopping
2022-10-20 19:30 - 21:00 | BJ’s Wholesale Club, 4000 Nesconset Hwy, E. Setauket, NY, 11733, United States
We will be shopping for the food the boys want to eat on the campout at 7:30 pm at BJs in Setauket
This usually takes about 45 minutes to an hour, no uniforms.

Cathedral Pines Bike Campout
2022-10-22 09:00 - 2022-10-23 12:00 | Cathedral Pines, 116 Yaphank Middle Island Rd, Middle Island,, NY, 11953
This is a bike campout for the boys. Last time we had good participation and I barely fit all the bikes, so I can use some help with transporting the bikes this time. Cathedral Pines is in Middle Island, so it is close and the boys can come and go as they need to work with their weekend schedules.
The cost for the campout is going to be $15 for the food for the boys, adults are free.

Webelos Woods
2022-11-04 17:00 - 2022-11-06 11:00 | Baiting Hollow Scout Camp, 1774 Sound Ave, Calverton, 11933, United States
This is the Webelos Woods campout weekend. The details are in a separate email. We will meet at the high school tennis courts to travel out to Baiting Hollow at 5:00 pm. We will be coming home Sunday morning at around mid-morning. We will call you when we get close to the high school. The cost will be $20 per boy, the adults are free. The money is for the food, and the patch. We may need some help taking the boys to and from camp.
Webelos Woods Map

Troop Meeting
2022-11-07 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 unforms for those that attended Webelos Woods, Class A uniforms for everyone else.

Troop Meeting
2022-11-14 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-12-12 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

Troop Meeting
2022-11-28 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
Continuing with Cit in Society, and some advancement.

Troop Meeting
2022-12-05 19:30 - 21:00 | NY
We are all meeting at the fire department building on Old Town Road near Buttercup’s Dairy Store.
Monday evening, 12/5/2022, 7:30 to 8:30 pm, Class A uniforms, there is a link below.
This is part of our work on the Fire Safety merit badge, and the boys need this visit to a fire house for the badge.
Thank you very much Steven Poulos for helping set this up!
Fire House #2

Holiday Party
2022-12-19 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
This will be the holiday party night for the boys.
There will be a grab bag gift exchange. The gifts should be no more than $25.00.
It should be wrapped and not necessarily scout related, but appropriate for the boys.
There will be drinks and snacks, I will ask for volunteers when it gets closer to the date.

Troop Meeting
2023-01-09 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 A uniforms.
Welcome to the New Year

Aviation Merit Badge
2023-01-14 07:45 - 15:45, 2023-01-15 07:45 - 15:45 | NY
Mr. Markowitz is offering to run an Aviation Merit badge program in January.
It will be Saturday 1/14, and Sunday 1/15, 7:45 to 3:45 both days.
The boys need to be there both days, and the whole badge will be earned.
The program is being run at the Civil Air Patrol Headquarters in Holbrook.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided and the cost is $40 for the facilities and the food.
There is a flier attached, and he is offering it to us first, there is limited space, first come, first served.
He will open it up to other scouts later, but he is offering it to us first.
So we need to get back to him by the Monday December 19th meeting and after that he will open it to other troops.
So think about it, and you can let Mr. Markowitz or myself know if your son wants to attend.
Aviation Merit Badge Flyer
