Port Jefferson Station - BSA Troop 354

Troop Meeting
2023-04-03 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 A uniforms.

Troop Meeting
2023-03-27 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-03-13 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-02-13 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-01-23 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.

Andrew's Top Gun 5k event
2023-03-25
Alex and Rob DeStefano are registered for the event and organizing a team.
For those interested in joining their team, the registration link is:
https://runsignup.com/Race/Register/RaceGroup-1?raceId=122483

Narcan Training
2023-03-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Elk’s Lodge, 41 Horseblock Road, Centereach, NY, 11720, United States
The Narcan training I mentioned is happening tonight. It is at the Elks lodge, 41 Horseblock Road, Centereach, NY, at 7:00 pm
It will probably be about an hour. No uniforms, very informal, everyone welcome.
There is no cost and nothing to bring with you. The police will be there explaining about the overdose issues, and Narcan.
Anyone under the age of 18 needs to have a parent there in order to receive a Narcan package. But again everyone is welcome all ages, and it’s always good to know about this even if you don’t receive a package.

Troop Meeting
2023-03-20 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-12-12 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-11-14 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

Skating Merit Badge
2023-03-11 10:00 - 12:00
Mr. Reed will be running a skating merit badge session at the skating rink in Port Jefferson
10:00 am to approximately 12:00 noon, skating, rentals, pizza and soda afterwards, cost TBD.
To earn the badge you must stay for the training after the skating.
There will be a separate email about this very soon, we are still working on the details.

Troop Meeting
2023-03-06 19:30 - 21:00
Our meeting tonight has been moved from Norwood Elementary school to the high school in the G.I.R. room.
Same times, 7:30 to 9:00 pm, class A uniforms, we are working on disabilities merit badge.
Drop off at the main entrance to the high school, where the flag and the circle is.

Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast
2023-03-04 08:00 - 10:00 | Applebee’s, 355 NY-25A, Miller Place, 11764, United States
Boy Scout Troop 354 is having their 10 th annual Applebee’s Pancake Breakfast
Fundraiser on Saturday, March 4 th , 2023. We are a local Boy Scout Troop in Port
Jefferson Station NY that has been in existence for over 50 years, and we are
chartered by the BPO Elks Lodge 2138. In our tenure, we have generated over 80
Eagle Scouts, and their projects have served many non-profit organizations in our
community. During our breakfast we will have some raffles, and as the
Scoutmaster of Troop 354, I am writing you this letter in the hopes of a donation
from your organization to make this fundraiser successful. If you have any
questions, please contact me at (631) 331-3587.
Our Annual Applebee’s Pancake Breakfast is here Saturday, March 4, 2023!

Tickets – $12.00 per person or Family Four Pack $44.00
A flier with all the information is attached, please start selling tickets for this event, we need to guarantee 100 people.
Applebee’s did raise prices this year by $2.00 a ticket. However, the Boys will still earn between $5.00-$6.00 per ticket sold.

Please print and fill out the attached order formand return with full payment to Liz Roder by February 27, 2023 @ 42 Linda Street Port Jefferson Station OR Drop off at the Scout COH 2/27.
Please have your guests pay you up front to reserve their seats. Checks made payable to “BSA Troop 354”
Purchased tickets will be at the hostess station that morning. Tickets are not given out beforehand. Your guest will give your scout’s name, we will seat them and give them their tickets for breakfast.
We will have a very limited number of tickets at the door, so PLEASE have your guest purchase tickets ahead of time. We will not be able to guarantee entry if paying at the door this year.

BASKETS– We will continue with our raffle baskets and 50/50 this year. We are in need of donated filled baskets, scouts can either purchase stuff to make a basket or go to our local merchandise stores for donations, a donation letter is attached. Andrea Febles will be handling basket donations this year. You can email Andrea cakepopsbyangie@gmail.com or text 631-375-4228. All baskets are due no later than February 24th.
You can drop your basket off to Andrea @ 126 Montrose Drive, PJS or baskets can be brought to any scout meeting before the due date.
PLEASE DO NOT Drop Off Ticket orders to Andrea, just baskets.
Helpers– Our event is a Scout/Parent run event! We will need plenty of help that day! We will need Kitchen Expeditors, Servers, Bussers, Help Selling Raffle tickets, Seaters and people to help clean up. Only thing we don’t do is Cook! All helpers MUST arrive by 7:30 AM to fill out waivers and tour the restaurant before we start. Guests will not be seated or served before 8:00 AM.
Boys & Leaders should wear Class B shirts.
Anyone attending, whether they are helpers, or not, everyone including scouts will need tickets for the breakfast.
It will be a great day, with plenty of fun to be had! Let’s support our Boys & Troop by getting those tickets sold and our raffle baskets donated.
If you have any questions PLEASE contact me, Liz Roder via email riverqueen524roder@gmail.com or text/call cell 631-974-2968.
Applebees DonationLetter_3_4_2023
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Troop 354 Applebee’s Pancake Breakfast Scout Order Form 2023

Troop Meeting
2023-02-27 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.
Pack 354 and Pack 120 Webelos will be visiting with this night.
We will have several stations of demonstrations for them.

Schiff/Riverhead Aquarium Trip
2023-02-18 09:00 - 2023-02-19 12:00
We have planned a trip to Schiff Scout camp in Wading River from Saturday 2/18/2023 to Sunday 2/19/2023.
We will gather at the high school tennis parking lot at 9:00 am on Saturday morning.
We will drive out to Schiff Scout camp and be staying in the Smith Cabin in camp.
We will get situated at camp, have lunch, and then travel out to the Riverhead Aquarium where we will stay until 5:00 pm.
We will come back to the Schiff Scout camp at night and have a Pizza dinner, and be staying overnight.
I plan on showing a movie or two that night.
We will have breakfast on Sunday morning, and be coming home by noon.
The cost will be $35.00 per boy, and $15.00 per adult.
We will need help with a couple of adults coming along, and help with transportation.
You can come out late, or leave early if that works for you, just let me know what you need to do.
Please let me know if your boy is coming along and hand in your payment at the Court of Honor at Norwood School on Monday 2/6/23.
Also let me know if you would like to come along with us, and/or can help with transportation.
We will be shopping for the food for the trip on Thursday evening 2/16/23, 7:30 pm at BJs in Setauket
Email me with any questions.

BJ Shopping
2023-02-16 19:30 - 20:30 | BJ’s Wholesale Club, 4000 Nesconset Hwy, E. Setauket, NY, 11733, United States
Shopping for this weekends trip.

Court of Honor Night
2023-02-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776

Game Night
2023-01-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776

Aviation Merit Badge
2023-01-15 07:45 - 15:45, 2023-01-14 07:45 - 15:45
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

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

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
2022-12-05 19:30 - 21:00
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

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
2022-11-07 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.

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
2022-10-24 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-10-17 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

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.

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.
