Port Jefferson Station - BSA Troop 354

Troop Meeting
2024-04-08 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | 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.
Working on Citizenship in the Community MB, Coin Collecting MB, and Personal Fitness MB

No Meeting
2024-04-01 19:30 - 21:00
No Scout meeting this night, Easter Monday and School is closed.

Personal Fitness Merit Badge
2024-03-30 12:00 - 14:00 | JFK Middle School, 200 Jayne Blvd, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776, United States
Personal Fitness Merit Badge Startup is Saturday 3/30/24, at 12:00 noon at the JFK Middle School Track. Please be prompt and bring the following. Remember this merit badge is typically done by the older boys, but all are welcome to work on it and no one will be turned away.

Dress for exercise and the weather, dress in layers.
Bring someone with you to keep your exercise counts and timing.
A towel to lie on
Water to drink
The Personal Fitness Merit Badge workbook (file attached)
Pencil or pen
Yard stick or tape measure for the stretching exercises

Andrew McMorris 5K Run Team
2024-03-30
Mr. DeStefano has registered and created a team for the annual Andrew McMorris run at Calverton.
The team name is “354 Scouts” and the link to register is here: https://runsignup.com/Race/Register/RaceGroup-1?raceId=122483
There are several options for joining, have a look at the link.

Troop Meeting
2024-03-25 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-03-11 19:30 - 21:00, 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.

Troop Meeting
2024-03-18 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.
Working on Cit in the Community MB, Coin Collecting MB, and Personal Fitness MB.

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser
2024-03-16 08:00 - 10:00 | Applebee’s, 355 NY-25A, Miller Place, 11764, United States
The fundraiser will be at the Applebee’s in Miller Place from 8:00-10:00am. Helpers should arrive at least 20 minutes early in class B uniform.

Troop Meeting
2024-03-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
Class A uniforms, 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria.

Troop Meeting
2024-02-26 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.
Pack 354 Webelos will be visiting with us this evening.
We will be running our typical stations for the Pack visit.

No Meeting
2024-02-19 19:30 - 21:00
There is no meeting on 02/19 for President’s Day.

Troop Meeting
2024-02-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
This is a Game Night. The youths should bring any games with them they want to enjoy this evening.
Class B uniforms, 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria.

Court Of Honor
2024-02-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwood Avenue School, 290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776
Everyone will receive the advancements they have earned over the past few months.
Class A uniforms, 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria.
Parents may attend to see their youths receive their awards.

Skating Merit Badge
2024-02-03 10:00 - 12:00
Mr. Reed has agreed to run a Skating Merit badge session on Saturday February 3rd at the Rinx skating rink at the Port Jefferson Village Center. The session will run from 10:00 am to approximately Noon. There will first be skating time with Mr. Reed running the merit badge class, and then we will come into the building to attend a class session to cover the rest of the merit badge requirements, and there will be pizza and soda served at that time. Be sure to arrive a little early to allow for time to get your skates, and put them on. Make sure you wear some warm socks and clothing. The cost will be $25.00 per person, and you will be able to earn the whole merit badge that day. Please let me know if you plan on attending by Wednesday of next week (1/31) by responding to this email. If you want to come and just do some skating, and not be a part of the merit badge and party, you would just pay the normal skate rentals and access rates. See the link below for those rates.
https://www.therinx.com/public-skating-at-pj

Troop Meeting
2023-11-06 19:30 - 21:00
Class B uniforms for those that attended Webelos Woods, Class A uniforms for everyone else.
7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria.

Webelos Woods
2023-11-03 16:00 - 2023-11-05 13:00
This is the annual Webelos Woods camping trip where we camp at Baiting Hollow Scout camp for two nights, and work with the Webelos Cub Scouts to show them some of what the next level, Scouts is about.
Details in a separate email.

Troop Meeting
2023-10-30 19:30 - 21:00
Class B uniforms, 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria. Working on Search and Rescue merit badge and getting ready for Webelos Woods Camping trip.
Be safe for Halloween!!

Troop Meeting
2023-10-23 19:30 - 21:00
Class B uniforms, 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Norwood Elementary school cafeteria. Working on Search and Rescue merit badge.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
2023-09-11 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

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

Jake Gulyansky’s Eagle Scout Project
2023-07-27 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-25 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.

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