Scouts and leaders arrive by 2:15pm to review Ceremony.  Wear Class A uniform.  Friendship Hall.  3pm start with family and friends.  Food and refreshments following the Ceremony.

Robert Nolan will share his life adventure in completing a 700 mile canoe journey from New York to northern Maine along the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (https://www.northernforestcanoetrail.org/).  Parents / relatives are welcome to attend along with their Scouts.  This type of experience may spark interest in a Scout to one day form a Crew to attend a high adventure trip whether at one of BSA's national high adventure camps, a local camp such as NNJBSA Floodwood, or perhaps creating an individual trek.

My project will involve many fixes and improvements to our Lyman Park, including replacing the net and backboard on the basketball hoop in the parking lot, adding a three-point line and a foul shot key to the parking lot area around the net, replacing the playground mulch, leveling a 20x20 area to be filled with crushed stone (held in place by railroad ties), constructing / placing picnic tables and a trash can to create a picnic area, and cleaning up the general area around the Park.  I encourage volunteers to bring landscaping tools / gloves. 

Troop 144 will be entering a lottery for an opportunity to camp on the corporate campus of Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford CT from Friday September 20th through Sunday September 22nd.   Plans for this event are in the very preliminary stage.  This will be a unique opportunity to tour the amazing Sikorsky helicopter factory including some normally restricted areas and get some close-up time with helicopter exhibits and the engineers who design and develop them.  THIS TRIP WILL BE LIMITED TO SIX SCOUTS AND TWO LEADERS.  Scouts must be at least 14 years old and First Class rank on September 21, 2024.  Cost of the trip is $95.  Scouts are encouraged to return a permission slip expressing interest as soon as possible since we will be limited to six scouts.  Questions can be addressed to Mr. Roby (pmroby@aol.com) or Mr. Jurewicz (mejurewicz@gmail.com).     

Hello Troop 144!   Please let me know if you can volunteer your time on SATURDAY, APRIL 20th (rain date SUNDAY APRIL 21st) to help with my eagle project, which will be to build a bocce ball court at PV Park.   We will likely start in the morning, but whatever portion of time you can stop by to help would be much appreciated.    As part of this project, we'll be building a wood frame exterior and filling the inside with layers of stone, rock, sand.   If anyone can bring or loan wheelbarrows & shovels for the weekend of April 20th, please let me know.    If you would like to donate towards the cost of materials, please see this link:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-fund-sean-ryans-pequannock-eagle-projects.     Thank you all for your support, Ryan  (201) 739-9105

Tent Camping Weekend Stokes State Forest - April 26 to 28th 2024

Two nights of tent camping in beautiful Stokes State Forest in Sussex County NJ. Excellent opportunity to work on outdoor scout skills, complete advancement or merit badge requirements, and experience the magnificent vistas on a day hike. We will be camping along the shores of Lake Ashroe (formerly part of Kittatinny Scout Reservation)
The cost is $35 per scout