Registration Goes LIVE – September 1, 2022
Registration for the Goshen 2023 Summer Season will go live on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Find out more about the Goshen camps and programs at www.gotogoshen.org
Labor Day Family Camp – September 2-5, 2022
Enjoy a weekend with family and friends at the Goshen Scout Reservation family for Labor Day Family Camp! Available program areas will include Aquatics (swimming and boating), COPE and Climbing (giant swing, rock climbing), Shooting Sports (rifles, archery), and Handicraft (arts and crafts).
Register for Family Camp: www.gotogoshen.org/family-camp
Goshen Staff and volunteers supply all the program. You just need to bring your own food and camping equipment!
New this fall and one time only – Merit Badge Make-ups! Scouts with partial merit badges from the summer can bring their records and finish up the last few requirements with some of our counselors from the summer.
Fall Alumni Work Weekend – October 7-9, 2022
Goshen Scout Reservation Staff Alumni are invited by the Goshen Staff Alumni Association (GSAA) for a fall work weekend! Open to staff alumni from any Goshen camp and any friends or family who want to help out, ages 18 and up. We’ll be fixing, painting, building, maintaining, and doing other such work on many projects around the Reservation. Meet other staff alumni new and old, spend some time at Goshen, and help us prepare for the next season of summer camp!
More information and registration can be found here: www.gotogoshen.org/gsaasw
Volunteer Work Weekend – October 28-30, 2022
Units and volunteers are invited for a fall work weekend to assist in camp beautification! Open to members of the scouting community, participants will assist in painting, brush clearing, and other beautification tasks.
Participants should bring their own food and tents. More information and registration link to follow.
Then the call came through. Assistant Scoutmaster, Bill Schmidt, sent out a request that everyone come to his house. His neighborhood had been hit by a tornado and the community needed help. Every family that was heading to the Legion changed course and went to Mr. Schmidt’s. There they found seven large trees blocking two roads.
The County Executive came by, saw the work, and gave her thanks.
In honor of Earth Day 2021 and every day for Scouts, members of Scouts BSA Troop 1191G and 1191B, Mount Airy rendered community service by clearing trails of invasive plants and removing trash from the waterway on the trails at Gillis Falls, Salt Box area. Scouts focus on conservation projects throughout the year, often completing service for town and county governments as well as civic organizations. For the month of April, Troop 1191G is furthering their knowledge of the environment by focusing on requirements for the Sustainability Merit Badge, one of the two choices for the environmental focused required merit badge that Scouts must earn for the rank of Eagle. Conservation and environmental studies have been a long standing focus for the Boy Scouts of America since 1910. Among the interesting artifacts recovered during their conservation work were a turntable, computer, pool ball, and half of a metal drum. The most significant recoveries of the morning were 31 tires and 3 bicycles.
On January 20, 2020, Troop 544 traveled to downtown Franklin Square Park in Washington D.C. to distribute over 50 blessing bags to the less fortunate. Most of the persons in the park are homeless. The bags were created from donations from the scouts and their families. Items were gathered and assembled at the Troop meeting the Saturday before.
We had a great turn out for both events. The scouts were very eager to provide service to others, which made the leadership very proud. They not only were obeying the scout law and oath, but they also practiced the motto of doing a good turn daily.
