On Tuesday, May 15th Gary Buchalski met with his Eagle Board of Review and they unanimously voted to award Gary Scouting's Highest Rank - The Eagle Scout Award.

Instead of our usual meeting at the Church, THIS SUNDAY's MEETING (May 20th) has been moved to the Leavey house for a joint meeting with the troop to conduct Swim tests - and have some early summer fun. If we are going to have any aquatics activities - like a canoe or rafting trip - BSA requires that members be swim tested before they go - that is ALL members - youth and adult. So,since Mr. Leavey has so graciously offered up his pool to conduct the swim classification test we would like as many of you as possible to be there. The tests will be conducted by a certified life guard - our own Cynthia Leavey. Here are the test levels:

As a reminder, the next Troop meeting will be held this Sunday, May 20th at Assistant Scout Master Chris Leavey's house. Mr. Leavey has so graciously offered up his pool to conduct the pre-camp swim classification test for the boys in advance of the start of summer camp. Ockanickon Scout Reservation strongly encourages units to complete their swim tests prior to camp. Doing so can shave much time off of our Unit check-in and help Scouts succeed without the pressure of the arrival at camp. If they cannot make the pre-camp swim test, that's ok, they will be able to do it at camp with the rest of the campers, however, we highly recommend doing it now vs. later. They will be tested on the below classifications by a certified life guard.

To all,

If you have not already paid in full, don’t forget to send in your summer camp balance by this Sunday, April 22nd. The balance due is $342 ($392 less $50 deposit). After April 22nd the total due will jump to $433 except for the special Webelos cross over rate of $392 valid until 5/20 but on a space available basis only after 4/22. Please refer to the 2012 summer camp information page link on the left side bar of this website for the payment schedule. You can also access it through this link: http://www.troop38olssa.org/node/1398.

Although there is a Troop trip this weekend, we WILL be having a brief troop meeting this Sunday , Green Bar 6:30, Regular meeting 7 PM in the Lower Church to discuss plans for the Camporee. We will also be have a crew meeting at 5:30 PM. Let us know you are coming on the Website. http://troop38olssa.org/home

To all going on the Gettysburg trip,

We plan on meeting at OLS at 6:00 PM Friday evening. The troop has tents and camping equipment for all scouts. Each scout should bring: