Waterville Troop 108

We have set a departure time for the May campout - 2:45pm May 15th from the WCS High School. On the REFERENCE tab of this website you will find two helpful items:
1- a list of backpacking gear to bring (scroll down to equipment lists and click on light backpacking gear list)
2- the campout activity form with other details

This year’s May Campout is proving to be one of the cooler ones we’ve taken in a while. Camp Santanoni Preserve, in Newcomb, NY, is a beautiful 13,000 acre forest preserve and National Historic Landmark acquired by New York State in 1972. We will be driving the 2 ½ hours to Newcomb, then hiking or mountain biking 5 miles in to our site.

This is a backpacking style campout. Pack lightly, we will be hiking 5 miles each direction. If you plan on bringing your mountain bike, remember that YOU will be riding with your full backpack and you will go nowhere if you don’t have a helmet.

Mr. Mowrey has arranged for us to camp just outside of Leonardsville for our April Campout! Only a one nighter, this campout will be backpacking style. The troop will hike in with full packs a couple of miles to the intended site. Scouts will need to bring their own backpack appropriate (non-squishable) lunch and two quarts or Nalgene bottles of water.

This will be a fun campout, and a brief message for parents to give to the older scouts: there will be Christmas trees involved in the evening......they'll know what I'm talking about!

Troop 108 will be having their annual Bowl-A-Ree on Wednesday, April 22nd from 6pm-8:15pm at the Oriskany Falls Bowling Center. All money collected will be donated to the Waterville Area Food Pantry. Scouts should bring all collected money and $7.50 for bowling fees to the bowling center that night. Please note the collection form on the Reference Page above.

Our March campout will be Saturday, March 28-Sunday, March 29 at Colgate University. Colgate is letting us camp in their nature preserve, behind the campus. In addition, we will be spending several hours at their Rock Climbing Wall! Boys will need to make sure they have loose jeans or shorts and sneakers for the rock wall. Hiking boots will not work on the wall. The Activity form and the Wall Waiver can be found under 'Reference' above. Boys cannot climb the rock wall without the Wall Waiver signed by their parents.

The Biathlon 2009 results are in! It was a very successful event, with about 30 scouts participating from 4 troops, including 108. Thanks go out to the Cassety Hollow Rod & Gun Club, plus all the adult volunteers, for putting together such a fantastic event!

Older group winners:
1st Alec S. T-108
2nd Chase R. T-39
3rd Pat B. T-108
Younger group winners:
1st Richard W. T-39
2nd Justin M. T-2
3rd Daniel K. T-2

Hello Troop 108 Families,

The Cassety Hollow Rod & Gun Club is once again holding a biathlon on Saturday, February 28th for not only scouts from Troop 108 but neighboring troops as well. Information will be given out at the Court of Honor Dinner on Thursday. Handouts are available under the 'Reference' tab above.

This will also be our February campout for a one night campout.

Waterville Troop 108 will be going to Cedarlands Scout Reservation in Long Lake
Sunday, July 12th-Saturday, July 18th.

Cost will be approximately $250 per scout:
$50 per camper is due Feb. 13th, with the remainder due by April 22nd.

New scouts and Webelos crossovers: payment is due in full by May 23rd .

Scout account balances (from popcorn sales) may be applied toward camp cost. Scholarships are available. Please ask.
Questions? Call Bill Strohmeyer at 841-3471.

Don’t forget, the calendar, including meeting dates and time, is kept up to date on our website:
http://watervilletroop108.org/cms/calendar

Bill Strohmeyer
Troop 108 Scoutmaster

Happy New Year!
Your scout(s) should have brought home an Activity Form for the January Campout last night. We are doing a one night campout at Camp Kingsley, Saturday January 31st-Sunday, February 1st. This is the Annual Klondike Derby, with games and contests between multiple area troops. Serious fun. And I mean that: cardboard/duct tape sled races can’t be beat!