Submitted by G. Minieri
Warren’s Boy Scout Troop 228 will hold their annual Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser on Saturday, April 21, 2018, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Our Lady of the Mount Church, on Mount Bethel Road in Warren, New Jersey. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for children and seniors. The dinner includes salad greens, garlic bread, spaghetti and meatballs with our special homemade fresh sauce, as well as drinks and delicious homemade desserts. An attractive advertising booklet is also distributed to all attendees. Any business or service looking to advertise while helping to support scouting can place a business card, half page, or full-page size ad. For more information or to purchase tickets, please email troop228warren@gmail.com.
Troop 228 has been very active. “Scouting Sunday” was recognized on Sunday, March 3, 2018, by attending service with our sponsoring organization, Mount Horeb United Methodist Church. The Troop also recently welcomed graduating AOLs from Warren’s Cub Scout Pack 182 into Boy Scouts. Those fifth-grade scouts are now participants in the Boy Scout program, which develops leadership skills and fosters personal growth. A core part of the program is the opportunity to learn through earning merit badges. There are over 100 merit badges that a scout may achieve during their time as a Boy Scout. Twenty-one merit badges are required to achieve Eagle Scout. Thirteen of those merit badges must come from a list that includes badges which work on a scout’s health, service to community, and family life. Our troop currently has an active group working on achieving one of those merit badges, the Personal Fitness merit badge. The Personal Fitness merit badge will take each of these participants approximately six months to earn, and includes components of aerobic fitness, flexibility, and strength. This comprehensive merit badge also requires each of the scouts to research how to keep themselves healthy through nutrition, exercise, the avoidance of harmful substances, and healthy social and emotional interactions.
On February 24, 2018, the troop also had the privilege to support Andrew Roth at his Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ceremony. Andrew’s Eagle project included the installation of a stone labyrinth at Wagner Farm Arboretum. Congressman Leonard Lance was in attendance to help us honor Andrew. Troop 228 had 10 scouts achieve the rank of Eagle in 2017. They were honored at the Patriots’ Path Council Eagle recognition dinner in January.
If you would like more information about joining Boy Scout Troop 228, please email troop228warren@gmail.com.
(above, l-r) Scouts attending Scouting Sunday Service at Mount Horeb United Methodist Church include: Buddy Steen, Nolan Brunner, Nathaniel Holl (SPL), and Andrew Conway, as well as Scout Master Michael Fogarty.
(above, l-r) Scouts were recently working on their Personal Fitness Merit Badge, at WHRHS track. They are: Zack Micheller, Landon Bush, Arnav Patel, Nolan Brunner, Tej Jasti, Harrison Bush, Alex Huang and Andrew Conway
(above) Congressman Leonard Lance honors Andrew Roth at his Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ceremony on February 24, 2018.
(above, l-r) Pictured are Eagle Scouts Brady Pilsbury, Dillon Monti, Michael Maloney, David Cantone, and Andrew Roth. (Photo credit: Nikki Monti).
Not pictured, but also achieving Eagle Scout in 2017, were Peter Fogarty, David Alexander, Kyle Glorius-Patrick, Arjun Mahal, and Parth Patel.
