Troop 290 is located in Colts Neck, New Jersey. We are in
the Battleground
District of the Monmouth
Council and we are sponsored by the Colts Neck Fire Department.
The Troop meets 7:30 to 9 pm, Wednesday evenings at the Colts Neck Firehouse
#1, on Route 537 west of Route 34.
Meeting activities planned by the Scouts themselves include learning and
practicing Scouting skills, planning trips and special activities, working on
merit badges or other projects of interest to the Scouts, games, and fun.
The Troop consists of three patrols:
Bullets
Elite
Eight
Flamers
Committee Info:
Troop 290 is supported by a committee made up of the parents and adult
leaders of the troop. The committee
meets once a month at Saint Mary's spiritual center on the first Tuesday of
each month after Cub Scout committee meeting, at 8:45 PM.
The committee members have responsibilities for a variety of functions for
the Troop, a listing is provided at: Committee
members
The minutes of the committee
meetings are available at: minutes.
Upcoming Events and Announcements
Winter Camping on January 25-27 2001
Battleship Massachusetts Feb 23-24, 2002 Check out the pictures at: www.battleshipcove.org
Calendar for 2002
Recent Events and Photos:
Oct 2-3
Beach Jam'99 at Wildwood Beach Trip
June 25-27
Radio-A-Thon at Buck's Mill Camp Trip
June 11-12 White Water Canoe / Kiyak Trip
May 31 Memorial Day Parade
May 15 Dover AFB Air Show Trip
April 9-11
Wharton State Forest Camp Trip
March 5-7
Ski Trip
Klondike
Derby February 13, 1999
The first weekend of February we went to No Be Bo
Sco Scout Reservation
In
December we took a 10 mile hile along the Delaware/Raritan Canal, take a look!
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In Service to the Community:
Big Brook March 27, 1999
Big Brook May 30, 1998
Big Brook April 18-21,
1998
Big Brook April 4, 1998
Big
Brook Virtual Tour - Check it out!
Other troop pages:
Troop 290 Code of Conduct
Troop
Library
Complete
Roster
March
99 Newsletter
Troop
Activities Calendar
Scouting Leader Recognition Information
Guide to BSA Leadership
Awards (Knots)
Board of Review related
Guide to Boards of
Review
Boards of
Review Questions
Merit Badge related
Comprehensive list of
links ordered by Merit Badge
Merit Badge requirements
Listing of all BSA Merit
Badges since the beginning
Merit Badge
Counselor Instruction Guide
Eagle Scout related
Tips for Eagle Advisors
http://nerc2.nerc.com/~gwc/gwc/eagle/eagle.html
Guidelines for Earning Your Eagle Rank from George Washington Council
Eagle Scout Service
Project Planning Guide
Eagle Letter List
Eagle Scout Charge or
Challenge
Eagle Commendation
Letter Addresses and Examples
The Eagle Scout Resources
National Eagle Scout
Association Unofficial site
C.O.P.E. / High Adventure Related
Camping with COPE facilities
BSA High Adventure
& COPE links
What is C.O.P.E.?
Regional (NJ) Outdoors/Camping Facilities
Delaware
Water Gap NRS
High Point State Park
Morris County Trails
Mohican
Outdoor Center
NJ Appalachian Trail
NJ Online listing of State
Parks
NJ Chapter of Appalachian Mountain Club
NJ
State Park Phone #s
Outdoors/Camping Magazines & Publications
Backpackers
Magazine Basecamp
Ecologists Hike Southcentral region
of Pennsylvania.
Wilderness Way
Online
Other Scouting resources On The Web
The Worship Handbook
Many resources for worship services both indoors and outdoors
Scouting
forms on-line
The CAC Cyberbase
The Scoutmaster's
Rocking Chair
The Mac Scouter
Scout-O-Rama
Boy Scouts of America. The "OFFICIAL"
World Wide Web site of the BSA.
The U.S. Scouting Service Project.
The Virtual Campsite
WWW Page for International Scouting. A
WWW look at Scouting around the World.
Yahoo
Scouting Links
"May
the Great Scoutmaster of all good Scouts, be with you till we meet again."
BE PREPARED
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