Activites

July 2024 A group of youths and adults from the Five Rivers Council realized a dream come true this summer at Sea Base, one of Scouting America’s High Adventure Bases, located in the Florida Keys. The participants were members of Venturing Crew 4020 as well as Scout Troop 4049 (Troy, PA) and Troop 4018 (Sayre, PA). The youth attendees had...

June 2024 As Camp Gorton celebrates a monumental milestone of 100 years, it's celebrating the legacies, traditions, and the enduring spirit of Scouting in the Finger Lakes. Camp Gorton has been a home away from home for countless Scouts, including four generations of the Sherburne and Gray families.  The Sherburne-Gray Legacy John Sherburne was 12 years old in the camp's...

May 2024  Over 73 youth and adults from eight area Scout Troops participated in the 2024 Big Horn Camporee at the Sullivan Trail Rod & Gun Club. Over 33 volunteers from organizations including:  Chemung County Bassmasters Chemung Valley Ridgerunners (National Wild Turkey Federation) Five Rivers Council, Scouting America Sullivan Trail Rod & Gun Club Trout Unlimited - Catherine Creek Chapter...

December 2023 Scout Troop 84 Boys and Girls in Horseheads, NY continued their annual Aquanaut Adventure this past December at the Horseheads High School swimming pool. Cub Scouts in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades from six different Packs came to learn swimming strokes, rescue methods, boating safety, and earn swim classifications needed to advance to their next Cub Scout ranks....

November 2023 Cub Scout Pack 30 in Troy, PA literally made trash into treasure in the fall of 2023, and helped their chartered organization remember a beloved member at the same time. Darrell Chumard, a long-time member of the Olde Covert Church in Troy, PA and the Four-Corners Hunting Camp, passed away in September. To honor his memory, friends and...