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Scouts Takeover the LECOM Arena for Scouting’s Birthday

By Paula Umber, February 2025 On Saturday, February 8th, Scouts from the Winding Rivers District celebrated the birth of Scouting with Scouts Take Over the Arena at the Elmira LECOM Event Center. Almost 100 scouts, families and friends started with an open skate sponsored by Waverly VFW Post 8104. Even with an incoming snowstorm, many stayed to watch the home...
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February 2025 Newsletter

  Enjoy our February 2025 Newsletter, featuring a profile of Eagle Scout Matthew Killian, an Order of the Arrow update, Scouting for Food information, and more! 
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Eagle Scout News

Eagle Scout Matthew Killian’s Hull House Tree Service Project

By Megan Coppersmith Szerwo, February 2025 In June 2023, Lancaster High School student and Eagle Scout Matthew Killian led 40 volunteers in planting 28 white pines and building 100 feet of snow fencing behind the Hull Family Burial Plot on the grounds of the Hull Family Home in Lancaster, NY. Matthew made Eagle Scout as a member of Troop 601...
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January 2025 Newsletter

  Enjoy our January 2025 Newsletter, featuring a profile of Brandon Blatz, Cub Winter Fun Day, an impressive Eagle Scout, fundraising information, and more! 
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Eagle Scout News

Troop 4018 Scout receives service academy nominations

December 2024 Eagle Scout and Athens Area High School senior Pierce Oldroyd of Troop 4018 (Sayre, PA) has been nominated by PA's 9th District Congress Member Dan Meuser to attend not one, but all three major U.S. service academies: the United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy.  Pierce...
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Staff Spotlight: Brandon Blatz, North Star District Director and 2025 Scouthaven Camp Director

By Megan Coppersmith Szerwo, January 2025 Brandon Blatz is well-known in Western New York’s Scouting community. Born and raised in Amherst, NY, Scouting was important to Brandon and his family. His father Bob, is the Operations Director for Great Falls Council. Brandon earned his Eagle Scout in December 2012 and was awarded Venturing’s highest rank, the Summit Award, in November...
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Happy New Year!

  Enjoy our New Year's message! 
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December 2024 Newsletter

Enjoy our December 2024 Newsletter, featuring a Klondike write-up, staff profile of Paula Umber, training information, and more! 
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