03/04/13 Special~ St. James Court of Honor Troop 276 Activity History 03/09/13 Special~ 6 Hampden Twp Recreation Bldg 3rd Annual Pancake Breakfast This was our troop s 3 rd annual pancake breakfast. This event took place at the Hampden township Recreation building. 03/11/13 Meeting~ St. James 03/16/13 Hiking Geocashing MB Geocashing MB Day with Mr. Devlin 03/25/13 Meeting~ St. James Worked on Geocaching merit badge as well. 04/08/13 Special~ St. James Eagle COH Matt Wickens/Brett Ward The eagle scout court of honor for Matt Wickens and Brett Ward 04/15/13 Meeting~ St. James Planning for Spring Camp 04/19/13 Camping 2 Spring Tent Camping Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation 04/29/13 Meeting~ St. James 05/06/13 Meeting~ St. James 05/13/13 Meeting~ St. James 05/17/13 Camping 2 Cherry Hill Mario Gordon 06/03/13 Meeting~ St. James Trailer Cleanout 06/10/13 Meeting~ St. James Summer Camp Prep - Ryan Gordon 06/16/13 Camping 7 Summer Camp For this year s summer camp, we went up to Camp Bayshore for the week. It was a fun week that ended in a camp wide pizza party. 06/17/13 Meeting~ St. James 07/01/13 Meeting~ St. James Creekview - Ultimate Frisbee 07/08/13 Meeting~ St. James Merit Badge Session 07/10/13 Camping 4 Backpacking - Loyalsock Trail 07/20/13 Serv Proj Cody Gies Service Project 07/22/13 Meeting~ St. James Plan Dodge Ball / Laser Tag 07/27/13 Camping 1 Mr. Gordon's House Laser Tag - Party
08/02/13 Serv Proj Service Projects for Kyle 08/05/13 Meeting~ St. James 08/16/13 Camping 2 Hidden Valley O/A Ordeal 08/19/13 Meeting~ St. James 08/26/13 Meeting~ St. James 09/06/13 Camping 2 Canoeing 09/16/13 Meeting~ St. James 09/22/13 Special~ 2 New Kingstown Fire Hall Court of Honor The second court of honor of the year took place at the New Kingstown Fire Hall. Zach Dundorf was the one who leaded us through the meeting and we all had an amazing turkey dinner. 09/28/13 Serv Proj 4 09/30/13 Meeting~ St. James 10/04/13 Camping 2 Gettysburg 10/06/13 Serv Proj Zach Dundorf Eagle Project 10/13/13 Serv Proj Zach Dundorf's Eagle Project 10/14/13 Meeting~ St. James 10/18/13 Camping 2 Long Backpacking 10/21/13 Meeting~ St. James 10/28/13 Meeting~ St. James 11/01/13 Camping 2 Pack 279 Camping trip. 11/11/13 Meeting~ St. James 11/17/13 Special~ St. James Keenan Mclaughlin Eagle Project
11/25/13 Meeting~ St. James 12/02/13 Meeting~ St. James 12/09/13 Meeting~ St. James 12/13/13 Camping 2 Short Backpacking 12/16/13 Special~ Josh's Eagle Court of Honor 01/06/14 Meeting~ St. James Alex Cook's Eagle BOR 01/11/14 Special Merit Badge College 01/17/14 Camping 2 Cabin Camping 01/20/14 Meeting~ Pack 279 Web II Den Visit 02/01/14 Special Merit Badge College 02/03/14 Meeting~ St. James 02/07/14 Special~ Pack 279 PWD Juding 02/10/14 Meeting~ St. James 02/17/14 Meeting~ Plan for Klondike 02/21/14 Camping 2 Klondike Derby 03/03/14 Meeting~ St. James 03/07/14 Serv Proj Lady of the Lordes for 3/7 and 3/14 03/08/14 Special~ Pancake Breakfast 03/17/14 Meeting~ St. James 03/20/14 Special~ Pack 279 Crossing Over Cer 03/22/14 Camping 1 Laser tag and Pizza Party During this meeting, we met at the Sports Emporium to have a pizza party and play laser tag.
03/25/14 Special~ Pack 296 Crossing Over Cer 03/30/14 Special~ Eagle Court of Honor Cody Geis 03/31/14 Meeting~ St. James Ryan Maguire Eagle COH 04/07/14 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Backpacking 04/11/14 Camping 2 Backpacking 04/21/14 Meeting~ St. James New Scout advancement 04/28/14 Special~ St. James Court of Honor 05/05/14 Meeting~ St. James Capture the flag 05/10/14 Special~ Alex Eagle COH On this day, Alex Cook was to be an official Eagle Scout at his ceremony. During the lighting of candles, I lit the star scout candle. Senator Pat Vance and Representative Glen Grell were in attendance. 05/12/14 Meeting~ St. James Plan for campout 05/16/14 Camping 2 Cherry Hill / DC This was a Friday through Sunday Campout. The camp ground was nice and we got to see some really cool exhibits on our trip to The Mall. We also rode a subway into DC. 05/26/14 Meeting~ St. James Personal fitness and other badges Our Scout master, Mr. Gordon, lead many scouts including myself through the first session for our personal fitness merit badge. 06/02/14 Camping Troop Meeting Nick Pezzuit Eagle BOR 06/09/14 Camping
06/16/14 Camping 06/23/14 Camping 06/30/14 Camping 07/01/14 Serv Proj 8 07/06/14 Camping 6 Summer Camp This summer, our troop went to Babcock-Hovey scout camp. Our camp site sat on the edge above the lake and had a beautiful view. I also went water tubing along the lake 07/07/14 Camping 07/21/14 Meeting~ Patrol Leaders Council Meeting 07/28/14 Meeting~ Fun Meeting 08/04/14 Meeting~ All Scout Advancements 08/07/14 Camping 3 Loyal Sock Trail High Adventure 08/11/14 Committee~ Committee Meeting 08/18/14 Special~ Eagle COH Dundorf/McLaughlin 08/25/14 Meeting~ Ryan Magraf Eagle BOR Pizza and Soda 09/07/14 Special~ COH 09/15/14 Meeting~ Plan for Canoe Trip 09/19/14 Camping 2 Canoe Trip 09/29/14 Meeting~ Pat Vance Speaking/ Lutz ECOH Plan for Gettysburg Campount During this meeting, State Senator Pat Vance came to speak with our troop. She mainly talked about how voting for your local government is important compared to to voting for the presidency. 10/03/14 Camping 2 Gettysburg
10/13/14 Meeting~ Start of Pinewood Derby Makin 10/20/14 Meeting~ Pinewood derby race 10/25/14 Special~ Rocket Cars 11/03/14 Meeting~ Plan for Short Backpacking 11/17/14 Meeting~ Advancements for All Scouts 11/24/14 Meeting~ Manhunt 11/29/14 Camping 1 Anna Michner Cabin 12/01/14 Meeting~ Plan for long backpacking 12/15/14 Meeting~ TBD 12/19/14 Camping 2 Cabin Camping - Camp Mack 12/23/14 Meeting~ Holiday Party at Trindle Bowl 01/05/15 Special~ St. James Ryan Mar and Joe Lutz Eagle Ceremo 01/12/15 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Campout 01/16/15 Camping 2 Hidden Valley - Thunderbird Webelos Visit 01/19/15 Committee~ Committee Meeting 01/26/15 Meeting~ St. James 02/02/15 Meeting~ St. James 02/09/15 Meeting~ St. James Personal Fitness Merit Badge 02/16/15 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Klondike 02/20/15 Camping 2 Klondike - Herbert 03/02/15 Special~ St. James Court of Honor 03/06/15 Fundraise~ Pancake Breakfast 03/16/15 Meeting~ St. James Merit Badge Regroup
03/23/15 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Campout 03/27/15 Camping 2 French Creek State Park Tent Camping 04/06/15 Meeting~ St. James Communications Merit Badge 04/13/15 Meeting~ St. James Can Jam - Aaron Klemz 04/20/15 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Campout 04/24/15 Camping 2 Diacon Dicon - build tree houses 05/04/15 Meeting~ St. James Fun - Michael G Leads 05/11/15 Meeting~ St. James Personal Fitness Merit Badge 05/18/15 Meeting~ St. James Fun Merit Badge - Mr. Klemz 05/25/15 Meeting~ St. James Disk Golf - Mr Klemz. During this meeting, our scout master, Mr. Klemz, invited the troop to Willow Mill park for a round of disk golf. We even got our own disks at the end. 05/30/15 Camping 1 Battle Ship Campout 06/08/15 Meeting~ St. James 06/12/15 Camping 5 Long Backpacking Trip Worlds End? 06/15/15 Meeting~ St. James 06/22/15 Meeting~ St. James 06/29/15 Meeting~ St. James 07/26/15 Camping 6 Bashore Summer Camp This year we went to Bashore scout camp. During the week, there was a camp wide fun and games night with volleyball, ultimate Frisbee, ect.
08/10/15 Meeting~ St. James Partial Merit Badge Completion 08/17/15 Meeting~ St. James EBOR for Jacob Kautz 08/21/15 Special~ St. James Pack 279 Movie Night 08/24/15 Meeting~ St. James Michale G Eagle Project Planning 08/29/15 Camping 2 Diakon Michael G's Eagle Project 09/13/15 Special~ Hosses Restaurant Court of Honor 09/21/15 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Family Campout 09/25/15 Camping 2 St. James Family Campout 10/03/15 Special~ Boyd's Big Tree Pack 279 Hike 10/05/15 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Camping 10/09/15 Camping 2 Cowans Gap State Park TBD 10/24/15 Camping 1 Hidden Valley Pack 279 Campount - Invitation 11/02/15 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Campout 11/06/15 Camping 2 Gettysburg Battlefield During this campout, our troop slept on the Gettysburg battlefield next to this barn. We had a fun campfire ceremony where we did skits and sang battle songs. 11/16/15 Meeting~ St. James Tour Hospital 11/30/15 Meeting~ St. James Fun Meeting 12/07/15 Meeting~ St. James Patrol Leaders Council Meeting 12/14/15 Meeting~ Plan for Backpacking 12/19/15 Camping 1 Cabin Backpacking to Cabin 12/21/15 Special~ St. James Jacob Kautz Eagle COH 01/03/16 Special~ Olympic Enola Roller Skating with Pack 279
01/09/16 Special~ Carlisle Merit Badge College 01/11/16 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Camping 01/15/16 Camping 2 TBD Winter Camping - Tents 01/25/16 Meeting~ St. James Merit Badge Meeting 02/01/16 Meeting~ St. James Practice for Klondike 02/06/16 Special~ Carlisle Merit Badge College 02/08/16 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Klondike 02/13/16 Special~ PANCAKE BREAKFAST ALL HANDS ON DECK 02/19/16 Camping 2 Hidden Valley Klondike - Amp Lodge 02/29/16 Meeting~ Ski Roundtop Snow Tubing 03/04/16 Camping 2 Hidden Valley OA Felowship Weekend 03/07/16 Meeting~ St. James Court Of Honor 03/14/16 Meeting~ St. James Plan for Camping 03/17/16 Special~ St. James Bridging for Pack 279 03/18/16 Camping 2 Camp Mack Winter Campout 04/04/16 Meeting~ Climbnasium @Climbnasium 05/28/16 Special~ Matt McCandless Eagle Scout Project For Matt s Eagle Scout Project, the troop constructed podiums for Cumberland Valley High School s English department. 8/6-8/7/16 Special~ Kyle Hummel Eagle Scout Project For Kyle Hummel s Eagle Scout Project, the troop assemble a vinyl fence for Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church.
9/25/16 Special~ Court of Honor at Hoss s This Court of Honor took place at Hoss s Steakhouse. We also had elections where Jacob White became SPL and Mikhal Kehoe and Michael Gordon became ASPLs.