Boy Scout Troop 49
Oakland, NJ
"The Pathfinders"

Boy Scout Troop 49

Welcome to Boy Scout Troop 49's website.  Our troop has been chartered by Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, through the Boy Scouts of America since 1963. For nearly fifty years, we've been making the difference in the lives of the youth of Oakland and nearby communities.

If you are here for the first time... Welcome! If you re looking for information on joining the troop,  contact Scoutmaster Paul Zakrzewski at 201-417-3379 or at bsatroop49@hotmail.com and click here to for more information.

 

Troop News and Upcoming Events

Information about upcoming trips and links to the on-line sign up forms are posted here.

Shop Rite Grocery Gift Card Fundraiser

Purchase gift cards to Shop Rite through the troop, and 5% of your order goes back to you. 

May trip - COPE at Camp Lewis

COPE is a Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience. Boy Scouts and leaders of all ages can participate on the low ropes course, but they must be thirteen or older to do the high ropes course. The goal of COPE is to teach Teamwork, Communication, Leadership, Planning, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Self Esteem, and Trust.

May Trip - Merit Badge Fair - Camp Glen Gray

This will occur the same weekend as COPE, and younger scouts may prefer to attend the merit badge fair so they can get a jump on advancement.  Besides Merit Badges, scouts can work on advancement requirements for Tenderfoot through First Class.

June trip - Whitewater Rafting the Lehigh River

This wet and wild trip is always a crowd pleaser.  This year, we will head to camp for two nights, and spend the day Saturday whitewater rafting.  This is scheduled to be a dam release weekend for the river. 

Summer Camp - Camp Turrell

Camp Turrell is a week-long summer camp experience for all scouts.  During the week at camp, scouts participate in activity areas including waterfront, nature, handicraft, outdoor skills, extreme sports, rifle, shotgun, archery, and tech lab.  Scouts will earn merit badges while attending the camp programs, and learn to live in the outdoors.

Summer Camp - Floodwood Mountain Reservation

Floodwood is a high adventure camp focused on backcountry canoe treks of up to 11 scouts and leaders.  For those planning to attend, please sign up (with deposit) by 1/19/2012.  This will allow the troop to reserve the correct number of treks needed.  There will be a meeting to identify treks on 1/26/2012 at 7:30 PM at OLPH.

Summer 2013 - National Jamboree

About once every 4 years, BSA holds a Jamboree - a gathering of some 40,000 scouts and leaders from all over the US. The next Jamboree will be held in its new home, Summit Bechtel Family Reserve in West Virginia July 15-24, 2013. Northern New Jersey Council will be sending 320 scouts and leaders. Mr. Dente, Mr. Fern, and Mr. Burns will be among the leaders of the NNJC contingent. Registration is open now, and will remain so until filled.

Please review the trip information posted below and contact any one of us for further information. For the Registration link, please point them to the Jambo site at

 

Thinking of joining Troop 49?

Many boys bridge from the Webelos Cub Scout program to a scout troop, although you don't have to have the Cub Scout experience to become a boy scout.  Scouting is open to boys who have earned the Arrow of Light Award in Cub Scouts and are at least 10 years old, or have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10, or who are 11, but not yet 18 years old.

Open House Presentations

Each winter, we host an open house for Cub Scouts looking for a troop to join.  The following links are geared for parents and scouts to learn about the program and answer many of the questions you may have:

 

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