Troop 542 held a cabin camping trip at Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation in Schuylkill Haven, PA from December 16 to December 18, 2023. The Patrol Leaders’ Council (PLC) planned a new activity for this trip: capture the flag. On the evening of December 15, Troop 542 left Supplee Presbyterian Church Read more…
Troop 542 visited Rodney Scout Reservation for its annual moviemaking camping trip from Friday, November 17 to Sunday, November 19, 2023. One of the most anticipated Troop activities, the moviemaking competition is a several-week-long challenge between patrols to write, film, and edit movies that portray Scouting values in a positive Read more…
For the first time since 2019, Troop 542 held a catapult-launching competition during its October 28-30 tent camping trip at Parvin State Park, NJ. Leading up to the trip, patrols collaborated on blueprints, concepts, and mechanisms to create trebuchets and catapults capable of launching projectiles. Each trebuchet or catapult needed Read more…
Inclement weather conditions postponed Troop 542’s annual September backpacking trip for a week. Nevertheless, 17 Scouts and six adults stepped up to the challenge on September 30, 2023. Hikers were bused to the Appalachian Trail in Little Gap, PA to travel from Saturday to Sunday along trails leading to Wind Read more…
On Friday, May 26, 2023, 23 Troop 542 Scouts headed to the 2023 Scope/Olympia, a yearly international exchange program created by the BSA’s Cradle of Liberty Council and Scouts Canada. Hosted this year at Resica Falls Scout Reservation in East Stroudsburg, PA, Canadian Scouts from Ottawa traveled south to unite Read more…
On Friday, April 21, 2023, Troop 542 Scouts headed to Trexler Scout Reservation in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania, for a weekend of gourmet cooking and tent camping. The gourmet cooking competition is a Troop tradition during which patrols create a meal plan based on a theme, then compete to cook and serve Read more…
On March 25, 2023, Troop 542 set out on its annual weekend bus trip. This year’s excursion took the Scouts to the Shenandoah Valley and neighboring destinations in Northern Virginia and the edge of West Virginia. Troop 542 departed from Supplee Presbyterian Church in Maple Glen, PA, at 6 p.m. Read more…
On Friday, February 25, 2023, Troop 542 Scouts left for a weekend of cabin camping and friendly competition at Camp Mack, a Scout reservation in Bridgeville, PA. The Scouts bunked in cabins with firepits, and each Scout was assigned an hour-long “fire watch” shift to feed the fire. Some cabins Read more…
On Saturday, January 28, 2023, Troop 542 Scouts participated in the Baden-Powell District’s Gold Rush/Klondike Derby at Musser Scout Reservation. The Gold Rush is a regional event during which patrols from each participating troop compete against one another in 10 challenges. These challenges, dubbed towns, are scattered across Camp Delmot, Read more…
On Friday, December 8, 2022, Troop 542 Scouts set off for a weekend of cabin camping and board game competition at Rodney Scout Reservation in North East, Maryland. On arrival, the Scouts unloaded their personal and troop equipment, and set up the campground for the weekend. This included starting fires Read more…