Starts June 22, runs Sat-Sun

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Camping on a Boston Harbor island

Our committee chair, Michelle Holmes, co-authored an op-ed piece in today’s Boston Globe on the upcoming national BSA vote on the status of gay youth and adult volunteers. While the proposal represents a significant reform of current policy, it does not go far enough, in her view Continue reading →

Camping Tully Lake

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Departing Cambridge 4:00 PM, camp at Tully Lake campground both Friday and Saturday night. We will day hike Saturday along the lake shore and have a campfire that evening. Boating on the lake and other activities Sunday morning and early afternoon. Leave Tully Lake after lunch and return to Cambridge around 4 p.m. on Sunday. (Note: our reservation includes Sunday night, so if a sufficient number of adults and youth wish to stay over, we can arrange that.)

As the National Scout Council grapples with the issue of gay youth and gay adult volunteers, we are proud to have been held up as an example of how inclusion works. WBUR interviewed troop 56 youth and parents, reporting on how “Cambridge Boy Scout Troop Bucks National Trend on Gay Participation.”

Starts April 26, runs Fri-Sun

Bicycle touring on Marthas Vineyard, taking the ferry over with our bikes only.

Adult leader: Peter Desnoyers
Asst. Leader: Jean Cunningham

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Starts March 22, runs Fri-Sun

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Sandy Neck is a 6-mile-long spit of dunes in Barnstable on Cape Cod. To the one side is Cape Cod Bay, to the other a saltwater marsh. We’ll arrive at Sandy Neck on Saturday morning and backpack along the beachfront trail about 3 miles to the campsite, which is just beyond the dunes in a stand of pitch pines and black oaks. After making camp, we’ll hike along the marsh trail to see the light house Beach Point — the end of the spit. After dinner on Saturday, we hope to have a bonfire on the beach. We’ll break camp Sunday morning, backpack back to the parking lot, and arrive back in Cambridge early afternoon.

Note: we leave Cambridge on Friday night and camp at Camp Greenough Scout Camp in Yarmouth Port.

Adult leader: Brian O’Rourke

Asst. Leader: Robin Bonner

Youth Leader: Brian Zick

Skiing/Snowshoeing

Learn to cross-country ski in the beautiful Monadnock region of New Hampshire, only 1.5 hours away from Cambridge. We will be visiting Windblown, a cross-country ski center family owned for 30 years.

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SOARing

A fun time was had by all at SOAR, a jamboree of scouts from all over Massachusetts.