Pack 395 Cross Over

Welcome to our new Troop 448 members from Pack 395. We attended the Pack 395 crossover and received six new scouts into Troop 448.

This was a very nice ceremony by the Order of the Arrow members. During their ceremony, the Pack 395 Webelos crossed the bridge into Troop 448.

The troop would like to welcome these scouts to the Troop:

Mikey B., Michael G., J.B. H., Arthur P., Angel R. and John W.

You guys are in for a great ride. Enjoy it.

The Cross Over photos can be seen here.

(Written by Michael Reyes)

Winter Camp LPSR 2008

Dec 26 – 30 Lost Pines Scout Reservation Winter Camp
Seven boys and three adults from Troop 448 attended LPSR Winter Camp the day after Christmas till the following Tuesday, December 30th. They joined Troop 505, 555 and 101 as a combined Troop and stayed as a separate patrol The boys elected Brian McDonald as the Patrol Leader and Matthew Mohondro as his assistant. The patrol was the Flying Penguins and they had a great patrol flag. Our host troop was Troop 505 and Mr. John Weathers acted as the Scoutmaster for this trip. There was a total of 24 boys and six to seven adults in attendance during much of the camp. The boys from our troop attending winter camp were: Grayson Berdofe, Curtis Falkner, Pablo Manceaux, Brian McDonald, Matthew Mohondro, Levi Svrcek, and Matthew Vanhoorsbeek. The adults were Mr. Manceaux, Mr. McDonald, and Mr. Mohondro.
We set up our camp in the Gaskin site at Lost Pines Scout Reservation and participated in a service project for the camp by cutting down the non-native shrubs in the campsite. After an hour of that we made some camp devices using lashings and toured the camp. It was a pleasant day and the night was warm and humid temperatures in the mid 60s. Camp really started on Saturday morning where the boys had two classes in the morning and two in the afternoon and for some another held at 7:30 PM till 9. It threatened rain most of the weekend ending is some very minor showers, but the North wind did finally arrive Sunday giving us some mighty fine temps. Sunday night it dropped to 24.6 at night – Polar Bears did not even stay around. Our water for hot chocolate took a little longer to boil since it was frozen. Monday over night it dropped to 30.1 a little warmer but still cold. We had several guest visit Monday night for our campfire and OA induction. On Tuesday we packed up and headed home and a feeling of both relief and satisfaction. All the boys accomplished a whole lot and many were able to finish their badges while the others are very close to being done. A successful camp and one all should think about for next year.