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Elementor #4804
🦊 Troop 5 Newsletter — January Adventure Since 1920 ❄️ A New Year, New Adventures January reminds us that Scouting doesn’t slow down in winter — it sharpens us. Cold weather brings opportunities to build resilience, teamwork, and leadership, and Troop 5 is diving in with a full slate of hands-on meetings and classic winter…
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Jack’s Eagle Project: Honoring Anna & Helping Families in Need
Life Scout Jack E. is working toward his Eagle rank with a personal and impactful project. Jack is honoring the memory of his sister Anna, who passed away at age six due to mitochondrial disease — a rare, complex, and often misunderstood illness. Mitochondrial disease occurs when the mitochondria — the tiny structures in our cells…
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Troop 5 Storms ‘The Beach,’ Again: a Camping Adventure Tradition
By Kristof D. It was a sunny Saturday morning in September, and we woke up with one thing on our minds: The Beach. The excitement of digging giant holes in the sand and swimming motivated everyone to move quickly. After breakfast, we packed up and piled into the cars, ready for an epic day. Troop…
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Six Scouts From Troop 5 Maplewood Earn Eagle Scout Award
Six Scouts from Maplewood’s Troop 5 have earned the prestigious Eagle Scout Award, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, symbolizing exceptional character, leadership, and service to their community. The Scouts were honored during an Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony held on Saturday, Nov. 30, at Maplewood Middle School, surrounded by family,…
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Local Boy Scout Troop Named “Villager of the Month” in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum and the South Orange Village Council have honored a local Boy Scout Troop by naming the entire troop as “Villager of the Month” for the month of June 2024. “We commend and thank the scouts of Troop 5 for their dedication, leadership, and community service,” Mayor…
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Troop 5 Olympics at ‘Camp Tabora,’ Visit to Observatory
By Peter D. At the end of May, we left around 7 p.m. as usual. About 45 minutes later, we arrived and set up camp at ‘Camp Tabora,’ a campsite owned by a longtime Troop 5 Assistant Scout Master. We slept and got up at around 7 a.m. We all had a non-cooking breakfast, worked…
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Riding the Waves, Seeing the Caribbean at Troop 5’s Spring Break Virgin Islands Return
By Peter D. Early on a Friday in late March we hoped on a plane to St. Thomas, a part of the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands. About four hours later we arrived. Then we took a taxi to a ferry to St. John, another of the U.S. Virgin Islands, home of the U.S.…
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Going Up To, And Coming Down Mohawk Mountain
By Sam D. On a cold Friday night, Troop 5 departed to the slopes of Mohawk Mountain, in Cornwall, Connecticut. About 20 Scouts signed up for skiing, snowboarding and snowtubing. When we arrived in our isolated cabin at the Strang Scout Reservation, we prepared for the next day. At the cabin were bunks with mattresses.…
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Troop 5 Tackles the Klondike (Derby, That Is)
By Keegan B. One of the big yearly events that happen in February for Boy Scouts is the Klondike Derby. For Troop 5, it’s the Northern New Jersey Council’s Lenape Trail Klondike Derby, held at the South Mountain Reservation. It is a competition between Troop and Troop, Patrol and Patrol, as well as Scout and…
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Cooking Competition 2024
By Andrew K. Troop 5 had a great time at its annual Cooking Competition in late January, with the Scouts overnighting at Camp Munsee. Departure for the trip was delayed because of snow being forecast, but the Troop managed to get to work shortly after arriving at the camp on Saturday morning instead of Friday…
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