Venturing crew visits Allamuchy reservation

Stanhope — From July 24 to July 30, Venturing Crew 276 of Byram attended a week long summer camp at Camp Somers in Mount Allamuchy Scout Reservation located in Stanhope. We stayed with Troop 18 as provisional scouts, since most of our members were on staff and unable to attend as participants. The troop welcomed us and treated us as if we were members. We ate meals with them, had campsite campfires with them, and lots more. In addition to these activities, there were many opportunities to earn awards and merit badges.
A tradition at camp that happens late Monday night and runs through Tuesday morning before breakfast is called Fire Watch. Fire Watch is where an honor scout from every unit goes out to a special campsite and watches a fire all night long and learns some history about the Reservation. All crew 276 members participated in the Fire Watch. Camp has a lot of fun to offer from playing to the staff in volleyball, bike polo, ultimate Frisbee and kickball to getting soaked in canoe wars.
All crew members who attended earned the Frenchie’s Follies recognition; an award for participating in various service related activities all week long. The crew was also awarded two ribbons for our crew flag; Honor Troop and Honor Patrol, which are presented for being the best troop/unit and patrol in camp that week. Thank you to Mount Allamuchy Reservation Staff for an awesome week! We can’t wait to come back next year and have even more fun!