Eagle Scout News
Announcing
New
Troop 216 Eagle Scout
Congratulations to Ryan
Chapman, Matt Singer and Yacob Malik
for passing their Eagle Boards of
Review on May 8, 2013. See a list of all of our
Eagle Scouts on our Troop
216
Eagle Scout Roll Call page.
Marine
Corps Honors 2013 Eagle Scouts
The Spring Court of Honor
was held on Tuesday May 14th at the
St. Michael's Parish Center.
44 rank advancement and 68 merit
badges were given out to scouts in
the troop. The Marine Corps
Tarheel Detachment 733 presented
Good Citizenship Awards to the 2013
Eagle Scouts in Troop216.
Eagle Scouts Yacob Malik,
Matt Singer, Brian Kesselring, Sam
Gay, Nick Board,
Kevin Meyer, Chris Donnald, and Vishal
Oza
Not Present: Nick Gazzillo,
Andrew Savage, Mensheng Romano and
Ryan Chapman
Troop
216 Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Festivities
at Court of Honor include honoring
past Scoutmasters
A Court of Honor was held
on Tuesday February 5th at the St.
Michael's Parish Center to celebrate
both the success of the troop as
well as its scouts. 35 years
ago, Troop 216 was started in the
original St. Michael's location,
which is the current Barnes and
Noble at the Maynard/Walnut Street
intersection. Though we have
more than 80 scouts in 2013, back in
1978 the troop started with a dozen
boys. 8 of the 10 Troop 216
Scoutmasters attended the Court of
Honor and were given an opportunity
to reminisce about the troop during
their tenure as Scoutmaster!
Family values, parental involvement
and the lifelong effect scouting had
on their lives was a common theme in
their comments. Merit badges
and rank advancements were bestowed
upon the scouts. Nick Board
received his Eagle Medal and current
Scoutmaster Chuck Gay was presented
with the Scoutmaster Award of Merit
recognition.
Troop 216 Scoutmasters
from 1978 through 2013
Carl Bailey (93-98), Phil
Leslie (90-91), John Slocumb(86-90),
Dave Duch (78-83),
Chuck Gay (09-Present),
Mike Rasp (98-03), Bob DeContreras
(05-09), David Walters (03-05)
Congratulations
Crosswinds
District Award Recognition honors
Troop 216 members
Congratulations to Assistant
Scoutmasters Laird Hepburn and Sohel
Reza, Committee Members Tom Coleman,
Cindy Gay, Kristin Meyer and Neelam
Reza for receiving a 2012
Distinguished Leader Citation award at
the Recognition Event on December 6,
2012. Thank you to all of them
for their dedication and hard work in
making Troop 216 such a successful
unit.
Also, congratulations to
Todd Ellis, our Charter Organization
Representative from the Knights of
Columbus for receiving the 2012
District Award of Merit! Todd is
involved in many aspects of scouting
including District NESA Chairman,
Occoneechee NESA, Troop 216 Committee
member and COR Trainer! Thank
you for all you do for Scouting and
for our troop, Todd!
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2013 BSA National Jamboree
July
15
- 24, 2013
