Merit Badge Rally
Scouts and Leaders from Troop 728 participated in GNYC’s 11/09/2019 Merit Badge Rally. Photo credit: Kirsten Neuman
Located in Manhattan, NYC, Troop 728 is chartered by The Church of the Good Shepherd
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Troop 728
Scouts and Leaders from Troop 728 participated in GNYC’s 11/09/2019 Merit Badge Rally. Photo credit: Kirsten Neuman
Troop 728’s newest Scouts took to the woods last weekend at Alpine Scout Camp. They hiked, set up tents, cooked, learned how to use knives, axes and saws, navigated using compasses and maps, then hiked again! Great job Scouts!
Troop 728 will help its Chartered Organization, Church of the Good Shepherd, paint the garden fence behind the Rectory on Saturday, June 12, starting at 9:30 am (weather permitting). Please bring a bag lunch, water and extra gloves if you have them. Earn service hours for advancement! Troop contact for this service day is Assistant Scoutmaster Alex Ceballos. Uniforms not required. Please join us!
September 27-29, 2019, Troop 728 heads to Mount Allamuchy Scout Reservation in Stanhope, NJ, to work on their canoeing skills and prepare for their end of year paddle trip, being planned now by the Patrol Leaders Council. SM David Russell and ASM Gabe Florimon will lead this trip. For more details, click here!
Join the Scouts of Troop 728 for Scout Day in Inwood Hill Park! Try your hand at some of the basic Scouts BSA skills: knots, first aid, navigation and more. Boys and girls ages 7-17 are eligible to become Scouts. For more information, email info@troop728.org.
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019
Location: Inwood Hill Park Peninsula (near Nature Center)
Time: 10am to 2pm, Rain or Shine
Troop 728’s first meeting of the 2019-2020 scout season is Wednesday, September 11, from 7:30-9:00 PM at Good Shepherd School gym, located at 108 Cooper Street in Inwood, NYC. Join us to hear from the Patrol Leader’s Council and new scoutmaster David Russell. Parents are encouraged to attend. We have an exciting year of adventure, learning and leadership development planned!
Troop 728 expresses heartfelt thanks to outgoing Troop 728 Scoutmaster Terence Dolan, for many years of faithful service. Thank you Terence for guiding Troop 728 through sometimes stormy waters, for serving as Scoutmaster, and for agreeing to continue your lifelong commitment to Troop 728 as our next Chartered Organization Representative!
Troop 728 also thanks the Honorable Efrain Alvarado, for his wise and prudent leadership as Troop 728’s Chartered Organization Representative! Rest easy Scouts; Efrain may be passing the COR baton, but, like Terry, he isn’t going anywhere!
Troop 728 has TWO amazing Scoutmasters, one for our Boys’ Troop and one for our Girls’ Troop!
A lifelong Scouter, David Russell leads Troop 728-B. When he’s not planning scrambles and leading high adventure trips, David is a professional photographer. His son Kevin and daughter Carolyn are Scouts in the troop.
Jean Karlson, a long-time Troop 728 Leader, was instrumental in founding and now heads up Troop 728-G. Jean is a nurse and has two sons, Lars and Kevin, who both earned the rank of Eagle as Scouts in Troop 728.
SM David Russell
SM Jean Karlson
Troop 728 celebrates the accomplishments of its Scouts with a Court of Honor on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Please join us at 7:30 pm. Scouts and Parents, please arrive by 6:30 pm for setup, rehearsal and a final Board of Review. Please bring something good to eat/drink to share! For more details, please click here.
Troop 728 joined the Inwood Memorial Day Parade on May 27, 2019. Honoring our fallen men and women in uniform, the freedoms they died defending, and their gold star families.