CATHEDRAL MARY OUR QUEEN PARISH & SCHOOL 2013 YEARBOOK
PARISH & SCHOOL 2013 YEARBOOK - Cathedral of Mary Our Queen
PARISH & SCHOOL 2013 YEARBOOK - Cathedral of Mary Our Queen
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Boy Scout Troop 1000<br />
It was a great year for Troop 1000! The<br />
Cathedral Scouts received the Hopkins Council<br />
Troop of the Year award for <strong>2013</strong> for our exceptional<br />
program, with strong adult involvement and a core of<br />
about 25 active scouts. This year, we conducted a bike<br />
hike on the Washington and Old Dominion Trail in<br />
September, canoed on the Potomac in October, hiked<br />
the Appalachian Trail in November, visited the Air and<br />
Space Museum at Dulles and the Manassas National<br />
Battlefield in January, skied at Seven Springs in<br />
February, climbed Old Rag Mountain in March, biked<br />
the North Central Railroad trail in April, and camped<br />
on Gibson Island in May.<br />
Summer camps in June included the Heritage<br />
Scout Reservation in the Laurel Highlands of PA for<br />
the younger scouts and a two-week saga out west for<br />
the older scouts. This<br />
included rafting on the<br />
Colorado River, hiking to<br />
the bottom of the Grand<br />
Canyon, riding the narrow<br />
gauge railroad between<br />
Durango and Silverton,<br />
and hiking in the Chicago<br />
Basin portion of the<br />
Weminuche Wilderness<br />
Area in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. We also<br />
visited the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde, the Fiery<br />
Furnace in the Arches National Park, and the Black<br />
Canyon in Gunnison National Park.<br />
Our Troop’s program also consists of<br />
leadership training for each new set of scout leaders<br />
elected by their peers at the beginning of the Fall and<br />
Winter/Spring portions of the year. To help defray the<br />
cost of its summer programs, the Troop has been<br />
selling and delivering mulch each Spring for the last<br />
four years. In April, the Troop celebrated its 50 th<br />
anniversary with a bull and oyster roast attended by<br />
160 current and former scouts and family members.<br />
To date, the Troop has helped nurture over 50<br />
Eagle Scouts. Our congratulations go to John Gaver<br />
and Ian Sevy for joining that illustrious group this year<br />
as our newest Eagle<br />
Scouts. Our sincere thanks<br />
to Scoutmaster Tom<br />
Hosford and all of the<br />
Assistant Scoutmasters,<br />
Committeemen, and<br />
parents who make the<br />
program such an<br />
outstanding success!<br />
Our scouts bike hike on the Washington and Old Dominion Trail.
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