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A contingent of 34 scouts, leaders and family members
of Housatonic Council's Boy Scout Troop 3 Derby recently returned from a
16 day coach bus tour through Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England.
The scouts travelled on a coach bus with major stops in London,
Liverpool, Edinburgh, Cardif and Dublin. Highlights included tours of
the walled cities of York and Chester, a "Beatles themed" tour of
Liverpool, Edinburgh Castle, Tower Castle in London, Cardif Castle and
Blarney Castle in Ireland. The group also attended The Edinburgh
Military Tattoo, special dinner shows in Scotland and Wales and
performances of "Riverdance" in Dublin as well as "Stomp" and "Mary
Poppins" in London's West End theater district.
Scouting related highlights included participation in 100th anniversary
of Scouting celebrations in Coventry and Peterborough, England, and an
entire day visiting 40,000 scouts from throughout the world at the 21st
World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, England. While in Ireland the troop
attended a special evening gathering hosted by the scouts of Meelick and
Limerick, Ireland. Troop 3 has had an ongoing exchange scout program
with these Irish scout troops for 25 years.
Scouts who participated in the trip include Jim Anderson, Alex Oppel,
Billy Boroski, Kevin Henri, Chuck Stankye, Tyler Stankye, Alex Neuendorf,
Evan Altamirano, Noah Altamirano, Matt Frovarp, Chris Wentz, Mike Herde,
Adam Cleri, Alec Hughes, Dan Howard, Matt Poppa, Stephen Poppa, Mike
Tracz and John Murray. Siblings of scouts who went are Sara Poppa and
Catherine Altamirano.
The trip was organized by Troop 3 Scoutmaster Randy Ritter and
chaperones who assisted on the trip were Bill McDonnell, Mike and Cyndi
Poppa, Chuck and Sue Stankye, Christine Jalowiec, Debbie Oppel, Cesar
and Jenine Altamirano, Jim Anderson, Joshua Frovarp and Tom Murray.
The trip was made possible with assistance from Dr. Robert Feeney, The
Katherine Matthies Foundation, The Community Foundation for Greater New
Haven, Bless Your Sole Seafood and the Verizon Wireless Foundation.
While on the trip the scouts kept an online blog of their daily
adventures, which can be viewed at
www.troop3derby.org.
Troop 3 is sponsored by the Derby 2nd Congregational Church and meets
there on Wednesdays at 7PM beginning September 5.
The attached photo shows Troop 3 Scouts and leaders at the entrance
gateway of the 21st World Scout Jamboree, held in Chelmsford, England.
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