Nassau/Suffolk Jamboree 2000 Heckscher State Park October 27-29, 2000

TO RETURN TO EVENTS 2000

THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS ON FRIDAY NIGHT WAS TO UNLOAD THE VEHICLES AND HIKE TO OUR SITE.  THEN ONCE THE GENERAL SITE SETUP WAS COMPLETED, IT WAS TIME TO GET TO WORK ON THE GATEWAY.

SATURDAY WAS A GREAT SUNNY BUT WINDY DAY (NOTICE HOW NICELY THE FLAGS ARE FLYING ON OUR GATEWAY).  OVER 23,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE JAMBOREE ON SATURDAY INCLUDING 26 MEMBERS OF TROOP 45

OVER 200 BOY SCOUT TROOPS AND AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF WEBELOS DENS FROM 200 CUB SCOUT PACKS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE CAMPING AREAS.  THE TROOPS AND PACKS WERE FROM BOTH THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCILS AND WERE JOINED ON SATURDAY BY DAY TRIPPERS FROM PACKS AND TROOPS IN BOTH COUNCILS.   AS OF FRIDAY NIGHT THERE WERE OVER 10,000 REGESTERED TO CAMP FOR THE WEEKEND AND THE PARK OFFICIALS ESTIMATED THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN 23,000 PEOPLE AT THE ACTIVITIES ON SATURDAY.  A FOCAL POINT IN THE CAMP SITE AREA WAS THE TROOP 45 GATEWAY.  OVER 30 FEET TALL AND FLYING  FLAGS FROM NY STATE, NASSAU COUNTY, THE TOWN OF N. HEMPSTEAD, AND THE VILLAGE OF MINEOLA AS WELL AS THE TROOP AND AMERICAN FLAG, THE GATEWAY WAS VISABLE FROM ALL OVER THE CAMPING AREA.  SEVERAL TROOP 45 ALUMNI FOUND THE TROOP SITE BECAUSE OF THE GREAT GATEWAY THE SCOUTS BUILT!

A WELL FEED TROOP IS A HAPPY TROOP AND WE WERE DEFINATELY HAPPY ON THIS TRIP!  PANCAKES AND SAUSAGE SATURDAY MORNING, A 6 FOOT HERO FOR LUNCH AND TROOP 45 ITALIAN NIGHT FOR DINNER AND PASTA ALLA CHIEF ANDREW!

SUNDAY MORNING IT WAS TIME TO PACK THE VAN...AND PACKED IT WAS!!!!

AFTER PACKING,  THERE WAS TIME FOR A HOT CHOCOLATE (THANKS MR. G!) AND THEN IT WAS OFF TO THE CLOSING CEREMONIES AND HOME.

THIS IS BUT A BRIEF SAMPLE OF THE PICTURES RECORDING TROOP 45'S PARTICIPATION IN THE LI JAMBOREE 2000. TO SEE THE REST OF THE STORY BE SURE TO JOIN US FOR THE BIG TROOP 45 80TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2000 AND OUR BIG YEAR IN REVIEW SLIDE SHOW.