East Windsor Units Recognized by Mayor for Scouting Anniversary | | Bring Your Unit to the Trenton Thunder This Summer! | | |
2025 Trenton Thunder Scout Nights - June 27th & August 8th

Are you looking for a unique and affordable way for Scouts and their families to meet up this summer? Do you need a change of venue for your Troop or Pack meeting? Are you on the hunt for a local place to camp out with entertainment and concessions covered by someone else? The Trenton Thunder is hosting TWO Scout Nights during the 2025 baseball season: Friday June 27th & Friday August 8th. Tickets are only $8 and patches can be purchased for $2 extra. Each Scout Night also includes a pre-game parade, a movie on the big screen after the game, the opportunity for tent camping in the outfield, and concession stands open late for all of your dining needs! Click the button below to get tickets for your unit and enjoy a Scout Night at the Trenton Thunder!
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New for 2025 - The Trenton Thunder Green Scout Initiative
Washington Crossing Council and Garden State Council have partnered with the Trenton Thunder to launch something new for 2025. The Green Scout Initiative will feature 2-6 Scout participants each game. Scouts will help the thunder community collect recyclable containers from fans during the game in an effort to reduce the amount of waste produced during the baseball game.
Here's what you need to know to participate:
- Units can sign up to participate using the Signup Genius link below
- A unit should bring 2-6 Scouts to the game they've signed up for. Each Scout will get 2 free tickets. Additional tickets can be purchased for $8 each.
- Scouts and registered leaders should wear their uniform to the game.
- Scouts, with the assistance of Trenton Thunder Staff, will collect recyclables from patrons during the 2nd, 4th, and 6th innings. Scouts will not pick up trash or perform any other tasks.
- This opportunity is available to Scouts, Explorers, Sea Scouts, and Venturers ages 14 & up
| | Service Camporee at the Special Olympics of NJ Summer Games | | | |
Banner Carriers Needed for Opening Ceremony!
The Scouting America Service Camporee at the SONJ Summer Games is a meaningful and memorable event that allows Scouts and Scouters to contribute to a worthy cause.
Units are encouraged to camp and serve the whole weekend, but units or Scouts with time constraints can pitch in by helping to carry team banners on Friday night from 5:45 to 9:00 during Opening Ceremonies.
Scan the QR code on the left for the leader's guide, and reach out to Carla Fisher with any questions or to register.
| | | Cub Scout Day Camp - Early Pricing Ends April 30th | | |
2025 CUB SCOUT DAY CAMP
The days are getting longer, and the sun is setting later! Spring has sprung at Washington Crossing Council, and summer camp is right around the corner.
If you have not signed your Cub Scout(s) up for day camp yet, you better hurry!
Families who want to benefit from Early Bird Pricing must register for day camp before May 1!
On May 1, the price of Cub Scout Day Camp will increase from $225/week to $265/week.
The success of our Cub Scout Day Camp is the result of many hands! We are on the lookout for adult volunteers and Den Chiefs.
Day camps are held at 4 locations throughout the council:
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Rosedale Park, Pennington, NJ July 7-11
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Core Creek Park, Langhorne, PA July 14-18
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Mercer County Park, W Windsor, NJ July 21-25
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Ockanickon, Pipersville, PA August. 4-8
Questions? Reach out to Kevin Ott
| | | Prepared For Life: Career Readiness May 31 | |
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Prepared for Life Career Expo Returns Saturday, May 31st!
The district's annual Prepared for Life: Career Readiness event returns for another year on Saturday May 31st. In prior years, this event has been open to Eagle Scouts, but this year ALL HIGH SCHOOL AGED Scouts are invited to register and attend. There will be workshops, breakout sessions for various career tracks, and opportunities to network with professionals and mentors from a variety of industries. Don't wait; register today!
When: Saturday, May 31st, 9AM-12PM
Where: Trenton Thunder Stadium, Trenton, NJ
| | | | Cub Scout Adventure Camp - Early Bird Deadline Approaching | | |
The deadline for the discounted registration fee is April 30.
The Cub Scout camp discounted fee is $275 per youth. Starting May 1, the regular camp fee is $300. Parent/adult fee remains $90.
Cub Scout Adventure camp is the perfect opportunity to experience camping with your Cub Scout. The three-day, two-night camp provides an opportunity for Cub Scouts to participate in ten different program areas including: swimming, fishing, boating, archery, sling shots, BB guns, gaga ball, climbing tower, nature hike and more. The program is delivered by the Ockanickon camp staff.
Food in the air-conditioned dining hall, tents and cots are included. All you need to bring is your personal gear and Cub Scout!
SOME CAMPERSHIP FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFYING FAMILIES
For information contact, Michelle Cathers
| | | Roundtable Meeting Updates | |
April Showers Bring Spring Recruitment Strategy!
The April Roundtable meeting was all about recruitment. Attendees discussed the difference between dynamic and static unit recruiting. Unit leaders throughout the district then teamed up to work on methods for communicating unit values to potential members, and many leaders shared resources and personal experiences in building up the rosters in their troops and packs.
Please send at least 1 adult leader from each unit to the May Roundtable meeting on May 14th. More info is at the bottom of the newsletter!
| |  | For a great list of unit recruiting resources, visit the Scouting Wire Marketing & Membership Hub | | | Adventure Con - May 13th @ Bucks County College | | | |
Join us on May 13th from 6PM to 8:30PM at Bucks County College
Adventure Con is like a trade show of all that is available to Scouts in Washington Crossing Council! In addition to booths from the districts and camping opportunities, there will be vendors from all over the region who want to help your Troop, Pack, Crew, Post, or Ship plan another great year of program!
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Some Advancement Q&A
The 2025 Guide to Advancement includes some changes and reinforces long-standing policies for advancement in Scouting America programs. This essential document should guide all Scouting America volunteers. Here are some Q&A’s highlighted by M.A.D. Advancement Chair Michael Merritt:
Q: Should Boards of Review be delayed to accommodate schedules of non-participants?
A: The chair works with all involved parties to schedule the date, time, and place. The Board of Review should happen promptly and not be delayed for reasons unrelated to rank requirements. The Scout’s parents, relatives, or guardians should not be in attendance in any capacity—not as members of the board, as observers, or even as the unit leader.
Q: Does the Eagle Project have to be the last requirement finished? Should a Life Scout be advised to delay their project?
A: No. A Scout can begin planning their project as soon as they become a Life Scout. That said, many Scouts find it helpful to focus on merit badges first and the Eagle project second (or vice versa).
Q: Online worksheets are great tools…do they completely suffice to meet merit badge requirements?
A: Worksheets and other materials that may be of assistance in earning merit badges are available from a variety of unofficial sources. Use of these aids is permissible as long as the materials can be correlated with the current requirements that Scouts must fulfill. Completing “worksheets” may suffice where a requirement calls for something in writing, but not for a requirement where the Scout must discuss, tell, show, or demonstrate, etc.
| | | Upcoming Events! Mark Your Calendar | | |
Plan Ahead:
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Adventure Con: May 13th @ Bucks County College
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May Roundtable: May 14th @ 7:30PM; Our Lady of Sorrows, Hamilton
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May Campbuilder: May 17th @ 9AM: Ockanickon Scout Reservation
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District Committee: May 21st @ 7PM: St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Hamilton
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Prepared for Life Career Readiness: May 31st @ 9AM: Trenton Thunder Stadium, Trenton, NJ
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