TW Nickerson provided a truck and trailer for our float. Our theme was “American Revolution – 250 Years”. We had 9 boy scouts and 6 cub scouts in the parade including 2 who carried then banner for the town officials. The scouts wore their uniforms and tricorn hats. The float had a dingy and a cub scout in a George Washington outfit to represent crossing the Delaware. We had blue tarps around to dingy to look like water. The float also had banners on the sides of the truck, buntings on the front and back of the truck, plus US flags all around and a few carried by the scouts. We had fife and drum music playing on speakers. A few adults walked besides the float and collected 12 bags of trash. Our parade position of 56 was towards the end and we were between Chatham Fog and Chatham Hood Bikes. The weather was perfect and the crowd large and friendly, and especially cheered for our George Washington.

Our troop help with the Chatham Conservation Foundation cleanup for Earth Day by picking up trash along Route 28.

Our troop helped with Beaver Day at Camp Greenough by cleaning up debris and brush around the maintenance building and around the trading post. Camp served us a hot lunch of spaghetti and meatballs.

For our fourth year, we did a Christmas tree pickup in Chatham and Harwich and collected about 70 trees. We had seven crews doing the pickups. Many people expressed thanks and several made extra donations. The Christmas tree collection raised $1680 which we donated to the Chatham Children’s Fund and the Cape Cod Family Pantry.

Our troop contributed to the pumpkin people in the town park with a pumpkin scout dressed for a hike.

Thanks to TW Nickerson, our troop had a truck with trailer for a float in the parade. The cub scouts joined us in the parade. Our float had a tent plus a campfire made with a fan blowing colored streamers. The scouts riding on the float wore their backpacks.

Our troop participated in the Memorial Day service for the Town of Chatham. In addition to leading the Pledge of Allegiance, three scouts got to take turns reading the three paragraphs from the Gettysburg Address by Lincoln.

Along with many other volunteer groups, the scouts helped the Chatham Conservation Foundation with cleaning up trash. Our route was along Old Queen Anne Road from Sam Ryder Rd to the Goose Pond landing. We collected 3 garbage bags of trash.

For our service jobs at Camp Greenough, our troop helped setup chairs, tables and a whiteboard at the new Welcome Center. We also picked up sticks and fallen branches. And we cleared out a few lockers from the basement. Then camp gave us a hot lunch and dessert.

For our third year, we did a Christmas tree pickup in Chatham and Harwich and collected about 80 trees. We had six crews doing the pickups. Many people expressed thanks and several made extra donations. The Christmas tree collection raised $1908 which we donated to the Chatham Children’s Fund and the Family Pantry.