The weekend of October 7 to 9, Troop 31 Rochester will join thousands of scouts from around the state at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds for MassJam. This event is held every 5 years and has been since 1985 and features exhibits, challenge activities and competitions and promotes scouting and fellowship. The theme for this year’s event is TOAST – Tomorrows Opportunities Always Start Today and will feature exhibits end events with the opportunities of the future in mind.
A more traditional event that will happen and something has been going on as long as Scouting itself, is patch trading. Scouts collect patches from camping trips, council and regional events and from scouts they have met around the area, state and world. Scouts then decide to trade under one of several motives: where the patch is from, if it is colorful, or whether it features an interesting animal such as bear, shark or snake
The weather looks to be wonderful for a fall camporee and should make for another great event for the Scouting program.