Dear Fellow Alumni, And so we find ourselves again deep in the sudden sunlight of another spring. We sweep off driveways and drag out lawn furniture and dust off our sunrooms, patios and tune up our lawnmowers, and some of us even get ready for the onslaught of seasonal allergies. So as we prepare ourselves […]
8 am – Noon: Check In at Donald North Court Administrative check-in & guest wrist band 8 am – 9 am: Breakfast at Factors Club (muffins, danish, coffee, milk, juice) 9 am – Noon: Visit camps and participate in program area activities Camp Three Point Waterfront […]
Saturday, June 8 – SAVE THE DATE – “Around the Pond” Hike and Cookout on the Dam What’s better than camp in the summer with warm weather and peace and quiet? Mere days before the storm of staffers and campers arrive, we will welcome all Alumni to our Summer event, on June 8th at 4 pm. Take […]
When I asked Frederick W. Schultz, Managing Director of Seaward Management in Boston, Massachusetts, what did you learn from Scouting and working at Camp Yawgoog that has helped you in your career, he immediately answered, “the ability to listen”. He said that in his job he must be able to listen to his clients in […]
Did you ever really wonder about the beginning of the Scouting Program? The information provided below comes from Keith Monroe and appeared in the June 1996 issue of ‘Scouting Magazine’. February 14, 1911 proved to be a memorable date in the history of the Boy Scouts of America. It was the BSA’s first birthday […]
In 2019, 108 years later, Scouting remains strong. As in any organization, Scouting has had to face challenges, but rose above them all and continues to be a vibrant youth organization. People have many different thoughts as to why the BSA has survived and thrived for 108 years……my personal thoughts are that the BSA provides […]
YAA Chairman’s Letter Fall 2018 My name is Patrick McDonald and I am the new chairman of the Yawgoog Alumni Association. My first summer at camp began in June 1997 when I stepped off a yellow school bus on Tim O’Neil Field, fresh off the Motor Vessel Cape Henlopen, run by the Cross Sound Ferry […]