Scouting America Troop 43 supports local food pantries

On the morning of Saturday April 5, 2025, Scouting America Troop 43 held a food drive at ShopRite in Bay Shore and collected 5 overflowing shopping carts of non-perishable items that will be donated to the local food pantries.

The scouts would like to thank ShopRite for allowing them to use the location for this important community service and special thanks to all the customers that gave so generously to the cause and supporting the scouts.

We had a great time speaking with the many community members that passed and hearing the stories of several alumni of scouting programs and a few even from our own Troop 43. With a history of over 60 continuous years of service to the Bay Shore Brightwaters area by the youth of Troop 43 by the Sea we have many proud alumni and the current youth enjoy hearing stories and fond memories.

Scouting America has year round programs in the community for all youth from Kindergarten through the age of 21. Examples are the Cub Program for K-5th grade, the Scout Troop Program ages 11 - 18, and the three programs that go up to 21 are Venturing, Sea Scouts and Exploring. For more information about all these programs throughout Suffolk County visit https://beascout.scouting.org/

If you have a youth in 5th grade through the age of 17 interested in a traditional scouting unit like T43 for boys or T430 for girls feel free to reach out to us at T43Scout@Gmail.com. They will have an opportunity to learn and have a great time building memories along their personal scouting trail and becoming prepared for life.