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Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser Proceeds Will Help Send Troop 76 Boy Scouts To Summer Camp

Event will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bayville Fire House.

Want to send a Boy Scout to summer camp this summer?

Then come to the Bayville Fire house on Saturday and have some spaghetti.

All of the proceeds from the fundraiser will be used to help members of Troop 76 of Bayville go to Camp Tuckahoe in Pennsylvania this summer.

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The cost is $10 per adult, and $6 for each child. The event will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

"There will be about 26 boy scouts going to summer camp this year," said Assistant Scoutmaster Edward Cammarato. "The camp they chose to attend is Camp Tuckahoe in Pennsylvania."

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Here's an idea of what the scouts will be doing once they get to camp.

  • Aquatics – swimming activities in an 186,000-gallon swimming pool, while rowing and canoeing happens on Memory Lake.
  • Buffalo Braves First-Year Camper Program – for new Scouts to work on most of the rank requirements from Tenderfoot to First Class.
  • Shooting Sports – archery, rifle and shotgun ranges. Great fishing opportunities abound at Memory Lake.
  • Handicrafts – with instruction available in basketry, Indian lore, leatherwork and wood carving.
  • Nature – 1,300 acres of magnificent woodlands.
  • Scoutcraft – a great place to learn those traditional Scouting outdoor skills

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