BREAKING NEWS: PROJECT LEAP HAS BEEN POSTPONED
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Due to the current weather conditions and a continued driving ban in the State of Connecticut, the Section Leadership has made the decision to POSTPONE tomorrow’s Project LEAP event to Sunday, March 3rd. More details will be communicated in the near future.

URGENT UPDATE: The location for this Sunday’s Project LEAP event has been changed to the Connecticut Yankee Council Office (60 Wellington Road, Milford, CT). As of Friday morning, the latest weather forecast shows that the storm will be out of the region by tomorrow morning and we expect roads to be safe for travel by Sunday. Registration will open as scheduled at 8:00am. The Section Advisers continue to monitor the storm for worsening or prolonged conditions.

The Section NE-2A Communications team is proud to announce that the first ever Section NE-2A newsletter is has been released! The newsletter, titled The Fox Trot, covers various topics in Scouting. These topics range from our very own Lodge Updates, an article promoting Project 2013 and also promotions on High Adventure. We would like to thank our Editor-in-Chief, Bob Brown, for all the hard work he put in to making this happen! We would also like to thank the rest of the communications team and everyone who wrote articles for the newsletter.

The Fox Trot will be available online through the link below and in print at Project LEAP. Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you at Project LEAP!

Download the Newsletter here.

The latest section adviser’s update has been posted under the tab. It covers the month of January. Any questions or comments should be directed to our Section Adviser, Mr. Bill Chin. Click here to read the latest update.

Due to a scheduling conflict, the location of Project LEAP has changed from East Hartford High School to East Hartford Middle School. The new address is 777 Burnside Ave., East Hartford, CT 06118. The date and time have not changed. We hope to see you there.

The latest section adviser’s update has been posted under the tab. It covers the month of December. Any questions or comments should be directed to our Section Adviser, Mr. Bill Chin. Click here to read the latest update.

We all watched with horror the tragic shooting in Sandy Hook on Friday that claimed the life of 20 innocent children and 6 wonderful, heroic teachers.

It is with great sadness and a very heavy heart that we share that two of the children lost were new Tiger Cubs in Cub Scout Pack 170: Chase Kowalski and Benjamin Wheeler. Three other families in the Pack lost children at the school, and Tiger Cub Den Leader Peter Baressi was a First Responder hero who stayed with the families throughout this ordeal. Victoria Soto, one of the hero teachers, was an Explorer as a youth in Stratford EMS Post 4911.

Chase and Benjamin, two would-be Eagle Scouts, and all those lost Friday will forever be in our hearts and prayers.

Scouting families across the Council, across the country and even around the world are asking the same question everyone is: What can we do?

As a Scouting community, we come together especially in support of the Kowalski and Wheeler families. The Pack 170 leadership has asked the council to set up a Memorial Fund to support the five families and donations can be made out to “Pack 170 Memorial Fund” c/o Connecticut Yankee Council, PO Box 32, Milford, CT 06461. They are working with Newtown Savings Bank to establish this fund.

In an effort to assist the families, Connecticut Yankee Council will collect cards and letters which can also be addressed to “Pack 170” c/o the Connecticut Yankee Council, PO Box 32, Milford, CT 06461.

Perhaps the most important thing we can do is to keep all these families in our thoughts and prayers and remember these brave children and heroic teachers.

The latest section adviser’s update has been posted under the tab. It covers the months of October and November. Also the September addition has been posted.  Any questions or comments should be directed to our Section Adviser, Mr. Bill Chin. Click here to read the latest update.

The Pocumtuc Lodge’s annual fall fellowship was an exciting time. Those in attendance had fun playing thrilling games, awesome activities and fantastic food. All the games and activities were based off of the Hunger Games, and it was a time to remember. We played touch football. An amazing game of that for sure. We also did a lot of COPE activities and rock climbing. Our LEC on Saturday evening we affirmed our next event in February is to be a Star Wars themed event entitled Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Fellowship.