June 2026 - Troop 89 Newsletter

Troop 89 - June Newsletter 2026

June is a golden pause, when summer starts as school ends, with warm days and glowing evenings. The air is rich with happiness and relief, carrying both the fullness of the season and the first whispers of change. Our scout troop has various events, activities, and fun. 

• From the desk of the Committee Chair
• Hillsborough Family Fun and Fireworks event 
• Leader Report by Yatharth
• Scout Opinion By Neevan
• Honorary Scouting Skill of the Month
• Puzzle

Committee Chair's Message

Dear Troop 89 Scouts, Adult Leaders, and Families,

I want to extend a massive thank-you to everyone who came out to support Troop 89 at the Hillsborough Family Fun and Fireworks event on June 27th as we celebrated the landmark 250th anniversary of our nation! What makes this achievement even more incredible is that it was planned and executed on very short notice. Despite the tight timeline, your incredible energy, teamwork, and dedication made the entire day an absolute triumph.

​From running our Troop 89 booth with enthusiasm to stepping up as volunteers in the various play areas, your hard work did not go unnoticed. Our Scouts did a phenomenal job engaging with prospective new members, managing two fantastic shifts, and showcasing exactly what makes our troop so special.

​🎯 A Huge Hit: The Scout Activities

​The two games we hosted attracted a great number of young children and families, keeping our booth buzzing all day:

​The Memory Game: Families loved the challenge of memorizing outdoor gear in 30–40 seconds and writing down what they remembered to win great prizes.

​The Knot-Tying Challenge: A wonderful showcase of Scout skills where prospects were timed on their knots, earning gifts based on their speed and accuracy.

​🤝 Strengthening Our Community Connections & Special Visitors

​While our Scouts were busy managing the games and engaging with visiting families, our adult leaders were highly motivated and proactive in networking with other troop and community leaders. This outreach is invaluable as we continue to build strong partnerships for the future community work we are set forth to lead, helping Hillsborough and our surrounding areas thrive.

​We were also incredibly honored by the many community leaders who visited our booth to express their appreciation for our troop's efforts. In a special highlight for the day, Honorable Mayor Katherine Payne stopped by to congratulate us and shared her deep appreciation for the fantastic work Troop 89 is doing in the community!

​🏕️ Our Incredible Team

​Pulling off a successful event like this on such short notice truly requires a village, and our team stepped up beautifully. Every single Scout and leader who showed up played a vital role in this success:

​Our Phenomenal Scouts:

Kudos to Yatharth, Nevaan, Pranet, Arnav, Aarav, Prajwal, Sai, Vivaan, Krishiv, Anant, Arya, Kishore, and Iniyan. You all ran the shifts beautifully, engaged the young children and their families with respect, and represented Troop 89 with honor and distinction.

​Adult Leaders & Volunteers:

Thank you to Mrs. Mittal, Mr. Gupta, Mr. Sundar, Mr. Ramasamy, Mr. Bhagat, Mr./Mrs. Dhurpate, Mr./Mrs. Kansara, Mr./Mrs. Chhamunya, Mr. Devakate, and Mr./Mrs. Singh and families for your invaluable supervision, support, networking, and time.

​Please excuse me if I missed anyone.

​🌟 Special Mentions

​To close, I would like to offer a special acknowledgment to a few individuals who put in an extraordinary amount of effort to coordinate this entire effort on the fly:

​Mrs. Mittal (Adult Event Leader): Thank you for your tireless guidance, organization, and leadership in keeping everything running smoothly.

​Yatharth (Event Scout Leader): Outstanding job leading your peers! Your leadership during this event showed great maturity and Scout spirit throughout, and thank you for bringing such a great mix of outdoor items for the memory game.

​Nevaan: Fantastic work putting in a massive amount of groundwork both before and during the event to support Yatharth and Mrs. Mittal across multiple activities—and for printing those very attractive prizes on your 3D printer!

​Events like this are only possible because of the resilient, flexible, and incredible community we have built together. Let’s keep this amazing momentum going! 

​Yours in Scouting,

​Yashendra Singh (Yash)

Hillsborough Family Fun and Fireworks Celebration

Leader Report By Yatharth 

On June 27, 2026, I organized and led Troop 89’s booth at Hillsborough’s Family Fun Day and Fireworks Celebration at Auten Road Intermediate School. Before the event, I recruited volunteers, divided the Scouts into setup and breakdown shifts, planned the booth activities, and assigned responsibilities. Other Scouts helped run the booth, speak with families, manage the activities, hand out prizes, and assist with other areas of the celebration.

At our booth, children participated in the Scout Memory Challenge and learned how to tie a square knot using the EDGE Method. These activities helped families learn about camping, knots, first aid, leadership, and other opportunities offered by Scouting. The event also helped our Scouts improve their communication, teamwork, teaching, leadership, and problem-solving skills while representing Troop 89 in the community. It gave the troop a chance to connect with families and recruit potential new members, while helping me strengthen my own planning, organization, and leadership skills.

Scout Opinion By Neevan

My name is Nevaan, and this is what happened during the public celebration on June 27.

Our troop had a recruiting booth with two games where visitors could win prizes. Before the event began, we had to set everything up. Only a few people were there at the time, but we quickly ran into a problem. It was raining, the wind was strong, and our trifold display lost its ability to stay standing, and the sign on top kept falling backwards.

The trifold was one of the most important parts of our booth because it displayed photos and information about our troop. Since it had already gotten wet, it was even harder to keep upright. We tried placing supports behind it, but the wind kept knocking everything over. Eventually, we managed to keep it standing by supporting it with someone's backpack and a bag full of candy that we were giving away as prizes, but it was not perfect, as it would still fall down from time to time. For the sign, that was very hard to support as I didn’t have tape there at that time, so I ended up using the sticker that came with the trifold.

Once everything was finally set up, the event went much more smoothly. A steady stream of people visited our booth throughout the celebration. Many stopped to play our games, learn about our troop, and win prizes. Despite the rainy and windy weather, it turned out to be a successful recruiting event.

Looking back, I think the event might have been easier if it had been held the next day when the weather was better, but we made the best of the conditions and still had a great experience. 

Honorary Scouting Skill of the Month

As part of Scouting, all Scouts must master certain Scouting skills, including but not limited to Orienteering, Knots, Lashings, Basic First Aid, Cooking, Leadership, and adhering to the Scout Oath and Law.

This segment of the newsletter is dedicated to encouraging scouts to master these basic elements and skills of scouting.

This Newsletter is focused on teaching new and older scouts how to tie the bowline knot, an essential knot with uses in creating a harness and many applications in outdoor activities like climbing and sailing. 

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