Alumni & Service Groups
From Trail to Legacy—Keep Making a Difference
If you would like to stay in touch with Scouting, network with fellow Scouts & Scouters, participate in service projects, and help deliver robust programs to the youth of Long Island, consider joining one of our alumni or service groups.
National Eagle Scout Association
The National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) helps Eagle Scouts stay in touch with Scouting and hear positive stories about how Scouting transforms the lives of youth through developing their leadership skills, character, citizenship, and physical fitness. The Association offers alumni networking, service opportunities, and educational scholarships for Eagles Scouts.
Mark Businski – NESA Chair
Kevin Shea – Staff Advisor
Onteora Alumni Association
The Onteora Alumni Association (OAA) was established to support and promote camping at Onteora Scout Reservation, Scouting America Long Island’s beloved camp property located along the Adirondack trail in the heart of the Catskills. Generations of Scouts, Scouters, and camp staff members have fond memories of their time spent at the “Land in the Sky.” Through membership in the OAA, you can reconnect with others with a deep appreciation for Onteora and help enhance and maintain the property for future generations to enjoy.
Bill Cotter – OAA Chair
Kevin Shea – Staff Advisor
Scouting America Long Island Alumni Association
The Scouting America Long Island Alumni Association work to re-engage and re-connect previously-active scouts, scouters and scouting family members through fellowship and promotion to strengthen the current program.
Sagamore Service Troop
The Sagamore Service Troop is unique to Scouting America Long Island and has continued as a brotherhood of trained Scouters, dedicated to lifetime service to Scouting. Members known fondly as “Sagamores” are “Prepared For Service” in a variety of Scout skills, staff training courses, demonstrating their specialties at roundtables and in units, and serving as merit badge counselors. They support many aspects of the local Scouting program and provide countless hours of volunteer service to maintain Council properties and camps.
Robert Loughran – Sagamore Master
Kevin Shea – Staff Advisor
Baiting Hollow Scout Camp Alumni Association
The mission of the Baiting Hollow Alumni Association is to engage present and former campers, scout leaders, and camp staff in events and programs that build fellowship, and reignite the memories of the camp that they love. If you have spent any time at Baiting Hollow as a camper or as a staff member, you are eligible for membership.
Chris Philp – BHSCAA Chair
James Grimaldi – Staff Advisor
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