NORTH FORK — North Fork Boy Scout Troop 357 will be holding a special recruitment night on Monday, May 23, at the Scout Building, located near the Town Hall in North Fork.
This special event begins at 7 p.m. and runs to 8:30 p.m.
The event will be held at 32996 Road 228, in North Fork.
All boys from age 11 to 17 are eligible to become Boy Scouts.
Boys as young as ten and going into the 6th grade in the fall are also welcome to become Boy Scouts.
Parents are welcome to come with their sons and learn about what Boy Scouts has to offer.
Scouts learn many skills that can come in handy later in life including first aid, cooking, camping, map and compass.
Scouts learn about the value of being a good member of the community by taking part in activities that improve our local area including tree planting and road clean up.
The North Fork troop likes to go camping, swimming, hiking, and backpacking into the wilderness. Each summer the troop spends a week at Camp Chawanakee Boy Scout Camp on the shores of Shaver Lake.
Over the past few years, some of the more interesting places the troop has gone include camping trips to Death Valley, Bodie ghost town, and Morro Bay. We have visited the Castle Air Museum and more recently took a day hike to the Hites Cove mining site on the Merced River.
For more information call Dave Smith, Scoutmaster, at 559-877-2186 or email cocomax@aol.com.