Camp Yawgoog marking 100 years

HOPKINTON – Camp Yawgoog, a 1,800-acre Boy Scout camp, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, with a homecoming weekend planned for late July.
The camp serves more than 6,400 Scouts during the eight-week summer season and is known as a “Scout Adventureland, Forever.” Yawgoog is the country’s second-oldest continuously run Boy Scout camp and is owned and operated by the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Homecoming weekend is set for July 29 through July 31.
“Not only is this weekend an opportunity to spend time with friends new and old, it’s also a chance for alumni to raise funds for their favorite Boy Scout camp,” said Paul J. Choquette Jr., chairman of the Yawgoog 100th Anniversary Celebration.
The Narragansett Council created the Yawgoog 100 Endowment Fund with a $1 million goal to celebrate Yawgoog’s 100th anniversary and to raise money to help secure the future of Yawgoog. Each donor to the Yawgoog 100 Endowment Fund will be recognized with an engraved brick in the new walkway and flagpole area in the Donald North Court.
Bricks are available starting at $100 up to a cornerstone gift for $100,000. Donations can be a one-time gift, or made over a five-year period or through estate gifts.
A Friday, July 29, evening opening reception at Chelo’s on the Waterfront in Warwick will feature Gillian Clay, granddaughter of Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement.
On Saturday, July 30, events at Camp Yawgoog will kick off at 9:30 a.m. with a 5K Road Race & Fun Run. Other events will include tours of the camp, memorabilia displays, visits with Clay and the dedication of the new Yawgoog 100 Brick Memorial Walkway. A catered dinner under a tent will include a brief awards presentation and conclude with the Yawgoog Saturday Night Show at 8 p.m.
On Sunday, July 31, the day will begin with Mass and later, a chicken BBQ. The weekend ends with the Yawgoog Sunday Dress Parade and music by the Providence Brigade Band.
To learn more about Camp Yawgoog and how to become a sponsor of the Yawgoog 100 Endowment Fund, visit www.yawgoog100.org.
The Narragansett Council offers a program for boys and young men ages 6 to 21 and young women ages 14 to 21, serving over 13,000 in Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts and Pawcatuck, Conn. For more information, visit www.narragansettbsa.org.

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