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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Country | United States | ||
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| Website http://www.ppbsa.org |
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The Patriots' Path Council includes Morris, Sussex, Somerset and Union counties. It was born in 2000 with the merger of the Morris-Sussex Area Council (1936–1999) and the Watchung Area Council (1926–1999).[1]
The grave of Green Bar Bill lies within the geographic scope of the Patriots Path Council. He is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery (Row 8, Block I) in Mendham, New Jersey (near Schiff Scout Reservation).
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The council is divided into the following districts:
| District Name | Communities Served | District Executive |
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| Raritan Valley | Bound Brook, Bradley Gardens, Branchburg, Bridgewater, Dunellen, Finderne, Flagtown, Green Brook, Hillsborough, Lamington, Manville, Martinsville, Middlesex, Neshanic, Neshanic Station, North Branch, Piscataway, Plainfield, Pluckemin, Raritan, Somerville, South Bound Brook, South Branch and South Plainfield | Carolina Gongra |
| Fishawack | Boonton, Boonton Township, Butler, Cedar Knolls, Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, East Hanover, Florham Park, Hanover, Harding Township, Kinnelon, Lincoln Park, Madison, Montville, Morris Plains, Morris Township, Morristown, Mountain Lakes, New Vernon, Parsippany, Pequannock, Riverdale, Towaco, Whippany | Al Thomas |
| Jockey Hollow | All communities within the Patriots' Path Council The Jockey Hollow District works with special needs Scouts [2] | John Leigh |
| Munsee | Clark, Cranford, Elizabeth, Hillside, Kenilworth, Linden, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park, Springfield, Union, and Winfield Park | Art Lobdell |
| Watchung Mounain | Berkeley Heights, Fanwood, Garwood, Gillette, Long Hill Township, Meyersville, Millington, Mountainside, Murray Hill, New Providence, North Plainfield, Scotch Plains, Stirling, Summit, Warren, Watchung and Westfield | Grant Van Eck |
| Sussex | Andover, Branchville, Byram Township, Frankford Township, Fredon, Franklin, Green, Hamburg, Hampton, Hardyston, Hopatcong, Lafayette, Lake Mohawk, Layton, Montague, Netcong, Newton, Ogdensburg, Sparta, Stanhope, Stillwater, Sussex, Tranquility, Vernon, Wallpack, Wantage | Terry Paicer |
| Black River | Basking Ridge, Bedminster, Bernardsville, Brookside, Budd Lake, Chester, Denville, Dover, Far Hills, Flanders, Gladstone, Jefferson Township, Liberty Corner, Long Valley/Schooley's Mountain, Mendham, Mine Hill, Mt. Arlington, Mt. Olive, Peapack, Randolph, Rockaway Township, Rockaway (Borough), Roxbury, and Wharton | John Leigh |
The council operates five camps:
Sabattis Adventure Camp is a Boy Scout adventure camp located in the Adirondack Park in New York State. The camp is owned and operated by the Patriots' Path Council. The camp, usually in operation from early July to late August, offers Boy Scouts the chance to spend a week either living on the camp ground, where they participate in various camp activities and work on completing merit badges, or go on a trek, where they hike or canoe for most of the week.
Sabattis Adventure Camp offers week long canoeing or backpacking treks. A minimum of six participates can travel 20 to 100 miles of wilderness, dependent upon the ability level of the participants. Sabattis treks obey the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace philosophy allowing for an educational and fun experience for all the participates.
All the treks are approved by the New York State Health Department, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Boy Scouts of America. Sabattis Adventure Camp holds certificates from both the New York State Health Department and the Boy Scouts of America ensuring safe treks.
The land where the camp now stands was originally the estate of swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist Charles Daniels. Most of the grounds occupied by the camp are the remains of a nine hole golf course Daniels built for his wife, the most visible portion of which is the parade grounds, next to the staff dining hall, which still looks like the green that it once was. He built the golf course to convince his wife to come up with him. The spot where the flag pole stands now is one of the original putting greens. The actual mansion that the Daniels lived in was located near what is now Family Camp, next to the lake. The house, called Tarnedge, was dismantled in the early 1970s and few visible reminders of it remain. The Doll House, which he had built for his daughter to play in, still stands, and is used to house staff. The path leading to the Mohawk camp site was the original main entrance to the estate, and the stone wall lining it is still there in fairly good condition, along with the main gates near the main road.[3]
The Residential Camp program offers Scouts a chance to have fun while working on merit badges, personal advancement and Patrol or Troop advancement.
The following Merit Badges are offered:
Other in-camp programs include: high ropes C.O.P.E. course, climbing tour, mountain biking, mountain boarding, sailing a 17 foot trimaran, two 29 ft war canoes, Charley's Mountain hike and overnight, field archery, muzzle loader shooting and many others![4]
All cooking at Sabattis is in the traditional patrol style over open fires or on camping stoves. Every patrol in camp sends two scouts to pick up their meal ingredients for each meal from the Commissary. At every meal patrol leaders and senior patrol leaders are put to the test... preparation and training goes into a successful days. Scouts are put to the test in meal setup, preparation, cooking and clean-up.[5]
National Order of the Arrow regulations stipulate that each council have just one Order of the Arrow (OA) Lodge. As the Morris Sussex Area Council and the Watchung Area Council merged in 2000, OA members from both councils had to grapple with combining two lodges with long histories. The Morris Sussex Lodge, Allemakewink #54, celebrated their 70th anniversary in 2000 and hosted a Section Conclave. With so much happening that year, it was decided the merger would have to wait. In 2001, Woapalanne #43 was born from the heritage of Miquin #68 and Allemakewink #54.[6]
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