2 April, 2015
On Saturday, April 11, the Boy Scouts from Troop 4 will hold their 6th Annual Pancake Breakfast. Breakfast will be served by the scouts from 7:30 AM until 11:30 AM inside the Church Hall at St. John the Evangelist, located at 20 Church Street in Hopkinton. The boys will cook original, chocolate chip and gluten/nut/dairy free pancakes. They will also serve sausages, juice, coffee and more. After a successful first five years they are planning to serve around 500 people!
During the pancake breakfast, visitors are invited to take part in the silent auction. There will be tables of donations ranging in value from $5 and up. If you would like to make a donation to the silent auction or to Troop 4, please call the number below.
Admission to the all you can eat Pancake Breakfast is $6 for general admission and $4 for senior citizens. Veterans eat free.
All proceeds from the Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction go to Troop 4 scouting programs.
Last April, during school vacation week, 30 scouts and leaders took a road trip across the country visiting Niagara Falls, Arches National Park, and Canyonlands National Park, with the ultimate destination of Grand Canyon National Park. The more experienced scouts hiked down in to the canyon and camped overnight. Not only was this a test of physical strength and endurance but the scouts learned an invaluable lesson in teamwork and leadership. On the return trip they stopped at the Petroglyph National Monument and the Gateway Arch in St Louis. Their final stop before returning to Hopkinton was to visit the Flight 93 Memorial in Pennsylvania. This was a remarkable experience that the scouts will not forget!
This year Troop 4 is planning a trip to Acadia National Park in Maine over Memorial Day weekend. The proceeds of the Pancake Breakfast will help finance this trip. Each scout is trying to sell at least 20 tickets to the Pancake Breakfast to help earn money to subsidize the cost of future trips. The troop has had scouts sell over 200 tickets. It is amazing what the boys can do when you lay out a challenge for them.
It is programs like these that provide the youth of Hopkinton with a quality scouting experience. All scouts are given the opportunity to take on leadership roles in the troop and on camping adventures, which helps them build the skills they will need to become strong leaders in our community and for our country.
Please join us and support your local Scouting program. For additional information, tickets or donations please call 508-625-1121.
