Troop 152 was founded in 1930 in West Point, PA. We meet every Tuesday night from 7 to 8:30pm at the Upper Gwynedd Community Center near 1 Parkside Place, North Wales, PA 19454 (see map). And, we welcome anyone interested in joining to get in touch with us and visit a meeting!
Activities and Traditions
We camp every month of the year but December, including a week at summer camp in July. All our upcoming trips are on the calendar.
The favorite by far is our Rod & Gun weekend in April. After a safety seminar and under the supervision of NRA certified instructors and safety officers, the scouts shoot shotguns, .22 caliber rifles, archery, and BB guns. Many of the parents also take the chance to join us.
We don't go hungry on the trips, either. One of our longest traditions is making funnel cake at Summer Camp. Chris Nagele now carries the torch and joins the troop on Friday night of camp to make funnel cake for the scouts, leaders, and campstaff.
And speaking of Summer Camp, our Troop visits a different camp every year. We make sure to go to our Council Camp, Resica Falls Scout Reservation, once every 4 years. And, Goose Pond Scout Reservation always makes it's way into the rotation. But the other years, we visit many of the camps in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland. For example, we have recently been to...
- Camp Minsi in Pocono Summit, PA
- Camp Tuckahoe in Dillsburg, PA
- Camp Keowa at Ten Mile River in Narrowsburg, NY
- Heritage Reservation near Pittsburgh, PA
- Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation in Schuylkill Haven, PA
- Ockanickon Scout Reservation in Pipersville, PA
- Rodney Scout Reservation in North East, MD
We have traveled to Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, Mystic Seaport, Johnstown, Harpers Ferry, Shenendoah National Park, and hundreds of points in between. Since we camp every month of the year except December, the scouts get to experience every kind of weather and environment.
Throughout all those camping weekends and summer camps, the Troop has raised over 140 Eagle Scouts. And if you join us at the annual Holiday Party in December, you'd see! Many of the Troop's Eagles and their families come back to reminisce about old times at camp and hear about the next generation's antics.
Troop Leadership
Senior Patrol Leader: Aedan Licwinko
Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders:
- Walter Psculkowski
Scoutmaster: Dave Gartner
Committee Members:
- Rob Nagele: Chairman
- Nancy Bickel: Treasurer
- Bill Kelso: Registrations/Dues
- Douglas Willen: Secretary
- Chris Nagele: Activity Coordinator
- Alan Fleck: Advancement
- Kris Neild: Quartermaster
- Barry Hornberger: Newsletter
- Nick Iaquinto: Webmaster
Assistant Scoutmasters
- Fran Belfield
- Joe Magee
- Harry Weber
Members at Large:
- Larry Brasch
- Scott Keaton
- Fred Lynch
- Suren Pakhtigian
- Tony Pacaro
- Steve McClellan
Emeritus Members:
- John Bickel
- Grayson Keaton
- Theo Fleck
- Ian Truscott
- William "Billy" Snow
West Point Foundation:
- Lynn Nagele: Coordinator
Eagle Scouts
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Elwood Brunt | 1934-02-27 |
| William Stonebach | 1949-09-17 |
| Gregory Woodruff | 1955-03-23 |
| John Service | 1956-12-19 |
| James Murphy | 1958-09-23 |
| Ed Walker | 1958-09-23 |
| Dan Holben | 1967-06-28 |
| Charles Schaffer | 1972-10-31 |
| Dave Kobe | 1973-12-18 |
| Chris Jordan | 1974-01-29 |
| David Slade | 1979-08-21 |
| Bill Thorpe | 1981-09-22 |
| Joseph Magee | 1987-07-12 |
| Robert Wolf | 1988-03-09 |
| Chip Stark | 1988-04-07 |
| Steve Rodriguez | 1990-04-10 |
| Chris Stark | 1990-10-15 |
| Eric Pearson | 1990-10-25 |
| Matt Messa | 1990-11-27 |
| John Hutchinson | 1991-02-26 |
| Mark Magee | 1991-06-18 |
| Adam Rabuck | 1992-09-12 |
| Sean Pope | 1992-09-23 |
| Russell Watters | 1992-11-10 |
| Greg Mayer | 1992-11-27 |
| Tim Riesz | 1993-01-26 |
| Tim Ferguson | 1993-06-10 |
| Michael Zumpino | 1993-11-11 |
| David Sweeny | 1993-12-16 |
| Pete Wise | 1993-12-29 |
| Brian Pratt | 1993-12-29 |
| James Andrews | 1994-03-10 |
| Shawn Sealer | 1994-09-20 |
| John Paquette | 1994-12-13 |
| David Hornberger | 1995-03-28 |
| Tim Williams | 1995-07-26 |
| Jeff Kelso | 1996-01-21 |
| Anthony Beilawski | 1996-03-05 |
| Greg Stark | 1996-05-07 |
| Jason Fine | 1996-12-17 |
| Chris Beer | 1996-12-21 |
| William McCabe | 1997-04-22 |
| Adam Jauss | 1997-06-30 |
| Matt Bertone | 1997-08-20 |
| Matt Williams | 1997-08-20 |
| Mark Lee | 1997-11-18 |
| Doug Phillabaum | 1997-12-18 |
| Andrew Harris | 1998-03-19 |
| Mitchell Seipt | 1998-04-30 |
| Dan Bracken | 1998-06-24 |
| Jason Kelso | 1998-06-25 |
| Allen Bracken | 1998-09-29 |
| Steve McIllhenny | 1998-11-04 |
| Chris Nagele | 1998-11-04 |
| Devin Phillabaum | 1999-05-18 |
| Scott McClellan | 1999-05-18 |
| Stephen Phillabaum | 1999-05-18 |
| Brian Geiger | 2000-03-13 |
| Ian Horowitz | 2001-06-19 |
| Jason DeWitt | 2001-10-24 |
| Matt Morvin | 2001-10-24 |
| Chris DeLong | 2002-04-09 |
| Alex Haugh | 2002-04-24 |
| Bobby Lukens | 2002-04-24 |
| Kevin Hermann | 2002-05-29 |
| Travis Simpson | 2002-07-09 |
| Chris Pasquale | 2001-10-01 |
| John Bickel | 2002-10-01 |
| Chris Johnson | 2002-12-10 |
| David Walsh | 2003-03-14 |
| Matt Geiger | 2003-07-10 |
| Mike Nagele | 2003-10-13 |
| Thomas Buonocore | 2003-12-16 |
| Paul Tripp | 2003-12-16 |
| Jordan Sarris | 2004-10-05 |
| Shaun MacMinn | 2004-12-13 |
| Steven Heilman | 2005-07-27 |
| Adam Smith | 2005-08-16 |
| Floyd Nellett | 2005-10-04 |
| Steve Hanebury | 2006-02-01 |
| Bryan Kobe | 2006-03-28 |
| John Pilla | 2006-06-05 |
| Kelsey Britton | 2006-07-26 |
| Sean Sasso | 2006-08-16 |
| Drew Bundschuh | 2006-12-20 |
| Sean Gorni | 2006-12-20 |
| Brian Bauer | 2006-12-20 |
| Joseph Archutowski | 2006-12-27 |
| Sagar Vegesna | 2007-01-24 |
| Jonathan Hibbert | 2007-02-06 |
| Jeff Dantzer | 2007-03-06 |
| Christian Ost | 2007-12-04 |
| Michael Mansuy | 2007-12-27 |
| TJ Burghart | 2008-04-30 |
| Russell Dorand | 2008-04-30 |
| Graham Bickel | 2008-06-09 |
| Alex Murdoch | 2008-10-29 |
| Michael Archutowski | 2008-12-22 |
| Mark Bundschuh | 2008-12-22 |
| David DeLong | 2008-12-22 |
| Andrew Dougherty | 2009-02-09 |
| Christopher Vanek | 2009-07-09 |
| Mark Szilagyi | 2009-12-23 |
| Nick Iaquinto | 2009-12-29 |
| Michael Walsh | 2010-06-23 |
| David Yost | 2010-06-23 |
| James Stevenson | 2010-07-07 |
| Chris Bauer | 2010-08-25 |
| Greg Steuer | 2010-08-25 |
| Jesse Gehringer | 2010-11-03 |
| Christopher Yang | 2010-12-22 |
| Ian Truscott | 2011-04-05 |
| Joseph Van Galen | 2011-04-27 |
| Mason Pakhtigian | 2011-06-29 |
| Robert Hausler | 2011-12-19 |
| Alex Bauer | 2012-06-20 |
| Alex Chasar | 2012-08-29 |
| Ben Hoffman | 2012-08-29 |
| Brandon McDonnell | 2012-12-10 |
| David Franco | 2012-12-27 |
| Paul Steuer | 2013-03-14 |
| John Blauvelt | 2013-05-16 |
| Edwin Bogert | 2013-05-16 |
| Henry Hoffman | 2013-11-11 |
| Anthony Pacaro | 2014-06-16 |
| Alexander Holland | 2015-03-26 |
| Theo Fleck | 2015-09-30 |
| Azad Niroomand | 2015-11-23 |
| Sidarth Giddu | 2015-12-10 |
| Etienne Ayoub | 2016-01-21 |
| Michael Pacaro | 2016-05-16 |
| Billy Snow | 2016-08-11 |
| Arya Niroomand | 2016-08-24 |
| David Shelly | 2016-12-07 |
| Evin Karatas | 2016-12-12 |
| Grayson Keaton | 2017-03-01 |
| Garrett Belfield | 2017-03-29 |
| Ryan Neild | 2017-04-24 |
| Alex Hotchkiss | 2018-08-08 |
| Tom Pacaro | 2018-12-17 |
| Trevor Keaton | 2019-03-25 |
| Thomas Lloyd | 2019-03-25 |
| Luke Dyer | 2019-05-30 |
| Liam Lynch | 2019-07-04 |
| Patrick Lynch | 2019-12-16 |
| Alec Chang | 2020-10-19 |
| Shane Harris | 2020-11-04 |
| Matt Sayer | 2021-07-12 |
| Justin Gartner | 2021-09-29 |