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Monmouth Council
Monmouth Council, Scouting America, established in 1917, serves all of Monmouth County, New Jersey and ten eastern townships of Middlesex County, New Jersey. The Council was the starting point for the landmark US Supreme Court case Boy Scouts of America v. Dale.
The council is divided into 4 districts:
Forestburg Scout Reservation is a Scouting America camp in Forestburgh, Sullivan County, New York. The property offers summer camp and year-round camping in two distinct but connected camps: J. Fred Billett Camp and Dan Beard Camp.
The first summer camp session was held in 1956, following the initial land purchase of the 635-acre (2.57 km2) estate of Dr. Thomas Darlington, the former health commissioner for New York City. In 1965, an additional 600-acre (2.4 km2) was purchased from the Metauk Rod & Gun Club. Unlike its sister camp, FSR does not feature a "theme".
The Quail Hill property was purchased in 1964 from sisters Elizabeth and Grace LeValley. It was previously a working farm. Early maps show barns, a corn crib, and orchards, and even today foundation stones from the old buildings can be seen. It was intended to replace Camp Housman, which the council purchased in the 1940s. Camp Housman was too small and swampy for the kind of programs the council wanted to implement, such as extensive training courses and enhanced Cub Scout camping and activities.
Chet Fromm was tapped to develop the farm into a proper Scouting America camp. Fromm was a retired soldier and a director of training at Camp Housman and a District Executive. He served as the first ranger, retiring in 1983. Subsequent rangers were George Leidy, John Herlihy, Randy Blades, Jim Mechkowski and the current ranger is Adam Schumard.
Between 1964 and 1967 the camp roads, parking lots, the campfire bowl, the all faiths chapel, and the Webelos and Scout lodges were all constructed. The pond was also enlarged and the farm fields were converted to grass to create the activities fields. The camp was dedicated on 7 October 1967. That weekend also was host to the first camp activity, a huge council camporee. Car traffic was backed up all the way to Route 33.
Quail Hill was the first camp in the former Northeast Region to offer a Cub Scout day camp, and it continues to do so with a summer program featuring both day and resident overnight camping for Cubs and Webelos. Throughout the remainder of the year, thousands of Scouts participate in Klondike derbies, camporees, Order of the Arrow events, unit campouts, courts of honor, campfires, picnics, and training courses.
Monmouth Council
Monmouth Council, Scouting America, established in 1917, serves all of Monmouth County, New Jersey and ten eastern townships of Middlesex County, New Jersey. The Council was the starting point for the landmark US Supreme Court case Boy Scouts of America v. Dale.
The council is divided into 4 districts:
Forestburg Scout Reservation is a Scouting America camp in Forestburgh, Sullivan County, New York. The property offers summer camp and year-round camping in two distinct but connected camps: J. Fred Billett Camp and Dan Beard Camp.
The first summer camp session was held in 1956, following the initial land purchase of the 635-acre (2.57 km2) estate of Dr. Thomas Darlington, the former health commissioner for New York City. In 1965, an additional 600-acre (2.4 km2) was purchased from the Metauk Rod & Gun Club. Unlike its sister camp, FSR does not feature a "theme".
The Quail Hill property was purchased in 1964 from sisters Elizabeth and Grace LeValley. It was previously a working farm. Early maps show barns, a corn crib, and orchards, and even today foundation stones from the old buildings can be seen. It was intended to replace Camp Housman, which the council purchased in the 1940s. Camp Housman was too small and swampy for the kind of programs the council wanted to implement, such as extensive training courses and enhanced Cub Scout camping and activities.
Chet Fromm was tapped to develop the farm into a proper Scouting America camp. Fromm was a retired soldier and a director of training at Camp Housman and a District Executive. He served as the first ranger, retiring in 1983. Subsequent rangers were George Leidy, John Herlihy, Randy Blades, Jim Mechkowski and the current ranger is Adam Schumard.
Between 1964 and 1967 the camp roads, parking lots, the campfire bowl, the all faiths chapel, and the Webelos and Scout lodges were all constructed. The pond was also enlarged and the farm fields were converted to grass to create the activities fields. The camp was dedicated on 7 October 1967. That weekend also was host to the first camp activity, a huge council camporee. Car traffic was backed up all the way to Route 33.
Quail Hill was the first camp in the former Northeast Region to offer a Cub Scout day camp, and it continues to do so with a summer program featuring both day and resident overnight camping for Cubs and Webelos. Throughout the remainder of the year, thousands of Scouts participate in Klondike derbies, camporees, Order of the Arrow events, unit campouts, courts of honor, campfires, picnics, and training courses.