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To the Friends and Alumni of Troop 273:

Troop 273, founded in 1970 by Scoutmaster Terry Rieck, has not rechartered for 2023 due to a lack of membership.

Beginning perhaps five or more years ago, our recruitment started to dwindle. As older Scouts aged out, the ranks started to thin. Then COVID hit. We could no longer use the Fairport Baptist Home for our meetings, and recruiting suffered even more. Once the pandemic faded, we had more recruiting events, but no recruits. Once we got down to three active members, we could no longer sustain the troop. Those three Scouts have moved to other troops.

The decision to not recharter was difficult. We're holding the money and equipment for now hoping that a group of Cub Scouts and leaders would like to restart the troop - a "turnkey" solution! If you know of any group looking for the means by which to start a troop, please have them get in touch with one of our leaders.