Boy Scout Troop 389 and Cub Scout Pack 389, which are chartered by Atlantic Christian School, won three significant awards at the Sea Pines District Jersey Shore Council Scout Show held on Saturday, February 2 at the Hamilton Mall. Boy Scout Troop 389 captured first place among four area Boy Scout Troops and best overall in the show for its informational exhibit entitled “What’s In Your Pack?” The Cub Scout Pack 389 took second place for its exhibit on animals that are native to southern New Jersey. ACS students Calvin Costello, Matt Dietrich, Jackson Gayeski, Joshua Guevara, and Hunter Jorgenson worked alongside seven other Troop members to create an interesting, inter-active display that tested visitors and judges alike on their knowledge of how to pack a backpack for different purposes. 8th grader Hunter Jorgenson, who is a Star Scout, came up with the exhibit theme, a take-off on the Capital One slogan –“What’s In Your Wallet?” The “What’s In Your Pack” exhibit included four backpacks with different contents — for survival, camping, hiking, and traveling in a car — and the challenge was to identify each pack by examining its contents. Jorgenson, whose father Mike Jorgenson is the Scoutmaster, said the troop worked for about a month to prepare their exhibit.
Cubmaster Carrie Jorgenson said she was very proud of the 11 boys in her Cub Pack and the way they prepared for their exhibit on native area birds, bats, and butterflies, which included building a butterfly feeder, a bat house, and a purple marlin house. ACS 3rd grader and Webelo Brandon Jorgenson and fellow Webelo Mark Wurzer ably answered the judges questions at the show about the various animals, their habitats, diets, and much more. Other ACS students in the Pack who worked on the exhibit were 3rd graders Gabriel Capito and William Winkel and 4th grader Saywer Gayeski. The ACS Boy Scout Troop and Pack meet on Mondays from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the ACS campus. For more information on scouting at ACS, contact Mrs. Jorgenson at cjorgenson@acseht.org.