Troop 189 has been awarded BSA Quality Unit Status in
2003
2004
2005
2006
and
BSA Centennial
Quality Unit
Award
Status in
2007, 2008,
and 2009

as well as the Nassau County Gus Katz Award for Service to God and Country in 2008
 


Pack 189 wins the 2009
AND 2010
Gus Katz Award for
Service to God
and Country
Only 1 Troop, Crew, or Pack in the County is so honored each year!

Character Counts

In Scouting, we like to say that “Character Counts”.

89% of Senior Class Presidents were Scouts
80% of Junior Class Presidents were Scouts
85% of Student Council Presidents were Scouts
88% of School Newspaper Editors were Scouts
64% of Air Force Academy Graduates were Scouts
58% of West Point Graduates were Scouts
70% of Annapolis Graduates were Scouts
72% of Rhodes Scholars were Scouts
85% of FBI Agents were Scouts

Wantagh Memorial Day Parade 2005

For Every 100 boys in Scouting…

3 will develop a career based on what they started in a Merit Badge program
1 will use his Scouting Skills to save a life
and only 2 to 4  will become Eagle Scouts

Troop 189 has a long history that goes back over 50 years. The troop charter lapsed throughout the 80’s and 90’s, but the revitalized Troop 189 is back and is going strong. We congratulate Andrew,Josh, and Charles; our first Eagles of the rechartered Troop 189 and are proud to add their names to the Troop 189 Honor Roll of Eagle Scouts:

Troop 189 Eagles

Wallace Hoffman

8/19/1953

Richard Broder

2/27/1957

Steven Robeano

2/27/1957

Kenneth Haas

7/9/1957

Leon Kendall

7/9/1957

Stanley Skolnik

7/9/1957

Victor Schwartz

1/27/1959

Robert Leventhal

1/27/1959

Mark Levine

2/16/1959

Mark Michaels

12/15/1959

Martin Siegel

3/1/1960

Daniel Seltzer

7/2/1969

Seth Vogelstein

12/11/1972

Jonathan Hecht

2/4/1974

Billy Gould

5/12/1975

Michael Foreman

2/7/1977

Jonathan Gordon

5/21/1979

Michael Ditkowsky

5/23/1980

Michael Moskowitz

5/19/1983

Andrew Innerfield

11/27/2007

Josh Tallis

1/7/2009

Charles Hillman

5/12/2010

Troop Historian Michael conducted research in the Council Archives.  He learned much about the original Troop 189, which was first Chartered in 1954.  Here is what he learned:

YEAR

SCOUTMASTER

# OF SCOUTS

1954

Roy Albert

50

1955

Roy Albert

62

1956

Roy Albert

71

1957

Harold Beitchman

69

1958

Harold Beitchman

53

1959

Allen Layton

46

1960

Allen Layton

54

1961

Edward Greenbound

34

1962

Edward Greenbound

31

1963

Edward Greenbound

29

1964

Steve Freeman

25

1965

Steve Freeman

40

1966

Steve Freeman

43

1967

Steve Freeman

49

1968

Steve Freeman

62

1969

Steve Freeman

57

1970

Steve Freeman

44

1971

Steve Freeman

43

1972

Steve Freeman

48

1973

Steve Freeman

39

1974

Steve Freeman

41

1975

Steve Freeman

35

1976

Steve Freeman

34

1977

Steve Freeman

39

1978

Steve Freeman

31

1979

Steve Freeman

34

1980

Steve Freeman

34

1981

Steve Freeman

28

1982

Steve Freeman

20

1983

Robert Tablinsky

13

 

RECHARTER IN 2002

 

2002

Mike Ferguson

14

2003

Mike Ferguson

15

2004

Mike Ferguson

22

2005

Mike Ferguson

25

2006

Mike Ferguson

31

2007

Mike Ferguson
Steve Innerfield

45

2008

Steve Innerfield

39

2009

Steve Innerfield

40

2010

Steve Innerfield
Mike Vitucci

48

According to these records, Mike Ferguson was the seventh Scoutmaster of Troop 189 upon the recharter of the Troop.  Steve Innerfield was our eighth Scoutmaster, and interestingly, is a second-generation Scoutmaster. His Dad was the Scoutmaster of Troop 303 in Oceanside in the 1970’s. Mike Vitucci assumed responsibilty as Scoutmaster in August, 2010.