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The HEARTS Camporee has been held for Scouting with Special Needs packs and troops since the late 1980's. Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Girl Scouts participate in a midway of Scouting skills, crafts, and demonstrations, followed by a barbeque and awards ceremony to recognize the Scouts that have advanced during the year. 

This year, the HEARTS camporee was dedicated to the memory of Ann M. Irvins, who supported our council's efforts in Scouting with Special Needs as Executive Director of the Nassau County Youth Board.

The HEARTS camporee is held on the second Friday of June every year at the UCP Center in Roosevelt from 10 AM to 2 PM.  The Special Programs Division welcomes Scouts (who might be able to obtain community service credit) and Scouters to assist us in delivering the program to our SPD units.

We recognize the following volunteers and organizations that made this year's HEARTS Camporee successful:

SPD: Susana Issacson, Georgie Connett, John Cook, Jim Ferris, Charles Mills, Dan Katzenstein, Cheryl Plavin, Larry Plavin, Eric Anderson

SPD Unit Leaders: PACK 11 Malkie  Adler & Linda Rosenfeld.  TROOP 11 Gloria Jean Berberich, Erica Ober, Barbara Barcia, & Ann Russo

TRC: Sal Ciampo, Kevin O'Shea, Troop 46, with special thanks to Don Smith and Bill Powers for the Derby Track

NESA: Tom Fabian, Steve Herman

Girl Scouts of Nassau County: Barbara Mercer, Grace Torelli, and Monica Hladky

Organizations: American Legion, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Nassau County Police Department,