On Saturday, March 16, 2013, over 25,000 youth– Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venture Crews will distribute collection bags for non-perishable food items & other grocery store non food items among the homes of residents throughout the Kenosha and Racine Counties, Milwaukee & suburbs. Food bags will be hung on the front doors handles of [...]
Back for its third year, Gateway Technical College in Kenosha will once again be hosting the extremely popular Merit Badge Tech event on Saturday, March 9. Scouts come from far away to attend, and it will sell out quickly. Registration will take place at: www.gtc.edu/meritbadgetech and the site will go live February 14 at 12 p.m. [...]
Are you a Committee Member or Commissioner looking for a way to help your adult volunteers better understand what the BSA’s current program is all about? Are you a Trainer, wondering how to put your own years of experience into today’s trainings and policies, which have changed greatly over the years? The BSA’s National Advancement [...]
Throughout my career in Scouting I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of special needs Scouts. In our schools, Public Law 94-142 gave all children the right to a Free and Appropriate Public Education way back in 1975. But special needs children are not always welcome everywhere. Scouting, where every child can work [...]
The National Radio Scouting Committee is pleased to announce that the BSA Awards and Insignia Committee has approved the Amateur Radio Operator rating strip for wear on youth and adult uniforms. This rating strip recognizes the member’s availability as an amateur radio operator for communication services for events and activities, as well as for emergencies. [...]
