May 3-5 we will be holding our first annual shooting sports event. This event will be held at Indian Mound reservation and will include Shotgun, Rifle, and Pistol shooting. This isn’t your typical Scout shoot. Each participant will be shooting lots of rounds and working toward Venturing advancement if they so choose. Come learn shooting [...]
This is your mission, should you choose to accept it… So, things didn’t exactly cooperate this past year, and our fall district camporee had to be postponed. The GREAT news is that we still get to look forward to having it! Be Prepared the weekend of May 10th to 12th to challenge yourself with 19 [...]
Open to all Troops and Crews in the District March 16th 9:00 pm till 7:00 am Capelli’s Traxside Skate in Burlington Cost is $20.00 at the door for the skate Includes a Pizza Buffet with unlimited soda for 2 hours and Breakfast treats in the AM. Skating Merit Badge instruction (Roller Skate) will be offered [...]
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. [...]
