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Gold Award 2011-2012, 2016-2017
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District Membership Status 2018 – What can you do to move the Thermometers Higher? It’s Not Too Late to Plan for Unit Recruitment It’s that time of year for packs, troops, crews, and teams to plan for unit recruitment. Each unit needs to reach out into the community and invite new youth members and adult…
Read More For the first time in over 100 years, we are excited to announce Family Scouting! Now not only boys and girls, but entire families will have the opportunity to experience the fun and excitement that makes Scouting unique. The values taught in the Scouting program builds character, and when combined with the ‘Scouting’ experience, it…
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2018 FALL UNIVERSITY OF SCOUTING JOIN US FOR THE NEXT UNIVERSITY OF SCOUTING, OCTOBER 27TH, 2018! Save the date for the best day of Scout leader training around! The Northern Star Council’s University of Scouting is one of the LARGEST one day supplemental training programs available anywhere in the country. It will take place on…
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Unit Commissioner Nomination Nominate someone to be a Unit Commissioner A Unit Commissioner will: Actively participate in the monthly District Commissioners meeting. Present the District calendar of events, such as training, planned activities, camporees, etc., at your unit’s monthly Committee Meeting. Assist with annual events, such as unit rechartering, unit inventories of scouts and…
Read More (previous roundtables) What to expect at this month’s Roundtable Meeting The monthly District Roundtable meeting provides an information and training forum for adults involved as leaders in the Scouting program. Parents and children are welcome to attend. These meetings allow attendees from all parts of the Scouting program to: ◾ Discuss topics of interest, both…
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Unit Committee Chairman, Unit Friends of Scouting Chairman, or Unit FOS Contact: Now is the time to start preparing for another great year for Friends of Scouting and we need your help. Our goal is to ensure every unit makes goal this year. Two Key Items to Plan for Each unit must have two Family…
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Help celebrate Halloween by having your parents EMAIL US a Halloween drawing or a picture of you wearing your favorite Halloween costume. Then, during the week before Halloween, we’ll show your work on the district website. Drawings from previous years! ‘BOO!’ By Lindsay brother of Sam P283 Cub Scout ‘Midnight Fire’ by Mark P537 Cub Scout Mark also wishes his…
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All Units should have their recharter packets and be working on the renewal process. Information on charter renewal can be found using the button below. Charters can be turned in to Unit Commissioners at the November 1st Roundtable or later by contacting them. Units that are striving for JTE levels Platinum and Gold must have…
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District Service Project Community Clean-Ups for Water Quality Nov. 3-17, 2018 Lake Minnetonka District Scouts and Crews you can significantly help improve the lakes, rivers and streams in your community by participating in Community Clean-Ups for Water Quality. Community Clean-Ups allow you to make a difference in the water quality in your area by…
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You’re going to your daughter’s den meeting at 5:30 p.m., and your son’s troop meeting is at 7 p.m. You’ll have to drive straight there from the den meeting — and your uniform is covered in Cub Scout patches. Correct uniforming is important, but obviously, you’re not going to break out the fabric scissors, needle and…
Read MoreThe first Minnesota girls to join Cub Scouts are going to campouts and pack meetings as a 108-year-old organization bets on change. By Erica Pearson Star Tribune SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 — 3:25PM DAVID JOLES Members of Edina cub scout pack 168 are among the first girls in the country to be scouts — and they are holding…
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Mikaeel Martinez Jaka, a Life Scout from Virginia, received the World Organization of the Scout Movement’s prestigious Messengers of Peace Heroes Award last month, becoming just the fifth American to be honored with the award in its history. Mikaeel and Scouts from 10 other countries received their awards on Sept. 21 — the International Day of Peace…
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Unit Committee Chairman, Unit Friends of Scouting Chairman, or Unit FOS Contact: December 15th is the deadline to have your Family Friends of Scouting dates submitted for the 2018-2019 campaign. Each unit must have two dates (one primary and one follow-up) submitted prior to the 15th in order to be considered for incentives. It is…
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Please join us for the first planning meeting of Winter Camporee 2019 at the Plymouth Library, Vicksburg Room at 7:00PM. Please bring your key boy scouts and crew members with you to this meeting. Winter Camporee will be February 22-24, 2019 at Swanson Lodge at Fred C Anderson Scout Camp. The date is set http://www.lakeminnetonkadistrict.org/lmdcalendar/…
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2018 Fall Camporee – Horse Ranch Campout – Sep 21-23, 2018 – Results and Photos Download or Order Paper Prints From this page you may share and send pictures by email, view a larger picture, download photographs, or order a paper photograph by using this link, download Event Details Horse Ranch Campout 2018 Despite the…
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