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Gold Award 2011-2012, 2016-2017
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Silver Award 2016
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The August Roundtable is the kick-off for the 2018 – 2019 membership program year and it’s just around the corner! That also means burgers and hot dogs and buckets of BEANS! Can one ever have enough BEANS? This is an “all you can eat” event, so while you are filling your brain with some very…
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SUMMER is the time of warmer weather and longer days, but it is also time to register your family for Cub Scout Summer Camp! This year you can look forward to classic activities such as swimming, archery and campfire programs along with some new activities including 3Doodlers and Paddle Boats! REGISTRATION FOR ALL PROGRAMS IS…
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Coaster Cart Derby Saturday, September 8, 2018 You are invited to the James J. Hill Days Coaster Cart Derby – presented by the Wayzata Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Lake Minnetonka District – Saturday, Sep 8, 2018. This event is open to boys and girls, scouts and non-scouts, ages 6 -14 years old. If…
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Membership Recruitment – more than once a year event! Each unit should have a recruitment strategy for bringing in new members throughout the year. That could be a bring-a-friend event at you pack, troop, or crew, participating in a parade or other community events, or doing service projects. When we are out in the community…
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Summertime can be the perfect time to saddle up and go horseback riding, an activity appropriate for Cub Scouts as young as Wolf. But hold your horses! Before you grab your boots and reins, it’s important to know how to Be Prepared for your next ride. Horsemanship has been a Scout skill since BSA’s inception.…
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NEW VIDEOS AND TRAINING Lake Minetonka Distict will be offering training classes prior to the October 1, 2018 deadline. The Boy Scouts of America’s updated Youth Protection Training is mandatory for all registered adult leaders in all BSA programs. Other adults participating in Scouting are strongly encouraged to take this one-hour online training. The prior…
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Minnesota Summer is just around the corner – not the weather or the end of the school year but the lake and vacation season. We Minnesotans have a tendency to put everything else on “hold” during Minnesota Summer. And yet in Scouting the fall season lies just beyond. I would like to get a head…
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Help promote School Night for Scouting at JJ Hill Days! We need adults and Scouts* to help run our awesome inflatable archery booth at JJ Hill days. This event will be free to the public and will be a great opportunity to promote scouting to families in the area. Sign up to work a shift or…
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Submit Your School Night for Scouting Information Please Provide Us With Your Information by Friday, September 1st, 2018 School Night for Scouting (SNFS) is September 20th. This is an exiting and important night for Scouting! Please let us know who from your unit will be covering your elementary school(s). Boy Scout leaders, this request pertains to you…
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The importance of keeping the “Unit Map” information current is critical. This contact information is vital for the Unit Key 3 positions – Unit Leader, Committee Chair, and Charter Org Rep. This is the contact information we use to communicate to our unit leaders by email and telephone. It is also used by parents who…
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Join Our Adventure Summit REPRESENT SCOUTING AND VOLUNTEER WITH US AT THE FAIR! The Minnesota State Fair is always a blast and a great way to end the summer! Of course, one of the best activities at the fair is our very own Adventure Summit In order for the Adventure Summit to run smoothly, we…
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Due to circumstances outside our control, we are unable to host our camporee at the horse ranch on the originally scheduled date. The activities team has worked to identify the best date possible that will work for the ranch as well as avoid conflicts such as the Lake Minnetonka OA Chapter Conclave and various homecomings.…
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We’re trying a new feature this week, a short video clip to update our unit leaders on key topics going on in Scouting. We’ll over specific updates and answer questions that are relevant for unit leaders. Let us know what you think by using the red ‘CONTACT US’ link to right. Post expires on…
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Congratulations! We are delighted to share that Scouts around the world have now delivered an incredible one billion hours of service, and that the hours you and your friends logged on scout.org helped the Movement reach this milestone two years earlier than expected! Scouts worldwide have been improving the lives of people in their local…
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Recruitment Materials Request Form Additional Information School Night for Scouting 2018 Recruitment Guide and Resources Recruitment Materials Do you have an upcoming summertime pack event, fourth of July parade, or community festival where you could use promotional items to help with new Scout recruitment? If so, good news! Northern Star Council is providing School Night for Scouting (SNFS) promotional materials throughout the…
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