NASCAR’s biggest race of the year and kickoff to this season will be Sunday for the 61st running of the Daytona 500. And leading the pack of more than 40 of the best drivers in the sport will be an Eagle Scout. William Byron, Eagle Scout class of 2015, of Charlotte, N.C., won the pole…

February Roundtable – Rescheduled Due to the hazardous weather advisory and school early closures/ evening activities cancellations, roundtable was rescheduled. February’s roundtable will still occur – but given difficulties in schedules and space available, we’ll be presenting roundtable via video stream! Coming to you from an unknown location In the Frozen North, we’ll be having…

Fun and adventure don’t have to end when the camping trip is over. Scouts can experience spellbinding, heart-racing excitement just by opening the latest book in the Magic Tree House series from Random House. The best-selling series by Mary Pope Osborne follows Jack and Annie Smith, a brother and sister from the fictional small town of Frog Creek,…

LOOKING FOR A WEEK LONG DAY CAMP PROGRAM FOR YOUR KIDS? Looking for a week long day camp program for your kids? Well look no further! Discovery Day Camp is a 5 day program open to ALL youth in Kindergarten – 8th grade. We will be offering this program multiple weeks this summer at 5…

Twenty-Two (22) units have completed their presentations and have currently raised $18,914 or 16% to our district goal. We have seven (7) units this month that will give their FOS presentations! Let’s raise that thermometer to $40,000 by the end of February! Congratulations to the following units on a great start to the 2019 FFOS…

The Northwest Coin Club’s (NWCC) money show and Coin Collecting Merit Badge class are at the Earle Brown Heritage Center, 6155 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center on Saturday, March 16th. Check in is from 8:30-9:00AM and the class starts at 9AM. We will be done approximately 1:30PM. If you intend to complete this in one…

“Excellent” work, Lake Minnetonka District! Congratulations to all Lake Minnetonka units that achieved a JTE level status for 2018. Of the 64 units within the Lake Minnetonka District 22 (34%) achieved Platinum, 15 (23%) Gold, 9 (14%) Silver, and 1 (2%) Bronze. There were 17 units that did not achieve any of the levels. Of those 17…

Fellow Scouters, 2019 is off to a great start. Scoutbook, the Boy Scouts of America’s online tool for managing and tracking Scouting advancement, is now completely, totally, 100 percent free. The change became official today — Jan. 1, 2019. Longtime users know how Scoutbook makes it easy (and fun!) for Scouts, parents and leaders to track…

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WE PROVIDE TRAINED STAFF, GEAR, FOOD, AND THE FUN! It’s a cold February morning as students flood back into school. Image your Scouts and their classmates exchanging stories from their previous weekend. Instead of bragging about playing too many video games and drinking more soda than seems possible, your Scouts are boasting about their weekend sleeping…

CUBS, SCOUTS BSA, AND VENTURING! CUB SCOUTS Cubs Scouts can take advantage of the nationally-acclaimed Polar Cubs program; the largest Cub Scout winter program in the country! Available at four locations Single day program Activities like sled chutes, tubing, leather branding and winter games Every weekend in January and February Learn More About Polar Cubs SCOUTS…

Come, Join In the Fun! Looking for a fun activity on a cold December day? Have a friend who might be interested in Scouting? Do they want to experience all of the fun that Scouting has to offer? Then join us on Sunday, March 10, 2019 from 2pm to 4:30pm at the Team Building Center…

The date is set for the district’s 2019 pinewood derby finals, March 16, 2019! New this year! Packs are encouraged to send their top three (3) racers from each rank, Lion Scout – Arrow of Light. That is eighteen (18) racers per Pack! The race will be FREE of charge for these racers. There will…

With tens of thousands of girls already enjoying the Cub Scout program and more young women poised to join the Scouts BSA program when it opens in February of 2019, there’s a lot of excitement around the programs offered by the Boy Scouts of America. In all of that excitement, it’s important to remember that…

2019 Many Point and Tomahawk Reservations are open. All the remaining sites are available for anyone to reserve. MANY POINT SCOUT CAMP Many Point is a top notch Scout camp in Northern Minnesota known for being mission driven, providing quality service, and innovation.       TOMAHAWK SCOUT RESERVATION Located in beautiful Western Wisconsin, Tomahawk…

Think camp is just for the summer? Think again! Polar Cubs is one of the largest Cub Scout Day Camp programs in the country and it’s happening at a camp near you. This single day program is filled with classic winter activities as well as some unique Scouting adventures. Don’t miss your chance to be…

  One of the best ways to recruit new Cub Scouts is ‘peer-to-peer’. When a Scout brings a friend to a scouting event (e.g., pack or den meeting, pinewood derby, field trip, etc), they both have fun! It’s a fantastic introduction to Cub Scouts for the boys and their parents. When a Scout brings a…