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Five simple ways to make your campsite a little more comfortable
Going camping with Scouts gets you out of your comfort zone, but that doesn’t mean your campsite needs to be uncomfortable. After a full day of Scouting adventures, you’re ready to relax at camp. By following the five tips below, powered by our friends at Thermacell, you can make roughing it a little less rough. Most…
Read MoreScout Day with the Minnesota Vikings at US BANK STADIUM – Various Dates – Bring a non-Scout Friend to the Game!
Join us for Vikings football at its best at the new US Bank Stadium. Bring a non-Scout friend to the game, participate in our peer to peer recruiting program, and have fun! Tickets are available at a discount while supplies last through August 10, 2018. What incentives are there for Youth to Recruit (Peer-to Peer…
Read MoreDetroit Fishing Day a model for how to get young people hooked on Scouting
Professional bass fisherman Tom Redington calls it fishing’s biggest “urban legend.” It goes like this: You can’t catch fish in an urban environment. Nothing will bite unless you’re miles and miles from the nearest highway. The truth is much more convenient. Redington has caught fish, including the proverbial “big one,” in the middle of Chicago,…
Read MoreSaudi Scouters at Camp Stearns This Week – An Invitation – Jun 23, 2018 6:00PM
There will be a group of Saudi Scouters at Camp Stearns this week. It’s impressive – over 60 adults traveled from Saudi Arabia to put on their own Wood Badge course for themselves here in our council! While visiting with Hamad, their group leader, yesterday, he asked me to extend an invitation to all of…
Read MoreSummer camp merit badge encourages Eagle Scout’s welding career choice
Addison Foli thought he should head for a career in marine biology, but after one semester, he realized college wasn’t for him. Back to the drawing board. What job should the Gainesville, Fla., Eagle Scout pursue? His godfather — an electrician — suggested he look into a trade field. That’s when his family reminded him…
Read MoreJames J. Hill Days – Wayzata – District Archery Booth Volunteer – Sep 8-9, 2018 – Various Times
Help promote School Night for Scouting at JJ Hill Days! We need Key Unit Leaders and their Scouts* from around our district to 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.…
Read MoreJames J. Hill Days Coaster Cart Derby – Saturday, Sept 8, 2018
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. For…
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Read MoreTroop committee member attending 59th consecutive summer camp
Robert Podboy loves Scout summer camp. This month, he’s attending his 59th consecutive one at Sinoquipe Scout Reservation in Pennsylvania. “I do enjoy camping and still go hiking as long as it’s not too strenuous,” the 88-year-old retired optometrist says. Podboy, who serves as a committee member for Troop 97 in Waynesboro, Pa., got involved…
Read More2018 Eagle Scout Project of the Year: He built a fully accessible musical playground
For Nathan Fain, the toughest part of completing his Eagle Scout project wasn’t building an innovative musical playground or making sure it was fully accessible for students with physical or mental challenges. And it wasn’t raising $40,000 for the project or leading 19 fellow teenagers who helped him complete the work. For Nathan Fain, the…
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