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Jeremy Fogg, Eagle Scout and pastry chef at Emeril’s restaurant in New Orleans, to appear on ‘Beat Bobby Flay’
Before Eagle Scout Jeremy Fogg tries to Beat Bobby Flay on the popular Food Network series, let’s look back on a similarly tough cooking competition. I’m referring, of course, to the Dutch Oven Cobbler Cookoff at summer camp. At the time, Fogg was an adult leader in Troop 787 of Winter Springs, Fla. He had plenty…
Read MoreHave you prepared your unit for Friends of Scouting this year?
Here are some things that you and your unit can do to have a successful FOS campaign this year. Make sure you’ve submitted your FOS dates online and let us know if you want a presenter from the district Send a preview letter (download doc. file) to unit parents and other unit adult leaders, including former adult leaders 2-3…
Read MoreTrades Day and Construction Tours – Architecture Merit Badge
Join us at Base Camp for a fun and educational day to learn about construction, and tour the new Leadership Center, which will be an active construction site. In partnership with Mortenson Construction, and Cunginham Architects we will be offering plenty of hands on activities for Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. Boy Scouts will be able…
Read More2018 EAGLE SCOUT SCHOLARSHIPS – Due Jan 15, 2017
$1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Eagle Scout Scholarships—Each year up to twenty $1,000 Scholarships and one $5,000 scholarship are awarded to graduating high school seniors in Northern Star Council. Endowed Scholarships include Camp Staff, Technical School, Southeast Asian Scout and more. See website for application and details. Applications are available online starting October 15, 2017 and close…
Read MoreJanuary Roundtable – WHAT TO EXPECT – Jan 4, 2018 – 7:00PM
(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 formally…
Read MoreWhy Eagle Scouts at this college get an automatic $20,000 scholarship
If you want to see which institutes of higher learning place a high value on the Eagle Scout Award, simply follow the money. That trail might take you to Hampden–Sydney College in Virginia. Eagle Scouts who attend Hampden-Sydney, the 10th oldest college in the U.S., receive an automatic scholarship worth $5,000 per year for four…
Read MoreAuld Lang Syne – Robert Burns
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet For auld lang syne We twa hae run aboot the braes And pou’d the gowans fine; we’ve…
Read MoreMerit Badge Counselor Training – Jan 17, 2019
Merit Badge Counselors are a critical component to a Scout’s advancement. To be a Merit Badge Counselor (even within just your own unit) you must: Be registered as a Merit Badge Counselor with Northern Star Council Have up-to-date Youth Protection training Complete the Merit Badge Counselor training course This 60-minute live training will take you…
Read MoreAnd the 2017 Eagle Project of the Year Goes to…
Photo: Bryan on Scouting Blake D. of the East Carolina Council had a brilliant—and seemingly impossible—idea for his Eagle Scout service project. But as you know, if anyone can achieve the impossible, it’s a Scout! Inspired by his twin brother, who has autism and is legally blind, Blake helped to take his school’s special-needs resources…
Read MoreScouts and Venturers invited to enter the State-Fish Art Contest
Fishing has been a part of Scouting since the very beginning. In fact, Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell once said, “every Scout ought to be able to fish in order to get food for himself.” That longstanding angling tradition — coupled with the sport’s continued popularity today — makes this contest opportunity one I simply had…
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