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2018 WOOD BADGE BREAKFAST – Jan 13, 2018
COME HAVE BREAKFAST WITH FRIENDS Enjoy a morning of Scouting at its best! This year’s Wood Badge Breakfast will be held on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Wayzata Community Church – 125 Wayzata Blvd E, Wayzata, MN 55391. Check in and silent auction will start at 7:30 AM, with breakfast and program from 8:30 –…
Read MoreWinter Camporee Planning Meeting – Thursday, January 18, 2018 7:00PM
*** DATE CHANGE *** Because of the recent holidays, some of our host units have asked for additional time to prepare for our meeting. The camporee planning meeting has been changed. Thursday, January 18, 2018 7:00PM – Excelsior Library – Water Street Room Host Troop Schedule *posted to Camporee page of the district website We look…
Read More2018 FALL WOOD BADGE
THE BEST ADULT LEADERSHIP TRAINING AVAILABLE WHO IS WOOD BADGE FOR? Wood Badge is for all Scouters 21 and older who are interested in strengthening their own leadership skills and are committed to strengthening the Scouting program. WHAT IS WOOD BADGE? The primary purpose of the Wood Badge experience is to strengthen Scouting in our…
Read MoreMATT VERWEG JOINS RANKS OF SCOUTS EARNING ALL MERIT BADGES
N EAGLE SCOUT AND EARNER OF 137 BADGES In a rare year for Northern Star Council merit badge attainment, Matthew Verweg of Troop 384 joins two fellow Scouts in this lofty achievement! Matt, a high school junior, completed his last merit badge – Theatre- in November. He enjoyed the Scuba Diving Merit Badge most and…
Read More‘Top Chef Jr.’ seeking young chefs, ages 9 to 14, for season 2
Does your Cub Scout create culinary concoctions that wow his friends and family? Did your Boy Scout master the merit badge in Cooking? Is your young Venturer a regular Rachael Ray? If any of those is a “yes,” Top Chef Jr. wants to know about it. Top Chef Jr. is seeking young chefs ages 9 to 14 for…
Read More2017 Submit Your Unit’s Family FOS Dates
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 2017-2018 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…
Read MoreGET READY FOR NATIONAL ORDER OF THE ARROW CONFERENCE 2018
SUBMIT YOUR INTEREST The National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) will be held this summer at Indiana University. This is a multi-day event bringing together thousands of delegates from Order of the Arrow lodges around the nation for training and activities. NOACs are held every two years, with exceptions made to align the event…
Read MoreOne of the Nation’s Leading STEM Universities Hosted a Merit Badge Clinic for Scouts
Story contributed by Matthew Tikhonovsky of the Atlanta Area Council Over 60 Atlanta area Boy Scouts completed the Chemistry merit badge at the Georgia Institute of Technology, one of the nation’s leading STEM universities, on October 29th. Organized and led by Tech students, the one-of-a-kind merit badge clinic gave Scouts a 2-hour course in chemistry…
Read MoreDon’t leave your bear bag at home this winter
You’re packing for a winter camping trip. Tent, check. Warm clothes, check. Food, check. Bear bag… Do you really need a bear bag? It’s winter, after all. Aren’t the bears hibernating? Well, first of all, bears don’t hibernate like other mammals. Their body temperature drops by about 12 degrees during their wintertime slumbers, as opposed…
Read MoreNametags on Scout uniforms are OK — and probably a good idea for larger troops
In Tom’s troop, the adult leaders wear nametags. The Scouts do not. But with the troop now more than 100 Scouts strong, it’s getting tougher to know which Scout is Aiden and which is Jayden. That led Tom’s troop to consider nametags for youth members. “We feel it would help not only the adult leaders…
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