Some shots from Summer Camp 2010 Wks 1 & 2

Troop 419 hanging out in Delaware.

Our Fearless DE getting instruction at the top of the tower.


Troop 332 on the parade field.

Troop 330 chillaxin in the shade at Hopewell.

Your's Truly and the National Commissioner

Boy Scouts of America Centennial Trees

Everyone can join in the Boy Scouts of America's 100th Anniversary celebration through the purchase of a Boy Scouts Centennial Tree. As part of the 100th Anniversary Generations Connection program, join Scouts all over the country as they plant "living legacies" of Scouting's commitment to supporting youth and families. For just $20, you can buy a striking 2 - 4'-tall Centennial tree to nurture for generations to come!

For every 100th Anniversary tree purchased, the Arbor Day Foundation will plant a corresponding tree in the newly designated Boy Scouts of America Centennial Forest. The Centennial Forest will aid in re-planting the Flathead National Forest in Montana after recent fires. If you choose, for $20, you can have two trees planted in the Centennial Forest. Your trees will be shipped directly to the Forest during the proper planting season.

Youth Protection Training Mandatory

Youth safety is the No. 1 concern of the BSA.

To increase awareness of this societal problem and to create even greater barriers to abuse than already exist today in Scouting, the Boy Scouts of America is implementing several important changes to further enhance its Youth Protection policies.

Effective June 1, 2010:

* -- Youth Protection training is required for all registered volunteers.
* -- New leaders are required to take Youth Protection training before they submit an application for registration. The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time application is made and before volunteer service with youth begins.
* -- Youth Protection training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer's Youth Protection training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered.

New insignia recognizes a unit's founding members

Foundersbar

Beginning in 1910, the founders of the Boy Scouts of America set out to create a program to enrich the lives of young people. It was no easy task, but their efforts paid off—big time.

Each year since, thousands of Scouts and Scouters have followed in the founders' footsteps by creating new Scouting units. The BSA wants to recognize the efforts of a unit's founding members with a special piece of insignia—just in time for the program's 100th Anniversary.

The Founder's Bar, shown above, is worn by all youth and adults whose names are on a new-unit charter or who officially join the new unit before the unit recharters for the first time. Members of veteran units still in operation who were on the original charter may also wear the Founder’s Bar with that unit’s numerals.

You don't wear the bar until your original charter is up. After you recharter for the first time, all youth and adults who were on the new-unit charter can sew the Founder's Bar on the left sleeve below the unit numerals.

Do you qualify? Contact your local Scout shop for information on how to purchase the materials shown above.

Wear the patch with pride and the knowledge that your work in forming and sustaining a Scouting unit has added to the program's impressive history.

Lauren Snyder named Area 4 Venturing President.

Congratulations go out to Lauren Snyder who was just named as the Central Region Area 4 Venturing President. Great Job Lauren.

Arrowhead District Pinewood Derby 2010 in the News

A big Thank You to Jeff Gibson of Pack 344 for hosting the event.

Hearty Congratulations to First Place Winner Carter Goodknight, Second Place Winner Jake Gibson, Third Place Palmer Urb, and fourth place Ben Parsell.

Nate Norman of Pack 403 won the Best of Show.

Great Job!