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Has your Pack selected your Glowing Ember? Deadline extended to May 11th
27 Packs have yet to select their Glowing Ember — is your Pack one of them? Glowing Ember Award The Glowing Ember Award is selected by the Unit and presented by the District to an individual — a parent and leader who during the past year have given that extra bit of contagious enthusiasm, which…
Read MoreAn Evening with the Doctors – June Roundtable 2019 – Get those First Aid requirements checked off
First aid is a critical skill in Scouting. If you’re active outdoors, you’ve probably had to do some form of first aid. As a leader, not only do you need to be prepared for these situations, you may get asked to teach these skills to your Scouts. Bring your Scouts BSA members and Webelos to…
Read MoreScoutmaster Bucky Advancement Opportunities
Scoutmaster Bucky provides advancement opportunities for Boy Scouts in the areas of Merit Badges, Rank Requirements, and Training. Based out of Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota, the Scoutmaster Bucky program is open to ALL registered Boy Scouts of America scouting youth and adult leaders.
Read MoreA GREAT NIGHT AT THE 2019 COUNCIL RECOGNITION DINNER
ON MARCH 23 Hundreds of Scouters gathered on March 23 for the annual Council Recognition Dinner at the Golden Valley Country Club to celebrate our 15 Silver Beaver recipients and 7 Eagle Scout Scholarship recipients. We were also able to highlight some of the other awards given out throughout the year through various committees, activities,…
Read MoreUPDATED: Spring Camporee Planning Meeting Rescheduled for Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:00PM – Ridgedale Library
>>> Updated 04/06/19 – The Spring Camporee Planning meeting originally set for April 11th has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:00PM at the Ridgedale Library – Ladyslipper Room 275, because of weather. Spring Camporee Volunteers, Host Units, their Unit Commissioners, Interested Vendors, Activities Committee Members, and District Committee Members: Spring Camporee Planning Meeting Host Troop Schedule…
Read MoreSCOUTS BSA LAUNCH EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS
LAUNCHING NOW We’re excited to launch Scouts BSA on February 1st – welcoming girls to our signature program. There are already sixteen Scouts BSA Girl Troops with paperwork in the office ready to begin meeting, with another 47 scheduled for February and March, with commitments to date for 144 new Scouts BSA Troops being formed.…
Read More2019 Many Point and Tomahawk Reservations Are Now Open
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…
Read MoreNick Pedersen Selected as a 2018 Silver Beaver Award Recipient – Northern Star Council BSA
(previous Silver Beaver Recipients – PHOTOS) (previous LMD Silver Beaver Award Recipients – LIST) Nick Pedersen, our district chairman, was selected as a 2019 Sliver Beaver Award recipient in Northern Star Council. In addition to his district duties, Nick also serves as the advisor for the Order of the Arrow’s Section C1-A, which includes Totanhan…
Read MoreNorthern Tier National High Adventure 2020 Summer and 2019-20 Okpik Lottery
Northern Tier will offer a lottery for 2020 summer reservations and 2019-2020 Okpik winter reservations. The registration for the lottery will open Tuesday January 8, 2019 at 9:00 AM and remain open until Tuesday January 15, 2018 at 11:59 PM. Entry into the lottery will open at 9:00 am CST on Tuesday January 8 and…
Read More10 more unbelievable places Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts have camped overnight
The last time I posted about out-of-the-ordinary camping locations, the list included an 18th-century fort in New York, a “haunted” jail in Canada and a minor league baseball field in Delaware. Now it’s time for a new list. The list of 10 actual places Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts have camped includes a gorilla exhibit…
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