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WINTER CAMPING – WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW
WE PROVIDE TRAINED STAFF, GEAR, FOOD, AND THE FUN! It’s a cold February morning as students flood back into school. Image your Scouts and their classmates exchanging stories from their previous weekend. Instead of bragging about playing too many video games and drinking more soda than seems possible, your Scouts are boasting about their weekend sleeping…
Read MoreCub Scout Ice Fishing Derby 2019 – Planning Meeting – Wednesday, January 9, 2019 7:00PM – Ridgedale Library
Good Afternoon! Please join us for the first planning meeting of the Cub Scout Ice Fishing Derby 2019 at the Ridgedale Library, Wednesday, January 9, 2019 7:00 – 8:30PM, Meeting Room 172. Please bring any adult leaders or parents from your packs who are interested in helping out with this event. The Cub Scout…
Read MoreDistrict Committee Meeting – Tuesday, Dec 11, 2019
Hello District Committee Members and Commissioners, Tuesday, December 11th will be our monthly District Committee meeting. Our monthly meeting is an important time to update each other on various projects and agree on what are the upcoming priorities for our District as we support our units. We’ll review the JTE status for the year, what…
Read MoreThe Washington Post: Scouts’ recruitment war raises questions about what it means to be a girl or a boy
The Washington Post: Scouts’ recruitment war raises questions about what it means to be a girl or a boy.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/recruitment-war-raises-questions-about-what-it-means-to-be-a-girl-or-a-boy/2018/12/08/c3cac538-f700-11e8-8d64-4e79db33382f_story.html
Read MoreLake Minnetonka District Cub Scout Ice Fishing Derby and Hot Chocolate – Bring Your Family and non-Scout Friends – Register Now!
1st Annual Lake Minnetonka District Cub Scout Ice Fishing Derby and Hot Chocolate Bring Your Family and non-Scout Friends! Feb 16, 2019 Lake Independence Far West Side of Lake Enter from Baker Park Ramp Fishing 10AM – 1PM Weigh-In 1:15PM Saturday, February 16, 2019 Invite your family and Non-Scout Friends! Come join your fellow Cub…
Read MoreRechartering deadline is December 15, 2018
Thank you to all units that have turned in their recharter packets so far. We checked all submitted packets and found very few errors. THANKS, and GOOD JOB. Unit Leaders should be finishing up with their recharter packets and can turn in their completed packets to their Unit Commissioner or to Jim Bollback at any…
Read MoreWhy your partially completed position-specific training won’t carry over into 2019
When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, it won’t just mean the end of 2018. It’ll also mean the end of any partial progress made toward position-specific training for Cub Scout leaders and Boy Scout leaders. (These courses, and many more, are found at the BSA Learn Center on My.Scouting.org.) The courses are…
Read MoreSix Scout units in Butte County lost everything in Northern California wildfire
We’re beginning to learn of the ways the Scouting family was affected by the deadly Northern California wildfire known as the Camp Fire. In Butte County, Calif., which contains the town of Paradise, 300 Scouting families were displaced. Six of the county’s 23 Scouting units — all in Paradise — lost their meeting place and…
Read MoreDecember 2018 Commissioners Meeting and Roundtable – Ridgedale Public Library
Dear Commissioners, We will be having our regular monthly meeting on Thursday, December 6th at 6:00PM, at the Ridgedale Public Library, Meeting Room 174. The main topics to be discussed are: 2018 JTE results Recharter process – continued Monthly training topic – Commissioner Tools and Unit visits What To Expect At Roundtable Please plan to…
Read MoreWANTED! HELPFUL Venturers, Explorers, Boy Scouts, Scout leaders and parents! for the Ron Schara’s St. Paul Kids’ fishing clinic – Various Dates
(Other Community Service Opportunities) A few hundred kids participate on both Saturday and Sunday. This event takes place during the Minnesota Sportsmen’s Show at the St. Paul River Center. Volunteers helping out with the clinics will get into the show FREE of charge. Saturday, January 12th, 10:00 – 1:00 Sunday, January 13st, 11:30 – 2:30…
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