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Congrats to District M’s District Award of Merit Recipients – Kevin Dietz and Jeff Jurek!
District M is very pleased to recognize two very deserving leaders with the District Award of Merit award recognition. They will be recognized at the Council Recognition Virtual Event on Saturday, March 20th. Kevin Dietz: Kevin joined District M from Crow River legacy District. He has served as a volunteer in many different positions, including…
Read MoreRecognizing Conservation – BSA Unveils Distinguished Conservation Service Award
For more than a century, the BSA has encouraged and honored conservation work with an award that recognizes youth, adults and organizations who have demonstrated tremendous effort and commitment to the environment. This award, which until now had been known as the William T. Hornaday Award, is being discontinued, and the new BSA Distinguished Conservation…
Read MoreUpdate: Moving Some Churchill Recommendations Forward
As part of the ongoing process to identify how to optimize the Boy Scouts of America for success in the future, the National Executive Committee (NEC) recently asked the National Management Team to facilitate the evaluation of the 26 primary proposed recommendations that resulted from the Churchill Project. In addition to receiving survey input from…
Read More2021 NORTHERN STAR SCOUTING EAGLE SCOUT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE JANUARY 15TH
Each year $25,000 in scholarships are awarded to graduating high school seniors in Northern Star Scouting. Endowed scholarships include Camp Staff, Technical School, Southeast Asian Scout and more. Applications are available online starting November 1, 2020 and close January 15, 2021. 2021 EAGLE SCOUT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFICATIONS Applicant earned their Eagle Scout Award with Northern Star…
Read MoreNEW PROGRAM CATALOG
A UNIT PROGRAM PARTNER – ONE FOR EACH FAMILY For our new Scouting year, we have a new tool! Copies of a 16-page, full color 2020-2021 Program Catalog for ALL your member households can be picked up at the August Program Kick-Offs. They contain brief descriptions, identified by season and Scouting program, of the major…
Read MoreARE SUMMER OUTINGS OK?
Many of you have questions about how to conduct outings within BSA guidelines during the pandemic. As you plan, first check out Scout Unit Trip Planning Tips to ensure you are meeting basic Scouting guidelines. Second, please check for regular updates to the Council’s COVID-19 page. Look for the brown tab labeled Unit Meetings, Activities & Outings. Q:…
Read MoreCouncil Monthly Scout Chat – Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m
TOPIC: ANNUAL PROGRAM REGISTRATION/RENEWAL MODEL Join us on Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m. for our first Monthly Scout Chat. We plan to fully implement our monthly Scout Chats in the fall, but we want to kick off in June since there is so much going on in the Scouting world. The topic of conversation…
Read MoreNorthern Star Scouting Virtual Leader Cracker Barrel – May 17th @ 4:30pm
Join us for our semi-regular Scouting at home leader cracker Barrels on Facebook live. This week’s theme it “potpourri” – we’ll have updates and take comments from a variety of topics The Cracker Barrel is for all leaders, Cub, Scouts BSA, Venturing, etc. Feel free to pass this along to other leaders as well.
Read More2019 NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL HORNADAY RECIPIENTS
Scouts, do you know your conservation-oriented service project may also count towards a Hornaday Award? Hornaday Awards for youth include the badge, and bronze and silver medals. See more at the Scouting.org website by searching for Hornaday. In 2019, one Scout from our Council, Gavin Svensson of Troop 3469 in Bloomington MN, received the youth Hornaday…
Read MoreAN AMAZING MILLION DOLLAR DAY FOR SCOUTING
INSPIRATION, RECOGNITION AND DONATIONS TOPPING $1.2 MILLION Nearly 900 supporters attended our 2019 Million Dollar Day for Scouting – two breakfasts within a 25 hour period designed to raise $1 million to launch the 2020 Friends of Scouting Campaign. Participants saw a snapshot of Scouting’s influence as they shared fellowship and made their 2020 contributions.…
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