- Meet knowledgeable Counselors and learn about new Merit Badges
- Complete some (or all) the requirements
- Finish your Merit Badge “partials”
- Enjoy merit badge and advancement related presentations
- HAVE FUN!
Event Details
Camping available Friday night (sites first come; first served)
The focus of this Merit Badge Expo is to introduce the Scouts to a variety of merit badges to which they wouldn’t normally have access. This will not be a Merit Badge Academy. Scouts who wish to earn a merit badge will be responsible for contacting a counselor prior to the Expo to start the process.
Merit Badge Counselors Wanted!
We are looking for registered Merit Badge Counselors who can staff the stations and enthusiastically teach Scouts about the awesome merit badges BSA offers!
Click here to view full details, register, etc.
There will be an important meeting for all Day Camp Walkers as well as all Camp Staff on Sunday, July 24 at 6:30 p.m., the Dining Hall at Camp Agawam.
Please bring any Health Forms that you have.
This meeting will provide you with information that you need to know before camp starts as well as letting you have the opportunity to address any questions or concerns you may have.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Gail Barrett
Confirmation from Gail Barrett that lunches WILL BE supplied to the scouts and walkers at day camp this year, contrary to the information on the sign up form/flyer.
Not certain of the menu as of yet, but Gail indicated it would be pretty much like last year.
As always, if there are allergy concerns, it is best to bring a packed lunch.
WE HAVE A WINNER!!!! The poster has been chosen and the lucky winner is from Pack 720. See his entry below:
King Beaver District will have an area this year at the Lawrence County Fair to help promote Boy/Cub Scouting. It is from Aug 14 – 20, 2016. Shifts will be Noon – 4pm and 4pm – 8pm.
We are looking to see if there are packs and troops that have extra/old patches, tshirts, etc. they would be willing to send to the fair to be a part of the trading post.
Get the word out and see what old or extra scouting items you have collecting dust as a unit and send them on over. There will be more information to come but wanted to get the ball rolling so you can start searching. If you have any questions / comments, please email Robert Fusco , krajax@comcast.net.
Click here for flyer.
King Beaver Spring Camporee 2016
“HIKE 100 CHALLENGE”
April 22nd-24th
In 2016, the National Park Service is celebrating their centennial anniversary, and everyone can take part in the 100 miles for 100 years celebration! The centennial will kick off a second century of stewardship of America’s national parks and engaging communities through recreation, conservation, and historic preservation programs.
Anyone who hikes 100 miles on the North Country Trail during the calendar year of 2016, in aggregate or all at once, will be eligible for a special patch and certificate.
SCHEDULE:
*Units must bring their meal supplies
Friday: Arrive, set up camp, register at Easy-Up Tent starting at 6:30-8pm. Enjoy free time, organize gear, plan your hike.
8:30am –Leader and SPL meeting, register hike plan, arrange shuttling
Saturday: Rise and Shine for breakfast and prepare for the hike.
8:30am- Opening Ceremony, shuttle arrangements
– You will need to prepare your own lunch.
4:00pm- Demonstration/Speakers from North Country Trail “Search and Rescue”
5:00-7:00pm- Prepare and eat dinner. Clean up
7:00pm- Demonstration/Environmentalist Speaker
8:00-8:30pm- Scout Vespers
Sunday– Pack up campsite and return home
Click here for a copy of the flyer/signup form. For additional information click here for the Moraine Topographical Map and here for the Nat Geo Topo Map of Moraine.
Please click here to learn more about the Bob Walters Memorial Fund for Day Camp. Entries are due by April 30th and will be judged on May 2nd.
The 2016 Pinewood Derby Rules can be found on the Forms / Resources page.
From Alan Baldarelli Jr – King Beaver District Executive
Thank you for your efforts thus far and I along with our Membership Committee encourage you to keep scouting growing! Our District has been making really awesome strides in other areas however we lack growth in the Troops. This time of year is pivotal as while Cub Scouts is on people minds so should Boy Scouts. I personally recruited a number of scouts into our Troop and they were very excited to experience what Scouting has to offer. Below are the ways we will support your unit’s Open House.
The first document is the scanned copies of our New Muddy Lions BSA approved Recruitment kit. The kit has sample letters, the Troop 491 movie DVD and poster. A movie ticket is included which could be used as a Peer-to-Peer Recruitment card.
The second document is a previously designed Peer-to-Peer Card. What is a Peer-to-Peer card? It’s a recruitment tool for your current scouts to use when asking perspective scouts or friends to join the unit. The one attached is a custom design, but it can be used in conjunction with the Muddy Lions Kit or tailored to meet your needs. All the materials are provided to you and delivered.
If you prefer to host your own Open House Recruitment night, I will try to support you with the material(s) you’ll need. This is a link to the BSA Marketing Toolbox, there is a wealth of Flyers and ideas: http://www.scouting.org/Home/Marketing/Recruiting2/NationalCampaign.aspx. As a suggestion, some units host an Open House where the scouts create their own table displays with either pictures, or activities for the perspective scout to visually experience.
Please reply to me with your commitment to growing our scouting program. If I do not hear from you, a follow up phone call will be conducted to learn the growth strategy of your unit.
To begin now and host an Open House in the next few weeks, please send me:
- The quantities of the Peer-to-Peer cards, along with your content to be included
- Number of School Flyers
- Or your unit’s creative efforts for a recruitment event.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you and your families from the MORAINE TRAILS COUNCIL Scout Store!
Christmas will be here before we know it and National has a large selection of new merchandise for your gift giving needs. I have Holiday catalogs in the store if you would like to pick one up or you can go to the national website, www.scoutstuff.org, to view everything that is available.
CLASSIC COLLECTIONS:
The three 2015 additions to the lighted Scouting Village are: the Villa Philmonte (replica of the Villa on the Philmont Scout Ranch, the Philmont Trek hiking accessory and the Resident Camp Tents).
There are three holiday ornaments and NEW OA 100th Anniversary and Scoutmaster Nutcrackers.
A SAMPLE of NEW items:
Vintage-look metal signs, Once an Eagle and Prepared. For Life blankets, Scout quote signs, Ladies: t-shirts, hats, earrings & tote bag, Scout: t-shirts, hoodies, watches, panther vision caps, draw string bags, car and mailbox magnets and 2016 Collectors caps.
In addition to that special merchandise, the store has Cub Scout camp and moon chairs, backpacks, sleeping bags, mystery books, compasses, cookbooks, flashlights, knives folders, pencils and pens.
If it’s a new uniform that you need or have been wanting, we have a good supply of all size shirts, pants, socks and hats!
OFFICE HOURS:
Our normal operating hours are 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Extended operating hours are as follows:
Thursdays, October 29 and December 3 from 8:30 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Saturdays, October 31, November 4 and December 5 from 9 a.m. until noon.
CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE OFFICE? I can either do a credit card transaction over the phone and either mail your order to you or leave it outside the building for you to pick up at your convenience.
NOTE: Call 724-287-6791 and ask for CINDY to either place an order or if you have any questions. If you would like to place an order for something that I don’t have in the store, don’t wait until the last minute. It takes me 5 to 7 business days to receive an order from the day it is placed. (By placing an order through the Council Store, you will avoid the on-line shipping and handling charges!)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS!
Cindy Myers
