| News for Scouting leaders,
parents, and the communities
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November 22, 2007
To supplement, not replace, the Duffle Bag newspaper |
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University of Scouting
Set For Jan. 19 Leaders can attend basic or advanced training presentations on a wide variety of Scouting programs at Fox High School.
Help Your Leaders Get Trained: Visit the BSA's new Online Learning Center (http://olc.scouting.org) for Fast Start Training and Youth Protection Training. Visit the Council's Training section of the website for upcoming courses, or contact your unit commissioner, district training chairman or district executive for assistance. |
MacArthur Service Center
4568 West Pine Blvd. St. Louis, Mo. 63108-2179 Phone: (314) 361-0600 or (800) 392-0895 FAX: (314) 361-5165 Hours: Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Click on the links below for service center information:
West County Service Center
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Make a Donation to Scouting.
The Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, is a United Way agency.
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Greetings!
Scouts from throughout our Council collected 2.07 million canned goods during the 2007 Scouting for Food Good Turn on Saturday, Nov. 17. The amount was 5.6 percent more than last year. The donations will help sustain food pantries throughout our community for the next three to four months.
Units can record service hours for Scouting for Food and other unit service projects at www.goodturnforamerica.org. Good Turn for America is
--Greater St. Louis Area Council,
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100th Anniversary Celebration 
Be part of history! Particpate in the National Council's 100th Anniversary logo contest. It's open to all registered Scouts. Entries are due by Nov. 30, 2007.
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Boy Scouts Can Recruit Friends With New
E-mail Card
A new feature called the e-card is available to Scouts and leaders on the www.thescoutzone.org web site. This fun and easy activity will help a Scout complete the new First Class requirement that states he must invite a friend to a troop meeting or activity. Go to Scout Zone E-card maker...
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Online Games For Cub Scouts, Friends
Are you tired of your Cub Scout getting endless marketing and advertising messages while playing online games? With winter weather steering your Cub Scouts toward the computer instead of the outdoors, here's a site with several fun games for boys. Visit the Cub Scout games site, a National Council, BSA, site, for ad-free games.
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Information For Scouts To Earn Religious Emblems
Each year, thousands of parents and adult volunteer leaders and help Scouts earn the religious emblem of their faith. However, many unit leaders often don't have enough information to adequately answer questions about the religious emblem programs of all faiths.
The organization Programs of Religious Activities with Youth, or P.R.A.Y., has information on the religious emblems of almost every faith. The PRAY website, http://www.praypub.org, has a complete listing of the awards, workbooks, emblems and other material.
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| Leader Tip:
Santa's Bag 
Materials: Ten brown paper bags, 10 small toys or holiday items, marker, tape, paper, pencils. Use the marker to give each bag a number from 1 through 10. Place one item in each bag and then fold the top and tape it shut. Each Tiger Cub and his adult partner are given a pencil and paper with numbers 1 through 10. They try to guess what is in each bag by touching and shaking the bag, and write their guess on the paper by the appropriate number. The team with the most correct answers wins.
Source: Cub Scout Program Helps, December. |
Parent Tip:
Help Your Child Get Organized
A few kids seem naturally organized, but for the rest of them, organization is a skill learned over time. Does your child seem especially resistant to living in an orderly way? With your help and some practice, your child can develop an effective approach to getting stuff done. Read more...
Source: KidsHealth for Parents web site. | |
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