| News for Scouting leaders,
parents, and the communities
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December 13, 2007
To supplement, not replace, the Duffle Bag newspaper |
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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!
Thousands of adult volunteer leaders share their knowledge and best practices with others each year to make Scouting stronger. The University of Scouting, a one-day conference providing a wide variety of presentations, gives leaders a wealth of knowledge on all aspects of the Scouting program. Here's a random sampling of class titles:
- Building Stronger Packs (Cub Scouts)
- Recruit and Retain Quality Volunteers In Your Unit (all)
- Backpacks, Sleeping Bags and Sleeping Pads (Boy Scouts)
- What You Always Wanted to Know About Venturing But Were Afraid to Ask (Venturers)
- ABC's of Attention Deficit Disorder (Special Needs)
Join us at Fox High School on Saturday, Jan. 19, and learn how to better succeed in your role in Scouting. More...
On behalf of the entire Greater St. Louis Area Council team, have a happy and safe holiday season!
--Greater St. Louis Area Council,
Boy Scouts of America |
Encourage A Eagle Scout To Apply For Summer Camp Staff
The success of your troop's week at summer camp is many times determined by the quality of the staff serving you. If you have a Scout in your troop who will be 15 years old and an Eagle Scout by June 1 of the camp year--and who you believe would make a good staff member--encourage him to apply for staff. Also, Explorers and Venturers (male and female) will be interviewed for positions at the Swift Base. More...
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 Special Summer Camps Available In '08
The Council is offering a variety of specialty summer camps for Boy Scouts, Explorers and Venturers. Horse Camp, the Ranger Program, the River Ranger Program and Order of the Arrow Summer Camp provide members with a special week of programming. Click on the links below to learn more:
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Celebrate Scouting's 98th Birthday In February
Units can celebrate the 98th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America in a number of ways. Scout Sunday will be on Feb. 3 and Scout Sabbath will be on Feb. 8. These are excellent opportunities to show religious or community organizations that Scouting is thriving in your area. More... | |
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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:
Bulls-Eye Race 
Preparation: Make a track out of one 8-ft. length of 6-by-¾-in. plywood board. Use the traditional strip of wood running the length of the board for the lane. Paint 1-in. strips across the board every 6 in. in different colors (red, yellow, blue, green, etc.) before you attach the center strip. Cut a 36-by-36-in. piece of butcher paper. Draw a bulls-eye on the paper using 6-in. wide rings. Give each ring a point value. Tape the bulls-eye flat to the floor. Raise the track a few feet off the floor. (The track could be braced on the seat of a chair.) The race: Boys hold their pinewood derby cars at any starting line they wish (i.e., the yellow stripe) and then let it go. The object is to have the car stop in the bulls-eye. If the car stops short, the boy should start his car higher up on the track. If the car rolls too far, he should start it on a lower stripe. Each boy gets two trial runs and then a scoring run. Points are awarded depending on where the car stops.
Source: Cub Scout Program Helps, January |
Parent Tip:
Helping Your Child With Homework
Parents can give kids lots of homework help, primarily by making it a priority and helping them develop good study habits. Read more...
Source: KidsHealth for Parents web site. | |
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