Greetings!   

We hope you and your Scouts or Venturers are enjoying summer programs. Cub Adventure Camps and resident summer camps are the annual highlight for many youth members. Summer activities also can influence parents as much as the Scouts.
 
A summer camp or day camp might be the first opportunity a parent experiences Scouting at its best and at full speed. These parents are often impressed by the quality of the programs, educational opportunities, character building experiences, leadership development exercises, and--most of all--FUN.
 
Savvy leaders encourage or invite parents to get more involved with Scouting after they experience a successful summer program. There's no better time to ask for help with a den, for assistance with a unit fundraiser or to consider becoming a unit leader than at the conclusion of an enjoyable and memorable Scouting experience.

As always, please contact us if we can assist you in providing the highest-quality Scouting program for our young people.

--Greater St. Louis Area Council,

Boy Scouts of America

Schedule A Program Planning Meeting

Successful Scout units take time during the summer to plan programs and activities. Providing a calendar to prospective members and their parents makes a great first impression during School Night to Join Scouting. The council's Program Guide provides a wide range of information to help your unit.

Download the 2011-12 Program Guide (PDF)...  

Aug. 5 Is Unit Deadline For Popcorn Sale

All Scouts who sell $600 or more of Trail's End Popcorn receive a Zyclone Blaster.

Youth members can attend a Greater St. Louis Area Council summer camp free of charge in 2012 for selling specified amounts during the 2011 Trail's End Popcorn sale. 

Cub Scouts who sell $750 or more can attend a free Cub Adventure Camp, Dad & Lad or Mom & Me (parent included) or a Webelos mini-camp. Webelos, Boy Scouts and Venturers who sell $1,500 or more can attend a week of Webelos Camp, National Youth Leadership Training, Boy Scout summer camp, Venturing summer camp, the Ranger program, or Horse Camp free of charge. (Unit commission structures remain unchanged.) 

There are many other incentives and bonuses for youth members. Units wishing to participate in the Trail's End Popcorn Sale must return commitment forms by Aug. 5 and attend one of seven training sessions  held from Aug. 22 to 31. The 2011 popcorn sale will kick off Oct. 1 and online orders are due on Oct. 28. Popcorn delivery is on Nov. 11.  

Tomorrow Is Cabin Lottery Deadline

Scout troops wishing to use a cabin at Beaumont Scout Reservation, lodges or tree houses at S bar F Scout Ranch, Pool and Baker Lodges at Wappapello Lake, Logan Lodge at Camp Lewallen, or Musgraves and Troop Lodges at Pine Ridge Scout Camp should enter the cabin lottery. The deadline for lottery submissions is July 15.

Download a cabin lottery form (PDF)...     

Print shop manager William Johnson prepares to print unit information on tens of thousands of School Night to Join Scouting flyers.

Fall Recruiting Preparations Underway

We're prepared to help your unit grow and thrive during the upcoming program year. School Night to Join Scouting is the annual membership recruiting campaign. Each year, more than 8,000 new youth members join Scout units throughout our geographic territory.  

Council and district teams are ready to help you bring in new Tiger Cubs, Wolves, Bears, Webelos, Boy Scouts and Venturers. Plus, our teams can help you recruit new adult volunteer leaders and prepare them for success.

Some planning and preparation during July can help your unit's School Night to Join Scouting campaign be a huge success in August or September. Read more... 

Help Scouts Finish Merit Badges Started At Council Summer Camps

Do you have Boy Scouts in your troop who didn't finish one or two requirements to complete a merit badge at one of our council's summer camps? The Eagle Scout Association holds an annual Merit Badge Make-Up Day to help Scouts complete those badges. It will be from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 6, at Beaumont Scout Reservation. Read more...

Fall Wood Badge Course At Camp Lewallen  

Celebrate the 75th anniversary of Camp Lewallen by attending the Fall Wood Badge training course at this beautiful and historic facility. It will be Sept. 16-18 and Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Read more... 

What Should Scouts Bring To Camp? 

Here are the equipment lists for each of the council's resident camps:

Boy Scout Camp-Camp Lewallen Equipment List (PDF) 

Boy Scout Camp-S bar F Equipment List (PDF)

Swift Base-S bar F Equipment List (PDF)

Webelos Camp-Camp May Equipment List (PDF)

Webelos Mini-Camp-Camp Lewallen Equipment List (PDF) 

Webelos Mini-Camp-Camp May Equipment List (PDF)

Webelos Mini-Camp-Pine Ridge Scout Camp Equipment List (PDF)   

Webelos Mini-Camp-Swift Base Equipment List (PDF) 

Maps To Camp, Of Camps

Make sure your Scouts, leaders and parents know how to get to camp. Here's a directory of maps showing how to get to each of our camps that will have summer camping programs:  

Directory of Maps (web page)  

Map to S bar F Scout Ranch, Camp Lewallen (PDF) 

Map to Beaumont Scout Reservation (PDF) 

Map to Pine Ridge Scout Camp (PDF) 

Maps of Camps

Map of Camp Famous Eagle-S bar F Scout Ranch (PDF) 

Map of Camp Gamble-S bar F Scout Ranch (PDF)   

Map of Camp Lewallen (PDF) 

Map of Camp May-Beaumont Scout Reservation (PDF)   

Map of Camp Sakima-S bar F Scout Ranch (PDF) 

Map of Pine Ridge Scout Camp (PDF) 

Map of Swift Base-S bar F Scout Ranch (PDF)  

Medical forms: Every Scout and leader who attends a long-term camp must have the required forms completed. The BSA recommends that everyone who participates in a Scouting event have an annual medical evaluation by a certified and licensed health-care provider--a physician (MD or DO), nurse practitioner or physician assistant. Read more...  

Download Medical Form (680-001) (PDF) 

Download Medical Form (680-001) with Instructions (PDF) 

Camp manuals: Have all program details at your fingertips by downloading the booklets from website:

Boy Scout Summer Camp at the S bar F Scout Ranch (PDF) 

Boy Scout Summer Camp at Camp Lewallen (PDF) 

Webelos Camp at Camp May (PDF) 

Webelos Mini-Camp at Camp Lewallen (PDF) 

Webelos Mini-Camp at Camp May (PDF) 

Webelos Mini-Camp at Pine Ridge (PDF) 

Webelos Mini-Camp at Swift Base (PDF)