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Program Guide
This annual  guide has everything you need to know about the coming program year to help plan exciting activities for your unit.
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West Fellowship
Honor A Scouter With
The James E. West Award
The James E. West Fellowship Award nationally recognizes individuals who contribute $1,000 or more in cash or securities to GSLAC's permanent endowment fund. Individuals may also contribute monies toward a fellowship in honor of someone else (youth or adult).
James E. West Fellowship Award recipients are honored with a special square knot, pin, and framed certificate and are recognized at the annual Heritage Society Dinner held in March. To register yourself or someone else for the James E. West Fellowship award, visit
April 11, 2016
Be A Mini-Engineer
For A Day At EPIC
Webelos can earn their Engineer Adventure Pin with EPIC engineers on April 30 at EPIC Systems. Build, experiment, learn, and work with real engineers. Stations include engineering experiments, building, interviewing an engineer, and creating blueprints. Register here.

~ TODAY ONLY ~
SUMMER CAMP DISCOUNT FLASH SALE!
Today only, families can save on select summer camps!
Get $10 off Cub Scout day/twilight camps and Grizzly Camps!
Boy Scouts get $20 off Order of the Arrow,
Catholic Adventure Week, Eagle Trail, and Ranger camps!  
Offer ends Monday, April 11, at 11:59 p.m.
 

What's Happening...
Cubs: Learn How To Fish
Let your Cub Scout experience the fun of fishing at Cub Scout Angler Education Day. This one-day event shows kids how to bait a hook, rig a fishing pole, cast, and more! Join us at Beaumont Scout Reservation on April 30. Register here
Put Your Fishing Skills To Work
Webelos, Boy Scouts, and Venturers -- as well as adults -- can enjoy a day of fishing on Nim's Lake at S bar F Scout Ranch on May 21, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Scout and Adult Fishing Day is free to all. Register by April 24. 
 
Set Your Sites On Shoot-O-Ree
Try your hand at archery and other shooting sports designed for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers on May 7 at Cub World. Stop by at any time and stay for as long as you like between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Scout-age siblings are welcome too. Read more... 
Help Spruce Up Our Camps
Ranger staff at S bar F Scout Ranch are looking for volunteers to help perform property maintenance on May 14 at The Ranch (with chainsaw training).
Email Rich Panosh to sign up.  
Honor Veterans During Good Turn
The 66th annual Memorial Day Good Turn is on May 29 at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Preregistration is required. To learn more and register, click here.

The Jewish Relationships Committee's Good Turn is also on May 29 at area Jewish cemeteries.  
Microsoft Offers New Workshops
The Microsoft Store at the St. Louis Galleria has added new spring/summer dates for Cub Scout and Boy Scout workshops. Merit badge workshops include digital technology, programming, astronomy, game design, and photography. Cub Scout Adventure workshops include Tigers Tiger-iffic, Webelos Game Design, and Webelos Movie Making.   
Save The Date For Give STL Day
On Tuesday, May 3, be part of Give STL Day and make a difference in St. Louis! Give STL Day is a 24-hour giving event that helps our local nonprofits, including the Greater St. Louis Area Council! Imagine the impact we can have when the whole community comes together to give on May 3! 

News Briefs
Merit Badge Sash
MERIT BADGE SKILL CENTERS -- Upcoming merit badge skill centers include Motorboating (April 16), Fish & Wildlife Management (May 15) Fishing & Fly Fishing (May 15), Personal Fitness (April 16), Scuba Diving (April 20), Rock Climbing & Rappelling (ongoing).

ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT -- The 25th Eagle Scout Association Golf Tournament is on April 18 at Old Hickory Golf Club. If you don't golf, sponsor a hole or donate a raffle prize! Proceeds fund improvement projects at GSLAC camps. Contact Jeff Kendall for more information or to assist the golf committee. Register here.

NATIONAL JAMBOREE -- Don't just attend the 2017 National Jamboree, serve as a leader! Apply online and email your Scouting resume to Ron Gjerstad or Tony Fouts.  

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