Due to summer vacations the Mobile Scout Shop will return on Saturdays in September. In the meantime, the Valley Forge Scout Shop is offering free shipping to support our units that would have gone to the Mobile Scout Shop.

If your chartered organization is interested in hosting the Mobile Scout Shop, please contact Lonce Scott.

 

This hands-on training program gives adult leaders the practical outdoor skills they need to lead Scouts in the out-of-doors. This is the final course needed to be considered basic leader trained for Scoutmasters, Asst. Scoutmasters, Venturing Crew Advisors and Assoc. Advisors.

Spend a weekend in the outdoors and learn all the up-to-date information to make you successful in your leadership role. This course will help you build your network of resources.

NYLT is an exciting, action packed program designed to provide youth members of the Boy Scouts of America with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home units and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others. NEW this year: opened to Venturing, male and female.

Visit colbsa.org/nylt for more information and to register.

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Registration is now active for the 2017 National Jamboree which will take place from July 19-28 2017 at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia, which is the fourth National BSA High Adventure Base. Cradle of Liberty Council intends to take ten contingent troops and one crew to the Jamboree. The cost for youth is $1,545 which includes transportation, food, equipment, and just about everything you will need. There are three sources of campership money for those in need of assistance, information including applications will be posted soon.

 

The two step registration process to sign up for the Jamboree is described below:

 

First, sign up on the National site. This will require a My.Scouting user name and password, go to my.scouting.org to create a password if you do not yet have one. Remember the account needs to be in the name of the person attending the Jamboree, not the parent, and the account has to be linked to the scout's membership id number. Chrome or Firefox may be the best browsers to sign up.

 

Second, after you have signed up on the National System, submit the Request to Attend form to Cradle of Liberty Council, 1485 Valley Forge Road, Wayne, PA 19087, including your Scoutmaster's approval with an initial payment of $245. You will need the Jamboree Registration Code that you receive from National once you sign up on their site. Further payments of $100 per month can be made by credit card through Doubleknot on the council website.

 

Scoutmasters and other contingent leaders are currently being selected for the contingent troops and crew. If you are interested, please use this link for more information

 

For questions please contact John Heiple jambo2017chair@gmail.com or Steve Perrone Sperrone@ppciga.org

Cradle of Liberty Council is tentatively planning to send ten (10) Boy Scout troops and one (1) Venturing crew to the 2017 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. The dates of the Jamboree are July 19- 28, 2017. This will require 10 Scoutmasters and a Crew Advisor along with 33 assistant leaders.

Clink on this link for more information and our Adult Leader Interest and Qualification forms.

This is the 2017 National Jamboree Fundraiser Patch. All proceeds go for camperships for Cradle of Liberty Scouts that need financial assistance to attend the 2017 National Jamboree. Additionally a donation from the sales will be made to support Breast Cancer Research

To purchase one of these flaps you can visit our eBay store, click here or the Valley Forge Service Center in Wayne PA.

The Bushkill Creek at Resica Falls is one of the leading areas for fly fishing on the East Coast of the US. Cradle of Liberty Council, BSA offers anglers the opportunity to fish on a six mile stretch of the Creek. For more information, click here

The Cradle of Liberty Eagle Alumni Committee has released a new "Once an Eagle Always an Eagle" Council shoulder patch with a striking red, white and blue border. The patches are $10 each plus postage and available by using the attached order form. All proceeds support Eagle Scout Scholarships that are awarded each year at the Eagle Dinner. These patches are a great way to recognize a new Eagle Scout or for adult Eagle Scouts to wear on their uniforms. 

 

Thank you in advance for your support!

 

To order this patch, click here

 

Information on the Catholic Retreat in October, click here 

2015 Israel Scouts Around Philadelphia

Each summer, a travelling caravan of 10 Scouts (co-ed) and two leaders comes to our area to do song and dance shows for the community, to bring good will from Israel. This is for the entire community and it is always great when American Scouts are at the shows in uniform. 

For more information, click here

 

The Jewish Committee on Scouting of the Cradle of Liberty Council is again proud to be able to sponsor camperships for Jewish Scouts, to help reimburse you for sending your son to Cub/Scout camp this summer.

For more information, please click here

Do you have some free time during the week? If yes we could use your help. We are currently looking for some volunteer help. If you can give us a few hours a day at the Valley Forge Office in Wayne, PA then please contact Diane Campman at 484-654-9214 or diane.campman@scouting.org