After careful consideration and request for proposals from Trails End and Camp Masters Popcorn Companies,  the Inland Northwest Council will have a new product and sales approach when the campaign kicks off this fall.

Volunteers and staff heard presentations from Trails End Popcorn Company and Camp Masters Popcorn Company (Ramsey).

The Committee felt the Camp Masters company provided a new approach to help units get more out of the popcorn campaign. Look for more information coming out soon and be sure to mark your calendars for Saturday, June 1, 2013. The Inland Northwest Council will have its first ever Popcorn University with a special speaker, specialized training, samples, prizes, and much more!

Reserve your tickets now for Scout Night with the Indians on Saturday, August 17th. Have fun at the ball game and camp overnight in the ball field after the fireworks display. Register by July 8th and you will be guaranteed a patch

To order tickets by phone: (509) 343-6886.

Get more info here

A new Den Leader Position-Specific Training course just released to help with the education of new Den Leaders. The two-hour course was developed based on the results of extensive surveys of Den Leaders in 2006 and 2011, Voice of the Scout feedback, and a Den Leader "competency" study in 2012.

The new course is for Tiger Cub, Wolf, and Bear Den Leaders. It is intended to provide them with the experience, basic information, and resources they need to conduct successful den meetings. It is also designed to address some of the primary skills that den leaders need.

Tiger Cub, Wolf, and Bear Den Leaders who complete this training, and also have current Youth Protection Training are considered "trained" for all three positions.

The existing Cub Scout Leader Position-Specific Training course, which includes sections for Cubmasters, Webelos den leaders, committee members, and den leaders, is still a valid course and should continue to be used to train all of the other pack positions.

For more information click here! 

Cub Country at Cowles Scout Reservation is hosting a Super Hero Academy to instruct young heroes in the Hall of Core Values.  Every Cub Scout has great powers within themselves and great potential.

Cub Scout Day Camps 2013: Choose Your Adventure!  

There will be six day camps throughout the Spokane - Coeur d'Alene area. Each of these day camps will offer a wide variety of activities centered on a unique theme. Each day camp offers a new adventure for your Cub Scouts. These day camps are three days long and are open to all Cub Scouts entering grades 1 to 5 in the fall of 2013. The themes for these Day Camps and "Twilight Camps" are Yippee-Cub-Yay Roundup and the Jungle Cubs' Safari.

In addition, Day Camp programs will be offered in a variety of rural communities throughout the Inland Northwest Council. These day camps vary from 2 to 3 days in length and also offer a wide variety of activities for Cub Scouts. Blast Off to Adventure! Cubs in Space is the theme for these Day Camps.

 North Idaho High Adventure Base  

 Camp Easton 

Camp Grizzly 

 Cub Country

Allez Allez! '13 Japeechen Rendezvous at Cowles Scout Reservation

If you're looking for adventure this summer, then consider this: rather than try something new, how about trying something old... really old!

Join us at Japeechen Rendezvous '13 for a week of camping, eating, sleeping, and working in the 1830's.

On a beautiful Sunday in late June, gather at Carbon Lodge at Camp Cowles to travel back to the 1825 Hudson Bay Company's trapper camp located on the farthest end of Diamond Lake: Japeechen.

Scouts must be at least 14 years of age, have attended three long term camps, and be at least first class rank.  

Click here for more information.

1. Volunteer to be a merit badge counselor in your vocation or avocation.  Contact Dayna Reffner, Program Support Secretary, at 1-800-945-4390.
2. Volunteer on a district or council committee.  Contact Gerry Granum, Director of Field Service, at 1-800-945-4390.
3. Send a Scout to camp by donating a campership. Click this link to make an online donation or mail your gift to Campership Fund, 411 W Boy Scout Way, Spokane, WA 99201. 
4. Donate gently used uniforms to our uniform bank so that we can provide uniforms to families with financial hardships.  Drop off at any of our three Scout Service Centers.
5. Support One Scout for One Year as part of our iSupport1 Campaign.  Click this link to support one or more Scouts this year for $182 each.  Your gift will provide volunteer training, programs and activities, camps, leader support and more for one or more Scouts.
6. Donate your Car to Support Scouting-whether it runs or not!  We'll even haul it away-click the link for details.
7. Support the future of Scouting with a gift to the Inland Northwest Council Endowment Foundation.  Make a Memorial Gift in memory of a friend or family member, a Tribute gift in honor of an Eagle Scout or other outstanding individual or join the James E. West Society with a gift of $1,000 or more. 

8. Support improvements at one or more of our camps by clicking here.