BALOO TRAINING-Spring 2017
Saturday May 6th, 2017, 9:00 am-5:00PM (check in at 8:30)
Fire Mountain Scout Camp (26027 Walker Valley Road, Mount Vernon)
Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation training is required training for all Cub Scout Leaders wishing to take boys overnight camping as part of the Pack activities. At least one leader of the activity must be Baloo trained. This energetic training will cover everything you need to know to plan and run a pack overnight-er, including ideas for outdoor activities, games, and ceremonies. Information on selecting and using proper camping equipment, how to run a campfire program, and hands-on cooking demonstrations.
Cost: $20 (includes snacks and lunch)
Registration is limited to 40 Participants and is due to the Everett office no later than Saturday, April 29th 2017.
For more information and to register, contact the Everett Service Center at (425) 338-0380
Things to know about Online Registration for the Mount Baker Council
1. The National BSA has selected the Mount Baker Council to be a part of Wave 1 for online registration. This is no longer just a beta program that we participated in for Aug. 2016–This is for real and here to stay. The Unit Key 3 received an email explaining how the process works. A pdf of that email is attached.
2. Councils have been given options as to how they want to use online registration. This is what the Mount Baker Council has selected:
3. Be sure to have some sort of contact with the parent and/or youth before you approve the online registration application. Payment has already been made by credit card to join your unit and once the youth has been approved, it’s difficult to go back and make any changes.
4. If you haven’t approved the application for online registration, after 8 days of the initial request, it will automatically go up to the district level to be re-assigned to your unit or to be assigned to another unit.
5. For LDS units, the membership fee will be paid by the church so there is no credit card payment. This feature has already been built into the program. Remember, this is for new youth only.
6. Be sure to read through all of the information that was emailed to you from National. Remember–There is Invitation Manager and there is Application Manager. Invitation Manager is used to follow up with leads from interested parents. Application Manager is used to accept pending applications.
7. For your reference, this is the link to the guidebook which contains detailed information for unit Leaders:
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/Online_Reg_UnitGuidebook.pdf
Online Registration Email from National
Please contact the Scout office if you need assistance. 425-338-0380.
Thank you,
Steven Davis
VP for Membership
Tyee District will host a Day of Training from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 22, 2017, at the Marysville LDS Church, 9515 – 51st Avenue NE, Marysville, WA. Training will include:
Cost: $5.00
For more information and to register, contact the Scout Office.
Island District will hold an Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS) course on Friday-Saturday, May 5-6, 2017, at the Island District Camporee at Joseph Whidbey State Park . This training will give you the hands on practical outdoor skills needed to lead Scouts in the out-of-doors. You will learn how to teach Scouts the skills they must learn from Tenderfoot through First Class and includes such areas as woods tools, map and compass, ropes, cooking, plant and animal identification, campfires, camping and hiking. It is a 2-day overnight course.
Cost: $20.00 (meals included in fee)
For more information and to register, contact the Scout Office.
An Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS) course, hosted by the Puget Sound District, will be held on Friday-Saturday, April 28-29, 2017, at Fire Mountain Scout Camp, 26027 Walker Valley Road, Mount Vernon, WA. This training will give you the hands on practical outdoor skills needed to lead Scouts in the out-of-doors. You will learn how to teach Scouts the skills they must learn from Tenderfoot through First Class and includes such areas as woods tools, map and compass, ropes, cooking, plant and animal identification, campfires, camping and hiking. It is a 2-day overnight course.
Cost: $20.00 (meals included in fee)
For more information and to register, contact the Scout Office.
Klahaya District will host a Day of Training from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 15, 2017, at the Dutch Hill LDS Church, 8522 – 131st Avenue SE, Snohomish, WA. Training will include:
Cost: $5.00 (COR training is free)
For more information and to register, contact the Scout Office.
Save the DateJoin us for the Island District Camporee May 5th-7th at Joseph Whidbey State Park in Oak Harbor!
This year our theme is The Quest For the Golden Nalgene!
Cost $12.00 for Youth, $6.00 for Adults.
For more information, click here or email [email protected].
A cross-functional team has completed an evaluation of the BSA’s Tour and Activity Plan, resulting in a recommendation to terminate the plan effective April 1, 2017. We recognize that those who were using the tool may wish to know why so the following FAQs have been developed.
We recommend that you sign up for the weekly Scouting Wire newsletter to ensure you receive updates directly in your inbox.
Read more…Tour and Activity Plan Termination FAQ
The March 2017 Mountain Echo is now available.
http://conta.cc/2mfTN6m
Skagit District will hold an Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS) course on Friday-Saturday, April 21-22, 2017, at Fire Mountain Scout Camp, 26027 Walker Valley Road, Mount Vernon, WA. This training will give you the hands on practical outdoor skills needed to lead Scouts in the out-of-doors. You will learn how to teach Scouts the skills they must learn from Tenderfoot through First Class and includes such areas as woods tools, map and compass, ropes, cooking, plant and animal identification, campfires, camping and hiking. It is a 2-day overnight course.
Cost: $20.00 (meals included in fee)
For more information and to register, contact the Scout Office.
