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Increase your Scouting knowledge &
skills to be a trained Boy Scout leader:
 | Great print resources to help your Scouts do program
planning: Volume
I (Aquatics, Athletics, Backpacking, Boating / Canoeing, Business,
Camping, Citizenship, Communications, Cooking, Cultural Awareness, Emergency
Preparedness, Engineering);
Volume II
(Environment, First Aid, Fishing, Forestry, Health Care, High Adventure,
Hiking, Hobbies, Leadership, Mechanics, Nature, Orienteering);
Volume III (Physical Fitness, Pioneering, Public Safety, Science, Shooting, Special
Cooking, Sports, Tracking, Wilderness Survival, Wildlife Management, Winter
Camping) |
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BSA merit badge counselor form
People who want to be counselors are our most valuable asset in
making a customized Scout program fitting to each boy. Here's the form, to
complete and give to our Scoutmaster. We also have
tips for exceptional merit badge counseling, so you can see how
straightforward this is. |
| BSA national e-learning programs
(you'll need your registration number to use this site, and it's best viewed
in Internet Explorer with a high-speed internet connection):
BSA
Safe Scouting online, to prepare for each event
Fast-start
Leader Training, providing an overview of Boy Scouting, troop
organization & our programs
Youth
protection training, including a link to record your training with the
Council
Safe Swim
Defense & Safety Afloat, with a provision to produce a card to
carry
NEW!
Planning and
Preparing for Hazardous Weather, because tour permits require that at
least one adult must have passed this training e-course provided by National
BSA. |
Good web sites about Scouting activities:
| Simon Kenton Council
Get information about Council programs and resources and the
Scouter newsletter. |
| The Buckeye District
Here's up-to-date information about our local district, who's who
and what's what. |
| Boy Scouts of America
The national source for information on our national program. |
| US Scouting Service Project
One-stop shopping, volunteer-managed, for information about the
entire Scouting trail from Cubs to Scouts to Venture, for youth and for
adults. |
| Order of the Arrow
A super source for the elected Scout and Scouter membership of this national
brotherhood in Scouting service. |
Historic Scouting links you may like:
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The Pine
Tree Web, with a focus on life & times of Lord Baden-Powell,
leadership, international issues |
Web sites about cool gear:
| The folks at
Backpacker magazine have good tips and pick the best gear each
year. |
| Although it repeats its story themes after a while,
Outside magazine has items you could put on your holiday
shopping list and someone rich could buy things for you. |
| For great shopping bargains, check out
Campmor, or
REI, or
Eastern Mountain Sports. |
| If you're a traditionalist and shopping for
everlasting gear, check Duluth
Pack. |
| A hidden treasure for water play is
NRS (Northwest River Sports) in Washington. |
| And for outerwear and underwear that costs a lot but lasts
forever, go to
Patagonia. |
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