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MSC Online Merit Badge Classes

Our Tanana Valley District Committee is continuing to host Virtual Merit Badge Classes for our Midnight Sun Council Scouts!

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These classes are taking place regularly each Monday evening at 7 pm.

Please contact your Scoutmaster or the Council office at 907-452-1976 for the meeting login information.

For these sessions, please direct your Scouts to be in a room in the house with other adults within earshot, or to invite a parent/guardian to sit in for the class.

The Zoom link will become active at 6:50 pm.

Topic: MSC Virtual Merit Badge Sessions 

New Dates will be announced soon!

 

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Update your BeAScout.org pin today

Cub Scouts running with rockets

Update your BeAScout.org pin today, so prospective Scouts can find you blog.scoutingmagazine.org
BeAScout.org tells prospective Scouting families why Scouting is a good fit for their family and where they can find a pack, troop, crew or ship near them.

Click on the following link to read more:

https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2019/01/28/update-your-beascout-pin-today-so-future-scouting-families-can-find-you-tomorrow/?utm_source=scoutingwire&utm_campaign=swemployee262019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=

 

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Build an adventure

Scouts do stuff. They build things. Play with purpose. Make friends and work together.

Set goals and clear them. They go places. Physically. Mentally. Spiritually. These life-changing experiences — and the confidence they provide — become bricks in the wall of childhood. Bricks that eventually form a foundation. One a Scout can stand on to embrace opportunity and overcome obstacles. For the parents watching in awe, it’s not a question of where their Scout will go, but where won’t they go.

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Scouting Magazine Update

The latest issue, September-October 2020, is online in a digital format, free to all adults registered with the BSA. Instead of waiting months for fresh content, the Scouting magazine app will be updated every day with something new. The Scouting magazine app is available now in the App Store and Google Play.Click on link below to read more

https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2020/08/27/get-the-latest-in-scouting-news-through-the-new-improved-magazine-app/

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Changes to My.Scouting.org

Unit management is about to get easier with the retirement of ScoutNET 
You’ve been asking for updates to the functionality of BSA tech products. And, with ScoutNet’s retirement, we’ll be better equipped than ever to deliver technology that meets the requests of units and councils to manage registration and rechartering effectively and electronically.
 

WHAT DOES SCOUTNET’S RETIREMENT MEAN FOR YOU?

Soon, you’ll find the following improvements made to some of your most frequently used tools:
 
· Registration and charter renewal tools moved to My.Scouting, where our existing online registration site lives.
· New registrar features on My.Scouting, like a new dashboard offering advanced search, person maintenance and additional reporting features.
· For all units with a December 31 renewal date, expect a simplified recharter system for both internet and paper rechartering within Internet Advancement 2.0.
 
· New unit self-service tools on My.Scouting:
o This month, a new feature called Position Manager will be added to the My.Scouting tools allowing units to change the registration position of anyone in the unit – no paper application required. For example, if a Cubmaster steps down and a unit committee member replaces her, the unit’s chartered organization representative or their designee can adjust her position without delivering paperwork to the council.
o In addition to the inter-unit transfer feature added this winter, parents and volunteers will be able to transfer to a unit in a new council without filling out transfer forms and new applications – and their records will be automatically transferred to the new council.
 
These are just some of the changes coming your way as My.Scouting continues to grow in supporting the needs of units and councils in the Boy Scouts of America.
 
 
 
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OA Summer Picnic

Cub Scout/ Order of the Arrow  Summer Picnic

 
When:  AUGUST 12TH, 2017  10 am – 4 pm
 
Where:  Lost Lake Camp, 12660 Lost Lake Rd
 
Fee:       $10.00 per person due by August 9, 2017
 
Early Registration Fee is $5.00 per person if paid by August 3, 2017
 
Bring the family and join the Order of the Arrow for fun in the sun and food at Lost Lake Camp!
 
Click here for flyer
Click here for OA Picnic Registration form
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Merit Badge Days

A merit badge event lets Scouts learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers.

An event may focus on a single merit badge or a variety of fields that might not normally be available. Observatories, planetariums, parks, museums, ships, colleges, universities, as well as police and fire departments may offer special events available only to Scouts and only one day each year. Scouts might learn first-hand from dentists, veterinarians, doctors, lawyers, financial planners, engineers, chemists, artists, astronomers, scientists, firemen, policemen, and other experts.

Merit badge events may also offer training in Scout Skills through First Class with a schedule similar to an Advancement Campout. Adult training, and youth leader training are often offered as well.
Often certain requirements must be completed outside of the merit badge event either as preparation or with a merit badge counselor at a later date. A merit badge event may focus on a single merit badge or offer a variety of topics such as
Art Aviation Chemistry Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World Communication Digital Technology Crime Prevention
Dentistry Electricity Electronics Engineering
Emergency Preparedness Energy Fingerprinting Fire Safety
Leatherwork First Aid Indian Lore Medicine
Nuclear Science Personal Management Photography Plumbing
Public Speaking Radio Railroading Safety
Salesmanship Space Exploration Surveying Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation Veterinary Medicine Weather Wood Carving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regardless of the setting or topics, the goal is to have fun as you learn new skills and gain knowledge.

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Aviation MB Day

 

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WHEN: Saturday, May 20, 2017 – 7 am – 3 pm

WHERE:  Fairbanks Aviation Day, UAF CTC Hangar – Fairbanks International Airport

 

Note: This is a One-Day Merit Badge program for active Scouts. Pre-Registration is required and space is limited!

 

Sign up at the Scout Office BEFORE May 6th, 2023!

 

– Scouts must be in uniform

– Bring breakfast of $10 for breakfast

– Bring sack lunch

 

Flying Permission Slip is required.

 

Permission form to fly must be brought to the Midnight Sun Council  office prior to May 5, 2023 ( download below).

Weight of Scout (for flight planning purposes) must be submitted to Midnight Sun Council  office by May 5, 2023.

Scout must bring Aviation Worksheet (download below) and Scout Must read Aviation Merit Badge Pamphlet prior to attendance.

 

Click here to download Aviation Merit Badge Day Flyer (coming soon)

Click here to download Flying Permission Slip

Click here to download Aviation Day Merit Badge Worksheet

 

For questions contact :

Melissa Osborn at 907-978-3788,

fairbanks.aoc@gmail.com

or

Tasmine Stebbins at 907-452-1976,

tasmine.bennett@scouting.org

 

We need at least 4 registered adult leaders for this event and please let us know if your child needs a guardian with them during the flight.