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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. 

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Wood Badge

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Due to the lack of registrations, the 2018 Wood Badge Course is being postponed until 2019.

We are planning to have a Wood Badge kick off/promotion scheduled later this year, in order to give everyone the opportunity to meet some of the staff and to ask questions about this fantastic opportunity.

We need at least 30 people to register to hold the  course.

 

For questions please contact Stephen Smith at stephen.smith@scouting.org

 

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Tired Iron

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Tired Iron 2021

 

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This years Tired Iron event went extremely well. The new location at the Fairbanks Lions Snowmobile Fun Club house served perfectly. Thank you to Alaska Vintage Sled Club, Tired Iron, and the Lions for putting on the event. Big thanks to Wilderness Search and Rescue and our Camp Ranger for the medical coverage of the races, and special thanks go to the Scouters that came out to set up! Without the volunteers and organizations coming together it surely would not have gone so smoothly. Looking forward to doing this again next year!

 
 

 
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Clean Up Day

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2024 CLEAN UP DAY!

When:  May 11th, 2024 

Thank you for your interest in Golden Heart Clean Up Day! At this point if you register below, the information will be used to collect volunteer participation numbers only. Our volunteers that pick up the full trash bags from the roadside (our awesome Heavy Haulers) have been assigned their route and will only be picking up bags from previously registered areas and main roads and intersections. You can still participate! Grab some bags and join the fun. If there are people cleaning an area that you wanted, ask to join in and make new friends. If you clean in an area that is not along a main road please take your full bags to the FNSB landfill and tell them it’s clean up day trash (please secure you load) or get them to a main road or intersection by Saturday afternoon. See below for more information and thank you for your part in making our community a better place.

REGISTER HERE TO TELL US VOLUNTEER NUMBERS 

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Click links below for Safety Tips:

Clean Up Day Dos and Dont’s

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What is Clean Up Day?

Clean Up Day is a community wide volunteer initiative to clean up the trash uncovered by melting snow in the Fairbanks North Star Borough before tourist season begins.

Who organizes Clean Up Day?
The Clean Up Day Committee is made up from volunteers from many different sponsoring organizations including; United Way of the Tanana Valley; Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Adopt a Highway; Green Star of Interior Alaska; Midnight Sun Council, Boy Scouts of America; Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce; Fairbanks North Star Borough, Central Recycling Facility; The Radio Station; Cowles Heating Services; University of Alaska, Advocacy Committee, Alaska Comedy, North Pole Community Chamber of Commerce; and Golden Heart Waste Management

 

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Recycling is Back for 2024

We are excited to offer Green Bags as an option again this year! Green Bags will be passed out at all 5 bag pickup locations. You may fill the bags with #1 and #2 plastic bottles and jugs and aluminum cans. You may leave the green bags along main roads with other Clean Up Day trash and the Heavy Haulers will get it where it needs to go. After Clean Up Day you may take your Green Bags to the Central Recycling Facility, 1855 Marika Road. For a full list of what the Central Recycling Facility accepts, outside of this event, please visit their website https://www.fnsb.gov/294/Central-Recycling-Facility

 

Where to get Clean Up Day bags?

Midnight Sun Council, BSA  –  1400 Gillam Way, Monday – Friday 9 AM to 5 PM

Cowles Heating  –  1675 Richardson Hwy, Monday – Friday 8 AM – 5 PM

Central Recycling Facility  –  1855 Marika Road, Tuesday – Friday 10 AM to 5:30 PM

         and Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM

Green Star of Interior Alaska  –  2134 Texaco Avenue, Tuesday – Friday 10 AM to 5 PM

     and Saturday 1 PM to 5 PM

Golden Heart Waste Management  –  2131 Sheldon Ave, Monday – Friday 8 AM to 5 PM

Who picks up the trash bags from the roadside on Clean Up Day?
The volunteers, who pick up the trash bags from the roads on Clean Up Day and transport them to the landfill, call themselves the “Heavy Haulers.” The crew and the pickup route are organized by Justin at Cowles Heating. Many companies volunteer their time and their trucks to pick up trash bags. Thank you to all our Heavy Haulers; Alaska Waste, Horst Expediting,  Shredway, Golden Heart Waste Management, 907 Diesel, Hydro Tech, Total Toyo, and Cowles Heating.

What if a group picks up an area on a different day than Clean Up Day?
If you organize a clean up crew on a different day than Clean Up Day, you will need to take the yellow bags to the FNSB landfill and let the attendant know you’re there for Clean Up Day. Please secure the Clean Up Day bags in your vehicle! You don’t want your group’s hard work to end up back on our roadways. The Clean Up Day Committee does apply for a tipping fee waiver from the Borough for about a month around Clean Up Day. The bags are weighed, and the landfill keeps track of the tonnage so we can track the community effort. If it is taken to a local transfer station, it is treated as regular household trash and will not be tallied.

ANY TRASH COLLECTED AFTER CLEAN UP DAY MUST BE DROPPED OFF AT THE BOROUGH LANDFILL

Fairbanks North Star Borough Landfill:
455 Sanduri St., Fairbanks, AK 99701
Hours of operation: Monday – Friday 8 AM to 4 PM; Saturday 9 AM to 4 PM; Sunday noon to 4 PM
Click here to view Map to Fairbanks Landfill (https://goo.gl/maps/zr6YxJiURVH2)

 Thank You!

 From all of us on the Clean Up Day Committee, thank you for your commitment to keeping Alaska’s roadsides beautiful.

For more information call 452-7211(United Way) or visit us 

at www.facebook.com/groups/goldenheartcleanupday/

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Spring Camporee

2024 SPRING CAMPOREE

63 Scouts had a howling good time at the Wise Wolf Camporee the weekend of May 3rd – 5th.  The scouts signed up for particular tracks of program presented to them by experts in their fields.
Scouts took part in a mock search and Rescue after receiving some training, cook delectable gourmet meals over a variety of outdoor cooking methods, practiced tying flies and casting, while others learned about traps and how to process their catch.
A great big thank you to the Midnight Sun Flycasters, Wilderness Search and Rescue, PAWS, the Alaska Trappers Association, and outdoor gourmet chef Bruce Campbell for teaching our Scouts valuable lessons. A special thanks to Mark Smurda for emceeing the campfire and to Dave Minto for cooking the meals for the staff.  It was a great weekend.

Click the links below to view/download:

Wise Wolf Camporee Leaders’ Guide

2024 Wise Wolf Registration form

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We expect some classes to fill up, so when registration opens, don’t wait!

 

 

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We held our 2021  “Eye on Conservation” Spring Camporee at Lost Lake Scout Camp May 21-23! Our Scouts participated in conservation projects and could choose from 3 Environmentally themed Merit Badges. Special thanks to Troop 1001 and Grace Edwards for leading the planning efforts for a great Camporee!

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2021 SC 4  2021 SC 5

2021 SC 1  2021 SC 6

 

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MSC Merit Badge Day

2024 SCOUTS BSA AVIATION MERIT BADGE

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WHEN: May 18, 2024

The AOC is offering a Scout Aviation MB Day during their Aviation Day community event. Registration information will be available soon. There will be spots available for at least 16 Scouts and then we will put Scouts on a waitlist. We will need at least 3 registered adults for this event.

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

Activity Consent form is required.

Consent Form must be brought to the Midnight Sun Council  office BEFORE (TBA-download below).

Weight of Scout (for flight planning purposes) must be submitted to Midnight Sun Council office by (TBA).

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 Activity Consent Form

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 3 registered adult leaders for this event and please let us know if your child needs a guardian with them during the flight.

2024 Medical Merit Badge Day has a new date!

Medical Merit Badge Day will be on April 13 from 8 am to 3 pm at Bassett Community Hospital.

FWW access is being arranged. They are tentatively offering Medical Professions, Dentistry, Public Health and Disability Awareness. As soon as class size is determined, registration information will be provided,

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FredMeyer community rewards

 

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YOU CAN HELP THE MIDNIGHT SUN COUNCIL EARN DONATIONS!

JUST BY SHOPPING WITH YOUR FRED MEYER REWARDS CARD!

 

Fred Meyer is donating $2.5 million per year to non-profits in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, based on where their customers tell them to give.

Here is how the program works:

  • Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to Midnight Sun Council at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.   You can search for us by our name (Midnight Sun Council) or by our non-profit number (88285).
  • Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping the Midnight Sun Council earn a donation!
  • You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today.
  • If you do not have a Rewards Card, they are available at the Customer Service desk of any Fred Meyer store.
  • For more information, please visit www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.