The bottom line is to keep Scouts active, in person or virtually. Please follow these links for some virtual recruitment ideas:
Cub Scout Recruitment Idea Book
Use This Virtual Rally Plan to Recruit Scouts During COVID-19
Using Tools Like Geofencing and Nextdoor Events to Promote Scouting
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Information will be posted when available
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Information will be posted when available
Across the nation, councils are finding ways to help keep our youth members engaged and Scouting. These out-of-the-box, in-home activities are centered around providing advancement-related content to help keep kids safe, engaged and to help them make the best of home time.
Cub Scouts just need to complete 4 of the listed options in the Cub Scouts requirements.
Once a Scout has completed the requirements to earn the patch, an adult should send the completed MSC Scouting from Home Patch Program Tracker form
(a scanned copy or a photo is fine) to the District Executive, Robert Stewart at robert.stewart@scouting.org.
30 Day Cub Scouting Challenge
30 Day Lion Challenge 
30 Day Tiger Challenge 30 Day Wolf Challenge
30 Day Bear Challenge 30 Day Webelos Challenge Thank you Heart of America Council!
Ideas to Stay Busy at Home (for kids!)
4 Activities to Do at Home During Coronavirus
25 Fun Things to do When You are Stuck Inside
Free Digital Boys’ Life Magazine
5 Cub Scout Activities for Your Weekend
5 Fun and Active Den Meeting Game Ideas
Fun projects you can do from home (Bryan on Scouting)
BSA’s national cub scout staff have put together some fun activity videos that can be useful Cub Scout recruiting tools. The YouTube videos are short, 2 to 5 minutes, with a purpose and an activity. Activities are all requirements found in our program. They are not branded as BSA or Cub Scouts.
Here is the link to a YouTube playlist for K-2nd grade:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwHOx1z5AOQ&list=PLHGEvyG5wutg0Wgwp6hQQJYCi0sjpwaDK
Here is the link to a YouTube playlist for 3rd-4th grade:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5YTfSoOXDE&list=PLHGEvyG5wutje5QyAh3oAnjSu6WrNQBb3
The national Scouting at home site is here to help members and nonmembers engage in Scouting while we shelter in place. Lots of good resources are included.
https://www.scouting.org/scoutingathome/
Tools and recourses to strengthen your units can be found here, including some timely webinars on zoom meetings, digital recruiting, school access during covid, and much more. https://scoutingwire.org/marketing-and-membership-hub/
Bryon on Scouting has also published some of the best digital scouting resources from around the country: https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2020/06/24/everything-you-need-to-know-about-virtual-summer-camps-for-cub-scouts-and-scouts/
Cub Scout Pack 1551 YouTube channel
Boy Scouts of America – Scouting at Home – YouTube channel
other Resources
Bryan on Scouting – Scouts BSA Handbooks for Boys and Girls now available on Kindle
Cub Scout Recruitment Idea book
For more information and activities check the scouting at home link regularly, and let your friends know about these great options for at-home fun and learning for Scouting families and non-Scouting families alike.
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Boy Scouts of America – Scouting at Home – YouTube channel
A one-stop shop for Scouting and non-Scouting families to find quality age and grade specific character building activities at home.
It’s critical that we all continue to keep youth protection top-of-mind whether our Scouting activities are taking place in person or through a digital platform. Of note, remember that BSA prohibits any one-on-one interaction between an adult leader and a Scout – in person, online, through a web conference, over the phone, via text, or in any other form.
Detailed youth protection information is available here. To ensure you are following safety standards for all Scouting activities, please reference the Guide to Safe Scouting.
The BSA’s Social Media Guidelines serve as a complement to our youth protection policies.
Across the nation, councils are finding ways to help keep our youth members engaged and Scouting. These out-of-the-box, in-home activities are centered around providing advancement-related content to help keep kids safe, engaged and to help them make the best of home time.
If you are an adult and have expertise in a Scout skill that you would like to share – this is your opportunity at being an internet sensation! While there are no meetings going on, this could be your “one hour a week” for Scouting project.
How this will work:
• Send an email to District Executive Robert Stewart at robert.stewart@scouting.org with the Scout Skill you would like to teach by video recording.
• He will let you know if someone else has already contacted him about doing the same skill.
• Record a video of yourself or others teaching the skill
• Contact Rob again when you are done to arrange the transfer of the video file (if you have a Gmail account, include your Gmail address)
By participating in this project, you agree:
• The council may or may not be able to use the video. If the video is used, you will be given credit when the video is shared
• That once the video has been given to the council, ownership of the video transfers to the council and the council may edit the video
• That you do not expect to be reimbursed for your time or expenses in creating the video
• That if anyone under the age of 18 is shown in the video, you will receive written permission from the parent for their child to be included in the video and the written permission is transferred to the council with the video
Remember, Scouts still need their Unit Leader’s approval to start working on a Merit Badge, and Youth Protection policies must be observed even in a digital setting.
Online Merit Badge Opportunities:
This is a great time to encourage Scouts to complete their Cyber Chip!
FEATURED KNOTS AND CAMPCRAFTS VIDEO
Click here for more Knots & Campcraft skills videos from national
National Geographics Kids: Activities and quizzes for younger kids
Duolingo: Learn languages for free
For more information and activities check the scouting at home link regularly, and let your friends know about these great options for at-home fun and learning for Scouting families and non-Scouting families alike.
JULY 19 – JULY 28, 2023
Summit Bechtel Reserve,
West Virginia
The Midnight Sun Council is hosting a Jamboree Troop to attend next year’s National Jamboree at the Summit in West Virginia. Current plans would be to tour Washington D.C., visit various museums and then head to the Summit for a week of exciting fun with other Scouts from all over the country and world.
Final cost has not been set yet, because tours and travel are still being determined, but you could expect the total cost to be around $4,000-$4250 per person.
Matt Cooper (SM Troop 38B) will be the Scoutmaster for our Troop. There are no limits on number of youth attendees, nor on the number of adults allowed to go this time around.
Scholarships for the Summit portion of the fee are available on the Jamboree site, as well as the registration link and a ton of information. If interested, please sign up on the site.
A payment schedule and fundraising opportunities will be forthcoming. We have a book started for payment tracking purposes here at the office. As we progress, more information will be coming.
We are accepting reservations for both young men and women, but still need to figure out if we will be going as 2 separate troops or on Venturing Crew for leadership purposes.
All information regarding the National Jamboree can be found at this link: https://jamboree.scouting.org/
Please register through this link:
https://jamboree.scouting.org/participants/
Information on the available scholarships can be found here:
Boy Scouts of America – Scouting at Home
Scouts BSA just need to complete 6 of the listed options in the Scouts BSA requirements.
Once a Scout has completed the requirements to earn the patch, an adult should send the completed MSC Scouting from Home Patch Program Tracker form (a scanned copy or a photo is fine) to the District Executive Robert Stewart at robert.stewart@scouting.org.
Remember, Scouts still need their Unit Leader’s approval to start working on a Merit Badge, and Youth Protection policies must be observed even in a digital setting.
This is a great time to encourage Scouts to complete their Cyber Chip!
Piedmont Council – $5 cost to cover resources
Gulf Stream Council- Remote Activity Workshops
Cascade Pacific Council – Advancement Academy
Below are merit badges that can be worked on from home. As always, check with your Scoutmaster for approval before starting a new merit badge. Most of these will require online research during this time, so be sure you have completed your Cyber Chip first. Remember some requirements require supervision, so ask a parent or counselor about these before you start.
No outside requirements:
AmericanBusiness; Animation; Basketry; Collections; Electricity; Electronics, Energy; Entrepreneurship;
Family Life; Fingerprinting; Genealogy; Home Repairs; Model Design and Building; Nature; Painting;
Personal Fitness; Personal Management; Photography; Plumbing; Programming;
Reptile and Amphibian Study; Wood Carving
Can be done with no outside requirements (depending on options chosen):
American Heritage; Animal Science; Archaeology; Astronomy; Bird Study; Chemistry;
Citizenship in the World; Coin Collecting; Digital Technologies; Drafting;
Emergency Preparedness; Leatherwork; Moviemaking; Nuclear Science; Pets;
Pulp and Paper; Railroading; Reading; Robotics; Safety; Sculpture;
Soil and Water Conservation; Stamp Collecting; Sustainability; Textile
Click on the following links to open/view/download the 30 Day Challenges:
Across the nation, councils are finding ways to help keep our youth members engaged and Scouting. These out-of-the-box, in-home activities are centered around providing advancement-related content to help keep kids safe, engaged and to help them make the best of home time
Boys’ Life: Projects That Can Be Done at Home
Goal Setting For Scouts, Leaders, and Families
Resources:
Bryan on Scouting – Merit Badges
Bryan on Scouting – Working on Merit Badges at home
Bryan on Scouting – Conducting a Board of Review through video conferencing
Bryan on Scouting – Advancement during COVID-19: Official details about Eagle extensions and more
For more information and activities check the scouting at home link regularly, and let your friends know about these great options for at-home fun and learning for Scouting families and non-Scouting families alike.
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