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2012 Onondaga - Oneida Districts Klondike Derby - February 4th, 2012 Updated 1/24/12
Forms and Schedule have been updated!! Remember February 4th, 2012. Join us for a fun filled day of scouting skills, teamwork, competition, snow games and more! Registrations due by 4 PM Friday, January 27, 2012. For the UPDATED listing of scheduled activities and preparation guide please click here and for the registration forms please click here.
Toggenburg Mountain Snow Sports Offerings for Scouts Posted 1/31/12
Toggenburg Mountain Winter Sports Center is offering a Ski and Snowboarding program for Scouts and Leaders of all ages. This program will concentrate on the requirements of the various Scout badges for the different age groups such as Snow Sports Merit Badge, Cub Scout Snow Ski and Board Sports Belt Loop, and the Cub Scout Ski and Board Sports Pin. Toggenburg will provide instruction so that participants can complete the “On-the-Hill” requirements for the various awards. For dates, times and further information please click here.
Come to Sabattis 2012!!
Schedule the adventure of a lifetime at Sabattis Scout Reservation this
summer! Watch our new
video and learn more about our summer camp program.
The December 2011 Longhouse Council E-Newsletter "Pathways" is here!
Updated 12/14/11
It contains information and updates from our Council. It will be emailed to everyone on the Council listserve, posted on the website, and also posted on our Twitter and Facebook sites. For a copy please click here
Roundtable Information Updated 10/24/11
For summary of the October Roundtable please click here. For an updated and complete listing of Onondaga District and Longhouse Council Upcoming Events covering the scoouting year please click here.
Save the Dates - 2011 - 2012 Upcoming Events!! Posted 6/1/11
Please
click here for the attached list of
upcoming district sponsored Boy Scout activities. Please
include this in your yearly planning. The more scouts that attend the
more fun we have! Hope to see you all there!
Program Planning Posted 5/19/11
For a copy of the May Roundtable presentation on Program Planning for both Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts please click here.
Updated
3/25/11
Journey to Excellence is the new performance recognition program for Councils, Districts, and Units.
Reserve Your Seat for Journey to Excellence
Scouting's Journey to Excellence is the BSA's new council performance
recognition program designed to encourage and reward success and continuous
improvement in the performance of our units, districts, and councils.
It is replacing the Centennial Quality Awards program.
To support the reporting of JTE achievement, a new dashboard has been
developed on MyScouting.org to track council-level progress within the
17 individual criteria in the Journey to Excellence:
- Within each objective (finance, membership, program, unit service, leadership,
and governance)
- For each criterion (bronze, silver, gold)
- And toward a council's overall points tally (bronze, silver, gold)
We encourage you to join a webinar and learn how to track your councils'
progress.
Webinars are offered in the mornings and afternoons
of April 5 and April 6 for volunteers. We hope you will attend
one of these sessions. For information and to sign up for the volunteer
webinar, please click this link:
http://webinar.kintera.org/JTEDashboardVolunteers
For more information about Journey to Excellence, see http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/awards/journeytoexcellence.aspx
Also, there are three pdf documents to look at:
1) Scouting's Journey to Excellence.pdf - 2011 Council Performance Recognition Program
2) FAQs for Councils 030411.pdf - Answers to frequently asked questions about the program
3) JTE Roll Out Schedule.pdf - schedule of Webinars listed above
Here are some great Boy Scout commercials and promotional videos Posted 6/2/10
http://www.bsalegal.org/scouting-video-283.asp
Training Web Page Updated 2/5/10
The Training Web Page has been updated. See Mandatory Training Information. To check it out Please click here.
New training schedule for 2010 is now available. Please click here for schedule and flyers or go to District Training icon on the left for more details on upcoming training events. Announcement concerning training for new and seasoned leaders. What training you need plus where and how to get it. Please click here.
Marketing Brochures and Flyers developed by the Onondaga Membership Committee
to assist in Recruiting
Announcing the revision of the flyers and marketing brochures by the Onondaga District Membership Committee to assist units in their fall recruitment. For a flyer that can be customized with individual unit information and be used to inform community members (churches, schools, service and citizen groups) of the various aspects of Scouting Please click here. Also available are marketing brochures for specific levels of scouting. Please click here for Tigers, Cubs, Lions. Boy Scouts, and Venturing. Please note that Spanish versions are available by emailing our District Membership Chair Terry Richmond Also of note, a marketing post card for each level will soon be available.
The Onondaga District is seeking volunteers to assist on the various District Sub-committees. For details please click here.
For information on various Scouting
Programs click on the following links:
Scouting: http://thescoutzone.org/index.html
Cub Scouting: http://www.joincubscouting.org/
Venturing: http://www.scouting.org/venturing/
Info on tour permits, leadership, and record keeping - Details here. Also, Click here for local tour permits.
Safety guidelines for Scouting events established by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America are available on line at: Safe Scouting Guide: Also, please note that these guidlines are also available using the Safe Scouting Button on the left side of this page.
Onondaga District Seeking Donations of Uniforms and Equipment
The Onondaga District is seeking donations of Scout Uniforms and Scout related supplies such as tents, cook kits, stoves, etc. If you know of Scouts or Cubs who have outgrown their uniforms or no longer use their equipment please ask them to donate these items to the Onondaga District's scouting program. Click here for details
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