Welcome
This website is intended to provide an informational service to the Scouting families, Scouters, and friends of Scouting in Ontario District.
Ontario District serves the BSA Scouting youth of Oswego County and Brewerton, New York.
Select a page to the left and come on in!
What's New?
Ontario District Fall Camporee
October 16th – 18th
Palermo Town Park - County Route 45
DISABILITY AWARENESS
The program will consist of various events to challenge the Scouts to
perform certain tasks as if they had particular disabilities. There will also
be various displays set up providing information from various
organizations to aide individuals with disabilities. Information on Scouts
with Disabilities and the alternate requirements for Eagle Scout will be
available.
For more information continue onto the activities page or click here:
GREY BEAR ACCESSORIES
Grey Bears--show your ursine pride by adding an official Grey Bear golf shirt or fleece jacket to your Scouting wardrobe! Cookie Lehman is offering these articles for your purchase. Each item will bear an embroidered Grey Bear logo. Prices are a reasonable $18 for the shirt up to size XL. Add $2 for sizes 2XL to 4XL. The full zip grey fleece jacket is $25 up to size XL and $28 for sizes up to 4XL. Cookie requests that you prepay when you place your order. Contact her for additional information.
GOOGLE YOUR UNIT !
A great new tool has been added to the website that should help prospective Scouts find our Ontario District units--Google Maps. The map of Ontario District has markers locating each Scouting unit. Clicking on the marker will identify the unit and give the user information about that unit--meeting time and place as well as contact information. Because this is a work in process, each unit leader needs to check out their unit marker and update the meeting information or optional contact information (name, phone number or email address), by sending it to the webmaster. The map is located on the Join Scouting page. Also remember that if your unit has a website, forward the URL to the webmaster so it may be linked to this site.
HELP WANTED / OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU !
Many Opportunities exist for you if you would like to get more involved in the workings of the district. Specifically positions are open for:
- District Committee-positions are open if you would like to be involved in chairing or assisting with jobs that keep our district running like the well-oiled machine that it is! Contact Mr. K.
- District training team members--get involved training your fellow Scouters on a variety of subjects
- District Commissioners--help unit leaders provide a quality program to community youth. Contact Jean Borrow if you are interested.
- Volunteers are needed to help run Cub Day Camp (Firefly format). Dates will be announced soon.
COUNCIL E-MAILING LIST
A feature available to web-active Scouters is the Council Mailing List. Get updates on council and district events, post questions, and get answers, all delivered to your mailbox. Also, you'll get an email every time your favorite district website is updated! The service is free, so sign up today.
ROUNDTABLES
Is your Pack or Troop sending a leader (or more) to the district Roundtables? Roundtables are a great place to get together with other adult unit leaders in the district, share ideas, socialize, receive training and information, voice opinions, and get program ideas. They help you offer your unit a better program, and they occur on the second Thursday of each month at the Mexico Middle School at 7:00 PM. Be sure your unit is represented!
ONTARIO DISTRICT WEBSITE
This site is designed to update you on current happenings in Ontario District. As this is YOUR website, I encourage anyone with news or photos to benefit the district membership to email me at awarren@twcny.rr.com . Please include a detailed announcement, along with your name, e-mail address, and phone number (optional, in case I have questions). If your unit has an active website, send me the URL and I'll get it linked to this site. Please forward information to me as early as possible, as I only update the site monthly. (no news, no update). If you find a broken/nonfunctioning link, please email me. -Alan Warren, Webmaster
UPCOMING EAGLE COURTS OF HONOR
If your unit has an upcoming Eagle presentation, list it here by give a thirty day (minimum) notice for posting. Contact the Webmaster. Include time, date, location, unit, and contact person.
