"Be Prepared"

Announcing the 2nd Annual Montana Council Photo Contest

Would you like to see your photo on our website or on some of our printed materials? Send it in! You may be a winner!

Click on the link below for the entry form and more information          

official rules

1st Place winner 2008

2nd Place winner 2008

 3rd Place winner 2008

K-M Merit Badge Registration

Week attending camp

July 12-18   MB registration - due by June 12th

July 19-25   MB registration - due by June 19th

July 26-Aug 1MB registration - due by June 26th

All Merit Badge registrations need to be emailed to: mimalin@bsamail.org

• Download the Merit Badge Registration spreadsheet for K-M only - save it on your computer and give it the file name of your troop.

Don't fill the spreadsheet out on line as it won't save any of your information.

 When emailing attach the entire spreadsheet and in the subject line type your troop number.  

Melita Island Merit Badge Registration

Week attending camp

  July 12-18      MB registration - due by June 12th

  July 19-25      MB registration - due by June 19th

  July 26-Aug 1  MB registration - due by June 26th

  Aug 2-8          MB registration - due by July 3rd

All Merit Badge registrations need to be emailed to: mimalin@bsamail.org

• Download the Merit Badge Registration spreadsheet for Melita Island only - save it on your computer and give it the file name of your troop.

Don't fill the spreadsheet out on line as it won't save any of your information.

When emailing attach the entire spreadsheet and in the subject line type your troop number.

  Silver Beavers Potluck Picnic
August 15, 2009

4:00pm
Great Falls' Scout Service Center Basement
Chicken will be provided by the Silver Beavers

RSVP By Aug.8, 2009 To Bob Stubbs, chairman of the Silver Beaver Potluck, ALFBJ@MSN.COM

Montana Council has achieved Centennial Quality Council for 2008!

All units are entitled to wear the quality council emblem.

The Scout Shop is taking orders they are $1.39 each.

Please contact the Great Falls Service Center if you would like to order these patches for your unit 761-6000.

Scouting Safely  The Boy Scouts of America has nearly a century of experience conducting high-adventure outdoor activities in a manner that is safe for all participants. Click Here for resources and information that is provided to enable adult leaders and youth to help us maintain our impeccable safety record

INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING OPPORTUNITIES ANNOUNCED 

The International Division is seeking youth participant and adult leader applications for 3 International Scouting delegation opportunities. 

The Pan American Jamboree will be held near Toluca, Mexico during the Christmas holiday period – the Jamboree will begin the afternoon of December 26, 2009 and conclude January 3, 2010.  The BSA will send an official delegation of 36 Scouts and 4 adult leaders – cost is to be determined. 

The Asiatic-Pacific Jamboree will be held in the Philippines during the Christmas holiday period – the Jamboree will begin the afternoon of December 26, 2009 and conclude January 3, 2010.  The BSA will send an official delegation of 8 Scouts and 2 adult leaders – total cost for each participant will be $800 including air fare from your home to Dallas and on to Manila and return. 

A Scouting association of Japan – BSA friendship exchange will held in February 2010.  The BSA will send an official delegation of 32 Scouts and 6 adult leaders – total cost for each participant is estimated to be $800 including air fare from your home to Dallas and on to Tokyo and return. 

Applications must be sent to John W. Manz, International Representative (address is P.O.Box 1129, Seeley Lake, MT 59868) who must make the nomination with final approval for submission to the International Division by Gordon Rubard, Scout Executive.  Time is of the essence as the selection process will begin shortly.

Scout Leader Nomination Form

Scout Nomination Form 

National Camping School Information

Click here for information, brochures and applications for Cub Scout and Boy Scout National Camping School

2009 Montana Council Wood Badge for the 21^st Century

EVERY SCOUT DESERVES A WELL TRAINED LEADER

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Wood Badge for the 21^st Century is for all registered Scout leaders.  It has been developed for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, Venturing leaders, Sponsoring Organization Representatives, and Professional Scouters,  as well as Council and District leaders. The course focus is on leadership, not just outdoor skills.

                                                  WOOD BADGE CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS

Wood Badge consists of two parts:

The first part is a two-weekend experience, living with a group of Scouters in an indoor/outdoor environment.  Through the weekend experience, each participant will develop the knowledge and understanding of the skills brought forth.

During the second part, which follows the two-weekend experience, participants will work on a set of goals that they developed for themselves during the indoor/ outdoor portion of the course.  They have a maximum of 18 months to complete these goals.  Upon successful completion of these goals, Scouters will be awarded their certification, beads, neckerchief and woggle.

The course includes training materials, wonderful meals, and beautiful scenery landscapes in Montana!  The course is FUN as we mix classroom learning with games and activities that reinforce the teaching sessions. 

Many employers will provide time off and/or payment of fees for this professional training.  In other venues, this training can be well over $1,000.  Check with either Course Director for a letter to provide to your employer. The total fee for this course is only $275. Save your spot now for only 48 participants will be able to enroll. 

                                           WHY WAIT . . . INVEST IN YOURSELF TODAY!

                                                         2009 SPRING WEEKEND COURSE

(May 28 – 30 & Jun 18 – 20, 2009)

2009 FALL WEEKEND COURSE

(Sept 10- 12 & Sept 24 – 26, 2009)

CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION AND MORE DETAILS

     Cub Scout Program   

Cub Scouting means "doing." Everything in Cub Scouting is designed to have the boys doing things. Activities are used to achieve the aims of Scouting—citizenship training, character development, and personal fitness. Many of the activities happen right in the den and pack. The most important are the weekly den meetings and the monthly pack meetings.

Apart from the fun and excitement of Cub Scout activities, the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, and the Cub Scout sign, handshake, motto, and salute all teach good citizenship and contribute to a boy's sense of belonging.

 

      Parents | Adult Leaders |Cub Scouts

Boy Scout Program

Boy Scouting, one of the traditional membership divisions of the BSA, is available to boys who have earned the Arrow of Light Award and are at least 10 years old or have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10, or who are 11, but not yet 18 years old. The program achieves the BSA's objectives of developing character, citizenship, and personal fitness.


 

Adult Leaders | Boy Scouts

   Venturing Program

Venturing is a youth development program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women who are around 14 through 20 years of age.* Venturing's purpose is prepare young people to become responsible and caring adults.

 Venturers

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