Potomac Council, Boy Scouts of America

As promised, 100% of the training required to be a "Trained" Cub Scout Leader is now available online through www.myscouting.org.  Courses include:

1. Youth Protection Training
2. Fast Start Training for each Pack position
3. Leader Position-Specific Training for each Pack position
4. This is Scouting!

The 2010 Potomac Council White Water Fund Racer at the Adventure Sports Center International (ASCI) in McHenry, MD is coming up Sunday, September 12.  Our generous sponsors have allowed us to put in for 20 boats this year allowing 120 Scouts and Leaders to ride for just $5.00 per person.  If you unit is interested, contact the Potomac Council Service Cetner soon, spaces are limited!

All participants are required to bring a signed ASCI Release of Liability AND Part A of the BSA Health Form.  To get these forms click below:

ASCI Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk Form

BSA Health Form

White Water Fund Racer Brochure

Are you ready to Derby!  Racers from across the Potomac Council will meet Saturday, November 20th at the Kelly National Guard Armory in Keyser, WV to race and have fun!  No brackets, no times, no 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.  Just FUN!

All Cub Scouts and their Families are Invited.

For more information and event rules click here!

The 2010 Cub Scout Family Overnighter is Coming Friday October 8th!

Get in a quick overnight camping trip before it gets to cold!  Sleep under the stars, bring a tent, or roll in with the RV.  The entire family is invited.

Two Locations:

1. Midland Ball Fields, Midland, MD
2. Hampshire Park, outside Romney, WV

Cost:$7.00 per person

For More information click here!

Youth safety is the No. 1 concern of the BSA.

To increase awareness of this societal problem and to create even greater barriers to abuse than already exist today in Scouting, the Boy Scouts of America is implementing several important changes to further enhance its Youth Protection policies:

Effective June 1, 2010:

Youth Protection Training is required for all registered volunteers.

New leaders are required to take Youth Protection Training before they submit their application for registration. The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time application is made and before volunteer service with youth begins.

Youth Protection Training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer’s Youth Protection Training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered.

For More Information Download this letter from Assistant Chief Scout Executive Jim Terry

Youth Protection Training Policy Update

Welcome to the most recent evolution of Cub Scouts!

The change for Cub Scouts is a piloted and successful of delivering the existing Cub Scout program that is handbook-based and focuses on den activities leading to youth advancement and higher retention.  The change is supported by a new leader resource, the Den and Pack Meeting Resource Guide.  This new resource contains all the information a den leader or Cubmaster needs to deliver the planned program.

The Den and Pack Meeting Resource Guide is available to you three ways:

1)  Hard Copy-Available from the Potomac Council Scout Shop

2) Downloadable Full Edition-Available through scoutstuff.org by clicking here.

3) Free Downloadable Individual Meeting Plans-Available by clicking here.

The Potomac Council Cache to Eagle Geocaching Series is now up and running.  The series consists of twelve geocaches, two hidden in each county of the Potomac Council.  These caches not only celebrate the hard work of Potomac Council Eagle Scouts, but will take you on a tour of some of the less visited sites of the Council, as well as giving you a variety of different types of geocache hides.

To Get in the Game, download this checklist:

Potomac Council Cache to Eagle

Each of the twleve geocaches contains a code word.  The first fifteen people to find all twleve, log their finds on www.geocaching.com and send an email with the correct geocache "GC" code and code word from the cache will get a really cool Cache to Eagle patch.

Campaganza 2010, Northeast Region Area 4's super huge Centennial Celebration event is coming September 24-26 at Moraine State Park outside Butler, PA. Registration will open soon.  Get More information at www.campaganza.org.