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Jun 1	Celina Day Camp Please register your child for the grade they will be entering in the fall of 2017!!!!!!! Health Forms for youth and adults attending...
Jun 4	National Youth Leadership Training The National Youth Leadership Training course models a typical month in a scouting unit and reinforces a youth led, adult guided model. During the...
Jun 15	Council Training Committee Meeting
Jun 24	Mom & Me
Jul 8	Dad & Lad
Jul 12	Defiance Day Camp Health Forms for youth and adults attending – Please bring a COPY of current form, DON’T MAIL to Council, bring to the event. We do not...
Jul 20	Leipsic Day Camp Health Forms for youth and adults attending – Please bring a COPY of current form, DON’T MAIL to Council, bring to the event....
Aug 12	Parent & Pal
Aug 19	BALOO Training Click here to view the flyer. The training will be held at Camp...
Sep 4	Labor Day - Office Closed
Sep 12	Popcorn Sort Day
Sep 14	Join Scouting Night Join Scouting Night Be part of an exciting time of year as we look to recruit new Scouts and their families into Scouting. Sept. 14 is our...
Sep 16	Popcorn Sale Begins
Sep 23	Deliver the Promise - Berry

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NEW! Summer Hours
Hours will be changing at the Findlay and Lima Office locations for the Summer...
Earn FREE Troop Camping at the Summit, home of the National Jamboree by helping to set up tents!
Does your Troop want to take advantage of a FREE camping weekend at the Summit and earn volunteer service hours? National Jamboree needs your help! Help is needed to set up 2,000 staff tents at the Summit for National Jamboree, the weekend of June 2-4. The Summit will provide all meals from Friday night through Sunday morning, all you have to do is bring your troop tents to sleep in and camping gear. The weekend will be capped off with a Saturday evening event on Lake Goodrich - climbing walls, kayaking, and stand up paddle boarding will be available for all participants.
Partnership to Provide Renewable Scholarships to Stellar Girl and Boy Scouts
The University of Findlay is partnering with Girl Scouts of Western Ohio and Boy Scouts of America to offer scholarships to scouts who attain the highest level of service achievement...
Unit Committee Training Pack and Troop
The Executive Board of the Black Swamp Area Council adopted a training requirement for adult volunteers in the council in 2012. Those training requirements are being phased in over a number of years. The goal of the training is to enhance the programs offered to our youth members so that more of them will stay in Scouting. Since the implementation of the training requirement, year over year the council has had an increase in youth retention...
Certified Angling Instructor Course
Join us for a special weekend workshop version of the new Fishing Camp School training being taught at National BSA Fish Camp Schools...
Hike 100 Challenge
The North Country National Scenic Trail, generally known as the North Country Trail or simply the NCT, is a footpath stretching approximately 4,600 miles from Crown Point in eastern New York to Lake Sakakawea State Park in central North Dakota, passing through the seven states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota)...
Do You Need Training?
Are you wondering where you take training? Look no further...
Boy Scout Golf Classic 2017
On Wednesday May 31, the Black Swamp Area Council, Boy Scouts of America is conducting their Annual Golf Classic at the Findlay Country Club.
Improved User Navigation of Cub Scout Content in the BSA Learn Center
User navigation to begin eLearning courses has now been simplified and streamlined ...
Watch the Camp Kickoff Videos!
Did you miss the Facebook Live Camp Kickoffs? Watch the videos here...
2018 High Adventure Trek Opportunities
Check out the upcoming High Adventure opportunities...
2017 National Jamboree
Boy Scouts of America's flagship event is a one-of-a-kind experience. It's a gathering of approximately 45,000 Scouts, leaders, and staff showcasing everything great about the B.S.A. and its members. Over the course of 10 summer days, Scouting comes together. The result is the National Scout Jamboree...
Training Schedule 2017
A leader in Scouting is considered fully trained and entitled to wear the Trained leader emblem when he or she has completed the training courses for their position...

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(419) 422-4356