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Jul 8	Dad & Lad Warlocks, Witches and Wizards: Mark your calendar for Dad and Lad at Camp Lakota in Defiance, OH. Swimming, Boating, BB guns, Archery, and the...
Jul 12	Defiance Day Camp Superheros Training Camp! Come out to the Auglaize Village in Defiance where your superhero training will begin! Enjoy outdoor, daytime...
Jul 20	Leipsic Day Camp Superheros Training Camp! Spend 3 FUN FILLED days training to be a Superhero! Leipsic Fishing & Hunting Lodge is the location for all of your...
Jul 24	Camp Berry Day Camp Session 1 ...
Aug 12	Parent & Pal Dinos and Dragons: Arrive at Camp Berry in Findlay and spend the night in the past, amongst the dinosaurs and dragons. Arrive early to set-up your...
Aug 19	BALOO Training-Camp Lakota 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
Oct 14	Introdution to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS) & OWL - Camp Berry Click here to view the flyer. Training will be held at Camp...
Oct 21	Deliver the Promise - Lakota
Oct 28	Popcorn Show-n-Sell Return

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Boy Scout Golf Classic Raises $68,000
The Boy Scouts of America - Black Swamp Area Council's Boy Scout Golf Classic was played on Wednesday, May 31st at the Findlay Country Club. Twenty-nine teams participated in this annual event which raised over $68,000 to help support Scouting throughout Northwest Ohio...
Defiance Area Foundation Awards Funds for Shower House
The Defiance Area Foundation recently awarded $15,000 to the Black Swamp Area Council for a new shower house in the northeast corner of Camp Lakota...
NEW! Summer Hours
Hours will be changing at the Findlay and Lima Office locations for the Summer...
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...
Do You Need Training?
Are you wondering where you take training? Look no further...
Improved User Navigation of Cub Scout Content in the BSA Learn Center
User navigation to begin eLearning courses has now been simplified and streamlined ...
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...

Black Swamp Area Council
2100 Broad Avenue, Findlay Ohio
(419) 422-4356