Want to Join Scouting?

Arrowwood Spring Recruitment night is set for April 21, 7pm. Many units throughout the district will be having joining nights that evening. This is a GREAT time to get your kindergartener registered for Tiger cubs. Great news, he gets to participate in summer camp activities and get all the benefits of Scouting. 

Ask you friends to join in the in the fun. Many families and youth are not asked, so they don’t participate in the greatest youth program we know as Scouting. 

If your unit would like to hold a join night. Now is still a good time, connect with Colin and we can get one setup.

Pinewood Derby

Outdoor Cooking Spring Cooking Camporee April 29 - May 1!

Come out to Van Buren State Park and learn everything you need to know about outdoor cooking, dutch oven cooking, and much more.  Register before April 15 to receive a premium reward!!  The experience is only $10 http://bsac449-bsa.doubleknot.com/event/1859182 .  Units can stay one or two nights of camping. Connect with Forest Frank frankfv@yahoo.com regarding any further details. 

April 29 - May 1

Location:  Van Buren State Park

Click Here to Register for the AW Spring Camporee

4/29/2015 5:00 pm to 5/1/2015 11:00 am

Registration: Adult and Scouts on Doubleknot

$10 before 4/15 (eligible to receive premium awards)

$10 after 4/15 (ineligible to receive premium awards)

Last day to register 4/25/2016

Contact  frankfv@yahoo.com

Western Themed Fun Day

District Executive's Note:

Hello Chinquapin-ians,

We have some great upcoming events!

On May 13-15^th, we will have our Spring Camporee located at the 180^th Ohio National Guard Base located near the Toledo Express Airport. Curt Fauver, discussed the camporee at our last Roundtable. Don’t miss out on the information. He let us know some of the secrets, but there is something big and classified planned for the event. What is it? I don’t know…. It’s classified!!  419-467-5825 

Oct 7-9^th, it is the return of SWAMP ROMP. Swamp Romp, a weekend event that is similar to a National Jamboree. Come and enjoy the fun, fellowship, and JAMBOREE-ESK EVENT. See you in the Swamp!! (Allen County Fairgrounds)

FOS

WE ARE IN THE LAST LEG OF OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS OF SCOUTING CAMPAIGN.  TROOP LEADERS AND PACK LEADERS PLEASE CONTACT ROSE KING SO WE CAN SET UP A FRIENDS OF SCOUTING PRESENTATION. Contact Info: Rose King, Good4sscouting@gmail.com, 419-386-9035

Below is a link to donate personally to FOS

http://bsac449-bsa.doubleknot.com/event/friends-of-scouting-2016/1891382

Fundraising

Packs and troops have an opportunity to sell CAMP CARDS as a fundraiser for Summer Camp, Philmont, or other local activities. Information is attached, but cards sell for $5. Units for sell receive 50% of the card sale (buy for $5, gets $2.50 back immediately) and have 2 one-time-use break offs coupons and multiple continuous use coupons on the back!      

JOIN SCOUT NIGHT

September 8^th is our council wide join Scouting Night. We would love Packs volunteer to help with Boy Talks and help recruit our next group of boys to Help the Pack Grow! We will be working with Packs to set up date for recruiting new Cub Scouts.

FOS Presentation Dates Needed

We are scheduling group dates for FOS presentations to share the Scouting story and the important reasons for this one-time ask for support of Scouting. Please call Doug Ditto at 419.303.2787 or doug@coreconsulting.ws, or send your dates to Jim Mason at jmason@scouting.org. 

Junior Fair Board Representation Needed

The Allen County Junior Fair Board is seeking 1 adult and 1 youth to represent the Boy Scouts on the board for the upcoming year. If you’re interested, please let Jim Mason know at jmason@scouting.org or call 419.227.2107, ext. 124.

Spring Camporee

WHEN: APRIL 22-24TH

WHERE: Camp Clay, 9196 Liberty Union Rd, Van Wert  OH 45891

Cost is $15per person for the weekend

Arrival and check in begins Friday @ 4:30pm, break camp Sunday by noon

Sign up on the Council website through calendar link http://bsac449-bsa.doubleknot.com/event/1870716 Optional signup for Saturday Morning 5-6 mile canoe trek ($10 additional fee, 28 spots available. Must be Boy Scouts). Units will need 1 adult min. for every 8 youth signed up for trek.

Murder Mystery Dinner

Ticket sales until May 5th. Call Stacy at (419) 234-1717 or email at stacy.perkins@scouting.org. This is an event that you do not want to miss. Great night of fun, friends, food and solving a mystery.

Friends of Scouting

If you haven’t schedule your Friends of Scouting presentation, please do so now by contacting Chris Berry at buffaloc9009@gmail.com.

Spring Recruitment

Do you want more scouts in your pack or troop to experience all the fun this summer??  Let’s get more youth involved in the world of Scouting before summer begins. Email your District Executive Stacy to get on the calendar!

Summer Moon Festival

July 14, 15, 16. If you would like to help at the Boy Scout informational booth to earn some service hours, please let Stacy know at (419) 234-1717 or stacy.perkins@scouting.org. Time slots will be given based on your availability.

Mercer County Fair

Looking for units to help with our activity booth at the Fair this year.  More information to come.

Day Camp

View the new Exploring video here!

The Fox Den

The Mawat Woakus Lodge is estatic to announce the revival of The Fox Den, which you will find here! The Fox Den is the monthly newsletter of the lodge, and your go-to source for the latest happenings in the Order of the Arrow. In it you will find information about upcoming events, service opportunities, and new program initiatives. 

Swamp Romp

The Black Swamp Area Council's single-biggest event makes a triumphant return! Swampy's coming back to Swamp Romp on Oct. 7-9, 2016. 

Mark your calendars now and prepare for a one-of-a-kind experience. Swamp Romp will be such a grand experience it has to take place at the Allen County Fairgrounds in Lima.

Swamp Romp 2016 will be the single largest gathering of Scouts from Northwest and West Central Ohio. This event is filled with fun and experiences that Scouts and families will love! From Boy Scout Troops, Cub Scout Packs, Venture Crews to Exploring Posts, this will be an amazing experience. All units will be invited to spend the weekend camping, while enjoying all the activities and programming, and finishing with a stadium show and fireworks Saturday night!

Just some of the expected fun activities include: shooting ranges, inflatables, fishing, midway games, climbing & repelling towers, national exhibits, challenge course, SESA & COSI, stadium show and fireworks!

BSA Position on Knockerball, BubbleBall, Battle Ball, Zorbing, and Similar Orb Activities

In recent years, we have seen an upswing in the use of all sizes of orbs for everything from rolling down hills, across water, “playing” soccer or football, to outright battles. They were included as an activity at the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference after a hazard analysis was conducted.

To date, no one in a Scouting setting has been seriously injured in one of these and we prefer to be proactive and cautious in our approach to this activity. Hence, a multidiscipline task force composed of program, marketing, development, legal, risk management, and health and safety professionals and volunteers have evaluated the risks of their use and reviewed their accident history, as well as the positions of various state and federal agencies on their use, and have come to the conclusion that they do not have a part in either the program or as an activity of the Boy Scouts of America or its affiliates.

To that end, the next online revision to the Guide to Safe Scouting will add this as unauthorized activity.

19.  Bubbleball, Knockerball (trade mark), Zorbing, Battle Ball (trademark), bubble soccer or football, and similar orb activities where participants run into each other or roll around on land or water has been reviewed and is now unauthorized.

Please help us communicate this to all participants in Scouting as part of our commitment to their safety.