Celebrate 100 Years of Scouting’s Impact on Families

Nearly every youth experiences Scouting with members of their family. Scouting provides the opportunity to strengthen ties between family members, create great family memories, and develop a shared family foundation of worthwhile virtues and values. The 100th Anniversary Generations Connection program celebrates Scouting’s legacy and its positive impact on American families through a program centered on the enduring symbol of the tree.  

By visiting the Generations Connection section at www.scouting.org/100years, you will find fun and meaningful outlets for participation in the program. Explore your Scouting family tree, share your family story, or, thanks to an exciting partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, plant an official 100th Anniversary tree … to help grow a new BSA Centennial Forest. Visit the Web site and learn more today!

For 100 years, families throughout the country have realized the powerful benefits that participation in Scouting brings. Help us honor this legacy, and commit to supporting 100 more years of strong youth and families!

The Boy Scouts of America and the

Arbor Day Foundation Partnership

The 100th Anniversary provided a unique opportunity to bring together the BSA and the Arbor Day Foundation around a program centered on the symbol of a tree – the Generations Connection program. The two organizations have much common ground to stand on. Part of being a good Scout and citizen is practicing sound environmental living and conservation of natural resources. Scouts’ inherent interest in the outdoors, coupled with their commitment to public service, means thousands of hours each year are dedicated to protecting, restoring, and appreciating the fruits of the environment. And, many local and regional Scouting units have already successfully partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation on localized projects. The Generations Connection program provided an opportunity to expand on already successful partnerships with a national-scale tree-planting program.

Partnership Details

• The Arbor Day Foundation has designated region-specific 100th Anniversary trees that are available to all. (See “Information About 100th Anniversary Trees” document.)
• A dedicated information page and place to order trees are available at www.arborday.org/boyscouts.
• For every 100th Anniversary tree purchased through the Arbor Day Foundation, a corresponding tree will be planted in the newly created BSA Centennial Forest in Montana. The forest will aid replanting in the Flathead National Forest after recent fires.
• Both organizations will share information about the partnership through their information networks.
• The ultimate goal of the partnership is plant as many trees as possible to beautify and enrich environment with living legacies of Scouting’s powerful tradition of strengthening families.

If you have questions please contact Wendy Kurten, Marketing Director at 214-902-6794 or  This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

These courses can help adult leaders deliver quality Scouting experiences to youth. A log-in is required, however anyone may create a user account and view the courses. Registered members of the BSA may provide their member numbers (as part of the user profile) to receive credit.

• Training from BSA National
  
  • Boy Scout Leader Fast Start
  • Pack Committee Training
  • Venturing Advisor Fast Start
  • Youth Protection Training for Cub Scout and Boy Scout Leaders.
  • Safety Afloat
  • Safe Swim Defense
  • Troop Committee Challenge
  • Additional Training

Go to www.olc.scouting.org to take any of the above online training.  Be sure to print out the card at the end of the course and bring in to the next troop meeting and give to Dotty Rowan.

Parents often ask what they can do to help ensure their son is advancing in scouts.  Here is a list of a few steps you can take:

• Step1 Make sure your son participates in Troop meetings, outings and activities. This is where most of the advancement happens.
• Step2 Encourage your son to talk to his Patrol Leader, a Troop Guide, or the Senior Patrol Leader to get help with advancement.
• Step3 Talk to the Scoutmaster and assistants if you have any concerns about your sons' advancement. They can have a Scoutmaster Conference with your son and evaluate if there are issues of concern. They can offer your son some advice on the best way to proceed and may even ask the Patrol Leader to work with your son on a specific area.
• Step4 Do not sign your son off on his advancement.
• Step5 Let your son advance at a rate he is comfortable with.
• Step6 Be supportive of your son, but not pushy.
• Step7 Participate in adult training classes (Fast Start, New Leaders Essentials, Youth Protection, etc.) to better understand how the Scouting program works.
• Step8 Be supportive of the scouting program, find a way to help the troop that isn’t directly working with your son.  This will show him that you support him while affording your scout the independence he needs.

The North trail district uniform closet is in desperate need of any old uniforms that you no longer use and are willing to donate to  scouts and adults who otherwise can’t afford them.

Please bring them to tomorrow’s meeting or let me know where I can pick them up.  Uniform items can be brought to any Monday night troop meeting.

We take both Cub and Boy Scouts uniforms.

Check out the Troop's updated cookbook.  Ideal for Grubmasters wishing to make something tried and tasty.  It is also a wonderful source for the first time Grubmaster.  Each recipe includes what Cooking utensils will be needed as well as ingredients and directions.