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This Black River District website was last updated 7/1/2009

The Black River District serves the communities of: Basking Ridge, Bedminster, Bernardsville, Brookside, Budd Lake, Chester, Denville, Dover, Far Hills, Flanders, Gladstone, Jefferson Township, Long Valley, Liberty Corner, Mendham, Mine Hill, Mt. Arlington, Mt. Olive, Peapack, Randolph, Rockaway Township, Rockaway (Borough), Roxbury, and Wharton.

Do you have questions or need information?

Contact Keith Welge or John Leigh, Black River District Executives

(973) 765-9322

Keith Welge, ext. 250 or Keith.Welge@Scouting.org

John Leigh, ext. 240 or John.Leigh@Scouting.org

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Check what's happening on The Black River District Calendar

2009 District Award of Merit

Outstanding Cub Scouter / Boy Scouter of the Year

Here are the recipients
of the
2009 Black River District Award of Merit:
Tony Cretella
Theodore Edgar
Bern Macones
Ed Modugno

Here are the recipients
of the
2009 Black River Outstanding Scouter:
Diann Evans
Michael Mangano
Sean Matthiesen
Ken Webber
Robert Williams

Who have been recipients

of the

District Award of Merit?

Click here to find out

Click here to find out more!

Tour Permits should be emailed to tourpermit@ppbsa.org

or faxed to 973-765-9143

Some Helpful Information

The Patriots’ Path Council Centennial Jamboree

Celebrating 100 Years of Scouting!

October 2-4, 2009

Our Jamboree will be held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, NJ

"Centennial Jamboree" Information

Read this month's Jambo Gazette (yep, it's new every month)

Many units have registered! Will you be one of them?

The "Hold a Campsite" pre-registration fee per person is $10. The total cost per person to attend the Jamboree is $25 which will be collected later on.

Be one of the Troops in our Council to sign up and be part of this once in the lifetime experience. Out of Council Troops will be able to register starting December 2nd, 2008.

Pre-Register Here

Cub Scout and Boy Scout Roundtables

are normally held at 8PM on the first Tuesday of every month

at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Succasunna

The next Black River Roundtables are on September 1, 2009

Agenda For the Next Boy Scout Roundtable -

Our next Black River Roundtable will be September 1, 2009, 8:00PM, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Succasunna.

Don't forget to attend the Tradeshow of Scouting on Monday, June 8, 2009 at the Skylands, Rt. 10, Randolph.

Hope to see you there.

Your Roundtable Commissioners
Ed Gold & Temple Ratcliffe

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

SEE YA AT THE ROUNDTABLE!!!

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO!!

FUN, FELLOWSHIP AND LEARNING AS TO HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR PACK or TROOP PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATION

Agenda For the Next Cub Scout Leaders' Roundtable -

The Cub Scout Leaders' Roundtable is for ALL Cub Scout Leaders: Cubmasters, Committee Chairmen & Members, Den Leaders of Tigers, Wolves, Bears, Webelos, Den Chiefs, and all Assistants for any position!

Don't forget to attend the Tradeshow of Scouting on Monday, June 8, 2009 at the Skylands, Rt. 10, Randolph.

The next Roundtable will be Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Succasunna at 8:00 until 9:30 [Please come early...by 7:45...so you can participate in the pre-meeting activity, hang out with your Roundtable friends, HAVE EVEN MORE FUN...AND so we can start on time!]

Topics for this year:

Each month at the Cub Scout Roundtable, we cover materials for the following month's National Cub Scout theme, and the suggested Webelos badges. This gives the participants the information they need for their next month's program.

2008-09 MONTHLY THEMES (Each presented at the previous month's Roundtable so you can use what you learn!):
Sep = New Buddies (not presented)
Oct = Adventures in Books (presented at Sep 2 Roundtable)
Nov = Seeds of Kindness (presented at Oct 7 Roundtable)
Dec = Holiday Lights (presented at Nov 4 Roundtable)
Jan = "A-MAZE-ing" Games (presented at Dec 2 RT)
Feb = American ABC's (presented at Jan 6 RT)
Mar = When I Grow Up (presented at Feb 3 RT)
Apr = Jurassic Pack (presented at Mar 3 RT)
May = Leave Nothing but Footprints (presented at Apr 7 RT)
June = A Camping We Will Go (presented at May 5 RT)

NOTE: These themes are the National BSA Cub Scout themes for this Scouting year, but many of the ideas presented at each Roundtable are "generic" enough for you to use throughout the year, whatever your theme!

AND AS ALWAYS.......

- Just coming to Roundtable earns you the ATTENDANCE BEAD!

- Bringing a friend who's never been to Roundtable before, earns you the coveted gold-flecked BUDDY BEAD!

- First time attendees get the special red-flecked FIRST-TIMER BEAD!

- Tell us about your use of Roundtable Learnings with your Den or Pack and earn the highly-prized ALPHABET BEAD!

- REMEMBER, the Pack with the largest attendance at each Roundtable gets to have GARFIELD to entertain until the next Roundtable!!

SEE YOU AT THE ROUNDTABLE!!

Cub Roundtable Commissioner, Mary Ruth Lareau

(Directions to Redeemer Lutheran Church)

(Directions to Chester Community Presbyterian Church)

Don't forget, Roundtable attendance now counts towards your unit's Quality Unit award. If you can't make it, please make sure that someone from your unit does. Better yet, bring a friend so that everyone can learn and enjoy.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING ATTENDANCE POLICIES. Unit attendance at 1/2 of the Roundtables during the year is now MANDATORY if your unit wants to achieve Quality Unit Status. Attendance at Roundtable means more than just initialing a sign-in sheet; you should be PARTICIPATING in the program (or at least in the room while the program is being presented!). To this end, we have determined a new attendance policy -- IF YOU SIGN IN FOR BOTH THE CUB AND BOY SCOUT ROUNDTABLES the same night, you will receive credit FOR NEITHER! We are not being attendance police, however, in order to be fair to units that send people to cover both Roundtables, we need to exercise a minimum of control.

So - if your unit wants to participate in both Roundtables (and they really should!), please be sure to send at least 2 people (one for the Cub Scouts and one for the Boy Scouts).

Meanwhile,

If you have any suggestions for future program topics that you would like to submit to the Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioners email them to: blackriverrt@yahoo.com

Take a look at the District Happenings

NOTICE: Start making your plans for the coming Scout Year .......... Check The Black River Happenings often to find out the latest news on what's going on ......

100th Year Anniversary Video

(double click on video's play button)

100 Years of Scouting

Celebrating the Adventure - Continuing the Journey

(A Timeline)

The Value of Scouting

(Click Here)

(A Treasure Trove of Scouting Knowledge)

WEBELOS to BOY SCOUT TRANSITION

How to do it successfully

If you're a Cub Scouter (click here)

If you're a Boy Scouter (click here)

Need help? - Contact Ed (click here)

Would you like to have this website link to your unit's website?

Find out how by clicking here & find out who's already linked.

Congratulations to Troop 54 of Roxbury on a great website recently added!
(click on the link above to see it and others)

Scholarship Opportunities
As January rolls by, be aware of the scholarship opportunities available through Scouting. The National Eagle Scout Association offers academic scholarships and Hall/McElwain Merit scholarships. Applications and more information about them can be found here. Additional scholarships can be found here.

In Patriots' Path Council, there are opportunities to apply for the Frank D. Visceglia Memorial Scholarship and Young American Award.

Introduction to Merit Badges
Resources for Merit Badges are available on the Merit Badge requirements page. You'll find lists of publications, organizations, websites, and more listed with requirements for each badge.

"What's New"
The following notices were extracted from the Council's "What's New"
For additional notices click here.

Council Activities have been updated. Check out Philadelphia Zoo, Maritime Aquarium, Rocking Horse Ranch, Paterson Diocese Annual Catholic Boy Scout Retreat, and Liberty Science Center.

Fall 2008 Adult Training Opportunities have been updated.

If you are a Commissioner (or not) - Check out these podcasts from National

Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class Rank Requirements

Effective January 1, 2008, there are new requirements for the ranks of Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class which will help advance the importance of Youth Protection beyond the initial Boy Scout joining requirements. Read more about the new requirements here.

The Black River District has qualified for QUALITY DISTRICT for 2007 !

THAT'S MAKES FOUR YEARS IN A ROW!!!

Way to go!

NOTICE: Start making your plans for the coming Scout Year .......... Check The Black River Happenings often to find out the latest news on what's going on ......

PLEASE NOTE

The materials on this web site are provided for information purposes only. This web site provides links to other Internet sites that may be of interest or helpful to you, but the Patriot's Path Council, BSA is not responsible for the content of any such Internet sites. This site is maintained by volunteer Scouts. Although it contains useful information on local Scouting programs, it is not an official BSA web site. The information provided here has not been approved by the Patriot's Path Council or the Boy Scouts of America and is not an endorsement of any products or advice that may appear in a link to another website.

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