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This Black River District website was last updated 2/1/2012

BLACK RIVER DISTRICT

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 John Leigh, Black River District Executive

(973) 765-9322 ext. 240

or John.Leigh@Scouting.org

 

 

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Check what's happening on   The Black River District Calendar 

Klondike Derby

January 27, 28, & 29, 2012

Cost: $16.00 per person + $20.00 per unit

Cost After January 13, 2012: $26.00 per person + $30.00 per unit

No registrations accepted after January 20, 2012

Includes: Camping Facility Use, Klondike Patch, Dinner on Saturday, Campfire/Cracker Barrel and Movie on Saturday evening


Click here for information

Click here to Register

 

Cub Scout

"Super" Bowl-A-Thon at Rockaway Lanes!

February 5, 2012

Click here for more info & to register

District Dinner

May 16th 2012

at Resurrection Parish in Randolph

Save the date!

More information as the date gets closer.

“Scouting’s Journey to Excellence” is the BSA’s new council performance recognition program designed to encourage and reward success and measure the performance of our units, districts, and councils.  It is replacing the Centennial Quality Awards Program as a means of encouraging excellence in providing a quality program at all levels of the BSA.

"Scouting's Journey to Excellence"

SILVER BEAVER AWARD

It is never too early to submit your nominations for 2013

The Silver Beaver Award is for distinguished and outstanding service to the youth of the Patriots’ Path Council.  It is the highest award the Patriots’ Path Council presents.

Oct 1st is the deadline for nominations for the Silver Beaver Award.  Please take the effort to nominate a most worthy volunteer.  Please note that anyone who has been nominated in the past and did not receive the award must be re-submitted.

CLICK HERE FOR THE NOMINATION FORM: PDF Version OR Word Version
 The deadline for submissions for 2013 awards is October 1, 2012

We are pleased to announce that the following Scouters will receive the Silver Beaver Award
at the February 27, 2012 Council Annual Meeting.
Sue Carter
Jeff Deisher
Martha Kamichoff
Ed Modugno
Emil Rufolo
Mark Tallmadge
Loren Taylor
 


 

It's time to submit your nominations for

2012 Black River District Award of Merit:

The District Award of Merit is a National BSA Award.  Awardees are determined by the District Higher Awards Committee from a list of individuals who are nominated by their fellow scouters.  These are people considered to be outstanding and who “go above and beyond” for the Unit, District and Community.

 

For information regarding the District Award of Merit click here and

for nomination forms click on one of the following.

PDF Version  MS Word version

The deadline for submissions is March 6

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It's time to submit your nominations for the

2012 Black River’s Best Award:

They are the folks who make Scouting happen and EVERY pack and troop has at least one. They are the volunteers who always give 150% to make every outing and activity a resounding success.

Use this form to submit your nominations

The deadline for submissions is April 3

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Who have been recipients

of the

District Award of Merit?

 

Click here to find out

    

Some Cub Scout Event Dates to put on Your Calendar

Cub Scout Family Camping at MASR - June 1 to 3, 2012
Cub Scout Family Camping at MASR - September 28 to 30, 2012
 

Some Helpful Information

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

 

HOWEVER, THIS MONTH THE MEETINGS  WILL BE AT THE RESURRECTION PARISH, 651 MILLBROOK AVENUE, RANDOLPH, NJ
 

The next Black River Roundtables are on February 7, 2012


Agenda For the Next Boy Scout Roundtable -

Our next Black River Roundtable will be on February 7, 2012, 8:00PM, at the Resurrection Parish, 651 Millbrook Avenue, Randolph, NJ.
 

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!


 The next Roundtable will be on February 7, 2012 at the Resurrection Parish, 651 Millbrook Avenue, Randolph, NJ 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!]

 

Bring something with your Den or Pack in the Spotlight and EARN AN EXTRA BEAD!

 

 

PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN IN ANY AND ALL APPLICATIONS RIGHT AWAY.

WITHOUT TURNING THEM IN YOU CANNOT RECORD THE BOYS ADVANCEMENT

ALSO THEY ARE NOT INSURED!!!!!!

 

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.

 

2011 - 12 MONTHLY CUB SCOUT THEMES Reflect the Core Values of Cub Scouting

(Each presented at the previous month's Roundtable so you can use what you learn!):

September = Cooperation

October = Responsibility (theme for the September Roundtable)         

November = Citizenship (October RT)

December = Respect (November RT)

January = Positive Attitude (December RT)

February = Resourcefulness (January RT)

March = Compassion (February RT)

April = Faith (March RT)

May = Health & Fitness (April RT)

June = Perseverance (May 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!
 - AND......If any of that white stuff falls from the sky....there's the extremely rare (well maybe not this year) SNOW BEAD to look forward to!

- 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)

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: templeratcliffe@hotmail.com and/or eagold@optonline.net

 

Some Helpful Information

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 236 of Long Valley on a great website recently added!
 (click on the link above to see it and others)

"What's New" in the Council

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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