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This Black River District website was last updated 9/1/2010

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 

CUB FAMILY CAMPING

October 1-3, 2010

at Camp Somers, Mt. Allamuchy Scout Reservation.

 

For more information and to Register click here

 

FALL BOY SCOUT CAMPOREE

October 8-10, 2010

at Camp Somers, Mt. Allamuchy Scout Reservation.

We are proud to announce that Garmin (the GPS manufacturer) will be sponsoring our Camporee with a GPS / Geocaching / Find your way theme.  We’re still putting together the final details, but we promise it will be a lot of fun.  We’re planning on instruction sessions for those who haven’t used a GPS before (or want to brush up), and loads of Geocaches for the scouts to find.  The patrol that finds the most will win a special prize.  For planning purposes, this will be a troop cooking event, although we will have some leader crackerbarrels each night.  Registration fees are $10.00 per person, including all camping and program costs as well as a patch.  Registration needs to be done on line, and the registration site is now open.  Come to the September Roundtable for more information!

Click here to register

 

KLONDIKE DERBY 2011

January 28-30, 2011

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE IS NOT OUR USUAL DATE!  This year’s Klondike will be held at Camp Trexler in Kunkletown, PA.  The camp is about 20 miles southwest of Stroudsburg, PA off of PA-209.  We will be featuring our traditional, regionally recognized Klondike program including (of course) our traditional dinner.  As we’re only about 20 minutes driving time from CamelBack, we are working on making arrangements with them for discounted skiing on Sunday as well as for the possibility of a tubing program Saturday night.  More details at the October Roundtable and the Camporee!

 

FUTURE CUB SCOUT EVENTS

 

Belt Loop Midway - January 8, 2011

 

Spring Cub Family Camping at Camp Somers - June 3-5, 2011

 

2010 National Jamboree

If you weren't able to catch arena show at the 2010 National Jamboree, watch the recording at Ustream.tv — watch Mike Rowe, Switchfoot and all the Scouts and Scouters who put on this fantastic show and centennial celebration.

Click here to see the show

Congratulations to our new Silver Beavers

Temple Ratcliffe

John Trontis

Tom Wills

2010 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.
For information regarding the District Award of Merit click here.

and

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.  Submit your unit's people by using this form.

 

Here are the recipients
of the
2010 Black River District Award of Merit:
Stephanie Benfante
Diann Evans
Richard Weber
 

Here are the recipients
of the
2010 Black River Outstanding Scouter:
James Hart III
Greg Healy
Asbel Perez
Edward Schunk

 
 

Who have been recipients

of the

District Award of Merit?

 

Click here to find out

    

"Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle"

The Patriot's Path Council has established its own Eagle Scout Alumni Association.  The association exists to reach out to Eagle Scouts living within the Patriot's Path territory for networking, support of local troops (speakers/presenters/coaches, etc.) and to promote the values of Scouting through participation in the BSA as alumni.  A web page with detailed information, links to newsletters and an application to join can be found at:

http://advancement.ppbsa.org/eaglealumni.htm

Tour Permits should be emailed to tourpermit@ppbsa.org

 or faxed to 973-765-9143

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

The next Black River Roundtables are on September 7, 2010
 

Agenda For the Next Boy Scout Roundtable -

Our next Black River Roundtable will be on September 7, 2010, 8:00PM, at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Succasunna.
 

2009 - 10 MONTHLY TOPICS

September      GPS
October         Leave No Trace
November       Shooting
December       Winter Camping
January          Communications
February        NYLT/MB
March             New Scouts
April               First Aid
May                End of Year Party

 

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 September 7, 2010 at 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!]

 

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

 

Bring something to use outside in the spring 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.

 

2010 - 11 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: blackriverrt@yahoo.com

 

100th Year Anniversary Video

(double click on video's play button)

 

100 Years of Scouting

Celebrating the Adventure - Continuing the Journey

(A Timeline)

  
 

Some Helpful Information

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 1 of Mendham 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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