North Shore District Newsletter
April 2022 | Volume 8 Issue 4
A Scout is Friendly. A Scout offers friendship to people of all races and nations, and respects them even if their beliefs and customs are different. A Scout is friend to all.
Scouting Calendar
April
- 13 – early-bird deadline for North Shore Camporee
- 14 – OA Chapter Meeting and District Roundtable
- 15-16 – Scout shop and office closed
- 20 – late-fee deadline for North Shore Camporee
- 22-24 – North Shore Camporee at Smilin V
- 23 – Venturing Shoot and Splash
- 29-May1 – Order of the Arrow spring assembly
May
- Apr29-May1 – Order of the Arrow spring assembly
- 5 – North Shore district committee meeting
- 7 – International Scouting Trash the Trash Day
- 12 – OA Chapter Meeting and District Roundtable
- 14 – Cub BB & Archery Rangemaster Training
- 20-22 – MEGA Training Weekend
- 31 – Memorial Day – Scout shop and office closed
Call To Action
Join the 2023 National Jamboree
Scouting’s flagship event is one-of-a-kind. It’s a gathering of approximately 35,000 Scouts from the United States and a few foreign countries, that showcases everything that is great about the BSA and its members. Held every four years, the Jamboree is an amazing...
Spring Camporee – April 22-24 – Registration open
North Shore’s Alien Invasion Camporee: April 22-24, 2022 On behalf of Capitol Area Council and the North Shore Chapter of the Order of the Arrow, we invite you to this spring’s event at Smilin V Scout Ranch in Liberty Hill. Your staff has been working hard to...
Featured
It’s a Celebration! 2021 District Awards
It was an amazing night at SouthStar Bank in Leander where we celebrated the achievements of units, Scouters, and Scouts including 19 unit awards, 29 Scouter awards, and 12 Scout awards.
District News
April 2022 Roundtable Flyer
This month we will present Diversity Menu Planning and Succession Planning, both topics applicable to Cubs or Scouts BSA. Find out what’s coming up in May and June too.
Advancement News – Cit in Society MB, Eagle Changes
CITIZENSHIP IN SOCIETY MERIT BADGE Reminder that beginning July 1, 2022, the Citizenship in Society merit badge will be required for any youth seeking to achieve the prestigious Eagle Scout rank. Only Council-trained-and-approved mentors may work with youth on this...
March 2022 Eagles
Dalton Woest March 8 Troop 201Ethan Matt March 20 Troop 158Gavin Homburg March 24 Troop 202
Advanced Training – NYLT, Powder Horn, Wood Badge
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) (for Youth) Get your new youth leaders to summer or winter NYLT! Both of our summer courses and our one winter course of NYLT (National Youth Leader Training) are open for registration. This six-day, five-night course gives...
Order of the Arrow, North Shore Chapter Tonkawa 99 – April News
OA Calendar April 14, Chapter Meeting at the Wesley Center, GNUMC, 7-8:30 PM April 22-24, Camporee at Smilin V - includes Call Out and Brotherhood April 30-May 2, Spring Assembly and Ordeal at Lost Pines Scout Reservation OA New Members Elections and OA...
Trustworthy has 12-Points Scoutmaster/Cubmaster Minute
A Scout is Trustworthy Scoutmaster Minute.
Popcorn – The 2022 Season is Upon Us!
Who is ready to have a FUNraising time with Popcorn!? Thank you all for a great season last year!2022 SAVE THE DATES Thursday, May 12 - Come to Roundtable to get early information! Thursday, July 14 - Popcorn presentation for Unit Kernels and anyone interested!...
North Shore Unit Stories
Webelos Independence Day! A Spring Campout at LBJ State Park.
Follow a Webelos den as they take their first steps using the patrol method on their first campout as a den.
Bryan on Scouting
Stay up to date and in tune with the Scouting community by checking out the latest from Bryan.