Register for upcoming training events HERE.
District Committee Orientation Training
Thursday, Nov 3; 5:30 to 8:00 pm
Christ United Methodist Church
Training for all who volunteer or may be interested in volunteering at the district level.
Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Specific Training
Saturday, Nov 5; 8:00am to ~1:00pm
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bryan
Required training for all Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills
Friday-Saturday, Nov 11-12; ~6pm Fri to ~8pm Saturday
Camp Arrowmoon
Required training for Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters, Varsity Team Coaches and Assistant Coaches, and Venturing Crew Advisors and Associate Advisors (for crews with an outdoor program)
Make it EASY for New Scouting Families to Find You!
BeAScout.org is the application that puts your Pack, Troop or Crew on the map! Potential Scouts and volunteers can go to BeAScout.org find Scouting in their neighborhood. If your unit’s pin is up to date they’ll find you!
Our council’s goal is to have all our unit pins updated by August 1 – in time for Scout Nights. Don’t wait. Follow these simple steps and update your pin today!
Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, pack and troop committee chairs:
The Merit Badge Counselors get updated into the Arrowmoon District system approximately every quarter of the year (around 3 months).
The latest Merit Badge Counselor list can be found here: Click here to get the latest MBC's (last update February 2012)
Please note: The PDF is protected with a password. Please contact your Advancement committee person for your Troop/Crew/Ship/Team and they will let you know the password. It is protected because of the nature of the information (phone numbers, etc) for our Counselors.
If your committee doesn't know the password, please don't worry. Just contact the District Advancement Committee members, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (for Merit Badge Counselors) or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Leads the Advancement Committee).
Arrowmoon serves more than 1,200 youth with the help of over 700 adult volunteers.
We want to thank you for wanting to help and serve our local Arrowmoon District by becoming a Merit Badge Counselor. In order to become a Merit Badge Counselor, Boy Scouts of America and Sam Houston Area Council require certain paper requirements for all Adult Leaders, as well as, the knowledge of the Merit Badge class that you are overseeing.
All of these forms, can be found in our "Merit Badge Counselor Kit" by clicking the following link:
The paper requirements (which is contained in the Kit) are as follows:
1) Boy Scout Adult Application (page 5) (You need to be a Registered Leader) - this includes Disclosure Form of Adult Application that can be found on page 4 of the complete application.
2) Youth Protection Training Completion printout (this can be done at www.myscouting.org)
3) Merit Badge Counselor Form
After these forms are printed and filled out, on-line training is completed and a copy of the Youth Protection Training is printed, please contact your local troop Scoutmaster or John Romero at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and turn in all three printouts.
The Order of the Arrow serves as Scouting's National Honor Society with a focus on leadership development, membership extension, adventurous programming, and broader service to Scouting and the community. Today, with more than 181,000 members, its service, activities, adventures, and training for youth and adults, are models of quality leadership development and programming that enrich, support, and help extend Scouting to America's youth.
Colonneh Lodge #137 of the Order of the Arrow covers all of the Sam Houston Area Council. Each district within the SHAC has a Chapter of the OA. Visit Colonneh Lodge #137
The Order of the Arrow (OA) was founded by Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson in 1915 at the Treasure Island Camp of the Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of America. It became an official program experiment in 1922 and was approved as part of the Scouting program in 1934. In 1948 the OA, recognized as the BSA's national brotherhood of honor campers, became an official part of the national camping program of the Boy Scouts of America. Today, the OA is recognized as Scouting's National Honor Society.
Eligibility
To become a member, a youth must be a registered member of a Boy Scout troop or Varsity Scout team and hold First Class rank. The youth must have experienced 15 days and nights of camping during the two years before his election. The 15 days and nights must include one, but no more than one, long-term camp consisting of six consecutive days and five nights of resident camping, approved and under the auspices and standards of the Boy Scouts of America. The balance of the camping must be overnight, weekend, or other short-term camps. Scouts are elected to the Order by their fellow troop or Varsity team members, following approval by the Scoutmaster or Varsity Scout Coach.
Membership
The OA has more than 181,000 members located in lodges affiliated with more than 310 BSA local councils.
THE VIRTUAL CUB SCOUT
RANK REQUIREMENTS GUIDE
"Bobcat to AOL and ALL Points in Between !"
Click on the image above to access the Virtual Cub Scout Rank Requirements Guide,
which is maintained at webspace.webring.com/people/wu/um_10831
The 2005 Good Turn for America campaign was kicked off with the Scouting for Food drive. Be sure to log in the service hours your unit contributed to make this event a success!
“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. This replaces the Centennial Quality Unit Award in 2011. A wealth of information is available to guide units through this program at Journey To Excellence.
District Advancement Committee Chair
Steve Aldrich
(w) 979-846-0446 or (c) 979-229-4246
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The responsibility of the district advancement and recognition committee is to motivate and train unit leaders and unit committee members in the advancement program. This should be done under the direction of the council advancement committee and with the cooperation of the commissioner staff and district training committee. The district advancement committee also should work closely with the district executive.
Other responsibilities of the district advancement and recognition committee are as follows:
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