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Spring Camporee – Countdown
The Spring Camporee is only a month away!
Join us in Olympic Spirit for scout skills with your troop or crew!
Is your Unit signed up and ready to compete?
Sign up at https://scoutingevent.com/160-30718, which is also available via the calendar link on the Council website.
Roundtable – 7 pm – Cubs/Scoutbook – Scouts BSA/Spring Camporee – March 12, 2020
Roundtable, St. Luke’s, 3/12/20 7pm.
Join us in one of these roundtable sessions.
Cub Scouts: Scoutbook – Find out how your Pack can use this FREE software to track your Pack’s progress and more!
Scouts BSA: Spring Camporee :
The Spring Central Section Camporee will be hosted by the North Star District at Ransburg April 24-26.
Scout Olympics is the theme in keeping with the Olympic year 2020.
Adult Scouters are needed from each troop to plan and run the Camporee for the 500 scouts expected to attend. The Camporee Committee will meet monthly during the NS Roundtable on the 2nd Thursday of the month (first meeting Jan. 9th). Scouters are needed to help with logistics, communications, program events, first aid, and other areas. Please indicate your interest to support this Camporee to Paul Kovach
Roundtable at St. Luke’s has moved! We are still at St. Luke’s (100 W 86th Street) but you now can find us in room N101/102. Very easy to find – just enter through Door 6 or Door 7 and it is right there! St Lukes Map 10-17
Merit Badge Sundays at Fort Harrison State Park – April and May FULL! Considering adding more . . .
Due to an incredible response from our Scouting community, our April 5th & May 10th Merit Badge Sunday programs are FULL and no longer taking registrations. We are exploring adding a second class in response to the high demand! Please email the park naturalist at DAllison@DNR.IN.gov for more details.Merit Badge Sundays at Fort Harrison State Park — Every month scouts have the opportunity to work on a different Merit Badge. See attached Flyer.2020-MB-Sundays
2020 North Star Pinewood Derby
Pinewood Derby Season is upon us again! This year’s North Star District Pinewood Derby will be held on Saturday, March 21st. If you have any questions about the district derby, or if your pack needs any help running your derby, please contact Bill Buchalter, the District’s Derby Coordinator, at: wbbuch1@comcast.net, or 317-509-0767.
Merit Badge Sundays at Fort Harrison State Park – March 15 – Nature
Merit Badge Sundays at Fort Harrison State Park — Every month scouts have the opportunity to work on a different Merit Badge. March 15 will be Nature. See attached Flyer.2020-MB-Sundays
Tread Lightly Trainer Course
Tread Lightly Trainer Course
Saturday, May 9, 2020 (8:30 AM – 1:00 PM)
Golden-Burke Scout Center
7125 Fall Creek Rd., Indianapolis 46256
Highlights Include:
Introduction on the Principles of
Leave-No-Trace, Tread Lightly, Land Ethics
Comprehensive Tread Lightly Training
Teaching Skill Training
Interactive Outdoor Ethics Presentations
Flyers for your Unit
Lunch
2. Join TL at https://www.treadlightly.org/join-tread-lightly by paying $25
3. Prepare a 10min. TL presentation* which they will present to the group
OUTDOOR ETHICS GUIDE COURSE & LEAVE-NO-TRACE TRAINER COURSE
OUTDOOR ETHICS GUIDE COURSE & LEAVE-NO-TRACE TRAINER COURSE
Camp Red Wing
5757 East Inlow Springs Road
Muncie, IN 47302
May 1-3, 2020
MUST PRE-REGISTER & PAY NON-REFUNDABLE FEE BY April 1, 2020
Leave No Trace is an educational, non-profit movement dedicated to the responsible enjoyment and active stewardship of the outdoors by all people, worldwide. The Leave No Trace concept is one that crosses all boundaries of the recreation spectrum and is applicable for anyone who enjoys spending time in the out-of-doors. The idea is simple – leave the places you enjoy as good as or better than you found them. Both skills and ethics are involved, as well as good decision-making. If people do something, even something simple, to help take care of the recreational resources they cherish, we will all benefit. Cleaner water, less campfire impacts, fewer negative encounters with wildlife, less damage/loss of cultural and historic artifacts are just a few of the benefits of adhering to Leave No Trace. For more information about Leave No Trace, check out: http://www.lnt.org
This course will allow participants to learn and practice the 7 principles of Leave No Trace. This course will also focus on the effective presentation of these principles. The course will pivot between both classroom and outdoor experiences and presentations. Participants will learn both front country and back country information.
Highlights Include:
Fee $15 for course & OE Guide Notebook*(Fri 6-10 PM)
Attendees meet requirements for leading OE Awareness/Action Awards and youth are trained for the responsibilities as Outdoor Ethics Guides in their troop, team or crew.
Resources for information about the BSA bankruptcy filing
3-Things-to-Know-about-the-BSAs-Restructuring
National Youth Leadership Training – NYLT – 2020
What is NYLT?
National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth members of the Boy Scouts of America with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home units and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.
Course Overview:
The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW, and what a leader must DO. The key elements are then taught with a clear focus on HOW TO.
NYLT is patterned after a month in the life of a unit. Content is delivered in a group and team outdoor setting with an emphasis on immediate application of learning in a fun environment.
The NYLT course integrates the best of modern leadership theory with the traditional strengths of the Scouting experience. Through activities, presentations, challenges, discussions, and audio visual support, NYLT participants will be engaged in a unified approach to leadership that will give them the skills and confidence to lead well. Through a wide range of activities, events, games, and adventures, NYLT participants will work and play together as they put into action the best that Scouting has to offer.
Scouts BSA members (male and female) must be First Class rank and at least 13. They must have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops.
Venturers and Sea Scouts (male and female) must be 14. They must have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews or Ships. It is recommended that they have had at least one year of camping experience. While NYLT is not an outdoor skills course, it is important that each participant have basic camping and outdoor cooking experience.
FEE: The course if $240 per participant and includes all food and materials. Early bird fees are $215 if paid 30 days prior to the start of the session. A deposit of $25 per participant is required to hold a spot.
Three Courses Available
- April 3-5 & 17-19 (Must attend both weekends) Camp Kikthawenund (Frankton)
- Week-Long Course June 14-20 Camp Red Wing (Muncie)
- September 11-13 & 25-27 (Must attend both weekends) Camp Kikthawenund (Frankton)
Scholarship applications are available: Application must be received by March 1st (Spring course)
The following scouts were approved for their Eagle Ranks at their Boards of Review in February 2020.
CAC North Star Unofficial Website 
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