A note for Cub Scout Unit Leaders (and Parents who might be your "go to" leaders for Weekend Camping): the B.S.A. requires that if a Cub Scout Pack goes camping, at least one attending leader must have completed "Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation" or "BALOO" (and, yes, there is other training that must be taken, like Youth Protection and Weather Hazards, but those can be done "on line" -- more information, and links to get it done, is in our Leader Training Page).  Now, the Council has a course this Saturday, March 6, but if you can't go then, don't worry: there are BALOO courses every weekend this March.  See the Council Training Calendar for the courses and dates and contact information for how to sign up.  One special plug from the District Cub Leader Trainer: the Soapstone Ridge BALOO Weekend March 12-14 (yes, they make it a weekend, on the (good) theory that you gotta get out there and do it to go lead others) is highly recommended (Vinny Ferguson, Lester Harris, Audry Bagby and the rest of their team are first rate).

You are invited to attend the South Fulton District Leaders Recogntion Banquet on Saturday February 27, 6:00 p.m. at Cliftondale UMC Church, 4095 Stonewall Tell Road.  Please sign up to attend (yes, in the signup Register, you are a "Scout"; add the numbers of others who you know are attending too).  The District Banquet is an event where adult volunteers are recognized.  More in the Calendar Entry.

As you are all aware, February 8, 2010 was the 100^th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America.  As part of that celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, there have been Centennial Tree Plantings across the Atlanta Area Council.  The next planting is Thursday, February 18 at 4:30 p.m. at the at Wolf Creek Amphitheatre, located at 3025 Merk Road off Camp Creek Parkway  All South Fulton Scouts and Leaders are invited to attend (in uniform!). 

Congratulations to District Champions Sam Mattingly (631), Joaquin Taylor (1954) and Christian Neal (2000) for placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the District Derby (click here for Rich Taylor's photo of Sam, Joaquin and Christian with their new hardware), and thanks to all of the Volunteers who put on the biggest District Derby ever.  Photos are found here and here (in the second link you can actually order prints, coffee mugs, etc.), and we invite everyone to give us feedback and ideas for next time by taking this quick online survey!  You can also post a comment below.

Summer Camp is the coolest thing some of our Packs have ever done, as the various Webelos Camp Photo Galleries will demonstrate.  For 2010, dates for Cub Scout Summer Camp at Bert Adams Scout Reservation have been announced (note that EVERYONE can go to Summer Camp:  Tigers become "Wolves" at the end of the School Year, and can go to a "Wolf/Bear" Encampment, Bears become "Webelos" at the same time, and get to go to Webelos Camp, and Webelos II Scouts should join a Boy Scout Troop and go to Summer Camp with their new Troop):