Wanted: Venturing Crew to serve on course S9-114

by | Staff

If you know anything about Wood Badge you know that the staff includes a group of Venture Scouts who join us on the second weekend. They are a vital part of the training and they are quite good at what they do. Venture staff usually comes from children of the staff or...

Team Development in a Bar Rescue

by | Course Information

I don’t get to watch television as much as I used to but when I do I have a tendency to watch shows that I don’t have to think about too much. American Pickers or Pawn Stars come to mind. What I really enjoy are the shows where a team of experts come in...

Wood Badge Christmas Cards

by | Uncategorized

If you have served on a Wood Badge course you have looked through the quartermasters store on more than one occassion. Probably even multiple times during a course. You are always looking for that one special item that might appear. With Christmas approaching I have...

ScoutFest 2014 Is One Year From Today

by | Recruiting

Mark your calendar for ScoutFest 2014 at Point Mallard Park, Decatur, Alabama. This a council-wide event for Boy Scouts and Venturers all weekend and Saturday events for the Cubs. There will also be a Wood Badge Reunion on Saturday November 8. Make plans to be there...

S9-113 Course Page Is Published

by | Behind The Scene, Staff

Weekend 2 of S9-113 is over. For over half of the staff we will move on to our units, our jobs and the next course, S9-114. The Troop Guides and participants will spend the next 18-months working their tickets. Much more on that to come later. One of the goals of...

Meet the Staff — Dana Rice, Venturing Advisor

by | Staff

Dana Rice Current Scout Position(s) Cubmaster, Pack 777 Wolf Den Leader, Pack 777 Committee Member, Troop 777 Wood Badge Experience Wood Badge S9-1-12-2 Assistant Quartermaster Wood Badge S9-1-11-1 Participant Youth Scouting Experience None Family Wife: Carol Son:...

The Last Minute Ticket

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A week from today I will head to Camp Westmoreland for the second weekend of S9-113. On that Saturday my job as Scribe will effectively be over. I don’t have any additional responsibilities to the course other than whatever support I can give the participants...