The Council Office will be close Monday February 15th in observance of Presidents Day

Would you like to watch the International Space Station pass overhead? Go to spotthestation.nasa.gov .

The International Space Station is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up.

Visible to the naked eye, it looks like a fast-moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster

The American Legion provides for a national scholarship to be awarded to the Eagle Scout who is selected The American Legion Eagle Scout of the Year. The American Legion Eagle Scout of the Year will receive a $10,000 scholarship. Three runner-up scholarship awards will be granted in the amount of $2,500 each.

Nominations must be received by department headquarters no later than March 1.

https://www.legion.org/scouting/nominate

https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/legion/publications/Eagle-Scout-Nomination-Form-2021.pdf

NYLT  National Youth Leadership Training Three session to choose from, register below NYLT #1 July 19th to 24th NYLT #2 July 26th to 31st NYLT #3 December 28th to January 2nd

NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) is advanced leadership training for youth troop, teams, ships, and crew leaders. National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action packed program designed to provide young men and women members of the Boy Scouts of America with leadership skills and an experience they can use in their home troops, teams, ships, or crews.   NYLT teaches lifelong leadership skills. The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW and what a leader must DO. NYLT provides youth leaders with the HOW-TO skills they need to be strong youth and strong youth leaders

Registration fee $350.00 (Due no later than the participant orientation date)

TO ATTEND, THE SCOUT / VENTURE SCOUT MUST:

• Be 13 years of age

• Be a First-Class Scout or Venture Scout

• Have his/her Unit Leader recommendation

• Complete ILST - Introduction to Leadership Skills (Troops, Teams). Previously known as Cedar Badge or

• Complete ILSC - Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews (Venturing).

During the course scouts will learn how to use the following leadership skills:

• Vision – Goals -Planning

• SMART Goals

• Problem Solving

• SSC-Start Stop Continue

• Stages of Team Development

• Conflict Resolution

• Making Ethical Decisions

• Communication

• Valuing People

• Teaching Edge

NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) is advance leadership training for youth troop, team and crew leaders. NYLT is leadership training for young men and young women. 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 troops, teams or crews. NYLT teaches life long leadership skills.

NYLT uses the patrol method to teach team leadership. The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW and what a leader must DO. NYLT provides youth leaders with the HOW TO skills they need to be strong youth and strong youth leaders.  

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