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Blast off into the new Scouting year at Phoenix District Rocket Day and Adventure Day.

Cub Scouts who join this year will receive a rocket that they can build and launch at Cub Scout Adventure Day. Returning Scouts and families are also invited to attend Adventure Day and can bring rockets from previous years to launch again. Adventure Day will also feature archery, games and crafts.

Scouts BSA members and adults from Troops are invited to volunteer to help set up or run activities.

Webelos Woods is a campout designed to introduce 4^th and 5^th grade Webelos Scouts to the many outdoor adventures of Scouting. This awesome weekend event includes patrol-method camping and Scouting activities.

We want to reach out to each potential Scout and their family with a personal invitation to join Scouting, where they will learn positive values, new skills and have fun with friends. Fall is a great time to focus on recruiting new families to the fun and adventure of Cub Scouting. Invite a family to join Scouting and learn more about membership recruitment click here.

#ADVENTURE ON - We will be sharing #AdventureOn ads on our Phoenix Facebook page and encourage families and units to share them to your own social media to help spread Scouting. 

Every Scout deserves a trained leader. Every leader deserves to be trained. A variety of training courses for all levels of leaders in all Scouting programs are available. Scouters can attend training in any district.

BALOO is a BSA national training introduces Cub Scout leaders to the basics of Cub Scout camping and outdoor events. It is an overnight event.

IOLS provides adult leaders of Troops the practical outdoor skills they need to lead Scouts in the outdoors. It is an overnight event.

Wood Badge

Oct. 13-15 & Oct. 28-29

Wood Badge is the Boy Scouts of America's ultimate leadership training designed to meet the advanced leadership needs of Scouters in all aspects of the BSA, whether unit, district, or council level – from assistant den leaders to Scoutmasters, from Cubmasters to Venturing Advisors, from committee members to commissioners. 
It is a fun, energetic and inspiring course guaranteed to infuse your unit with fun and meaning – all designed to fulfill the mission of the BSA, and ensure our youth is getting everything they are promised from the program.

National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is an exciting, action-packed six-day council-level program designed to provide Scouts in troops, crews, and ships with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home units and other situations demanding leadership of self and others. 

NYLT is filled with activities, presentations, challenges, discussions, and camping in a team and model unit environment. Participants learn and practice skills that are valuable at home, church, school, work, and the Scouting unit.

The course is designed for Scouts BSA members who are at least 13 years old, and for Venturers or Sea Scouts who are at least 13 years old and have completed eighth grade.

All trainings are held at Camp Strake HQ Training Room

• Sept 15-16: Rifle

• Sept. 22-23: Shotgun

• Oct. 13-14: Pistol

*Basic Instructor Training (BIT) must be current when taking the basic shooting or basic instructor class. The certification lasts two years.

Cub Scout Rangemaster Training
This Saturday, Sept 9 @ Bovay
8am-5pm

A cornerstone of the Scout programs is training.Training courses are conducted by districts and some by the Sam Houston Area Council. Trainings include First Aid, Climbing, Shooting, BALOO, IOLS and Position Specific Training.

SAVE THE DATE

College of Commissioner Science - Nov. 11

Univeristy of Scouting - Nov. 18

Scouts can sell popcorn online, door-to-door, or through the most popular show and sell! 

IT'S POPCORN TIME! 

We're 49% of the way in reaching our goal of $89,000! There's still time to raise funds for your unit, an opportunity for your scouts to learn about earning their way, support their parents by helping pay their way through scouting and build their confidence. All while having fun! 

Any questions? Text Kornel Rost - District Kernel - at (713) 775 2070

The Order of the Arrow is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America and recognizes Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives.

The OA chapter meetings provide youth Arrowmen an opportunity to develop a plan to support units in the district, promote upcoming events, participate in ceremony team preparation and regalia building, learn leadership skills and have fun. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Next Ordeal -- Sept. 15-16 @ Bovay

Fall Fellowship -- Nov. 3-5 @ Camp Strake

CONGRATS to Phoenix District scouts doing great things with Venturing Officer Association (VOA). Joshua H. (Troop 1323) just finished his third year as a council officer and moves up to a leadership postion in National Service Territory 7.

Mason H. (Troop 440) was recently elected as Vice-President for VOA.