CHAPTER OF THE YEAR!

Tonkawa 99 Lodge,Capital Area Council announced Jan 7, 2012 the San Gabriel District Chapter of the Order of the Arrow is the Chapter of the Year.

This award is given to the most outstanding chapter in the Tonkowa Lodger. The Chapter with the highest participation at all Lodge, Section, and National events. To the Chapter that has excelled the most in all aspects of the Lodge Program. The Chapter that has gone above and beyond the call duty in giving cheerful service to the Council and Lodge.

This is the first time that our Chapter has won the award and we are very proud of the boys who worked very hard for this achivement.  This could not have happened with out the support of our Chapter, Troop, and District leaders and the members in our district.

Photo left to right James Hardt, Kert Hammon, Cayman Ward (Chapter Chief 2011-2012),William Dabney,Ryan Barns (chapter chief 2009-2011)

First, if you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to contact me.  

Second, in order to help you with your advancements, we need to know how your unit is doing.  There are two ways of accomplishing  this.  The first is on line.  Click HERE for Instructions on how to do this.  The second is by sending it to me via email.  The council would prefer that you do this once a month.  Posting your rank advancements and merit badges is especially important because when a boy applies for Eagle, the council office checks to make sure that he earned each rank and merit badge and when he earned it.  If you do not report this information, he will have to jump some fairly high hurdles in order to verify this information.  Although Posts and Ships have their own advancement program culminating in the Silver/Quartermaster Award, for most of you, boys under 18 may still work towards Eagle.   

Third, we are reconstituting the merit badge counselor list for our district.  If any of your adults are merit badge counselors, we would like to know their names, contact information (for the boys), what merit badge they counsel, if they are registered, whether they have taken Youth Protection Training within the last two years and if they wish their activities to be restricted to your unit or will be available to the district at large.  From this and other information we will compile a list that Scoutmasters can use in helping boys find counselors. Finally, I need to know of any Life Scout who is working toward Eagle and the status of his progress, especially those whose Eagle projects have been approved or are under way.

Again, thank you for your attention.  I look forward to working with all of you in the coming year.

Yours in Scouting

Michael Holmes

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"MOUNTAIN MAN / VOYAGEUR”

                                     SAN GABRIEL DISTRICT CAMPOREE

March 23 – 25, 2012

GENERAL INFORMATION  

WHAT:                      The annual San Gabriel District Camporee. This will be a chance for a weekend of camping and patrol competition for all Boy Scouts, Venturers,

Explorers,  Webelos in the district.

WHEN:                      Friday, Saturday and Sunday March 23 – 25, 2012.

WHO:                         Boy Scout Troops, Teams, Venturing Crews, Explorer Posts- $10/Scout $5/Adult Scouter

                                    Webelos (Saturday Visit only)- $5/scout $5/parent (this includes lunch and patch)                                      

WHERE:                   The Camporee will be held at Wolf Mountain Scout Ranch (Capitol Area Council). Wolf Mountain is located just 5 miles west of Llano, TX.

  Get the Registration Form

Get the Schedule

Get the General Info 

Get the Leader's Guide

Annual District Banquet

  March 3, 2012

All are invited to attend.  Please note that the Top Scouts from each unit are encouraged to attend the District Banquet to receive their awards.  They will also receive their District Banquet tickets at no cost.  Family, friends, fellow Scouts, and Scout leaders are also encouraged to attend and support each Top Scout.  

Ticket Information to be announced shortly                         

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