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Pick-Up & Online Sales
Popcorn order pick-up is happening Friday, August 22—mark your calendars!
Not participating in the popcorn sale this year but still want to raise funds for your unit? Contact Alex Fritz to learn how Online-Only Sales can help your Scouts earn money with no inventory to manage.
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Merit Badge Pamphlets Can Now be Downloaded for FREE!
All merit badge pamphlets can now be downloaded for free. Click on the Merit Badge information button below for direct access. Always check for the most recent revision.
The Merit Badge program is covered in detail in the 2025 Guide to Advancement, Section 7, click button below. Leaders and merit badge counselors need to be knowledgeable of how the program works to fully support Scouts.
If you want to learn more about being a merit badge counselor, check out the Counselor Information section through the Merit Badge Information button below.
Any questions, contact District Advancement Chair, Bob Cull
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Reminder: The Newest Tool to Help Den Leaders is Now Here!
The Den Meeting Deck makes planning a den meeting fun, simple, and easy. There is a deck for each badge of rank and contains all the activities needed to earn all six required Adventures and four or five elective Adventures.
Be sure to stop by the WCC Scout Shop to purchase your Den Meeting Deck!
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Rifle Merit Badge
Rifle Merit Badge: complete form below and submit $20 fee to register. Must attend all 4 sessions.
Time:
12-4pm (please arrive by 1:45)
Location:
Ockanickon Scout Reservation
Dates:
September 7
October 5
November 2
December 7
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Air Rifle Competition
Air Rifle Competition: walk-in registration, $5 paid at the door. Do not complete registration form below.
Time:
12:30-4:30pm (arrive no later than 3pm)
Location:
Ockanickon Scout Reservation Foster Hall
Dates:
September 7
October 5
November 2
December 7
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The weekend COPE & Climbing program offers the opportunity for your Troop, Crew, Ship or Post to experience a team building program like no other. Low COPE consists of warm-up activities and initiative games in the field before moving on to the Low COPE course. This course includes 12 elements low to the ground, ranging from the Archimedes Bridge to the 12-foot Wall. Adults are invited to participate.
Upcoming dates:
September 13-14
October 4-5 & 18-19
November 8-9
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Join us for "Invention Convention"
STEM and Scouting collide at the Fall 2025 Cub-a-rama! "Invention Convention" invites Cub Scouts and their families to spend the day at Kuser Park playing the part of a mad scientist. Cub Scouts will design and build their own inventions, make crafts, play games, and participate in range & target activities!
When:
Saturday, September 27
9am to 3pm
Where:
Kuser Park, 390 Newkirk Ave,
Hamilton, NJ 08610
Cost: $20/Cub Scout, $10/Adult
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Can We Count on You to Lend a Hand?
We are in need of Scouts BSA, Venturers, Sea Scouts, and Scouters alike to help run stations, staffing the medical tent, checking Packs in, and helping Cub Scouts and their families throughout the event. If you and/or your unit can pitch in, please reach out to Mercer Area District Executive Kevin Ott
| | New for this year: Event location, pushcarts can be filled with any rank Cubs, and the entire Pack can participate! | | Range & Target Activities | | Throughout the year, The Council's Range & Target Committee offers several different activities for Cub Scouts. For all activities, an adult is required to be present to satisfy the 1-to-1 adult participant ratio. | | |
Archery Adventure
October 5
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Slingshot Adventure
November 2
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BB Gun Adventure
December 7
| | Indoor Rally - Save the date! | | |
Open to all Scouts BSA Troops and Venturing Crews. This is a fun team-building activity. Skills targeted include first aid, knot tying, fire building, Team Building and scout knowledge. (Final activities will be identified at the October Round table Meeting).
Date: Monday, November 3
Location:
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church
100 Broad Street
Hilltown, Pennsylvania 18927
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Summer Camp Highlights At OSR!
The 2025 Ockanickon Summer Camp season concluded with 1,858 campers earning 6,849 total merit badges. The top three badges completed were fingerprinting, swimming, and Citizenship in the World. Adult leaders also worked on some adult awards including Napping, Coffee Drinking, Dutch Oven Cooking and AP Art Merit Badges.
Patrols competed in the Tuesday night “Trials of Hercules” carnival with events such as capturing Cerberus, slaying the Nemean Lion, and capturing the Ceryneian Hind.
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2026 Reservations
Troops can start planning now for Summer Camp 2026 at Ockanickon! With over 80 merit badges to choose from, every troop should consider OSR as a summer camp option. Troop deposits are now being accepted!
The theme for 2026 will be based on America’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Troops can choose from six different sessions:
June 21 – 27
June 28 – July 4
July 5 –11
July 12 – 18
July 19 – 25
July 26 – August 1
Troops that sign-up with a $150 deposit by September 30 will lock-in a special discounted rate guarantee allowing Scouts & families to have until April 30 (two extra months) to qualify for the deepest discounts in camp pricing.
| | Klondike Derby - Save the Date! | | The annual Klondike Derby hosted by the Tohickon District will be held Lake Side! Join your fellow Scouts in this skills-based competition as your sled will race around Camp in challenging activities that could include Pioneering, Orienteering, Cooking, Emergency Preparedness, Fire Building and First Aid to name a few. Is your Unit ready to have fun and demonstrate that you are Prepared? Come and join the fun, we hope to see you all there! | | |
Date:
Sunday, January 25
Location:
Ockanickon Scout Reservation
5787 State Park Road
Pipersville, PA 18947
| | Program Opportunities Beyond the District | | |
Don't miss out on some great Scouting events beyond your District!
- Eastern State Penitentiary - Saturday, November 15 (in-person) & Sunday, December 7 (virtual)
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2025 Trenton Thunder Green Scout Initiative
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2025 Jubilee Pilgrims of Hope
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2026 National Jamboree - July 22-31
Our Council newsletter is full of information. From training courses, volunteer opportunities, membership, popcorn updates, special events and so much more! Stay informed, click link below to access our Council newsletter.
| | Upcoming Meetings / Scout Shop | | |
Commissioner Meeting: September 4
District Committee Meeting: September 4
Roundtable: September 11
| | Scout Shop will be closed Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day and all Mondays through Labor Day! | | | | |
