Celebrate Growth. Celebrate Achievement. Celebrate Scouting.
Scouting in the Buckeye Council experienced steep adversity over the past few years, and significant growth followed. Scouting grew by over 10% this past year with more than 1,400 new families joining Scouting in our annual Join Scout Night campaign. 3,000 participants discovered adventure at Seven Ranges Scout Reservation. Another 2,000 went to Family Adventure Camp with many attendees having their very first camping experience. 5,000 merit badges were earned, 1,800 ranks awarded, and 126 youth reached Eagle.
Those aren’t the numbers that matter though. And that isn’t the type of growth that counts. While Scouting programs in the Buckeye Council serve thousands of youth and their families, each experience is focused on the individual participant. The youth who learns how to lead their peers over the course of a weekend backpacking trek. The youth who grows in their faith by spending time reflecting in nature at summer camp. The youth who becomes more confident by earning Public Speaking merit badge. Each Scout experiences personal growth every time they put on the uniform. Scouting prepares young people for life.
Celebrate Scouting this year by attending a free, family, fun event, giving a gift to Scouting, or attending an upcoming special event!
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Get More From Each Blaze
Learn about what's new in your district by scrolling to the bottom of each issue of the Buckeye Blaze to find district sections. This month features information about, roundtables, klondikes, UDA accounts, rechartering, GTWs, and more!
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Free Family Fun Events
We invite you to come sit around the campfire with us, share your story, and learn about what Scouting is doing to for youth and families in our council. Celebrations will take place with every unit, at free family fun events, with Scouting leaders, and with community organizations who support Scouting. Celebrate by attending any or all of our free family fun events located throughout our council.
Free Family Fun Events - RSVP Today!
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Invest in Scouting
All parents, leaders, and members of the community are invited to connect and invited to invest. Please consider the impact Scouting in the Buckeye Council makes on youth and make an investment to sustain and grow that impact for 2023. Reflect on the accomplishment we have made together throughout last year and make a gift that is meaningful to you in support of our shared mission!
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Continue the Celebration at an Upcoming Special Event
2023 features several events you can attend and support to help Scouting in the Buckeye Council expand its impact for youth! Click "learn more" below to explore how you can participate.
Recognition Events
- Eagle Celebration - 3.15.23 - Digitally Delivered at celebratescouting.org
- Good Scout Luncheon - 4.18.23 - Honoring Bryan & Kevin Rice and Rice's Landscapes Redefined - Kent State Stark Conference Center, Canton
Shooting Events
- Western Buckeye Sporting Clays - 9.14.23 - Elkhorn Lake Hunt Club, Bucyrus
- Sportsmen's Classic - 9.27.23 - Sportsmen's Shooting Center, Louisville
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Youth Mental Health First Aid Training - Free For Adults in the Buckeye Council!
Adults from across the Buckeye Council are invited to join us for Youth Mental Health First Aid Training on 2/25 online or 3/4 in person! Participants will learn how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health illness and substance use disorders in youth. This training is provided at no cost to all Buckeye Council leaders.
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Registration is Open for All 2023 Summer Camps!
Join us for Spring STEM Family Adventure Camps, Day Camps, Cub Scout Summer Camp, or Scout Summer Camp. Leader guides for all camping events is now available, too!
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BPI - This Saturday 2/4!
Baden Powell Institute takes place in-person on 2/4 at Dalton Elementary School and 2/11 online at LEADScouting.org! By signing up for BPI In Person, you'll gather with hundreds of adult leaders to learn from one another!
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Level Up Your Leadership Skills
Both youth and adults can level up their leadership skills this summer at NYLT or Wood Badge!
NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) is a six-day program for Scouts BSA and Venturing youth that provides leadership skills and experience you can use in your home troop and other situations demanding leadership of yourself and others. Registration is now open for the 2023 course that will be held at Seven Ranges Scout Reservation, July 30-August 4.
Wood Badge is a two-weekend advanced leadership course for adults! Gain a deeper understanding of scouting, apply skills throughout your Scouting career, network with new people, build skills to use in your unit, work, family life and community and have fun! Register now for Wood Badge 2023, taking place at Seven Ranges Scout Reservation, August 11-13 and September 16-17.
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Register for the 2023 National Jamboree!
The BSA National Jamboree is more than a destination. It’s the adventure of lifetime. And there is simply nothing else like it on the planet. Any youth 12 years or older by July 2023 and any adult leader is invited to attend with the Buckeye Council!
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Scout Executive Minute
As I reflect on our 2022 achievements, I am reminded of all we have to celebrate in the Scouting movement. From life lessons learned at camp, to memories forged around the campfire this timeless program remains vital and relevant to preparing kids for the future. Though we face challenges, our mission and its importance are as clear as ever before.
I hope you find reasons to Celebrate Scouting as well within your own campfire stories. Those you've made and those that you will make further down the trail. Join us as we Celebrate Scouting this spring with you at unit celebrations and free, family, fun events across the council. Your investment will ensure our journey together overcomes today's challenges and reaches a brighter future.
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