Join us at an upcoming program kickoff to learn more about program opportunities for Scouts in your unit to participate in over the next year! You'll learn about summer camp programs, upcoming training opportunities, fall recruitment plans, and gain resources to help your unit plan an exciting upcoming year. All unit leaders will receive a printed program planning guide and pizza will be provided!

4/13, 7pm at Gorman Rupp

4/20, 7pm at Stark State

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Celebrate Scouting returns in 2023 to bring our Scouting family together by highlighting successes from 2022. Celebrations will take place with every unit and at free family fun events. Throughout the Celebration all parents, leaders, and members of the community are invited to connect and invited to invest. Celebrate by attending any or all of our free family fun events located throughout our council.

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Join us at the Johnny Appleseed Trail District PWD Saturday, April 29, 2023 at St. Peter's High School in Mansfield. Top 4 Finalists from your pack's Pinewood Derby and Adult Fun Race (1 Adult) are invited to attend the District Pinewood Derby. Cost is $25 per pack; $6 each additional adult and $6 each additional finalist from each pack. Registration deadline is April 24, 2023.

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Join us at the upcoming STEM Family Adventure Camp! This is an overnight camping experience designed to give Cub Scouts and their families an exciting adventure this summer while earning the Fearful Symmetry NOVA Award! While at the event, participants will go camping, participate in shooting sports, games, crafts, and campfires and spending quality time with their family! All participants will receive a patch and lunch on Saturday. We can't wait to see you on May 19th and 20th at Palm Park in Bellville.

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The latest edition of the Summer Camp Leader Guide features the 2023 Merit Badge Schedule for Seven Ranges!

As a reminder, registration for merit badges occurs in waves. Registration for merit badges occurs in waves. See the schedule below for when merit badge registration opens for your week in camp. 

Week 1 = April 15

Week 2 = April 22

Week 3 = April 29

Week 4 = May 6

Week 5 = May 13

Week 6/7 = May 20

View the Merit Badge Schedule | Scout Summer Camp Leader Guide

Scouts can participate in Operation Flag this Memorial Day or Independence Day by completing two of the following:

• Decorate veteran graves with flags
• Take part in a Memorial Day event
• Retrieve Flags after the Holiday
• Write an essay “Why do we celebrate Memorial Day/Independence Day"

Pre-order patches now to be delivered directly to your house when they arrive. There will be a limited supply available for those who do not pre-order.

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The Mansfield Scout Service Center, located at 40 W. 4th Street in Mansfield is open Monday-Friday, 8:30-5 pm; closed12:30pm to 1:30pm for lunch.

Advancements and awards may be purchased by emailing advancement reports and award lists at least one day prior to pick up to Kim Messersmith and scheduling a pick-up time. Applications, Eagle workbooks, reference letters, etc. may be dropped off at our Mansfield location. Stop by and purchase Scout handbooks, merit badge sashes, Pinewood Derby cars, unit numbers, council patches, World Crest emblems, Eagle plates, Eagle napkins, etc.



Please note: The Mansfield Scout Service Center will be closed: April 24-28.

Wood Badge trained? Signed up for Wood Badge training? Thinking about taking Wood Badge training? Join us Sunday, April 23 for Food, Fun and Fellowship at the Wood Badge Reunion and Scholarship Fundraiser. Show off your cooking skills in Cleetus’ Critter Cuisine Competition, and creativity in Bomba’s Outlaw Rocket Launch. Bring your spouse. Bring a fellow Scouter interested in Wood Badge.

Location: Seven Ranges Dining Hall

Time: 3:00 pm

Cost: $25 for a Wood Badger, and $20 for each guest you bring

Learn More & Register | Additional Info

On Saturday, May 20, 2023, 10:00 am-1pm, a Pop-Up Scout Store will be at Palm Park, 4777 Bellville North Rd., Bellville, Ohio. Yes, this is the same day as Family Adventure Camp.

For your convenience, we accept cash, check and credit card. Mark your calendar and please stop by. Below is a partial list of items that will be available to purchase.

Lion T-Shirts, Cub Scout Uniform shirts and pants, Leggings, Cub Scout Neckerchiefs and Slides, Cub Scout & Scouts BSA Uniform Shirts, Socks, Belts, Unit Numbers and Council Patches.

Contact Kim Messersmith if you have questions.

On December 27, the Buckeye Council Service Center and Scout Shop in Canton had a pipe burst that caused major flooding and damage to the building. Since then, restoration and construction companies have been working to quickly return the building to normal.

We predict full operation of the office and Scout Shop to resume within 30-45 days. In the meantime, accommodations have been made to best serve our scouting community. Click the link below for important information regarding office hours, the Canton Scout Shop, and more.

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New Store Hours for the Marion Scout Store and Service Center are below:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

Friday: 11:30am - 6pm

Thursday: 11:30am - 7pm

Saturday: 10am - 2pm

Stop by the Marion Store to purchase all your Scouting needs! Mike, Becky and Willie are ready to assist you with your purchases.

OA Elections: Schedule your OA election now to elect your new candidates to the Order of the Arrow! Contact your Chapter Chief today to schedule your unit’s elections. Or with general questions, reach out to membership@sippolodge.org.

OA Ordeal: Register any Scouts who were elected to the Order of the Arrow in 2022 or 2023 for the upcoming Ordeal, June 2-4 at 7R. Learn More & Register

Day Camps provide a fun, engaging program for Scouts to earn adventures and explore the outdoors each day and then head home in the evening. Register now!

June 12-14 at Freedlander Park in Wooster

June 12-16 at Camp McKinley

June 26-30 at Dover Park

Learn More & Register | Download the Leader Guide

This 4-day, 3-night camp provides adventurous activities that keep campers excited for months after the closing campfire. Bring your whole pack, your whole den, or your family to Cub Scout Summer Camp!

• Open to All Cub Scouts: For the first time ever, all Cub Scouts (Lions through Arrow of Light Scouts) are invited to attend Cub Scout Summer Camp! 
• Easier Than Ever for Parents to Attend: It’s easier than ever to attend Cub Scout Summer Camp with your child! Cub Scout parents or legal guardians attending Cub Scout Summer Camp with their own child or legal ward are not required to register as leaders.
• Medical Form Changes: Both youth and adults attending camp must complete the BSA Medical form parts A and B, only.

Learn More & Register | Download the Leader Guide

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.

We are also looking for NYLT Staff! If you've attended NYLT in the past, you're invited to serve on staff for this year. Contact us if interested.

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Register now for the 2023 Wood Badge Course!



Wood Badge is a two-weekend immersion and practice of advance leadership skills. It is is an advanced, national leadership course open to all Scouting volunteers and professionals. 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!

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Looking for a fun and rewarding summer job? Consider being on Seven Ranges Scout Reservation camp staff! You’ll have great new experiences too as you challenge yourself.



Camp Staff members are given room and board for the summer in a cabin. Staff members 15 years of age and older are compensated competitively compared to other camps. Three meals a day are provided for the duration of summer camp, along with laundry facilities. The camp staff run activities, plan programs, and instruct campers that come through our summer camps.

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Both Camp McKinley and Seven Ranges are always looking for adult volunteers to come out to camp to do repair projects. Head out to Seven Ranges on Tuesdays to gather with the Busy Beavers or the second Saturday at Camp McKinley to join the White Eyes volunteer group! Find more details by clicking on the Ranger's Corner in the bottom left-corner of the District Section!

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