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God Send Award Nominations

Nominate your most valuable leader for the God Send Award. This is a UNIT level recognition that will be awarded at the District Banquet. Each Unit can nominate one person that has given outstanding and tremendous effort and has gone above and beyond the call of duty to make this year a success for your Pack, Troop, Crew, Team or Post.

Click Here for the Nomination Form

Forms and fee should be submitted to:

Kristine MaCauley

6315 Lake Oak Landing

Cumming GA 30040

ATTN: God Send Award

Next course...

          Session 1 - April 8-10, 2011
          Session 2 - May 13-15, 2011
                   At Camp Rainey Mountain, Clayton, GA

Download the flyer/registration form here

What's this Wood Badge you keep hearing about? Well...

Wood Badge began in 1919, when Baden-Powell took Scout leaders to Gilwell Park for advanced leader training. Wood Badge came to America in 1948, and has evolved since then to become the BSA’s premier leadership training event for adult Scouters. Wood Badge teaches contemporary leadership skills in an outdoor setting. Its 5 central themes are:

• Models for Success • Bringing the Vision to Life • Leading to Make a Difference • Tools of the Trade • Living the Values

"OK", you say...but Why Wood Badge?

1. Scouts will benefit. You will learn leadership skills that will enhance the Scouting program.

2. You will have fun. Wood Badge brings out the best in all of us. You will make lifelong scouting friends and have the time of your life!

Wood Badge is advanced training in leadership skills for all adults in BSA programs. Not only Cub Scouters, but also leaders in Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, Venturing, and commissioner service are invited to participate in Wood Badge.

This advanced training is presented in two parts:

1.An advanced learning experience presented over two long (three-day) weekends or as a weeklong course.

2.An application phase of several months during which the leaders apply the specific skills they have learned at Wood Badge to their Scouting responsibilities.

Leaders who successfully complete both parts of the training are recognized with the Wood Badge beads, woggle slide, and neckerchief.

To be eligible for an invitation to participate in Wood Badge training, Cub Scout leaders must first complete Basic Leader Training. Your pack trainer, Cubmaster, unit commissioner, or council service center can give you more information.

It is the goal of the BSA that every leader attend Wood Badge within two years of registering as an adult leader.

Click here to read a brief history of Wood Badge

trainStamp_lg Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation

Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation is a training event that introduces parents and leaders to the skills needed to plan, conduct and run a safe and fun Cub Scout campout.

This training is required for any adult who is in charge of planning a pack campout, and it is recommended that one adult per pack complete BALOO training. Tour permits require that a leader have completed BALOO Training before taking Cub Scouts camping.

Click Read More for full information.

Square Knots - Meaning and Placement

The square knot device is displayed on the uniform to denote that the wearer has received the corresponding award. The award is usually in the form of a certificate and many awards also include a medallion or other momento.

A knot emblem does have left and right sides. The rope loop over the rope ends always is to the wearer's right. The diagram here shows how the knots would look to someone looking at the shirt. The knot images on the rest of this page all show the correct knot direction.

The square knots are to be worn centered directly above the left shirt pocket. The first knot should be placed with its bottom edge touching the top seam of the pocket flap. The next two knots are placed on both sides of the first knot in a straight row of three knots. Additional knots are placed directly above the first row with bottom edge touching top edge of the existing knots.

From the diagram, you can see that as additional knots are earned, single and double knots on a row need to be resewn. For this reason, some people prefer to place knots right-justified with the pocket edge.

Most common Boy Scout awards that have square knot patches associated with them are listed here.

Knots & Explanations to be added later.

District Award of Merit - 2010
Please submit nominations to this year’s Award of Merit committee chair by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Winning nominee(s) will be selected by committee and awarded at the Etowah District Banquet, May 13th. Previous recipients are not eligible. Past District Award of Merit Recipients
1987: Larry Hill, Tricia Truax
1989: Rich Truax
1992: Jim Scully
1993: Tony Allen
1996: Mike Scarce, Chuck Treadway
1997: Vicki Hart, Mike Smith
1998: Doug King
1999: Ross Statham
2001: Barbara Kastner, Danette Little
2002: Bruce Kastner, Jerry Johnson, Jerry Long
2003: Duane Fisher, Rick Folea, Darrell Holmes, Mark Moffit
2004: Dennis Barger, Laura Chappell, Colby Strom, Brent Tucker
2005: Tom French, Carol Moore
2006: Leigh Johnson, Lon Phillips, Rick Weber
2007: David Doust, Mike Honiker, Dr. David Miller, Greg Willis
2008: Patrick Bell, Stefani Little, Tom Dillon
2009: Randy Watson, Ken Gross, Shawn Lafave

Deadline for nominations is May 1st.
Click here to download Nomination Form

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Upcoming Events

Etowah District Eagle Board
September 23, 2010 (7:00 PM)
NEGA Council Webelos Woods
September 24, 2010 (4:00 PM)
District Roundtable
October 14, 2010 (7:00 AM)
BALOO Training
October 16, 2010 (9:00 AM)
Etowah Distict Eagle Board
October 28, 2010 (7:00 PM)
District Roundtable
November 11, 2010 (8:00 AM)

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