Note - Boy Scout Troops - There will be no District Spring Camporee in 2010.
In it's place schedule your Troop for "Star Camp Centennial Celebration Event" More Info: StarCamp
 
Day Camp Rank Advancement For Camp 1 (Pirate Camp) can be found on the Events Page
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The Shakopee Venture Crew is sponsoring the River Rally Hot Rod and Classic Car Show every other Friday night.

This event is being held in scenic down town Shakopee from 5pm to 9pm.
  The dates of the car show are:
July 3rd
July 17th
July31st
August 14th
Augist 28th
Sept 11th
Sept 25th

The cost of admission for this event : FREE 
Refreshments and food are being sold by the Venture Crew. Come out and
have some fun and support our Crew
 

NFL and Minnesota Vikings need Volunteers

The NFL and the Minnesota Vikings need volunteers for the National 7 on 7 tournament July 10th and July 11th. They need 6 volunteers to help out during each the four sessions listed below. You can sign up for one or multiple sessions.

Friday July 10 AM (7 am – Noon)
Friday July 10 PM (Noon – 5 pm)
Saturday July 11 AM (7 am – Noon)
Saturday July 11 PM (Noon – 5 pm)

Volunteers must be at least 15 years old. (No exceptions). Can be male or female.
Some of the areas that they would need assistance with would be garbage, filling up coolers, score keepers, runners and parking.
Volunteers will receive a t-shirt to wear at the event.
More information about what the 7 on 7 tournament is can be found at http://www.nflyouthpd.com/7on7/index.html If you are interested and can commit to one or more sessions or have a question, please email Bill Anderson-Horecka at:
Billa-h@northernstarbsa.org
First come, first serve. Thank you!

2 Millionth Eagle Scout!

Anthony T. of Troop 471, in Dan Patch District, is the 2 millionth Eagle Scout.  Anthony is a 16 year old who has achieved his Eagle Scout and  will be the representative for Scouts on a National level over the next year with a meeting with President Obama, Parades, and many other appearances. 

"Baton" handed off
Mike Alexander is Dan Patch Districts new District Committee Chair.

On June 2nd the District Committee met and held elections for the 2009-2010 District Committee Members.

A big thank you to our Nominating Committee for all their work, interviews, report and recommendations!

 

Reminder.........Packs and Troops - with the end of the 08-09 year you may have some change over in your Units. Please remember to email Julie with any changes in your Units contact info! (Go to "About Us" page and click on your unit number - if your Unit number is Black no info has been provided to date - please email current to Julie.)

Email Julie (DP District Webmaster) 

 

What is the eNavigator you ask? 

Navigator Going Greener

The combination of a challenging economy, concern for better stewardship of paper/resources as well as the opportunity to utilize technology for more timely communications have converged to make for some upcoming changes to our Navigator newsletter.  The number of paper issues will be reduced from nine to eight per year.

This will mean for the balance of 2009, instead of the current May/June/July, August, September, October and November/December issues, we will go with a bi-monthly schedule of May/June, July/August, September/October and November/December.

This reduction in print will be more than offset by an increase in electronic communications with the debut of an e-Newsletter Version of the Navigator this summer. It will be more than a PDF of the paper version, but instead will have brief news items with links to details that readers can select based on their interest. It will have a number of versions and readers will have the opportunity to subscribe to the categories they choose.

A joint effort between the council’s Marketing and Technology Committees, this will be a state of the art communication that will make the information necessary for a successful Scouting experience be even more accessible for both leaders and member’s families.

Sign up to receive the eNavigator
 

Patch Yahoo Group.
Dan Patch has a new communication tool for volunteers. It is a yahoo group called Dan Patch.  This is a great opportunity to stay informed about upcoming training events, activities, promotions, and keeping in contact with each other. The following are some instructions on how to go about doing this.     Instructions to joining Dan Patch Yahoo Group 
You need an email address and a free Yahoo Groups account.   
Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DanPatch follow the instructions on setting up the free account and joining the group. It is really easy to do and the instructions are pretty straight forward.
Help Wanted.
Are you interested in getting involved in a different level of Scouting?  Do you have organizational skills you are dying to use?  Do you have ideas for campouts or activities that you would like to see used?  Do you love Scouting and want to help out wherever needed?  Or do you just like to get involved and contribute?  If the answer to any of these questions is YES, then we are looking for you.  The district is a place where many things in Scouting happen and we are in need of some people to take on some of these important roles.  Extensive Scouting experience is not required, only a desire to help make some great things happen!
Council News

 

Scouting for Uniforms Returns in July

With the theme “Keep the Memories, Donate the Uniform,” Pilgrim Dry Cleaners is once again sponsoring a July uniform collection drive. Uniforms of all programs will be collected and distributed to youth members who could not otherwise afford one.

More info 

Follow Northern Star Council on Twitter
Northern Star Council is on Twitter!

For council news and updates, follow us at  www.twitter.com/northernstarbsa!

 

Minnesota Swarm


The Minnesota Swarm is excited to partner with Northern Star Council for another season.

100 Years of Local Scouting:
Pre-Order a Centennial History book

Own a piece of Scouting history! Our specially commissioned Centennial History Book provides a great way to commemorate this milestone.

Important Dates
(click on blue highlighted for more info)

July 10th   Burnsville Day Camp 2
July 13th   Savage Day Camp 2
July 24th   Bloomington Day Camp 2
July 27th   Shakopee Day Camp 2
August 20th   Program Kick-Off

Roundtable Handouts
for 
 

Cub Scouts

Boy Scouts

What is Roundtable?

Dan Patch District Committee Notes

 

Leader Helps

 

South Side
Uniform Exchange

Info and Contacts

 

Cub Scout Award of the Month


Emergency Preparedness BSA

To encourage Scouts of all ages to be prepared for emergencies, the BSA has approved an Emergency Preparedness Award program for members of all ages.

Info and form
 

Boy Scout Award of the Month

Available to Scouts, Venturers, and Scouters

 Info
 

 

                  Updated June 2009