National Outdoor Awards

September 21st, 2010

I haven’t seen anyone wearing one yet, but I’m told they’re official and available. BSA replaced the National Camping award with a more comprehensive SET of awards that recognizes a wide variety of activities. NOA has five parts. Scouts may earn any combination of those five. When the first segment is [...]

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Sinclair Sailings

March 7th, 2010

Chief Seattle Council, Sinclair District, bi-monthly (or more frequently!) newsletter.
Have something of interest to share? Email Dianna at SinclairNews@yahoo.com.
Click to choose newsletter – note: will open up as a .pdf file.
2010: April-May Sinclair Sailings
2010: March-April Sinclair Sailings
2010: February-March Sinclair Sailings
2010: December-January Sinclair Sailings
2009: October-November Sinclair Sailings
2009: September-October Sinclair Sailings
2009: August-September Sinclair Sailings

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Exclusive 100th Anniversary Merit Badges

January 13th, 2010

Hooray! They are finally official!
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In keeping with BSA’s 100th Anniversary theme, “Celebrating the Adventure, Continuing the Journey,” four retired badges will be brought back for the anniversary. These can ONLY be earned from January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010. They will go back into retirement at that point.
The specially-issued badges will [...]

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