Long Beach Area Council Boy Scouts

Spring Aquatics Camp starts today! April 5-9, have fun at the Long Beach Sea Scout Base & Aquatics Center right here in town. Earn merit badges, see your friends, have tons of fun! Both virtual and hybrid in-person options available. See more info here: www.longbeachbsa.org/seabase/camp

Family Camping at Tahquitz starts today! Enjoy a night or two (or three!) at Camp Tahquitz. Choose from tent camping or stay in a cabin. Click the photo/link below for more info. Open now through April 18.

Long Beach Scouts are being given priority for the Summer 2021 NYLT waitlist, so get your reservation in before Thursday, April 8! ONLY 8 SPOTS REMAINING for Long Beach Scouts must act fast! Reserve your spot with a $25 deposit. Youth must have the following qualifications by the beginning of the course:... --Scout must be at least 14 years old --Must have achieved First Class Rank --Have a unit leader recommendation National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action-packed program designed for councils to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.

GO CAMPING at Tahquitz! We are opening up family tent camping and cabin rentals this weekend through mid-April. Set up your tent in a campsite for $10 per person per night. Get outdoors this weekend or next week. Limited spots available. Click the photo link for more info!

Super cool for Cub Scouts! This Adventure is for Bear, Webelos, and Arrow of Light Scouts as they learn the benefits of modular designing and building within the fun and exciting world of Snap Ships. Snap Ships has provided great video resources that can be used for virtual or in person den meetings. The Den Leader can present these recognitions instantly either in person or virtually. There are no adventure loops or pins to purchase for this adventure. This preview adventure the concept of digital recognition is being tested. Instead of Adventure Loops and Pins as instant recognition there is a congratulatory video, a license to build, along with a 25% off code for any Snap Ship purchase on Amazon. When your den has completed this Adventure, record completion in Scoutbook.

FOUR spots left for Oceanography Merit Badge! We have a GREAT opportunity for Scouts to earn this badge in partnership with the Aquarium of the Pacific right here in Long Beach. Classes will be broadcast virtually. Must be able to attend both Thursdays January 14 and 21 from 4:30 to 5:45pm. Act fast using this link here: https://www.aquariumofpacific.org//boy_scout_oceanography/

Snow at Camp Tahquitz! Director Joe reports that this most recent storm dumped about 12-14". Joe and his wife Kerry are doing well.

From our family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you all in 2021!

Last call for Winter Tech Camp! Starting this coming Monday, December 28. Three day virtual camp, choose from 4 merit badges. Easy sign up here: www.longbeachbsa.org/seabase/camp

How many pins, patches, and Scout items can you spot in this photo? If you said tens of thousands, you're probably right. Today we double count all the items in our Scout Shop as we do at the end of every year. (Truth be told, Sandy - the real hero here - started counting every item in the shop weeks ago.) We want to thank everyone who supported us during difficult times this year. We look forward to re-opening our store on Monday, January 4, 2021. Curbside pickup has been effective, quick, safe, and easy!

Gusty winds in the Long Beach area today, but Camp Tahquitz got a good dusting of snow yesterday. Enjoy some views of the camp truck, the lake, the bridge, and camp entrance courtesy of new Tahquitz Director Joe Warner. Stay safe and warm, Joe!

An excellent article! We are very proud of you, Lily!

We want to thank the Lakewood Rotary Club for their support of our local Scouting program. Rotarian Jon Gotz presents a check to Scout Executive John Fullerton in front of the Long Beach Scout Office.

Scouting for Food is coming up! Can we count on your help collecting food? Next Saturday, November 14, you'll collect food that people have left on their porch and deliver to one of two locations in the council - all contactless. More info here:www.longbeachbsa.org/sff We have a few boxes of bags left at the Scout office. We can also help printing your flyer if you have one to attach to bags. ... Every year, hundreds of Scouts canvass neighborhoods to collect canned food, dry goods, and other items to help people in our community. If you're able to help, please contact Rosa at [email protected] or at 562-427-0911 to verify your collection area.

Congratulations to the winners of the Cub-BOO-Ree event photo contest. We want to thank everyone who participated! We will have certificates available for pickup at the Scout Shop next week. You can see the winning photos and the Top 3 Photos selected here: www.longbeachbsa.org/cubbooree

Such a cool Trick or Treat Drive Through! What an awesome conclusion to the 2020 Cub-BOO-Ree!! Thank you to everyone who drove through the scout office parking lot today! (And still a few more cars coming right now!) Great job, Scouts!

We are absolutely loving the photos coming in on today’s CUB-BOO-REE!! What an awesome event going on today and tomorrow. Keep posting your pumpkin carvings, scary costumes, and yummy treats... and use the hashtags #cubbooree #longbeachbsa so we can find them. Looking forward to tonight!

Paper shredding event: happening right now! If you have paper and documents you need to shred, Troop 74 is hosting a contactless, drive through option. Very organized and quick! Corner of Willow and Woodruff, in the big parking lot. Enter on Gondar one street east of Woodruff. Now through 1pm. Well done, Scouts!

New! Take your pack or troop to the Long Beach Sea Base to enjoy canoeing or kayaking on Saturdays. Limit 16 people. Registrations are now open for time slots 9am-noon, and 1-4pm. Check out more info here: https://www.longbeachbsa.org/seabaseyearround

Join us tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 20th at 6:30pm for the next live YPT training via Zoom. Youth Protection is a required training, so here's a convenient opportunity to complete it. Easy and quick registration here: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZcocOqpqT8jHdRI-33D6bX6Xvugw3Vzw Last chance for tomorrow night's training! Please share with other Scout parents and leaders who might need this. PS - our training team does a really good job with this training!

Reason to celebrate! Today in history: six years ago, the bridge across Highway 38 was installed. This project was the culmination of many, many people determined to provide safe access to both sides of Camp Tahquitz spanning a busy state highway. Have you walked across the bridge? Let us know in the comments! Check out more photos from the installation day on October 15, 2014 in this album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5onDkF

We want to thank the Employees Community Fund of Boeing for their recent contribution to Scouting in the Long Beach Area Council. #BoeingInspires

Shopping on Amazon today or tomorrow? Remember you can designate our council - Long Beach Area Council - as your preferred charity. Through the AmazonSmile program, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchases to us. There is no set-up cost to you and you get the same prices, products and service you're used to when shopping on Amazon. Every time you buy (not just these two days) you can support our local council. Just go to smile.amazon.com to get started. Set Up AmazonSmile ...in the App From within the App, click the menu (). --scroll to the very bottom and click "Settings." --click "AmazonSmile." --add Long Beach Area Council, Boy Scouts of America to activate. --start shopping Set Up AmazonSmile for Desktop --sign-in at smile.amazon.com --add Long Beach Area Council, BSA (search if needed) --check the top-left corner to confirm you are on AmazonSmile, and start shopping! Remember you can contribute to us every day of the year that you shop on Amazon! Thank you for all the ways you support our local program - we do appreciate it greatly.