Upcoming BALOO Trainings

Jul 16, 2011 by WebNews

IS YOUR PACK READY?

 

 

 

B. A. L. O. O.

 

Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation

 

 

Are YOU thinking about CAMPING with your Pack?

 

Is your Pack striving for the Gold Journey to Excellence Award?

 

The Boy Scouts of America requires that any Cub Scout Pack conducting a Pack Family Campout have a BALOO trained parent not only instrumental in the planning of the campout but this parent must also be present during the entire campout period. AND – having BALOO trained leaders in your pack is one of the requirements for the new Journey to Excellence Award for Packs!

 

Is your Pack planning a Pack campout this year?

 

Does your pack have several BALOO trained leaders?

 

If not, your pack needs to get a few of your parents to attend BALOO training so your Pack’s campout will go off without a hitch.

 

Therefore, it is strongly suggested that Packs have at least 3 or more BALOO trained parents.

 

BALOO training is for any parent, with or without camping experience. During the training you will learn what constitutes an acceptable campsite for Cub Scout Family Camping, what activities are considered age appropriate for your campout in addition to learning some simple cooking ideas and getting information on equipment and how to set up a campsite. You’ll also learn about BSA’s Health and Safety requirements and get some first hand experience in planning a campout program for your pack.

 

Most districts have class size limits and cannot accommodate walk-in participants for outdoor training classes so make sure that you register early to guarantee that you have a seat and to help avoid having the class you want to attend cancelled because there are not enough registered participants.

 

	DATE	HOST DISTRICT	LOCATION	TIME	TO REGISTER FOR TRAINING CONTACT:	FOR QUESTIONS ONLY CONTACT:
	7/30/11	Lake	LDS Church, Leesburg	8:30am – 4pm	Contact Cher Carl at carlsowlnest@comcast.net	Contact Cher Carl at carlsowlnest@comcast.net
	8/6/11	Fort Gatlin	First Baptist Church of Orlando	8:30am-4pm	Contact Howard Kaplan at 407.683.8071 or training@fortgatlin.org	Contact Howard Kaplan at 407.683.8071 or training@fortgatlin.org
	9/10/11	Osceola	TBD	9AM – 4PM	Send an email to Denice Cowell at denice.cowell@hotmail.com and include your name, BSA ID #, unit #, position, district, phone #, email address, name and date of the class you want to attend	Contact Denice Cowell at                407-396-4586 or denice.cowell@hotmail.com
	9/24/11	Apopka Shores	First United Methodist Church of Winter Garden	8am – 4pm	Send email to apopkashorestraining@gmail.com and include your name, BSA ID #, unit #, position, district, phone #, email address, name and date of the class you want to attend	Contact Tracy Winsor at apopkashorestraining@gmail.com
	10/1/11	Little Econ	Tuskawilla Presbyterian Church, SR 426 between SR417 & Tuskawilla Rd, Oviedo	8:30am – 5pm	Send email to littleecontraining@yahoo.com and include name, BSA ID #, unit #, position, district, phone #, email address, name and date of the class you want to attend	Contact Jim Carten at architectjim3@yahoo.com
	10/1/11	Three Rivers	Spruce Creek Park,         6250 Ridgewood Ave, Port Orange	8AM – 5PM	Contact Cindy Miller at cmill112@hotmail.com	Contact Cindy Miller at cmill112@hotmail.com
	10/16/11	Riverside	Wickham Park	12n – 5pm	Contact Renee Waldrop at renee_waldrop@yahoo.com	Contact Renee Waldrop at renee_waldrop@yahoo.com
	11/5/11	Seminole Springs	Rolling Hills Moravian Church on SR434	7am check-in	Contact Donald Dillon at 407.736.7912 or dhdillon@hotmail.com	Contact Donald Dillon at 407.736.7912 or dhdillon@hotmail.com

 

 

If your District is not listed above, please contact your District Training Chair or your District Executive to find out if BALOO training is being offered in your District. You can also check the Council’s Training Website for additional information. As more information is received, it will be added to future announcements. All districts are asked to send their complete training schedules to Nell Colbert at necolbert@usa.net ASAP so that information for all districts can be include in future training promotional announcements.

 

Please remember, prior registration is required for all training events in order to give the training staff adequate time to prepare for handouts, craft materials and food for the course. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL – follow the registration instructions given below.

 

NOTE – some districts may have attendance caps so don’t wait until the last minute to register and please remember – a scout is courteous: if you will not be able to attend a training session for which you register, please remember to cancel your registration so that your slot may be opened up to someone else who would like to attend.

 

 

 

Complete listings for all training opportunities can be found on the training page on the council website:

http://cflscouting.org/Leaders/Training/tabid/71/Default.aspx

 

Please remember that in order to recharter for 2012, all direct contact leaders must be fully basic leader trained for their position. For more information about this new training requirement, go to:

http://cflscouting.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=F8jOZAsXUXQ%3d&tabid=451

 

 

YOUR CUB SCOUTS WANT TO GO CAMPING!

IS YOUR PACK READY?

 

 

 

 

An untrained leader working with our Youth is simply unacceptable!