By Denise Lesniak, SR VP Membership Add to Your Scouts BSA Troop! It was one year ago, this month that we welcomed troops for girls into Scouts, BSA at Mount Baker Council. We currently have 11 of these troops serving almost 100 young women. We also have 135 troops for boys serving over 2600 young […]
Family Friends of Scouting Campaign Each year we invite the families of our current Scouts, as well as some of our alumni, to contribute toward the actual cost of providing the services, personnel, events and facilities needed to support the 170 Packs, Troops, Teams, Crews, Ships and Posts served by the Mount Baker Council. It […]
Vision 2025 – On Membership By Steven Davis, Council President As part of our semi-annual off-site retreat, the Council Executive Board met the first weekend in January to review our accomplishments of 2019 and to compare our progress and strategic planning against our Vision 2025 – the councils’ 5-year plan. Vision 2025 focuses on our […]
Fire Mountain Scout Camp Camp Leaders Dinner Join us at Fire Mountain Scout Camp for dinner and a presentation about outdoor programs and opportunities available to your unit in 2020. When: Sunday, Feb. 23; 4:00-6:00pmWhere: Dining Hall at Camp! We will be sampling some of the new menu items for summer camp 2020, come prepared […]
Day Camp 2020! Cub Scout County Fair North Cascades Berthersun Park (Lynden) Twilight June 29-July 3 Fire Mtn (Mount Vernon) Day August 10-13 Oak Harbor Twilight July 13-17 Pilchuck Harvey Field (Snohomish) Day August 3-6 McKinley (Arlington) Day June 22-25 Salish Sea Silver Lake (Everett) Day August 17-20 […]
Fire Mountain Scout Camp Gaches’ Farm House: GOING OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY The Gaches’ Farm House built in 1903 has served camp staff, volunteers, and all Scouters well for all of the 48 years it has been owned by the Council. Health and Safety issues and the need to regrade the upper parade […]
Octi-Bites Order of the Arrow | News Worth Knowing …Sikhs Mox Lamonti Lodge visits Scouts BSA Troops and Venture Crews every year to perform unit elections, promote camping and outdoor activities, and offer cheerful service in many forms. The visitation season runs from January 1 to May 31 each year. Reach out to your Chapter […]
Give the gift of Scouting! The holidays are just around the corner – think Scouting! What a great gift idea for parents, grandparents and all families to give their youth. Just think about it. A yearlong gift of friendships, adventures, outdoor skills and camping – just to name a few. Scouting is a gift that […]
Who says anniversaries have to come in 5’s and 10’s? Next summer, Fire Mountain will be hosting Scouts for its 48th year in a row! Camp is taking reservations now and is already more than half full for this exciting summer season. Don’t miss out on the adventure of a lifetime! A week spent at […]
It is time again for all Scouts, adult volunteers, and charter organizations to renew their membership with the Boy Scouts of America and pay their annual registration fees. All units in our council must complete and turn in their Charter renewal no later than December 31, 2019. All though all our districts have already held […]
