The 2010 Popcorn Sale Kick-Off will take place on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at the Nolan Ryan Center in Alvin from 6:30 pm-8:00pm.  Join us for a fun filled evening of popcorn training! Even if you are a repeat kernel you wont want to miss this! Our Trails-end salesman, Chris Sallusti, will be there to educate you [...] [Read more...]

Bay Area Council 2010 Philmont Application Scouts interested in going to Philmont please download, the below application, fill out, and mail to the council office with deposit. Thank you, John Bernzen philmont_2010_application.pdf  [Read more...]

Fort Rooke at Camp Karankawa is now open for business: Fort Rooke -1 [/caption] Fort Rooke - 2 [caption id="attachment_573" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Fort Rooke Entrance"]Fort Rooke Front View Fort Rooke - 3 [/caption] Fort Rooke - 4 [caption id="attachment_575" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Fort Rooke Stairs"]Fort Rook Courtyard Fort Rooke - 5  [Read more...]

Scouts In Action Here is a link to a great Scouts In Action story. Link to video: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=7065148  [Read more...]

Bay Area Council New Scouting Unit Locator The Bay Area Council has added a new unit locator to the council website. The unit locator includes all of the different scouting units in the Bay Area Council which lists: Boy Scout Troop Locator Cub Scout Pack Locator Venturing Crew Locator Sea Scouts Ship Locator Varsity Scouts Troop Locator Explorer Post Locator Click HERE to visit [...] [Read more...]

Here is a recent local article in the Houston chronicle. Enjoy the read, it’s pretty good stuff. Chuck Herrera Got Leaders? By DAVID A. WATSON Updated: 04.06.09 The Journal of Pearland Among the wisest and most thought-provoking questions I’ve heard raised in quite some time came recently from our very own Tom Reid, Pearland’s Mayor of many years. During an awards ceremony [...] [Read more...]

Message from Coastal District Executive Please remember to mark your calendars with our District Banquet on March 12, 2009. The District Awards of merit nominations were submitted at our December Roundtable, so look fro our recipients. Additionally, our District Cub-O-Ree is fast approaching the dates are April 24th and 25th. If you have any comments of suggestion [...] [Read more...]

Weaver Popcorn Company Issues a Nationwide Precautionary Voluntary Recall of 9.5 oz. Trail’s End® Caramel Corn with Peanuts. Contact: Cathy Yingling (317) 264-5860 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 4, 2009 - As a result of the expansion of Peanut Corporation of America’s (PCA) Salmonella related recall to include all peanut ingredient products produced in their Blakely, Georgia facility... [Read more...]

December 2, 2008 TO: Scout executives, Group directors, Area directors, Department managers, Regional directors, and High-adventure bases FROM: Mark L. Dama Team Leader, Risk Management SUBJECT: CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT As a follow-up to the November 12 memo from James Terry Jr. regarding the new safety requirements contained within the Federal Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act... [Read more...]

100th Anniversary National Jamboree (wanna go?) July 26 - August 4, 2010 To date there are 81 Scouts signed up for the 2010 100th Anniversary National Jamboree. This means there are only 27 spaces left. Now is the time to act on this once-in-a-lifetime event! The Jamboree Steering Committee has selected the Scoutmasters for the Bay Area [...] [Read more...]

2009 Friends of Scouting Campaign Begins… Your support is needed more than ever…Our Friends of Scouting Campaign for 2009 is currently being organized. Please schedule your unit Family presentation for January, February or March. Each District will conduct a series of “Golden Eagle” Breakfast Events beginning in February. Friends of Scouting Goals for 2009: Coastal District... [Read more...]