BEAVER VALLEY DISTRICT Serving the Communities of: Aliquippa, Ambridge, Baden, Beaver, Beaver Falls, Brighton Twp., Center Township, Conway, Darlington, Economy Boro, Elwood City, Enon Valley, Fair Oaks, Fombell, Freedom, Georgetown, Harmony, Hookstown, Industry, Koppel, Midland, Monaca, New Brighton, New Galilee, Ohioville, Rochester, Shippingport, South Heights, Wampum, West Aliquippa and West Bridgewater
Join My GPC-BSA Please if you have not already registered at My GPC-BSA, Click on My GPC-BSA in the left column. Then click on the join tab and register. Once you have registered, Log back in on My GPC-BSA and click on Join Groups on the left column and scroll down to District news and Events and check the box next to Beaver Valley and the box next to email. then scroll down to Council Events and News and check the box next to Council calendar and the box next to email, when done scroll down and click Submit change. Please become a member. This will become an even more valuable communications tool as we go forward.                           BVD swim program! May 21st was the last day for the BVD swim program this season, see you next Season.              BOY SCOUT RIFLE SHOOTING ACTIVITY or                                 BSA Rifle Merit Badge   Goal:  To provide beginning shooters with an introduction to the knowledge, skills and attitude necessary to responsibly use a bolt  action .22 rifle. Please see the Boy Scout Rifle Shooting Activity page for more details.       BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SPECIALITY PLATE Show your Scouting Spirit by purchasing a new BSA plate! The Boy Scouts of America specialty plate is designed to raise community awareness. You can show your support of the Boy Scouts of America by replacing your current PA state license plate with this special Boy Scouts of America plate.  Eligibility: Specialty plates are restricted to passenger vehicles, light trucks and motor homes with a registered gross weight of not more that 9,000 lbs. Motorcycles and trailers do not qualify for specialty registration plates Costs: There is a one-time fee of $35.00. The total $35.00 payment should be made out to the Greater Pittsburgh Council, B.S.A. The Greater Pittsburgh Council will take care of the distribution from each plate fee: PennDOT will receive $20.00 (as indicated on page two of this form), the balance is used for plate production and a contribution to Scouting.   Application form>>>                         What is Wood Badge ? Click here to find out ! (Here)                             Venturing Web Site! Here is the link to the Greater Pittsburgh Venturing Web Site Click (HERE) The Venturing also has a web site: www.gpc-venturing.org		District Key Three Chairman:            John Carr               H: (724) 775-3505 Commissioner:    V. William Smith      H: (724) 775-0754 District Director:     Dave Maudie            (412) 325-7975 District Executive:  Tony Rogers            (412)-325-7976 BVD Web Content: Roy Shumaker                    Roundtable Location !  Roundtables are held at Park Presbyterian Church in Beaver. The church is located directly across from the Beaver County Court House Parking garage and leaders are encouraged to park in the garage as space is limited in the church lots.                    Boy Scout Fall Camporee!                             "NUKE JAM" When: October3-4-5, 2008 Where: Camping at the Hookstown Fair grounds. Check the Boy Scout Fall Camporee 2008 Web Page for more details.           To: All Beaver Valley District Scouters The roundtable schedule gets back from summer break this Thursday, September 4 at the Park Presbyterian Church in Beaver. There will be pre-opening activities and information at 7PM, with the opening promptly at 7:30. I trust everyone had a good summer and spent time on activities with their scouts.   In case you did not know, I attended a training conference at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and met many other scouters and BSA national staff. One of my fellow conference team is a volunteer in the NY-Northern NJ area and works with a large national electronics/appliance retail chain. Like the rest of us with real jobs and cell phones, he had a call with them to solve some problem and they got to talking about where he was and what we were doing. As it turns out, the sr. executive he was talking to at that company is an Eagle scout and decided to donate a washer/dryer to Phil for use in his district as a roundtable door prize. When he said there were about a dozen of us there that ran roundtables across the US, the Sr. exec & Eagle scout made arrangements at all of his national chain of stores to donate a washer/dryer for each of us for our roundtables to show his appreciation for what scouters do for the youth of our country. SO AT THIS THURSDAY'S ROUNDTABLE, WE WILL RAFFLE OFF A WASHER/DRYER TO A BVD SCOUTER AS A DOOR PRIZE!!! Please pass the word to all leaders in your unit so they can help you haul your prize home and get some important info for themselves. We will also have a woodbadge bead ceremony at 8:45, so it will be a full night. See you there! Steve Halavanja BVD Roundtable Commissioner                      Directions To Camps !     Directions to Camp Baker and other camps are found on the Fare Left Column Camping and then Camping Facilities & Maps, then scoll down to the camp you are looking for.                                            FOS   The Family Friends of Scouting season is once again upon us, many of you have your presentations coming up real soon, if your unit has not yet scheduled your date, please do so ASAP. We would like to have all presentations completed -by the end of April if possible. Please contact Jack Boyde 724 775-4623. This is a large part of our $82,000 goal for Beaver County with a goal for Family of $28,000. Thanks for your continued support in Beaver County.                                                                   Spring Roundup ! Although summer is just around the corner, units should still be recruiting new youth. Now is the perfect time to get new Scouts excited about the program.   Summer camp, day camp, and Cub resident camp are great ways to entice youth to join the Scouting movement and have them participate in the best summer experience right from the start. Remember, the sooner a boy gets to camp, the longer he will stay in.

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