2026 Fall BALOO

EVERY SCOUT DESERVES
A TRAINED LEADER!
Join us for BALOO Training!
Date: October 17th & 18th
Check IN opens at 8:00 am
Classes begin 8:45am
Finished by 11:00am on Sunday
REGISTRATION FEE:
$45 If you register by October 1
$50 regular registration fee
You must submit registration and pay, if you do not pay then you are NOT registered.
Location: Camp Buck Toms, 373 Camp Buck Toms Road, Rockwood, TN 37854 at the Pinnacle.
This training has a required online prerequisite that can be found at www.my.scouting.org
Sign in or Create Account, click BSA Learn Center, then click "BALOO" under "Expanded Learning." All participants must bring copy of certificate to training. You also must bring a copy of your current Safeguarding Youth Training and Scouting America medical forms A&B.
The Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) equipment list is below. Please remember to pack equipment appropriate for the weather you are set to encounter. Note: Weather conditions can change suddenly. As always, BE PREPARED.
- Tent (required)
- Sleeping bag
- Pillow
- Towels
- Extra blanket (if weather forecast is for cold weather)
- Tarp (for under tent)
- Toiletries
- Jacket
- Rain Jacket
- Socks, Undergarments
- Uniform
- Clothes to sleep in
- Pen/pencil
Contact Bethany Benjamen at 865-455-6722 or bethany.benjamen@scouting.org
THIS IS AN OVERNIGHT TRAINING. PLEASE BRING YOUR OVERNIGHT CAMPING, AND TOILETRY ITEMS. A TENT IS REQUIRED, THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE PINNACLE AT CAMP BUCK TOMS AND THERE IS NO OPTION TO SLEEP IN AN ADIRONDACK. WE WILL MAKE ACCOMODATIONS FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO USE A C-PAP OR HAVE OTHER MEDICAL NEEDS.
NOTE: Breakfast will NOT be provided 10/17 and lunch will NOT be provided 10/18.





