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This is the Cub Scout leader training required for any Cub Scout den or pack camping overnighters and Webelos den overnighters.  This training will include the safety information necessary to take your Cub Scouts away, as well as additional activities like Geocaching, hiking, and knife safety that can be carried out while you are away, as well as recipes and camp cooking techniques like foil packets and box ovens.  We will spend the night in a tent at Camp Preston Hunt.

This is a two-part training and the online portion must be completed before the in-person training. It can be done at www.my.scouting.org.

IOLS

Who should take this training?

New Scouts BSA Scoutmasters (highest-ranking adult volunteer leader working with youth in a Scouts BSA Troop) and Assistant Scoutmasters

Why should I take this training?

Scouting’s outdoor program is a critical part of how the Scouts BSA program develops young leaders. While camping or participating in other outdoor events, your Scouts will challenge themselves to learn skills they’ve never tried before or maybe didn’t think they could do. In doing so, your Scouts will work together as a team to overcome adversity when things don’t go as planned; this is truly the magic of Scouting that no other program does as well.

To safely offer Scouting’s outdoor program, however, you need a certain set of skills and knowledge – and that’s why you’re required to take Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (also known as “IOLS”) Training. You’ll learn how to build a fire, use an axe, cook outdoors, use a map and compass, responsibly care for the outdoors, and much more. Even if you weren’t a Scout as a kid, you’ll come out of this course looking and acting like a seasoned camper. This course, combined with Youth Protection Training and the Scoutmaster-Specific Training course, will make you an “fully trained” Scouts BSA leader.

If you have any food allergies, please indicate this in the comments.

It costs $30/person and you must register in advance to attend.  Registration closes on  1/20 at 11pm.  If you have any questions, please contact  David Melson at davidcaddobsa@gmail.com