Calling all Webelos and Arrow of Light Scouts! Webelos/AOL Pin Day will be held on Saturday, November 1st, 2025 from 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM at the Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC), 1825 N. Bluemound Dr in Appleton. The cost of the event is $35.00 per Scout, which includes a taco bar lunch.  If registering after 10/26/25, no lunch will be included, as we need to get our lunch counts in by 10/27, in order to have enough food ready (cost will be $30.00 with no lunch). You may bring your own lunch, if need be. Pins will be taught by some of our local Scouts BSA Troops and the available Pins are listed below.

Scouts can earn up to three Pins, taking one Pin per session. Session 1 will be 8:15am-9:55am, Session 2 will be 10:00am-11:40am, and Session 3 will be 12:50-2:30pm.  A lunch break will be from 11:45am-12:45pm in the FVTC Commons/Cafeteria area.  Pre-registration is required, youth will NOT be allowed to sign up for classes on the day of the event. Each pin is limited to 25-30 youth per session. Dens are encouraged to register as a group, to ensure that they can take pins together.  Pins will not be awarded at this event, scouts will have to communicate completion of pins to their unit advancement chair or Cubmaster.

There will be a “Meet the Troops” event happening at lunch in the commons area, where many Gathering Waters Scouts BSA Troops will have a display table set up.  Webelos/Arrow of Light scouts and their parents are encouraged to interact with the troops to help them see how they do scouting at the next level. Even if you do not sign up for Pin Day, you are welcome to come in and meet the troops from 11:45am-12:45pm.

Adults will also have an opportunity to attend a “Webelos to Scouts BSA Transition” presentation from 8:00am-9:00am and be able to attend adult leader training sessions throughout the day (sign up in the Pin Day registration) at no cost.  Other adult leader trainings will include Cub Scout Leader Training, so if you are a new leader, make sure to attend this training!

Parents should NOT expect to attend the Adventure Pins with their scout and can plan to pick up their scout at the end of their last session, in room A170A at 2:30pm.  Please have your scout bring a water bottle with them and mark their name on it somewhere as well.  

Check-in will be from 7:15am-7:45am in room A170A (enter through door 16 in the North Parking Lot), so plan to attend at that time, so everyone is ready to go by 7:55am for the opening flag ceremony. Please bring a copy of your Health Form for your Scout, parts A & B only, these will be collected and kept.

Webelos and AOL Adventure Pins:

-Art Explosion (Webelos) and Champions for Nature (AOL): Hosted by Troop 12

-My Community (Webelos) and Citizenship (AOL): Hosted by Troop 9

-Earth Rocks (Webelos) and Estimations (AOL): Hosted by Troop 67

-Engineer (AOL): Hosted by Troop 73

-My Safety (Webelos) and First Aid (AOL): Hosted by Troop 77/177

-Knife Safety (AOL), High Tech Outdoors (AOL), and Aware & Care (Webelos): Hosted by Troop 2

-Into the Woods (AOL): Hosted by Troops 31/104

-Stronger, Faster, Higher (Webelos): Hosted by Troop 59

-Webelos Walkabout (Webelos): Hosted by Den Chiefs

Training Classes:

Den Chief Training for Scouts BSA youth- Hosted by: Trish Walheim

Cub Scout Leader Training - Hosted by: Thomas Hiles & Jason Splinter

Eagle Coach Training - Hosted by: Stacy Felton

Merit Badge Counselor Training - Hosted by: Stacy Felton

Webelos to Scout Transition Training - Hosted by: Christopher Allen

Leave No Trace Training - Hosted by: Justin Yanke

Safeguarding Youth Training (formerly called YPT) - Hosted by: Kent Pauli