Featured Events and Activities
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Does your car still have a race left in it? Do you want to see how your car fares against the Council's best? Do you want to cheer your son on one more time this year? If you answer yes to any of these questions, the All Council Pinewood Derby on April 15 at Gengras Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram in East Hartford is THE race for you.
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The Connecticut Rivers Council has secured a limited number of spaces for the Camp-In Program at the Boston Museum of Science. A Camp-In at the Museum of Science is a special program that inspires children to discover science in an entertaining, educational, and interactive way. the Camp-In is open to all registered Cub Scouts and their adult chaperones.
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These camps are open to all Scouts who have earned First Class rank. These fun-filled weeks allow Scouts to concentrate on those sometimes “hard to get” Eagle-required merit badges. All Scouts are placed in a “Trail to Eagle” troop at camp and work together as a troop, attending merit badge sessions and participating in other fun-filled camp programs.
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An opportunity to meet with your counselors, present information on Merit Badge requirements completed since camp and work on missing requirements.
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More Details Coming Soon - Stay Tuned for Fantastic Details
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Boy Scouts Specialty Camps: Coastal Rhode Island
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Join more than 400 Scouters from across Connecticut at the premier Scout Training!
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Find out how you can become a partner in motivating and educating a new generation of students about the ocean, science, and the wonders of the undersea world.
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Have a fun day of aviation activities and advancements and then sleep among historic aircraft at the New England Air Museum on May 19-20. For the first time ever the Connecticut Air Museum is opening its doors to the Connecticut Rivers Council. Take this opportunity to have fun and learn amid some of the coolest antique aircraft and automobiles that you can encounter.
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Save money off admission to the Connecticut Science Center on this special Scout Day!
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Camp Nautical is an opportunity for any Sea Scout attending to gain skills and experience. Advancement can be a source of pride and measure of your success in Scouting. Advancement in Sea Scouting is a measure of your nautical knowledge and your performance as a leader.
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Join us for the Annual Sporting Clay Shoot for Scouting,
Friday, April 20, 2012. Hosted by the Dover Furnace Shooting Grounds, 30 Ore Bed Road, Dover, New York.
www.doverfurnace.com
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Nearly 70 rappellers took a Giant Step for Scouting on September 9 at the Connecticut River Plaza in Hartford, Connecticut. These daredevils raised funds for Scouting as their friends donated to see if they would rappel 17 Stories. Includes photo links and next year's registration link.
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Harlem Globetrotters, Monster Jam and Disney on Ice Scout discounted tickets! Check these great deals out!
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Boy Scouts of America requires that a minimum of one person in each crew (Group) be Wilderness First Aid trained and certified to participate at all BSA National and Council High Adventure camps (i.e. Philmont, etc.)
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Are you the type of person who would have liked to be the first person to try Disney World, at the gates the day Yellowstone Park opened or on Brownsea Island when Baden Powell first tried out his ideas about Scouting? If you are, then the Summit Shakedown is for you.
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PADI Scuba: full week long Open Water Certification. All participants must be in good health and provide a PADI required medical history and informed consent form. There is no minimum age requirement, but participants need to not only be strong swimmers.
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Scouts enrolling for Citizenship Day will have the opportunity to earn two of the following Merit Badges: Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, and Communications.
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Provides Scouts the opportunity to come together under a formal program to learn, experience, share, and grow in appreciation of the shooting sports. The camp themes offered in the program are designed for discovery. They provide exposure to the many different activities available in shooting sports and offer campers the opportunity to explore them in a safe, controlled environment.
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A “Survivor” themed program awaits Scouts who will work on Wilderness Survival merit badge and practice basic skills of Leave No Trace. Scouts will spend the weekend at Colonial Outpost.
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It is never too late for a unit to sign up to attend one of our three Boy Scout camps next summer. Just log on to the council website to complete a reservation. As of the end of October 139 troops have made a commitment to attend a Connecticut Rivers camp next summer. According to our records, there are about another two dozen of our units that always attend and have not yet made a reservation.
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Come celebrate professional hockey in Hartford with the Scouts. The Connecticut Whale - the exciting new franchise - plays the highest quality hockey; exciting and fun for the whole family with Scout activities included. Special sleepover night on Saturday January 28th!
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Join the Rock Cats for a sleepover at New Britain Stadium!
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The only University of Scouting in Connecticut offering a wide variety of classes to a wide variety of Scouters. No matter where you stand on the training spectrum there is something new that you can experience.
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Boy Scout Day at Old Sturbridge Village offers Boy Scouts, and their families and friends, the opportunity to learn about America's proud past!
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Join The Children's Museum in West Hartford for an exciting overnight experience with more than 100 animals and a brand new, limited time exhibit!
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Help us test the Summit! This is an exciting opportunity for youth and adults to be among the first to camp at the Summit Bechtel Reserve and to play an important role in the final planning process for the 2013 National Scout Jamboree. Registrations are now open for Boy Scouts and Venturers interested in attending.
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Your support of Scouting is very important. Please join us on May 21st at 8 am, Topstone Golf Course for a round of golf to support the Scouting program in the Connecticut Rivers Council.
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This is a challenging program for Scouts 13 or older and Venturers. Participants select one of four core programs.
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Find out about Wood Badge and request an invitation to join here.
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