100th Anniversary of Scouting Newsletter-January 2010

A Year of Celebration A Century of Making a Difference
We want every Scout, adult leader, and Scouting alum to have the chance to be part of our biggest milestone yet—our 1OOth Anniversary Celebration. We want to fire up the passion for Scouting while giving everyone an opportunity to make a difference—and earn recognition. Individuals can earn awards by demonstrating dedication to five of Scouting’s core values— Leadership, Achievement, Community Service, Character, and the Outdoors. Participants can earn one award in each category.
A Year of Celebration will be in effect from Sept. 1, 2009, through Dec. 31, 2010. Gamehaven’s 100th anniversary team will be highlighting a different core value ribbon each month, starting with the outdoors ribbon. Go to the scout shop to purchase the starter patch. You do not need to complete any requirements to obtain the starter patch. Then work on the requirements and earn your ribbons. Click here to print the form to obtain your ribbons. After printing the form take it to the scout shop to purchase your ribbons.

LEADERSHIP
Scouting has a proud tradition of producing great leaders. Self-determination, teamwork, and preparedness are synonymous with Scouts everywhere. For Scouting’s 1OOth Anniversary, let’s celebrate this tradition of developing youth leaders. The Year of Celebration Leadership Award encourages Scouts to explore and reflect upon the qualities of a good leader. The award recipients will work on leadership skills. The Leadership Award rewards participants for reflecting upon and sharing leadership lessons and skills. Scouts earning this award will look to role models, lead groups, and participate in leadership-building activities. Adults and alumni will build their unit leadership skills by emphasizing membership growth, volunteering, and providing role models.

Complete three of the five requirements in each category to earn that award.

Cub Scouts
1. Explain what makes a good leader and give an example of a Scout (past or present) demonstrating those qualities. Ask your parent or den leader what makes a good leader. 2. Practice being a leader such as being a denner for one week. Write or tell your parent or den leader about what you did during that week. 3. Get a friend to join Cub Scouts. 4. Organize the den to set up and take down chairs at the pack meeting. 5. With the approval of your den leader, plan and lead a den activity.
Boy Scouts
1. Identify someone from your Scouting experience you think is a good leader. Ask them what makes them an effective leader and then talk to your parent or Scoutmaster about what makes a good leader. Write 200 words on the leader you chose and share with your troop leader. 2. Teach a Scout a rank requirement and help them to a successful completion. 3. Serve in a troop or team leadership position for three months . 4. Serve as a youth staff member for a unit, district, or council event or camp. 5. Serve as a den chief for a Cub Scout or Webelos den for three months.
Venturers
1. While serving in a crew leadership role, plan a crew activity that celebrates the BSA 1OOth Anniversary. 2. Help organize, teach, and run a Quest sports day clinic for a Cub Scout pack, Boy Scout troop, Varsity team, other crew, or other youth group. 3. Serve as a youth staff member for a unit, district, or council event or camp. 4. Serve on any of your council’s Leadership Training courses. 5. Think of someone from your Scouting experience who deserves recognition for their leadership. Write 200 words on the leader you chose and share with your crew leader.
Adult Leaders
1. Help organize a new unit. 2. Compile a list of all adult and/or alumni e-mail addresses in your unit, get their permission, and submit the list to your local council Scout service center so Scouting communication can be improved. 3. Actively support a unit in at least two activities related to the BSA 1OOth Anniversary. 4. Recruit a new adult volunteer, or find a Scouting alumnus, who registers with the BSA. 5. Help any registered youth with their Year of Celebration Leadership award.
Alumni
1. Register with a unit as an assistant leader or other adult leader. Attend each unit meeting for at least two months. 2. Become involved with a district or council as a registered volunteer in support of Scouting. 3. Think of a Scouting leader (youth or adult) who made a positive difference in your life. Write a letter to the editor of a local publication about how that individual taught you about leadership. 4. Locate and meet with a Scout leader from a pack, troop, team, crew, district, or council. Let them know that you are working on this award. Ask what being a Scout leader means to them and share your thoughts on what you can do to support Scouting in your community. 5. Contact your local Scout service center. Arrange to make a donation to support the Scouting principle of youth leadership in your area in some way that is mutually beneficial to you and the local council.

100 hours of Service
Do a good turn! Participate in Gamehaven Council’s 100 Hours of Service for the 100th anniversary. Each unit is encouraged to do at least 100 hours of service in 2010. Your unit is encouraged to kick-off their 100 hours during the week of February 7, 2010 – the week of the Boy Scouts anniversary. Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/100servicekickoff See your roundtable fliers or Gamehavenbsa.org for more info

100th Anniversary blood drive
Help save a life! Donate blood through the A Scout is Helpful Blood Drive. Gamehaven Boy Scouts join the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center in encouraging Scouts and Scouters to help save lives. People 17 and older may donate while youth 16 years old may donate with a parent’s permission. The blood drive will run during February and March. Plan your donation so you can do it during this time frame.

Help plant the Centennial Forest out at Gamehaven Council
BSA has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to sell trees as part of the 2010 Generations Connection. For every tree that is purchased another will be planted in the Flathead National Forest (near Kalispell, MT) to restore an area damaged by fire. Two trees for the price of one! Through this program, Gamehaven Council has organized a Centennial Forest project for Gamehaven Scout Reservation (GSR). You are invited to help build our Centennial Forest by purchasing a tree. Legacy Sugar Maples will be planted at GSR. The trees will be a nice addition to the camp, and eventually, we will be able to tap the trees and make maple syrup. The new trees will be 2 to 4 feet tall and we plan to have a planting ceremony on Saturday, May 1, 2010. The Centennial Forest will be marked with a commemorative plaque recognizing the contributions of all those who purchased and planted the trees.

100th ANNIVERSARY PARTIES Don't miss out on the celebrations
Sat Feb 6th at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2300 Viola Heights Drive NE, Rochester, From 5:00pm to 6:30 pm. Sunday Feb 7th, at the VFW Hall, 135 Oakdale Street, Owatonna, from 3:00pm to 5:30pm. Contact us at gamehaven100thanniversary@gmail.com if you are planning another one, we would like to help.

Less than 30 days to get your nomination in for the Hall of Leadership. There are many reasons to nominate someone, so please take the time to nominate an individual for the National Hall of Leadership. It can be for anyone age 6 to 106 as long as they are still living. Go to www.scouting.org/100years with 450 words or less TODAY, or send a paper copy to Jim Kuehn at the council office and it will be entered.

National Hall of Leadership Deadline Extended

Your Action is required.

The deadline for nominations for the National Hall of Leadership has been extended to April 2, 2010.

We are looking for your submission. Don’t miss this one-time opportunity to recognize outstanding leadership by a Scout, registered Scout leader, or Scouting volunteer who made a significant difference in the life of another by the extraordinary service they have given and the Scouting virtues they have modeled.

You know someone or may be two or three persons that inspire you or others, or has made a difference in the lives of others. Just submit the nominee name and tell us your story.

GO to
http://ww2.scouting.org/100years/100years/nationalhallofleadership.aspx
and submit your nominations.

100 Hours of Service for 100 Years of Scouting

The 100 Hours of Service committee was delighted to complete three quilts for the Women's Shelter last week at the Rochester Scout Birthday celebration. This celebration was the kickoff for the 100 hours of Service campaign that will last through the next year. In celebration of 100 years of scouting, Gamehaven is asking each unit to complete 100 hours of service over then next year. Units that complete 100 hours of service will qualify for a ribbon to be place on their unit flag pole. Each hour of service completed per boy counts as an hour. (4 boys serving 1 hour = 4 hours). We are asking each unit to log on to http://tinyurl.com//100servicetracking to track their service hours. The units reaching 100+ hours will be noted in each newsletter.

Each unit was also encouraged to kickoff this event with service the second week of February. We would like all units to report what they have done. Please do this at the following website http://tinyurl.com/100servicekickoff.

Help us plant a Centennial Forest at Gamehaven Scout Reservation

BSA has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to sell trees as part of
the 2010 Generations Connection. For every tree that is purchased another
will be planted in the Flathead National Forest (near Kalispell, MT) to restore an area damaged by fire. Two trees for the price of one!

Through this program, Gamehaven Council has organized a Centennial Forest project for Gamehaven Scout Reservation (GSR). You are invited to help build our Centennial Forest by purchasing a tree. Legacy Sugar Maples will be planted at GSR. The trees will be a nice addition to the camp, and eventually, we will be able to tap the trees and make maple syrup. The new trees will be 2 to 4 feet tall and we plan to have a planting ceremony on Saturday, May 1, 2010. The Centennial Forest will be marked with a commemorative plaque recognizing the contributions of all those who purchased and planted the trees.

Purchasing a tree in honor of someone makes a wonderful gift. Certificates indicating trees have been purchased “in honor of “ are available from the Gamehaven Council office upon request. Please fill out the form located here and include payment for the number of trees you are contributing to the GSR Centennial Forest. We will place a group order for the forest so that all of the trees arrive on time for the planting ceremony.

100th Anniversary of Scouting Newsletter-December 2009

A Year of Celebration A Century of Making a Difference
We want every Scout, adult leader, and Scouting alum to have the chance to be part of our biggest milestone yet—our 1OOth Anniversary Celebration. We want to fire up the passion for Scouting while giving everyone an opportunity to make a difference—and earn recognition. Individuals can earn awards by demonstrating dedication to five of Scouting’s core values— Leadership, Achievement, Community Service, Character, and the Outdoors. Participants can earn one award in each category.
A Year of Celebration will be in effect from Sept. 1, 2009, through Dec. 31, 2010. Gamehaven’s 100th anniversary team will be highlighting a different core value ribbon each month, starting with the outdoors ribbon. Go to the scout shop to purchase the starter patch. You do not need to complete any requirements to obtain the starter patch. Then work on the requirements and earn your ribbons. Click here to print the form to obtain your ribbons. After printing the form take it to the scout shop to purchase your ribbons.

LEADERSHIP
Scouting has a proud tradition of producing great leaders. Self-determination, teamwork, and preparedness are synonymous with Scouts everywhere.
For Scouting’s 1OOth Anniversary, let’s celebrate this tradition of developing youth leaders.
The Year of Celebration Leadership Award encourages Scouts to explore and reflect upon the qualities of a good leader. The award recipients will work on leadership skills. The Leadership Award rewards participants for reflecting upon and sharing leadership lessons and skills. Scouts earning this award will look to role models, lead groups, and participate in leadership-building activities. Adults and alumni will build their unit leadership skills by emphasizing membership growth, volunteering, and providing role models.

Complete three of the five requirements in each category to earn that award.

Cub Scouts
1. Explain what makes a good leader and give an example of a Scout (past or present) demonstrating those qualities. Ask your parent or den leader what makes a good leader. 2. Practice being a leader such as being a denner for one week. Write or tell your parent or den leader about what you did during that week. 3. Get a friend to join Cub Scouts. 4. Organize the den to set up and take down chairs at the pack meeting. 5. With the approval of your den leader, plan and lead a den activity.
Boy Scouts
1. Identify someone from your Scouting experience you think is a good leader. Ask them what makes them an effective leader and then talk to your parent or Scoutmaster about what makes a good leader. Write 200 words on the leader you chose and share with your troop leader. 2. Teach a Scout a rank requirement and help them to a successful completion. 3. Serve in a troop or team leadership position for three months . 4. Serve as a youth staff member for a unit, district, or council event or camp. 5. Serve as a den chief for a Cub Scout or Webelos den for three months.
Venturers
1. While serving in a crew leadership role, plan a crew activity that celebrates the BSA 1OOth Anniversary. 2. Help organize, teach, and run a Quest sports day clinic for a Cub Scout pack, Boy Scout troop, Varsity team, other crew, or other youth group. 3. Serve as a youth staff member for a unit, district, or council event or camp. 4. Serve on any of your council’s Leadership Training courses. 5. Think of someone from your Scouting experience who deserves recognition for their leadership. Write 200 words on the leader you chose and share with your crew leader.
Adult Leaders
1. Help organize a new unit. 2. Compile a list of all adult and/or alumni e-mail addresses in your unit, get their permission, and submit the list to your local council Scout service center so Scouting communication can be improved. 3. Actively support a unit in at least two activities related to the BSA 1OOth Anniversary. 4. Recruit a new adult volunteer, or find a Scouting alumnus, who registers with the BSA. 5. Help any registered youth with their Year of Celebration Leadership award.
Alumni
1. Register with a unit as an assistant leader or other adult leader. Attend each unit meeting for at least two months. 2. Become involved with a district or council as a registered volunteer in support of Scouting. 3. Think of a Scouting leader (youth or adult) who made a positive difference in your life. Write a letter to the editor of a local publication about how that individual taught you about leadership. 4. Locate and meet with a Scout leader from a pack, troop, team, crew, district, or council. Let them know that you are working on this award. Ask what being a Scout leader means to them and share your thoughts on what you can do to support Scouting in your community. 5. Contact your local Scout service center. Arrange to make a donation to support the Scouting principle of youth leadership in your area in some way that is mutually beneficial to you and the local council.

Nominations for BSA 100th Anniversary National Hall of Leadership.
Inductions to the Hall of Leadership will be based on stories submitted online to Gamehaven Council and reviewed by a panel of national judges. If you would like to recognize a special leader or leaders in your life you can nominate them by submitting your story of 450 words or less to www.scouting.org/100years. The nomination period is open from February 8, 2009 to February 8, 2010. Every council will have a representative in the National Hall of Leadership!

100TH ANNIVERSARY PARTIES

The 100th anniversary team is looking for leaders in every town to help us with a community anniversary party. You can make it as simple or extravagant as you want. It can be held at your Sponsors location or anywhere you think is needed. Your announcement fliers should be out around the first part of January. We would like to announce a complete list of cities that are participating on the website by Mid January. Contact us at gamehaven100thanniversary@gmail.com
The Rochester anniversary party will be at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2300 Viola Heights Drive NE, Rochester. It will be on Saturday Feb.6th, 2010 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM.
The Owatonna anniversary party will be at the VFW hall, 135 Oakdale Street, Owatonna. It will be on Sunday from 3:00PM to 5:30PM.
Red Wing and Winona are in the planning stages of their anniversary
parties.
If you would like to help on any of these, or start your own, the 100th anniversary committee has an agenda and a mayoral proclamation available for you to use as a guide.

NATIONAL 100TH ANNIVERSARY KICK OFF RALLY!
The year we celebrate our centennial and begin our next century of service. One of the most exciting moments in our history.
To jump start the celebration, we're bringing together Scouting enthusiasts from coast-to-coast for a nationwide 100th Anniversary Kick-Off Rally. Hosted by AT&T CEO and Chairman and 100th Anniversary Chair Randall Stephenson, National President John Gottschalk, National Commissioner Tico Perez, and me, Chief Scout Executive Bob Mazzuca, we'll recognize your important role and the difference you make - everyday. Through this live audiocast, we'll share important information about how you can be part of the 100th Anniversary. We'll also answer some of your questions (submitted in advance through the link below). Our goal is to rally more than a quarter of a million Scouting enthusiasts - the largest single gathering of its kind in BSA history.
What: 100th Anniversary Kick-Off Audiocast
Rally Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Time: 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central
RSVP by clicking on "100th Anniversary Kick-Off Rally" at http://audiocast.scouting.org. That's also where you'll find the link to the audiocast on December 10th.

100th Anniversary of Scouting Newsletter - November 2009

A Year of Celebration A Century of Making a Difference

We want every Scout, adult leader, and Scouting alum to have the chance to be part of our biggest milestone yet—our 1OOth Anniversary Celebration. We want to fire up the passion for Scouting while giving everyone an opportunity to make a difference—and earn recognition. Individuals can earn awards by demonstrating dedication to five of Scouting’s core values—Leadership, Achievement, Community Service, Character, and the Outdoors. Participants can earn one award in each category. A Year of Celebration will be in effect from Sept. 1, 2009, through Dec. 31, 2010. Gamehaven’s 100th anniversary team will be highlighting a different core value ribbon each month, starting with the outdoors ribbon. Go to the scout shop to purchase the starter patch. You do not need to complete any requirements to obtain the starter patch. Then work on the requirements and earn your ribbons. Go to here to print the form to obtain your ribbons. After printing the form take it to the scout shop to purchase your ribbons.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Scouting’s contribution to society is most visible in the movement’s commitment to community service. Service is interwoven into many of Scouting’s honors and is mandatory for earning the higher rank advancements. Through service, Scouts demonstrate that they provide an essential function to their communities.

The Year of Celebration Community Service Award rewards recipients for providing time and resources at no charge for the good of their local community. More than just engage in service, the award recipient must also share their thoughts about why service is crucial to our society and how Scouts today fulfill a 100-year-old legacy of serving communities.

Over the years, the Boys Scouts of America has partnered with several national organizations to accomplish some great service projects. If you are looking for service project ideas, consider the following options:
Nothing But Nets
Scouting For Food
Habitat for Humanity
Our National Parks
American Red Cross
2010 US Census
Arbor Day Foundation
Take Pride in America
The Salvation Army
Cell Phones for Soldiers
Preserve Our Waterways

Complete three of the five requirements in each category to earn that award. * Make sure that all service hours are recorded online for ―Good Turn For America.

Cub Scouts
1. With your parent or den leader, identify a person who serves the community. Write or tell about what that person does for others. 2. With your family or den, help plan and carry out a community service project. Write or tell about the project. 3. With your family and/or den, clean up your Pack’s chartering organization’s parking lot, a neighborhood park, the school grounds, or other public area. 4. Participate in a nature beautification project such as a tree or natural vegetation planting. 5. Give service to a community organization such as a food bank or feeding station.

Boy Scouts
1. Participate in Scouting for Food or another food drive by spending at least one hour placing bags, collecting bags, distributing food, or spreading the word about food collection. 2. Volunteer to plant trees or landscape an area around a church, synagogue, or other place of worship or a not-for-profit organization that is not the Boy Scouts of America. 3. Provide two hours of service in a group community service project approved by your Scout leader. 4. Recruit one new boy or adult leader into Boy Scouts or Varsity Scouts. 5. Provide two hours of volunteer service at a hospital, senior citizen or veteran’s facility, or another facility approved by your Scout leader.

Venturers
1. Participate in the Venturing National Service Project. 2. Talk to a Cub Scout den about how service benefits the community. 3. Recruit a new member to your crew or ship or assist a pack, troop, or team in its recruiting efforts. 4. Write 200 words on the value of community service. Talk to your adviser or parent about your ideas. 5. Participate in a food drive and/or help at a food bank when Scouts turn in their Scouting For Food items.

Adult Leaders
1. Be an active participant in Scouting For Food or another food drive or help with a Salvation Army service project. 2. Be an active participant in the Nothing But Nets project found on the national 1OOth Anniversary Web site.3. Be an active participant in a Take Pride in America project or a project benefiting the National Parks Stewardship Awards program. 4. Be an active participant in an American Red Cross or a Habitat for Humanity project. 5. Be an active participant in any unit’s service project.

Alumni
1. Team up with a unit to participate in at least two hours of community service. 2. Work with your local Scout service center to help it identify Scouting alumni. Become familiar with all aspects of the BSA Alumni Connection Web site and arrange to speak to at least one community group about the 1OOth Anniversary and BSA Alumni Connection. Distribute BSA Alumni reconnection cards, available at your local Scout service center. 3. Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper or other publication. Share how Scouting influenced your understanding of service to others and commend local Scouts and leaders for the service they provide each year to the local community. 4. Encourage involvement in a local youth-led food collection drive by personally donating and providing participation information to one or more individuals. 5. Organize a community service project that benefits your community, through your employer or for any social, service, or religious group to which you may belong. Share with the members that you are a Scouting alumnus and distribute a BSA Alumni reconnection card, available at your local Scout service center.


NATIONAL HALL OF LEADERSHIP NOMINATIONS

*Gamehaven Council is looking for Nominations to the National Hall of Leadership.
*To be nominated for the National Hall of Leadership, the nominee must be a living Scout or Scouting volunteer who may/may not be officially registered with the BSA.
*They also must have served as an active Scout or Scouting volunteer within Scouting for at least one year. A nominee may be young or old-there is no age limit for nominees.
*Nominations are submitted in the form of a story that is 450 words or less, describing why the person is deserving of this one-time honor.
*The nomination period closes on February 8, 2010, the 100th Anniversary of Scouting. The final inductees to the National Hall of Leadership will total 303-one representing each BSA council and one selected by the National BSA Council-and will be announced at the BSA National Annual Meeting in Dallas in May 2010.
*You can submit as many nominations as you like. Use the attached form or go on-line at National Hall of Leadership.


100TH ANNIVERSARY PARTIES

The 100th anniversary team is looking for leaders in every town to help us with a community anniversary party. You can make it as simple or extravagant as you want. We will have a Mayoral Proclamation available to help celebrate the day! It can be held at your Sponsors location or anywhere you think is needed. Your announcement fliers should be out around the first part of January. We would like to announce a complete list of cities that are participating on the website by Mid January.
Contact us at gamehaven100thanniversary@gmail.com


**The Year of Celebration Patch Program has a new easy to use spread sheet to track ribbons earned by everyone.
Go HERE and click on the scout progress chart, and fill in the blanks.

Gamehaven Council 100th Anniversary Committee
website: http://gamehaven100thanniversary.blogspot.com
Email: gamehaven100thanniversary@gmail.com

100th Anniversary of Scouting Newsletter - October 2009

A Year of Celebration A Century of Making a Difference




We want every Scout, adult leader, and Scouting alum to have the chance to be part of our biggest milestone yet—our 1OOth Anniversary Celebration. We want to fire up the passion for Scouting while giving everyone an opportunity to make a difference—and earn recognition. Individuals can earn awards by demonstrating dedication to five of Scouting’s core values—Leadership, Achievement, Community Service, Character, and the Outdoors. Participants can earn one award in each category. A Year of Celebration will be in effect from Sept. 1, 2009, through Dec. 31, 2010. Gamehaven’s 100th anniversary team will be highlighting a different core value ribbon each month, starting with the outdoors ribbon. Click here to print the form to obtain the starter patch. After printing the form take it to the scout shop to purchase your patch. Then work on the requirements, earn and purchase your ribbons.

OUTDOORS RIBBON
From campouts to High Adventure, Scouting happens outdoors. Since its inception, Scouting has centered on teaching values through working and playing outside, and fostering respect and understanding of one’s natural surroundings.
The Year of Celebration Outdoors Award is geared toward getting individuals active in nature. The recipients must participate in outdoor activities and show growth in personal outdoor skills. They must also demonstrate increased knowledge of nature. Scouts must show understanding of the impact humans can have on ecosystems and why one must Leave No Trace when experiencing the outdoors. Adults and alumni are encouraged to share their outdoor Scouting experiences with Scouts, as well as non-Scouts of all ages. The Award centers on principles of stewardship, discovery, and personal fitness. Complete three of the five requirements in each category to earn that award.

Cub Scouts
1. With your family or den, help plan and carry out an outdoor activity. Write or tell about your experience. 2. Describe to your parent or den leader the different kinds of plants and animals you can find around your neighborhood. 3. Earn Cub Scouting’s Leave No Trace Awareness Award or the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award. 4. Go on a hike with your family or den. 5. Participate in a district or council outdoor experience (day camp, resident camp, etc.).
Boy Scouts
1. Earn Hiking, Camping, Backpacking, Canoeing or Wilderness Survival merit badges. 2. Attend a Scout overnight campout and practice the principles of Leave No Trace. 3. Attend a full session of council summer camp, participate in a council or national High Adventure program, or earn the ―50 Miler Award.‖ 4. Participate for at least two hours in an outdoor conservation project approved by your Scout leader. 5. Participate in a Scout backpacking trip separate from requirement No. 2.
Venturers
1. Become a Leave No Trace crew trainer and teach it to a Cub Scout pack, Boy Scout troop, Varsity Scout team, or other youth group in 2009-2010. 2. Earn the Ranger award, or help another Venturer earn his. Discuss at least one outdoor skill. 3. Learn a new outdoor skill such as scuba diving, orienteering, kayaking, etc. 4. Participate in a district or council outdoor experience. 5. Assist a pack, troop, team, or another crew with one of its outdoor activities.
Adult Leaders
1. Participate in a unit, district, or council outdoor event. 2. Assist a unit in an outdoor conservation project. 3. Attend camp with a unit (Cub Scout day camp, summer camp, Venturer camp, etc.). 4. Attend a professional (major or minor league) baseball game, or another public event, in uniform with a unit.5. Visit the ―Get in the Game Geocaching‖ page on the 1OOth Anniversary Web site www.Scouting.org/100years and participate in a BSA 1OOth Anniversary geocaching activity.
Alumni
1. Start a new, or add to an existing, personal physical fitness regimen that includes an outdoor activity. 2. Contact your local Scout service center and arrange to assist with an upcoming outdoor activity. 3. Volunteer time and/or materials to help a Scouting unit or other family, youth, or adult group with a tree-planting or other conservation project. 4. Visit the ―Get in the Game Geocaching page on the 1OOth Anniversary Web site www.Scouting.org/100years and participate in a BSA 1OOth Anniversary geocaching activity or attend an outdoor Scouting activity in your area as a registered guest. 5. Take your family and/or friends on a hike, campout, or other outdoor experience. Use the Scout Handbook, Fieldbook, or a merit badge pamphlet as a resource to plan with them the proper way to prepare for and safely enjoy the outdoors.

Gamehaven Council 100th anniversary committee website: http://gamehaven100thanniversary.blogspot.com
Email: gamehaven100thanniversary@gmail.com