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It is Roundtable time again!!!
THURSDAY February 2nd at 7PM.
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Recharter, Jamboree, Wood Badge, Recruiting, Winter Camp!!! Breakout Rooms, Attendance Recognition!!!
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Welcome to the latest issue of Vanguard Scouting's Beacon Newsletter. We hope you've had a fantastic Scouting holiday! We're excited to bring you the latest updates and inspiration from the world of Latter-day Saint Scouting!
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Vanguard Beacon Newsletter - Jan 2023
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Welcome to the latest issue of Vanguard Scouting's Beacon Newsletter. We hope you've had a fantastic Scouting holiday! We're excited to bring you the latest updates and inspiration from the world o...
South Texas and Rio Grande Councils
presents…
WOODBADGE
Leadership Training
Course Dates: March 10th,11th,12th
(Camp Karankawa, Mathis, Tx)
April 15th,16th (Camp Perry, Rio
Hondo, TX)
You can join us in this experience of a lifetime for $290
Wood Badge is a fast-paced leadership course taught by experienced leaders in Scouting. This course is a fun-filled and hands-on training full of practical exercises. The classroom consists of both indoor and outdoor setting, with a lecture-practical format that consists of games, skits, and other fun activities.
All levels of leaders in Scouting are welcome to attend, whether it be Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, or Venture Crew. While all leaders can and will benefit from this course, the best time to learn these
leader skills and bring them back to your units is as a Cub Scout Leader! The skills and methods learned in this course not only help you become a better leader in Scouting, it will also improve your
leadership skills at home, work, and other activities as well!
You can register at:
mycouncil.southtexasbsa.org/Event/Wood-Badge-2023
Deadline to register is February 9, 2023.
For more information, please contact:
David Hebert at David.Hebert@scouting.org
Brian Chassells at brianc@lagniappecn.com
Michael Hall at rgcwoodbadge2022@gmail.com
PINEWOOD DERBY SEASON IS HERE!!!!![]()
Scout Shop has your pinewood derby kits ready!!!
Register for our Rio Grande Council Volunteer Recognition Dinner!!!![]()
The Council Annual Recognition Committee invites you to an evening of fellowship and recognition on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 6:30PM at the Camp Perry Ponce Duran Family dining hall. Our Council Banquet is held annually to recognize the volunteers of the Rio Grande Council. Dinner registration deadline by February 23, 2023. The highlight of the evening is the presentation of the Silver Beaver Award the highest recognition presented on the council level. In addition, other high-level awards will be presented or recognized during the banquet.
Banquet includes:
Order of the Arrow Awards & Vigil Honors
2022 Class of Eagle Scouts
District Award of Merit
Commissioner Key Award
The “Spark Plug Awards”
The Paisano Award
Silver Beaver & James E. West Fellows Award Presentations
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Dear OA Lodge Member,![]()
We highly encourage you to pay your 2023 dues in a timely manner. As a paid member of the Wewanoma Lodge you will have all the rights and privileges of membership and will be able to participate in all of the programs offered by the Order of the Arrow. Your active membership helps Wewanoma Lodge achieve its Lodge Performance Management Program goals. You will also be taking pride as a member of one of the oldest OA Lodges in the Boy Scouts of America. Be a truly active member, not someone who merely wears the flap. Pay those dues today!![]()
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Yours in Cheerful Service,
Rollie Hernandez
Lodge Chief
It is Roundtable time again!!!
THURSDAY January 5th at 7PM.
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Meeting ID:
843 4415 2654
Recharter, Jamboree, Wood Badge, Recruiting, Winter Camp!!! Breakout Rooms, Attendance Recognition!!!
South Texas and Rio Grande Councils
presents…
WOODBADGE
Leadership Training
Course Dates: March 10th,11th,12th
(Camp Karankawa, Mathis, Tx)
April 15th,16th (Camp Perry, Rio
Hondo, TX)
You can join us in this experience of a lifetime for $290
Wood Badge is a fast-paced leadership course taught by experienced leaders in Scouting. This course is a fun-filled and hand-on training full of practical exercises. The classroom consists of both indoor and outdoor setting, with a lecture-practical format that consists of games, skits, and other fun activities.
All levels of leaders in Scouting are welcome to attend, whether it be Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, or Venture Crew. While all leaders can and will benefit from this course, the best time to learn these
leader skills and bring them back to your units is as a Cub Scout Leader! The skills and methods learned in this course not only help you become a better leader in Scouting, it will also improve your
leadership skills at home, work, and other activities as well!
You can register at:
mycouncil.southtexasbsa.org/Event/Wood-Badge-2023
For more information, please contact:
David Hebert at David.Hebert@scouting.org
Brian Chassells at brianc@lagniappecn.com
Michael Hall at rgcwoodbadge2022@gmail.com
2023 Wood Badge STXC and RGV (3/10/2023)
mycouncil.southtexasbsa.org
Being prepared to use our acquired Scout skills enables us to better help other people at all times! (It's gratifying and fun.)
Merry Christmas from the Rio Grande Council!
Donate a tax-deductible gift to the Rio Grande Council to help give the youth of the Rio Grande Council a first-class Scouting experience. Your donation will help prepare the youth for life and BECOME THE LEADERS Of the RIO GRANDE VALLEY. PLEASE CLICK ON LINK BELOW.![]()
www.riograndecouncil.org/give/friends-of-scouting/
South Texas and Rio Grande Councils
presents…
WOODBADGE
Leadership Training
Course Dates: March 10th,11th,12th
(Camp Karankawa, Mathis, Tx)
April 15th,16th (Camp Perry, Rio
Hondo, TX)
You can join us in this experience of a lifetime for $290
Wood Badge is a fast-paced leadership course taught by experienced leaders in Scouting. This course is a fun-filled and hand-on training full of practical exercises. The classroom consists of both indoor and outdoor setting, with a lecture-practical format that consists of games, skits, and other fun activities.
All levels of leaders in Scouting are welcome to attend, whether it be Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, or Venture Crew. While all leaders can and will benefit from this course, the best time to learn these
leader skills and bring them back to your units is as a Cub Scout Leader! The skills and methods learned in this course not only help you become a better leader in Scouting, it will also improve your
leadership skills at home, work, and other activities as well!
You can register at:
mycouncil.southtexasbsa.org/Event/Wood-Badge-2023
For more information, please contact:
David Hebert at David.Hebert@scouting.org
Brian Chassells at brianc@lagniappecn.com
Michael Hall at rgcwoodbadge2022@gmail.com
2023 Wood Badge STXC and RGV (3/10/2023)
mycouncil.southtexasbsa.org
Go ice skating and camp out next door at Scout Camp Laguna Station. Make reservation at link below.
www.riograndecouncil.org/camping/lagunastation/
We have Pinewood Derby supplies at the Harlingen Scout Shop!!
In person purchase or order at ruby.ramirez@scouting.org
GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. All registered Adults and Youth are able to race! See you at the 2023 races!!!
OFFICIAL PROCESS FOR SUBMITING EAGLE SCOUT APPLICATION
To All,
The process below are the steps for Eagle Scout candidates for submission of their Eagle Scout application.
Scouts email their Eagle Scout application for validation to ruby.ramirez@scouting.org and rudy.gonzalez@scouting.org
Scout Cc his parent, scoutmaster, and district BOR Chair on all communication.
After validation scout will email application to District BOR Chair.
Scout will coordinate with District BOR Chair date/time/location.
After BOR, Scout will email Eagle Scout application to Scout Executive for final signature.
Eagle Scout binders/folders are submitted to district BOR Chair for Scout’s BOR.
All Eagle Scout applications need to be printed from Scoutbook.
Any Eagle Extension request needs to be submitted to Council Advancement Chair – Mr. Morris Edelstein at m_edelstein@sbcglobal.net
District BOR Chair’s Contact Information:
Arroyo District - Shane Strubhart- strubhart@gmail.com
Tip-O-Tex District – Morris Edelstein – m_edelstein@sbcglobal.net
Rio Bravo District – Art De Luna - artdeluna476@gmail.com
Arrowhead District – Ed Peno – ed.peno@aol.com
Merit Badge Counselors Needed for Winter Camp!!!
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Had a great time meeting these incredibly inspiring people today! Thank you Rio Grande Council, BSA for inviting me to be the Master of Ceremonies for such a crucial cause. ![]()
If we all just made a fraction of the impact Mrs. Elsa & Andy Hagan have made in the RGV it would surely be a game changer for our home!
Congratulations to the 2022 Distingushed Citizen Award recipients Mrs. Elsa & Andy Hagan
It is Roundtable time again!!!
THURSDAY December 1st at 7PM.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID:
843 4415 2654
Recharter, Jamboree, Wood Badge, Recruiting, Winter Camp!!! Breakout Rooms, Attendance Recognition!!!
It is Roundtable time again!!!
THURSDAY December 1st at 7PM.
Join Zoom Meeting
us02web.zoom.us/j/84344152654
Meeting ID:
843 4415 2654
Recharter, Jamboree, Wood Badge, Recruiting, Winter Camp!!! Breakout Rooms, Attendance Recognition!!!
Ways to Give on Giving Tuesday
Black Friday. Cyber Monday. #GivingTuesday!![]()
We have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. Now, we have #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back.![]()
On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give. ![]()
It’s a simple idea. Just find a way for your family, your community, your company or your organization to come together to give something more. Then tell everyone you can about how you are giving. Join us and be a part of a global celebration of a new tradition of generosity.![]()
The success of Scouting depends on those who support it. Please help Scouting provide the resources necessary to make sure every youth can benefit from Scouting’s fun, exciting, adventure-filled activities that foster character, honesty, respect and life-long values.![]()
Your financial investment, plus your time and talent, is among the greatest gifts you can give. Take a moment to make an investment in our community’s future and help ensure the continued legacy of Rio Grande Council Scouting.![]()
With your help, we're transforming lives!
Ways to Give - Rio Grande Council
www.riograndecouncil.org
The Boy Scouts of America (the BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 mil...
No need to stress over breakfast, lunch or dinner today.... just head to either Chick-fil-A Harlingen or Chick-fil-A Sunshine Strip and help support our United Way. ![]()
(1) Free United Way T-shirt to the first 50 people who check-in on Facebook to either of our Harlingen Chick-fil-A's and tag us here at the United Way. Once posted, United Way will reach out to schedule your shirt pick-up.![]()
All monies raised during today's event will help fund our twelve amazing agencies:
Boys & Girls Club of Harlingen
Boys & Girls Club of San Benito
Children's Advocacy Centers of Cameron and Willacy Counties
Family Crisis Center of the Rio Grande Valley
Girlscouts of Greater South Texas
Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen Neighborhood Food Pantry - Harlingen, Texas
Loaves & Fishes of the RGV
The Literacy Center of Harlingen
Rio Grande Council, BSA
The Salvation Army of Harlingen
Valley Aids Council ![]()
#givingtuesday2022
No need to stress over breakfast, lunch or dinner tomorrow.... just head to either Chick-fil-A Harlingen or Chick-fil-A Sunshine Strip and help support our United Way. ![]()
(1) Free United Way T-shirt to the first 50 people who check-in on Facebook to either of our Harlingen Chick-fil-A's and tag us here at the United Way. Once posted, United Way will reach out to schedule your shirt pick-up.![]()
All monies raised during tomorrow's event will help fund our twelve amazing agencies:
Boys & Girls Club of Harlingen
Boys & Girls Club of San Benito
Children's Advocacy Centers of Cameron and Willacy Counties
Family Crisis Center of the Rio Grande Valley
Girlscouts of Greater South Texas
Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen Neighborhood Food Pantry - Harlingen, Texas
Loaves & Fishes of the RGV
The Literacy Center of Harlingen
Rio Grande Council, BSA
The Salvation Army of Harlingen
Valley Aids Council ![]()
#givingtuesday2022