The National Camping Award is being discontinued and an improved Boy Scout camping award is being released. At the printing of this guide, information was not available to include. More
information on this award should be available during the summer of 2010. The award will be posted on the Chester County Council website at www.cccbsa.org, when it becomes available.

The Leave No Trace Awareness Award is awarded to Scouts and leaders. Instilling values in young people and preparing them to make ethical choices throughout their lifetime is the mission of the Boy Scouts of America. Leave No Trace helps reinforce that mission, and reminds us to respect the rights of other users of the outdoors as well as future generations.

If five new merit badges seems like a lot, it is. By comparison, the BSA introduced just six new merit badges between 1992 (Collections) and 2006 (Composite Materials).

But the new badges aren’t the only innovation. In the past it took three years to create a merit badge. Now, that time has been cut to just less than a year, helping to keep the badge topics and content fresher than ever.

Please help spread the word about the new merit badges, belt loops, and pins through Web sites, newsletters, e-mails, social networking, roundtables, and events. As always, www.scouting.org is your best source for the most current information about these awards.

Chester County Council's First Aid Meet will be held on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at Episcopal Academy from 7:20am until 12:00pm. Registration will take place from 7:20am - 8:00am and the event begins at 9:00am.
Cost is $8.00 per Scout, with a $32.00 non-refundable deposit, which will be applied to the $8.00 per Scout fee, due at registration. Click here to register online.