The Occoquan District provides Scouting services to the youth and adults of Eastern Prince William County in Northern Virginia. This includes the areas of Occoquan, Woodbridge, Dale City, Lake Ridge, Dumfries, Triangle, and Montclair. This site serves to provide accurate, on-time information for both Scouting families and those interested to join and learn more about Scouting. As you go through the various sections of this site you'll notice numerous updates and changes. Our District Webmaster and district executive will constantly add additional content.Look for online registration of events and activities, news and announcements, and constant updates to keep this scouting tool a positive experience for you.
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA'S YOUTH PROTECTION Recently, the Boy Scouts of America announced important changes to itsYouth Protection policies. The purpose of these changes is to increaseawareness of this societal problem and to create even greater barriersto abuse than already exist today in Scouting.
Occoquan District now has a managed discussion forum Check out the newly created discussion forum for Occoquan District. This is place to post topics of interest and discussion with other Occoquan District Scouters.
Reconnect with Scouting!! Just because you no longer wear a Scout uniform doesn't mean you can't still be actively involved with Scouting. There are many ways to be part of BSA programs and activities.You were part of the first 100 years of Scouting, now join us for the next century.
Occoquan District Join Scouting Night Training Occoquan District 2010 Join Scouting Night Training !!The most effective way to recruit scouts is to hold a ?Join Scouting Night (JSN)? at your school or chartering organization. This year, Occoquan District will be offering three training sessions for ALL Packs (and interested Troops, Crews, Teams and Ships).
New 2010 Changes to Youth Protection Training 2010 Changes to Youth Protection Training: Effective June 1, 2010: Youth Protection Training is required for all registered volunteers.
2010 Historical Merit Badge Program BSA is offerring four historical merit badges that can only be earned in the year 2010 (Carpentry, Pathfinding, Signaling and Tracking).
Request Congressman Connelly to your Eagle COH Thanks to the talents of Tim Beaman, we now have a form to request Congressman Connelly, the 11th District (our district) toattend your Eagle COH. Check out the Eagle page for more information.
New Woodbridge 2010 Project Supervisor Principi Kicks Off the 2010 ProjectPrince William Supervisor Frank Principi, D-Woodbridge, wants your help for Project 2010. Buoyed by successful cleanup efforts in 2009, Principi would like assistance in identifying 20 projects this year that would make a difference in the Woodbridge area.
Welcome Mr. Andy Tainter and Mr. Ken Higgins to the District Committee The nomination committee lead by Rich Sackett has been very busy and has produced fantastic results! Please welcome Mr. Andy Tainter and Mr. Ken Higgins to the District Committee. Andy is our new District Commissioner and Ken is our new Fundraising Chairman.
Check out the latest news inlcuding infomration on the Grand Centennial Parade, registration details and More. Click Here!
2010 Centennial Quality Unit Form
The Centennial Quality Awards program is designed to recognize units, districts and councils in achieving excellence in providing a quality program to a growing youth population in America at all levels of the Boy Scouts of America.
Achieving the Centennial Quality Unit Award starts with a commitment. Each unit must submit a 2010 Centennial Quality Commitment and Achievement Form for Unit Award. Click Here for More Information!
Occoquan District Troop Information Guide
This guide is aimed at helping Webelos II and boys new to Scouting and their families find the right Boy Scout Troop for them in Occoquan District. Click Here to get the Guide
ATTENTION MERIT BADGE COUNSELORS
If you are, or know, a merit badge counselor, please let us know. We are compiling a roster of counselors and need name, e-mail and phone number for each counselor. To submit a name, send to Ed Fairbairn.
By signing up to an E-list/newsletter you will stay well informed with the important information you need to know about our council. Using the RSS feed, you can receive alerts right to your email and be informed of events and activities occurring in the NCAC. If you haven’t already done so you will be asked to create a profile. After you create a profile you will be presented with a list of topics you can sign up to receive periodic information about. Please sign-up for the Occoquan District Newsfeed to receive notification of upcoming Occoquan District activities. At anytime you can add yourself to new lists or remove yourself from lists you are no longer interested in. Be sure to select as many list as you want including the lists relevant to your Scouting positions (i.e. Scoutmaster, Cubmaster, Den Leader, etc.)
Cub Scouts have an excellent opportunity for exciting camping events at Camp Snyder this summer. There are various events from overnight to 4-night. Click here for more information. See you at Camp Snyder!!
Occoquan District Scouts in Action
Troop 1390 is loaded and prepared to go camping.
If you have pictures of scouts from the Occoquan District you'd like to share, like this one, then e-mail them and check back often to see what other scouts are doing.
Dale City Boy Scout Troop Help's US Army Soldier's in Afghanistan
In early March 2010, Dale City Boy Scout Troop 1390 was granted a unique opportunity to support our Soldiers in Afghanistan. A route clearance battalion identified a need for 48 convoy/traffic paddles to which there was no immediate materials. It was discussed and agreed by the leadership at the Rapid Equipping Force that this was a project that could be handled by the Boy Scouts. Troop 1390 accepted the opportunity and organized the project. After the initial design was agreed upon, the scouts set out to cut, sand, assemble, and paint the paddles to the requesting unit’s specifications.
Scout's are shown assembling the paddles.
Here is the US Army Unit in Afghanistan with the paddles and note from from Captain , US Army and Eagle Scout
Hello,
Thanks again for your assistance with the paddles. Also here are a couple of photos of the troops with the paddles.
Thanks again. CPT Eric Stedman Assistant S3 (Eagle Scout)
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