Aquatics

All scouts going to summer camp will have an opportunity to register real time for their merit badges and other programs (Kayaking BSA / Camp Kayaking / Brownsea etc.) at the meeting on Tuesday. Adults going should also be finalized and they too may wish to enroll in programs open to them.

The troop recently returned from a week at summer camp, and we have over 200 pictures to show that everybody had a great time.

For now, log in and look under the Camps menu until I can figure out a better place to display them on this site.

Don’t let your Scouts take the plunge without reading and referencing the new leaders’ guide to BSA aquatics.

"Aquatics Supervision: A Leader’s Guide to Youth Swimming and Boating Activities", serves as an invaluable resource for learning the roles and responsibilities of council aquatics committees, provides support to unit leaders so they have the training and resources necessary to supervise swimming and boating activities, and gives direction for dispensing special aquatics awards such as Snorkeling BSA and Boardsailing BSA.

Learning how to save lives at BSA-operated facilities like summer camps just got a bit less complicated.

Over the past 25 years, the lifeguard program had grown to include many other specialized skills such as swimming, lifesaving, canoeing, rowing, first aid, and even spinal-injury management. It had become difficult for Scouting to meet the needs of both unit leaders and summer-camp lifeguards in a single course of doable length.

Now, though, the BSA Lifeguard program will focus solely on teaching the necessary requirements for professional lifeguards at BSA aquatic venues.