• Radical Robotics: All youth ages 7-13 are invited to Lindenwood University on March 10. Participants will learn basic robotics by building and testing their own robot that they get to take home! Our new robot, the T4 Transforming Solar Robot, can be built four different ways and is totally solar powered.
• Boy Scout NOVA Day: Join experts at the Saint Louis Science Center on March 17 to earn the Let it Grow NOVA and Animal Science Merit Badge. Scouts will spend the day working, creating, and problem solving as they learn about agriculture and plant and animal science. This exclusive experience in agricultural innovation fulfills all requirements for the NOVA and merit badge.
• Cub Scout STEM Days at Vatterott College in Berkeley, MO (March 17) and Fairview Heights, IL (April 7). Tigers earn Curiosity Intrigue and Magical Mysteries Adventure, Wolves earn Air of the Wolf Adventure, Bears earn Make it Move Adventure, and Webelos earn (most of) Earth Rocks Adventure.

At Cub Adventure Camp, we make camping easy! During this four-day, three-night camp, meals are provided in a dining hall and tents/cots are all set up and ready for you to move into upon your arrival to Camp May at Beaumont Scout Reservation or Camp Warren Levis.  Scouts will participate in program areas such as the pool, Mud Cave, archery, BB guns, STEM, nature, and outdoor skills.  At every area, Scouts will work on awards and advancements for their Cub Scout rank. 

Commissioners, register now for the College of Commissioner Science on March 3 at Fox High School. Hear from keynote speaker Kandra Dickerson, Central Region Commissioner, and choose from dozens of classes for your Commissioner degree. View the class schedule here.

During the Powder Horn weekend course, participants will learn about, and in some cases experience, activities such as shooting sports, climbing/rappelling, caving, flag folding/retirement, trek planning, wilderness first aid, sailing, orienteering, religious services, STEM, and much more. This course is designed to motivate and prepare adult and youth leaders (ages 16-20) to provide their unit with a variety of safe high-adventure activities. The next course is April 26-29 at Beaumont Scout Reservation.  Reserve your spot now.

If you have earned a Protestant Religious Award since January 2017, the Greater St. Louis Area Council wants to recognize your achievement. Youth and adult award recipients and their families are invited to the 2018 Protestant Religious Award Recognition Day at Beaumont Scout Reservation on March 10 beginning at 3 p.m. RSVP by March 1 to [email protected] or 314-256-3106.

If your instructor card for challenge course or rock climbing is expired or about to expire, get re-qualified during this one-day course at Beaumont Scout Reservation on March 4. 

Learn how your pack can offer an age-appropriate fishing program for your Cub Scouts, where to borrow the equipment, and how to get free supplies to host a fishing event. This free training takes place Saturday, March 24 at Emerson Center at Beaumont Scout Reservation. Register now.

Consider honoring a special Scout leader or Scout with a memorable recognition that will benefit the local Scouting program for generations to come with a James E. West Fellowship. A $1,000 James E. West Fellowship gift goes into the Greater St. Louis Area Council's endowment fund where a portion of the interest supports operating costs each year. James E. West Fellowship members will be honored with a special square knot, pin and framed certificate. They are also recognized at the Heritage Society Dinner in March. For more information, click here.

Experience how Scouts around the world live out their faith during Catholic Cub Day at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary on April 7. The event is $10 per participant. For more information, click here.

Each year, we honor a class of Silver Beaver Award recipients during the Council Annual Recognition Dinner. Please save the date for our 2018 event scheduled for May 16 at the Gateway Center in Collinsville, IL. The 2018 Silver Beaver class will be announced soon!