WOOD BADGE
Course S9-119Scoutmaster Shawn Wright
April 5-7, 2019 ~ ComerApril 26-28, 2019 ~ Westmoreland
Where to sign upApply online at 1bsa.org/wood-badge-registration.php
or Return the completed application to:
Wood BadgeGreater Alabama CouncilP.O. Box 43307Birmingham, AL 35243
• Enclose a $50 deposit due with your application and use account 1-6801-103-20
• Please make checks payable to the Greater Alabama Council
• The balance of $200 should be paid as soon as possible to ensure your place in the course. Full fee is due no later than one month before the start of the course.
• This course will be capped at 48 participants. Act now before it’s too late.
• For more information, contact the Scoutmaster.
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GREATER ALABAMA COUNCILWho can attend Wood Badge Training?• Wood Badge is for adult leaders in Cub Scout, Boy
Scout and Venturing Leaders as well as District and Council leaders and Scouting Professionals.
• Must be a registered Scouter — male and female leaders are encouraged to attend.
• Be 21 years old (unless you are an assistant scoutmaster, then you may be 18.)
• Completed YPT and be fully trained for your regis-tered position.
• There are no required years of experience in Scouting to attend Wood Badge. Wood Badge may be especially helpful to those new to Scouting.
Wood Badge Centennial CourseThe first Wood Badge was held September 1919
at Gilwell Park, United Kingdom.
I invite you To join us at Wood Badge starting in April 2019!
Shawn WrightScoutmaster
How would you like to attend a training that takes you beyond your Basic Leader Training? Would you like to build your skills in communication, conflict management, and teaching methods? How about a leadership course that rivals many corporate level training events? Do you want to have fun while you do it? You can do this and more at Wood Badge.
Wood Badge is an advanced, national leadership course that represents a month in the life of a scout unit. Wood Badge participants assume leadership roles to plan and carry out an extended outdoor experience.
You will learn and practice many things on the course, such as:
These come to you in presentations, games, discussions, activities, and other methods.
Benefits of Wood Badge training:• Stronger units. You will make your Scouting unit —
and your sons’ and daughters’ units — stronger. • What and why of Scouting. You will have a
deeper understanding of what Scouting is and why we do it.
• Experience. You will learn and experience things that will stay with you in Scouting and the rest of your life.
• Fun. You will have fun, and you will meet great people from around the council.
• Other groups. You will make your other groups, like work, church, even family, stronger.
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Cub Scout leaders, this training is for you too!This is not Troop-specific leader training, it is designed for all Scouting leaders including Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing leaders as well as District and Council leaders and Scouting Professionals. This course will help you better understand how all the Scouting programs tie together. It will provide you with many valuable leadership tools to help enable our youth to have the best possible Scouting experience. There is no better time to attend a Wood Badge course and make a difference in your unit than when you are a Cub Scout leader.
Sign Up Today!Contact the course Scoutmaster for more information. If you are ready to take Wood Badge, fill out the attached registration form or better yet, sign up online to reserve your space. 1bsa.org/wood-badge-registration.php
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