Don’t Miss the Wood Badge Experience!

Make your youth volunteer hours more fun and productive by participating in BSA’s premiere training opportunity for adult leaders. Orange County Council’s Wood Badge staff offers tips and insights gained from a collective foundation of over 250 years of BSA training and experience.

Although the course is primarily designed to assist with your Scout Leadership positions, you will come away from the experience with skills guaranteed to help you both personally and professionally for a fraction of the cost of attending similar training events sponsored by Fortune 500 companies. Wood Badge has a rich history and purpose going back to the founder of Scouting, Lord Baden Powell.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is process. Working together is success.” -- Henry Ford

As leaders, we encourage our youth to reach for Scouting’s Top Ranks.

Leading by example, the training we aspire to reach is the Top Level, as well. Wood Badge for the 21st Century, obtained by approximately 2% of Orange County Council’s Leaders, is offered once a year, at the invitation of the Council President. If you or a Scouter you know would be interested in receiving an invitation to this prestigious course, please fill out and submit the invitation request form available at the monthly Roundtable or at the Council Office (Flyer Room to the left of the information counter), or below.

2008 Course WE4-39-1-08 Director Selected!

In an exciting and deserving move, the BSA Western Region Training Committee approved Scott Catherall to be the Orange County Council’s spring Wood Badge Course Director/Scoutmaster. Scott is putting the finishing touches on the staff for this year's course and staff development.

This year's Spring course will be held:

The first 3-day weekend will take place Thursday, March 27, 2008, through Saturday, March 29, 2008.

The second 3-day weekend will take place Thursday, April 10, 2008, through Saturday, April 12, 2008.

Both weekends will be held at beautiful Camp Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley (SSRLV). Yes, it takes a full SIX days to give you all of the information and insights that are packed into the course. It will change your life - Not only your Scouting life, your professional life, and your home life will also receive the positive benefits of your investment into this course. Don't miss your chance to attend the 2008 course.

See the Wood Badge for the 21st Century class flyer for more information and the Wood Badge Invitation Request for both the Spring or Fall 2008 classes.

Sign up and additional information will be forthcoming. In the mean time, clear the dates, invite your fellow Scouters to do the same.

See Wood Badge History & Wood Badge Purpose for more background information.