Table of Contents
Essentials
- Scoutbook
- Scoutbook is our tool that manages your Scout's advancement. Contact a leader for an invitation if you need one.
- Advancement Requirements
- BSA requirements for all ranks and awards.
- Merit Badges
- BSA requirements for all Merit Badges
- myScouting Tools
- The main portal of the BSA. Take YPT and other training here. There are other tools that may show depending on your official position in the BSA.
- BSA Medical Forms
- Medical forms are required for all participants at Scouting events. Forms are valid for one year.
- The link above has the different medical forms for each class of event, and a description of when you need each one.
- The Scout Shop
- Online home of the BSA's official supply division.
- Cradle of Liberty Council
- Our Council's homepage, with information about what is going on in our local Scouting community.
- Troop 151 Facebook Group
- The Troop 151 Facebook group. This is a closed group for current members only.
- GitHub
- GitHub hosts this website. Request access if you would like to help administer it.
Training Resources
Training resources and background check information.
To be a Volunteer in the BSA, you need all of the following:
- Youth Protection Training
- YPT is required every two years. To take this, login to myScouting.org. There is a large, red link for YPT on the home screen.
- PA Criminal Background Checks
- Complete this on the ePATCH website. Required every 3 years for all volunteers who work with youth in PA.
- Free for volunteers.
- PA Child Abuse Clearance
- Complete this on the CWIS website. Required every 3 years for all volunteers who work with youth in PA.
- Free for volunteers.
- FBI Fingerprint Check
- Only required if you have not been a resident of PA for the last 10 years, but most school districts require it for all volunteers. See the current instructions at the KeepKidsSafePA website. You must visit an authorized location to be fingerprinted.
- A fee is charged to have fingerprints taken.
- Disclosure Statement
- If you have been a PA resident for the last 10 years, complete this disclosure statement and submit this with your paperwork in lieu of fingerprints.
- Upload to the COL Website
- After you receive PDF certificates for all the above items, upload your clearances. This sends them to the Cradle of Liberty Council who needs to keep them on record.
- Email to Marple Pres
- Marple Pres "owns" our troop, so they need a copy too.
- Position Specific Training
- To remain a Troop 151 volunteer, you must be fully trained for your position according to the BSA. Login to myScouting.org and visit "My Dashboard" to review your current training status, and take the online courses you need.
- Some courses require in-person training.
- PA Mandated Reporter Training
- In certain people who work with youth have been nominated as "Mandated Reporters" — meaning there are civil and criminal penalties if you witness an act of child abuse and fail to report it.
- Most Scouting volunteers qualify as mandated reporters. Others are "Permissive Reporters."
- Want to know what is expected of you as a mandated or permissive reporter? Take Mandated Reporter Training.
- There are both free and paid courses available.
- Mandated reporter training is presently not required.
Trip Planning and Packing
- Weekend Camping Packing List
- All the stuff you should need for a weekend of Camping with us.
- Summer Camp Packing List
- All the stuff you need for a week at Summer Camp.
- Summer Camp Information
- We attend Summer Camp at Camp Horseshoe in Rising Sun Maryland, typically the last week of June. You can find information about the camp at the Camp Horseshoe Website and the Horseshoe Scout Reservation Alumni Association.
Order of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow (or OA for short) is the honor society of the Boy Scouts of America. Membership is shown on the uniform by a patch on the right pocket flap and a white sash with a red arrow. Membership is given to Scouts who have achieved the First Class Rank, Camped 15 nights, and are elected by the members of their Troop.
Troop 151 supports the Order of the Arrow through our local Lodge, Unami 1
- Unami Lodge
- Our local Lodge. Contains most of the information you'll need to know.
- National Order of the Arrow
- National site for the Order of the Arrow.
Nearby Councils & Camps
These are nearby councils where we've regularly used their facilities for camping.
- Cradle of Liberty Council
- Our Council
- Resica Falls Scout Reservation, Musser Scout Reservation, Camp Hart & Camp Delmont
- Chester County Council
- Some claim that we may already be a part of Chester County Council with all the stuff we do there. Camp Hoseshoe & Camp Ware
- DelMarVa Council
- Camp Rodney
- PA Dutch Council
- Camp Bashore
- Washington Crossing Council
- Camp Ockanickon
- NE PA Council
- Camp Achehela & Goose Pond Scout Reservation
Far Away Camps
Places that are on Chris' personal bucket list.
- Summit Bechtel Reserve
- The BSA's permanent Jamboree home in West Virginia. Also offers some summer-camp like programs in off years.
- Kandersteg
- Baden Powell established this camp in the Swiss Alps as a permanent mini-jamboree for Scouts from all over the world. Open year round.
- Úlfljótsvatn Outdoor and Scout Center
- Iceland! Need I say more?
- NorJam
- An international Scout Jamboree in Norwich, England. Next one is 2025.