October Forum Review

Rob Lundell presented about their high adventure activity to Southern California, including staying at Camp Pendleton and various other awesome activities: here.

Matt Campbell taught us about Ethical Controversies (link)

September Forum Review

Thanks to Allan Zisner for sharing a discussion about First Aid and Safety.

Here's the link to his presentation: First Aid and Safety

Curtis Krausman shared their experience taking their crew to Philmont.
Here's a link to his slideshow: Philmont Troop 285

Venturing Leader-specific Training in September

There WILL be VLST for new leaders in September. Here's the information:

Saturday, September 12 from 8:00am to about 12:00pm

LDS Stake Center
2740 S Lindsay Rd
Gilbert AZ  85296

Here's the link to the Council site for sign up information: VLST Signup

August Forum Review

Thanks to all the presented and attended this first forum after summer break. Attendance was excellent, as were the presentations.

James Hatch presented about his crew's high adventure into southern Utah - (and I'll update this and the high adventure page when I get his summary.)

David Garner prepared a slideshow about Favorite Arizona Hikes. He probably should be an editor on HikeArizona.com - but this slideshow will narrow down the about jillion different hikes you can take in Arizona. Click the link for the PDF: Favorite Hikes in AZ 2015

Remember the previous post about nominations for district awards for the year end presentation.

Also, an update about the District Fly-in event planned for November: it has been CANCELED. We apologize that it could not get worked out with the Flying Eagles group for this year, but hope that it can happen again in the future.

San Tan District Awards for 2015

It's that time where you get to nominate individuals for district awards - to be presented during the award ceremony in December.

Here's a link to the form that gives you information on the awards: Awards Nomination 2015

Here's a link to the website where you can nominate online: Online Nominations 2015

Welcome back!

We hope you all had a great summer, and had opportunities to do great activities with your crews.

Now we get to get back to monthly forum - and tomorrow we'll start off with a great presentation about BEST HIKES IN ARIZONA by Dave Garner, local hiker extraordinaire.

You can also check out the current forum newsletter on our forum newsletter link.

See you tomorrow night at 7pm.

May Forum

Thanks to those that presented at May's Forum.

Congratulations to Dave Roberts and Alan Zisner - both received the Distinguished Commissioner Service award, recognizing 5 years of service as a Unit Commissioner.

We also had an excellent discussion about Philmont, and the benefits for our scouts with that activity. Thanks to Keith Nelson for sharing that. You can learn more about Philmont at www.philmontscoutranch.org

Our main discussion was led by Spencer Greene from Highland West Stake. He presented information about how to make lake outings worthwhile for our scouts. Locations, activities, where to camp, etc. Many thanks for being our guest speaker and sharing that information.

Here's a link to his slideshow: AZ Boating and Lakes

Remember - NO FORUM FOR JUNE OR JULY. We'll meet up again in August. Have a great summer, practice SAFE SCOUTING, and we'll see you in the fall.