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Schedule your Order of Arrow Election
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The Order of the Arrow is Scouting’s National Honor Society. It recognizes those who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives and, through that recognition, cause others to conduct themselves in a way that warrants similar recognition, to promote camping, to develop leaders, and to crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others.
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Each Scouts BSA troop, Venturing crew and Sea Scout ship with qualified Scouts is urged to hold an election not later than December 16, 2023. The date and place of the election are selected by you, as unit leader.
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Youth Membership Qualifications
1. Be a registered member of the Boy Scouts of America.
2. At the time of their election, youth must be under the age of 21, hold the Scouts BSA First Class rank, the Venturing Discovery Award, or the Sea Scout Ordinary rank or higher, and following approval by the scoutmaster, crew advisor or Sea Scout skipper, be elected by the youth members of their unit.
3. The youth must have experienced 15 nights of camping while registered with a troop, crew or ship within the two years immediately prior to the election. The 15 nights must include one, but no more than one, long-term camp consisting of at least five consecutive nights of overnight camping, approved and under the auspices and standards of the Boy Scouts of America. Only five nights of the long-term camp may be credited toward the 15-night camping requirement; the balance of the camping (10 nights) must be overnight, weekend, or other short-term camps of, at most, three nights each. Ship nights may be counted as camping for Sea Scouts.
4. Assistant scoutmasters who are 18, 19 or 20 years old are also considered to be youth members for the purpose of OA elections. All requirements shown above must be met for a young assistant scoutmaster to be eligible for election.
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Prior to your unit’s election, the unit leader must certify the nominee’s Scout spirit and youth membership qualifications. Voting for youth candidates will be based on their spirit of brotherhood, cheerfulness (no matter how tiresome their duties), and a willingness to give unselfish and wholehearted service to others at all times.
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To schedule an Order of the Arrow election for your unit, please click here:
Schedule Election
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Your election should be held at a regularly scheduled unit meeting or camping experience. Every effort should be made to have 100 percent attendance of both youth and adults at this meeting. An election team from the Order of the Arrow will be on hand to conduct the election.
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Please observe youth protection guidelines when emailing any youth.
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If you have any questions, please contact our election coordinators listed below.
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Mission Peak Prayer Hike 2023 was a success!
The Prayer Hike gave us a unique opportunity to explore the many genres of religions in Fremont. We visited eight houses of worship and gained a greater knowledge of other religions and what makes each one unique in our community.
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A total of 238 scouts and scouters participated in the event. At each house, a faith leader discussed the basic beliefs and practices of their religious traditions. At the Sikh Temple, a traditional meal was served to everyone. This is a great opportunity to complement your unit's commitment to "To serve God" & "Duty to God".
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We have put together the video below for you to obtain a feeling for each of the Houses of Worship. Please join us for the Prayer Hike next year.
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Need Your FOS Presentation Date
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Friends of Scouting provides an important component of keeping our Council and Mission Peak operating at a high level. Total contributions are planned for over $600,000 with $45,000 being MP Family Goal.
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To achieve our goal there needs to be a presentation and “Ask” for donations from the parents. Please let us know when and how you would like to have that presentation delivered. Even if you are planning to just do it without assistance from District, let us know so we can send you material. We want to make sure all units have a presentation and families have an opportunity to donate to keep the program strong.
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Please use this Google Form to provide the needed information to let us know your date for a Blue and Gold Ceremony or Troop Court of Honor.
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Next Weekend:
MISSION PEAK YO-YO DAY - FEBRUARY 18th
Come join us for this great activity and get your elective adventure too!
February 18, 2023 - Noon - 3pm
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Come join us for this unique and fun nostalgic event with a new modern twist! Co-sponsored by Duncan Yo-Yos and San Francisco Spindox Yo-Yo Club, the Mission Peak District Yo-Yo Day is open to any and all those who would like to work on Adventure Loop/Pin for Wolves, Bears, or Webelos/AOL rank or for those who just wanna have fun!
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The event is FREE to anyone who wants to attend. Registration is not required but we recommend you pre-purchase the event's official Yo-Yo Kit which includes the official BSA Yo-Yo, the Duncan Yo-Yo trick booklet, the requirement guidelines, and the belt loop/pin at Golden Gate Area Council - Mission Peak District Yo-Yo Day (scoutingevent.com). Yo-Yo kits are limited to the first 192 scouts so pre-purchase these kits soon and they will be available for you at the registration table. Reminder, the park does not allow money to be exchanged at the site on the day of the event so click on this link to pre-purchase a kit.
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Spring Camporee
March 17-19 Reserve the Dates & Volunteer needed!
Units -- please review your calendar and reserve that weekend for the Camporee.
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Spring Camporee. March 17-19, Rancho Los Mochos
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- This year we are hoping to make camporee a far more youth led event. Unit leaders and others interested in learning more are welcomed to attend a meeting on Sunday, January 29 at 7:00 PM
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We are actively recruiting a youth staff. Requirements for youth staff are:
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- Currently registered with a Scouts BSA Troop, Venturing Crew, or Sea Scout Ship
- First Class or above
- 14 years of age or older
Youth staff will be eligible to earn up to 16 hours of service-learning credit. Interested youth should apply on this form Camporee 2023 – Youth Staff Registration More information will be posted to both Slack & Discord servers on a regular basis.
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Registration will be open soon!
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3/18 - Mission Peak Scout Hockey Night with the San Jose Sharks!
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Our Mission Peak District has received a special invitation to come out to see an official NHL hockey game all together in the same section! Come out in your finest Class A uniform and come cheer on the Sharks as they go against the New York Islanders on the ice. Normally around $60 dollars, these special discounted tickets are available now for purchase and has the option to include a Scout Night patch.
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On top of all this fun, a percentage of the sales goes to our Mission Peak District and if we have over 100 MP scouts come out for the night, we have been invited to go out on the ice at the end of the game for a large aerial picture of our scouts! Everyone and anyone are welcome to join us so make sure to invite your family and friends to this great adventure on the ice!
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If you have any questions about this event, reach out to Eve Marie Little @ evelynmarielittle@gmail.com
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4/22 - Mission Peak Scout Sleepover at the Chabot Space Center
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Blast off into an out of this world experience exploring the outer realms of space! This program will take your group from Earth into the great unknown through workshops, activities, exhibits, telescopes and planetarium offerings! During this special evening for our Mission Peak scouts, they will have an amazing opportunity to see the stars and planets closer than they ever have before.
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The sleepover is $95 dollars and includes dinner and breakfast. We are working on finalizing the paperwork for Cub Scouts who are interested in working on their NOVA Out of this World Award during this outing.
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If you have any questions or are interested in being an Astronomy Merit Badge counselor for this event, please reach out to Eve Marie Little @ EvelynMarieLittle@gmail.com
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Makai Maritime Explore Club is looking to add some Sea Scouts to their crew
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Inviting 6th to 8th Grade Boy Scouts who would be interested in joining the Club 700 ( Makai - Maritime Explorers Club ), a Sea Scout unit registered w/ Mission Peak District.
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- Aquatic fun activities ( Kayak, Sailing, Rowing etc )
- Earn two Aquatic Merit Badges for FREE
- Learn Sea Scout Skills: Knots, Rope Climbing, Breeches Buoy, Ring Buoy, Compass, Heaving Line, Scuttlebutt, Radio Communication, Marlinspike, Bosun’s Chair
- Participate in Regatta ( Camporee ) in April - Seafarers Regatta @ Martinez
- Participate in Cruise (SF Fleet Week, Lighted Yacht Parade - Based on availability)
- Optional: Join the Weekly Online Class - Thursday 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Annual Membership Fee: $100
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Looking forward to hearing from you!
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NYLT - June 11-17, 2023 - Registration Open
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Registration for NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) is open. The course filled last year by April 15 so now is the time to look at registering. Scouts must be 13 or older and 1st Class at the start of the course. They also need to discuss their participation with their Scoutmaster before registering and get approval.
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NYLT, the premier youth training course for personal development, is youth-led and simulates one month in the life of youth-led scouting. Scouts will develop valuable skills for activity planning and communicating with others. They and their patrol will learn and complete activities working towards a vision of success. Scouts are divided up into patrols, boys in all boy troops lead by boy staff members and girls in girl troops lead by girl staff members.
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GGAC offers two sessions yearly, a small one in February and the larger session in June. The June course does accept more than 2 Scouts per unit, unlike the February NYLT.
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For more information on NYLT and to register, visit the NYLT Webpage.
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Cub Scout Camping - Dates, Times, Location and Prices are here!
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Registration has officially opened for our Cub Scout Camping opportunities this summer! Click on the link below to get an idea of the upcoming opportunities for the Cub Scouts in our area such as:
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- Tiger Cub Safari (April 2023 at Campe Wente)
- Mom & Cub Camp (May 2023 at Camp Royaneh)
- Wolf & Bear Adventure Camp (July 2023 at Los Mochos)
- Webelos Adventure Camp (August 2023 at Camp Royaneh)
- and so much more.......
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