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Congratulations to our own Jim Dalton for receiving the Silver Beaver Award!
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Congratulations to our own Jim Dalton!!!
One of the winners of this year's 2023 Silver Beaver Awardees
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The Silver Beaver Award is the highest honor our Council presents to adult volunteers. The award recognizes registered Scouters of exceptional character who have provided distinguished service to GGAC. Awardees have made an impact on the lives of youth in Scouting and the community, please join us in celebrating with Jim Dalton and the other recipients at our annual volunteer celebration!
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1/26 - Mission Peak Indoor Rally Information TOMORROW!
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Open to all BSA Troops and Venture Crews. This is a fun unit team-building activity,
especially for the younger Scouts. Skills targeted include first aid, knots, compass and
the ever-popular Scoutmaster drag! Invite families and friends, and especially
Webelos and Cub Scouts, to attend. There will be a special event just for Webelos
and Cub Scouts.
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Details:
Location: Holy Spirit Church Gym, 37588 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94536
(At Fremont Blvd. and Central Avenue)
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Schedule:
6:30 pm - Check-in and Registration
7:00 pm - Grand Entry of Troops
9:00 pm - Awards
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Bring: Equipment for all 6 activities, Actual Troop participates, American and Patrol flags
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Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd place ribbons plus Spirit award
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Registration: Register at the door at 6:30pm
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Contact: Jeff Airth at jeffair@hotmail.com
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For information about the requirements and the events for the night, click on the following link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i5GrNmkzUivQ1NvMQTYjATqb494PadQU/view?usp=sharing
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2/17 - Mission Peak Yo-Yo Day is coming up in less than a month! Register now!
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San Francisco Spindox Professional Yo-Yo Club, Duncan Yo-Yos and the Mission Peak Cub Scout District invite ALL BSA scouts that are interested in learning some awesome new tricks and work on their Yo-Yo Adventure Badge!
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Saturday, February 17, 2024 from 1pm-4pm
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(Located behind the right side of Aqua Adventure Water Park,
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40500 Paseo Padre Pkwy in Fremont)
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There are pre-purchase $25 Yo-Yo kit available but you need to order them via the link before the event so we can have it ready to go for your scout.
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4/14 - Scout Night with the Golden Gate Warriors!
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All the Golden Gate Scouts have been invited to the Golden Gate Warrior Scout Basketball Game!
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April 14th @ 12:30pm against the Utah Jazz
Chase Center in San Francisco
Scout Night T-Shirt + Post-Game Free Throw (all attendees 18 and under)
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Tickets for this event are already in high demand and have been going quickly. For groups of 10+ looking to reserve tickets, please call Andrew Sheets at 415. 230. 3688 this week so we can get seats secured for your group.
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For single game buyers or anyone looking to purchase now, the link below will allow you to secure up to 20 seats at the group rate with no fees or taxes!
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Ticket Pricing (with group discount):
- Upper Level Baseline - $85
- Upper Level Sideline/Corner - $95
- Pepsi Club - $225
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ACORN 2024 - Registration is Open for Spring 2024 training!
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1/26 - Mike Hannah Family Retirement Party!
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Please come join us in celebrating everything that this summer hero has done for our scouts on Friday, January 26, 2024 at the Golden Gate Council office at 6601 Owen Drive, Suite, 100, Pleasanton, California from 5pm-8pm. You can RSVP to Joe Barton at joe.barton@scouting.org or 925-674-6131.
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Tons of fun district scout events planned in the Spring 2024!
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We know how difficult it can be to plan events for your troop and come up with creative ideas for the Spring. Well, fear not! The BSA Mission Peak District has TONS of really cool things planned for your BSA scouts this Spring. Just add them to your troop calendar for the Spring and bam! You got some great activities that have many things that can be signed off on under the requirements in their Scoutbooks.
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JANUARY 26 - BSA Indoor Rally - Evening Time - For more information, reach out to Jeff Airth at jeffair@hotmail.com for more information.
FEBRUARY 3 - Merit Badge Extravaganza - 9am to 4pm - Take this opportunity to earn two merit badges on the same day! Keep your eyes open for the classes available but go ahead and save the date in your calendar for this event.
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MARCH 15-17 - Spring Camporee at Los Mochos - All Day - Right now just save the date but for more information, reach out to Lee Amon at leeamon@pacbell.net
MARCH 24 - San Jose Barracuda Hockey Game - 2pm to 4pm - Come see the action on the center ice in your scout uniform! If we have enough scouts sign up, we will get the opportunity to high five the players as they go into the ice and get to take a picture on the ice after the game. To purchase the $25 tickets, go to Mission Peak Cub Scouts (fevo-enterprise.com)
APRIL 13 - Heroes in our Community - Civil Servants and Organization Scout Expo - 10am to 1pm - Come out to Newark City Hall and meet all the heroes in our community! We plan on having the fire department, police officer, California School of Deaf, Mayor of the town and so much more! They will be signing off on "civil service" requirements on the Scoutbooks (details will be sent later). For more information, reach out to EvelynMarieLittle@gmail.com.
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