Taughannock District
Baden-Powell Council, BSA
District Activities

Cross-Program Activities | Cub Activities | Boy Scout Activities | Venturing Activities | National and International Opportunties

For contact information see the Contact page

Cross-Program Activities

Ten Commandments Hike
Downtown Ithaca
November 29, 2019

"A Scout is Reverent" - join us for our first-ever Ten Commandments Hike to the houses of worship in downtown Ithaca!

Download a Teaser Flyer (PDF)

Greek Peak Scout Day
February 22, 2020

Greek Peak Mountain Resort will be offering ski/snowboard equipment, lessons and use of the trails all day, as well as snow tubing and the indoor water park All for $39 !! AND the opportunity to celebrate Baden Powell’s birthday with all the other Scouting families in the A-frame building around lunch-time. More details coming in the Fall….

Download a Flyer (PDF)

Cub Scout Activities

See the Camping Page for Cub Day Camp, Cub Resident Camp and Cub Adventure Weekends (including "Boo at Barton")

District Pinewood Derby
March 7, 2020

Save the date for our District's annual Pinewood Derby!

Download a Teaser Flyer (PDF)

Pinewood Derby Rules

The Taughannock District has established the following rules for District-level Pinewood Derbies. Packs should consider adopting the same rules, so that Cubs can be confident that their cars will be able to compete equally at the Pack and District levels.

• Rules - in MS Word format (updated Jan 2018)

• Rules - in PDF Format (updated Jan 2018)

• Diagram for car wheels and axles

Cub Weekends, Day Camps and Resident Camp

For information on Cub Day Camps, Cub Resident Camp and Cub Adventure Weekends - see the Camping page and Council Cub Camping Page for information

Scouts BSA Activities

District High Adventure Trip for 2020
Organizational Meeting October 20, 2019

Any First Class scout aged 14 or over on August 15th is eligible to attend the high adventure trip (8/15/20-8/23/20 to be confirmed). 

There is a meeting to discuss the possibilities (destination, activities, challenge etc) on Sunday, October 20th, 2019 at 4 pm in Dryden Village Hall. Come and give us your ideas! Parents are welcome to attend, leaders are welcome to volunteer! 

Questions? Email CAPS@TCScouts.org 

"A Scout is Hungry" - Winter Cook-o-ree
January 25-26, 2020

Download a Teaser Flyer (PDF)

Watch this space for details as the time approaches!

The Blue and Grey Civil War Camporee
April 24-26, 2020

At the November 2018 roundtable, the district's Scout leaders voted to change the timing for District Camporees to the Spring. They also decided that the next District Camporee would be a return of the popular Blue and Grey Civil War Camporee. This Camporee has been held in this Council four times before - in 1993, 1997, 2007 and 2014 - and it was a hit with the Scouts each time. 

Each participating troop will be assigned the identity of a real Civil War Regiment (information on the regiment will be provided when the troop signs up), and each patrol will represent a company in that regiment. At each Camporee station, a Union company will compete head-to-head with a Confederate company - the winner will capture a company flag from the loser. Additional flags will be awarded to companies for attending noncompetitive stations and for scores in a quiz and mass game. The winning company will be the one with the most captured flags at the end of the day. 

A flyer with a reservation coupon was handed out at the June Roundtable, 
and can be downloaded here (PDF)

Because of the nature of the Camporee, where we have to plan for a specific number of stations based on the number of patrols participating, pre-registration will be required for this event. We'd appreciate if units could return the coupons from the initial flyer as soon as possible, and reservations with deposits will be required no later than the January Roundtable, with final counts and payment before the March Roundtable. .

A flyer with complete details on the Camporee will be provided at the October roundtable.  

Venturing / Exploring Activities

There are no planned District Venturing / Exploring Activities at this time.

National and International Opportunities

International Events Coming up

For the most up-to-date information on Scouting events around the world, see the WOSM Events Page

2020

• Jan 4-12 - 16th Interamerican Scout Jamboree and 3rd Interamerican Scout Camporee (JAMCAM), Brazil - BSA is now recruiting contingent leaders and support team - see BSA Page for details - Download a Job Description and Application form (PDF)

• July - Scottish International Patrol Jamborette at Blair Atholl, Scotland 
  - to read about the Baden-Powell Council's trips to the Jamborette since 1996, see our BP Blair Atholl website.
  - for information on joining the 2020 Baden-Powell Council Contingent see our 2020 Jamborette page 
  - for information on the event from the Scottish Council of the UKSA see the official Jamborette page.

• July 27–Aug 6 - European Jamboree (EuroJam), Poland - BSA is now recruiting contingent leaders and support team - see BSA Page for details - Download a Job Description and Application form (PDF)

• Oct. 16-18 Jamboree-on-the-Air and Jamboree-on-the-Internet- see https://www.jotajoti.info/