Five Creeks District

Welcome

The Five Creeks District is part of the Pathway to Adventure Council and  represents the Northern Illinois communities of Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Prospect Heights, Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Rolling Meadows and Mount Prospect. Over 30 units make up the district, serving youth in program areas such as Cub Scouting, Scouts USA, and Venturing.  Want to find a unit near you? Check out BeAScout.org!  The units within the district boundaries are listed on the Membership tab.

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Text in blue is a link to the council calendar for registration/more information.  Look for fliers on the News tab.

The PTAC calendar has many more events, most open to anyone in the council.  Check it out!!

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Welcome!  Trained leaders are critical to ensuring our scouts and their families have the best experiences – and the most fun! – as we seek to fulfill the BSA’s vision: to prepare youth in America to become responsible, participating citizens and leaders who are guided by the Scout Oath and Law.

 

Every leader must have current Youth Protection Training (YPT) – renewed every 2 years

Every scout outing must have a leader with Hazardous Weather Training – renewed every 2 years

Every leader should have the full training for their leadership position, which helps make things easier and more fun.  Except for Hazardous Weather Training, which is included for all positions, these typically never need renewal.  

If you move to a new leadership position, you may require additional training…

 

New training!  Not mandatory but it’s important and everyone should consider:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scouting (30 minutes)

 Think you learned everything you need to know about fairness in kindergarten already?  Check out this teacher’s explanation for young children

https://www.facebook.com/MKBackstrom/videos/elementary-teachers-brilliant-lesson-on-fairness/224948552963228

Upcoming district training events:

Nothing scheduled now but if we had district training events scheduled they would be here

Adult training comes in several forms:

•Online: 24 hours every day of the year at my.scouting.org.

•Log in (or create an account if you don’t have one)

•Click on your person icon at the top right to check “My Training” for your completions

•On the home page, the right-hand column has key training links

•Council training events – live and virtual

•Click on the PTAC council Calendar tab

•To find only training, click on Categories, check the box for Training, then Apply Filter

•District training events – live and virtual

•Five Creeks District training events will be on this page and in the district newsletter

•Peer training – learn from and laugh with other adults who hold your position at

•District Round Table meetings – 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm

•District Facebook page

Position-specific training takes about 3-4 hours, whether in person or online

• Safety Afloat – needed when outings may include watercraft; renew every two years
• Safe Swim Defense – needed when there may be swimming activities, man made or natural areas; renew every two years
• Climb on Safely – needed when climbing will be part of the outing activities
• Program Safety / Drive Safely – how to be a better defensive driver, recognizing hazards and preventing collisions.
• Baloo Prerequisite Training – Health and Safety Considerations; Cub Scout packs MUST have a BALOO (Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation) trained leader on site for any overnight activity.  This is the prerequisite to the in person training.

Looking for a Cub Scout Pack, Scouts BSA Troop or Venturing Crew?

Check out BeAScout.org   

Need to update your unit pin? Here's how!


Membership and Recruitment tool, click below:


Do you have questions regarding recruitment, where to obtain marketing

materials, and webinar information, click here

For more marketing material for other units such as Scouts BSA and Venture

Crew, along with even more Cub Scout information, please click here

Need uniform information or get handbooks - please visit the Scout Shop. 

Click here for the Scout Shop

Free sampler of Scout Life, click here.  You can also read Scout Life, click here

Why Scouting (v3-Apr 2021)

2021 Fall Recruitment Unit Guide (v8)



Links for the above meetings are on the district calendar or click here to take you to the August calendar page.  

Ideas for webelo scout transition, check out the document below.

Webelos Scout Transition (v1-Dec 2020)


2021 Spring Recruitment Plan (v1.2)


DenChief-Why-What-How (v2-Apr 2021)_1

If you want to join scouting, you can find a unit that is near by!  Here's a list of the units in Five Creeks District:

Unit leaders, please sign up your Pack, Troop, or Crew for a Friends of Scouting (FOS) presentation and make a pledge of support to Scouting at your unit FOS presentation. A strong Scouting program requires good outdoor experiences, trained leaders and financial resources to assure operations and camps continue to be the quality our youth deserve. Your unit support of FOS is part of making Scouting strong. The district would appreciate an opportunity to make a presentation sharing with parents the value of scouting in our local community and requesting thier financial support.

2020 FOS schedule letter

Five Creeks District contact is Al Wilson, Vice Chairman Finance: alwilson100@comcast.net  Please contact him with any questions or to schedule your unit presentation.

If you missed your unit presentation, no worries.     Donate here! Please type Five Creeks District in the Note box

When making your FOS pledge, remember many companies have programs that will match donations to Scouting. Volunteer hours may also be recognized by employers for a matching gift. For a list of companies that have matching programs visit Does my company match gifts?. Boy Scouts of America is a nonprofit 501c3 organization allowing donations to be fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

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Unit Fundraising (besides popcorn sales run by the council) require a Unit Money Earning Application.   Be sure to fill one out and give it to you unit commissioner or to the District Executive, Emily Constantinou.