Todd Martin
Religious Emblems Committee
The Religious Emblems Committee for the Heart of Virginia Council serves to promote awareness and participation in the “Duty to God” components of the Scouting program and its faith partners. The committee actively works to promote faith-based programs and initiatives throughout the Council. The members of the committee represent faith and civic organizations that partner…(more)
By David Weyrick – A couple of years ago, I wanted to know why Scouters stayed in our program and why they left. I created a survey and received responses from about 350 Boy Scout leaders who attended my council’s summer camp over a seven-week period. I found that the majority of Boy Scout leaders…(more)
Horseback riding programs for Scouts at the Marriott Ranch in VA
The Marriott Ranch near Front Royal, VA offers horseback riding programs for Scouts and on-site camping April – October. Click on this link to learn more>>
Journey To Excellence 2012
Now in it’s second year, Journey to Excellence is the BSA’s performance recognition program designed to encourage and reward success and measure the performance of our units, districts, and councils. The quality criteria were developed by a task force studying BSA data and survey results from a diverse group of unit, district and council level…(more)
What is a unit Key 3?
The unit Key 3 consists of the unit committee chair, the unit leader, and the chartered organization representative. This group meets once a month to discuss the unit, its challenges, coming events, and progress toward Journey to Excellence goals. It is a time for the unit Key 3 to learn how to spot early warning…(more)
Mad Science programs for Pack Blue & Gold Banquets
Mad Science Programs are educational and entertaining. These fast paced high energy performances are great for groups of many sizes and available most any time or day of the week. Mad Science is perfect for Blue and Gold Banquets, birthday parties, school assemblies, PTA meetings and more. Check out our website at www.madscienceofcentralva.com for more details…(more)
Required Training for Direct Contact Leaders
100% Direct Contact Leaders Trained by December 31, 2011 In September 2009, the executive board of the Heart of Virginia Council voted to make training mandatory for all top leaders for the 2010 charter renewall. At the same time, they voted to make training mandatory for all direct contact leaders for the 2011 charter renewall….(more)
Scouting For Food bag collection is Saturday Nov. 5th
Remind your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers that Scouting For Food collection day is Saturday November 5th. Use social media to spread the word as well. Make sure your same Scouts cover the routes they covered last Saturday for bag distribution so they can see the results of their efforts. Encourage your Scouting families to visit…(more)
Designate your United Way gift to Scouting
Remember to designate your United Way contributions to Heart of Virginia Council, Boy Scouts of America (#2416). For more information, please contact Brett Smiley at 804-204-2617 or brett.smiley@scouting.org. Thank you.
Part time program aide positions
Part-time program aide positions are open for the Tri-cities area in our Scoutreach programs. If you or someone you know would be interested contact Scoutreach director Tommy Bacote at tommy.bacote@scouting.org.
