Scouting At Home
Scouting From Home
Scouting at Home (BSA National)
Advancement Guidance during the COVID-19 Pandemic (BSA National Advancement Team)
Reminder: 2-deep leadership is required for all Scouting activities
Cub Scouts From Home
Cub Scout Activities: Adventuring from Home Rank Challenges (Look Wider Still)
Cub Scout Activities: Webelos/AOL Adventures to Complete At Home (Look Wider Still)
30 Day Challenge (Dan Beard Council, BSA)
Cub Scout & Scouts BSA Activities from Home
Scouting at Home (Atlanta Area Council)
At Home Scouting Activities (Spirit of Adventure Council)
Scouts BSA From Home
30 Day Challenge (from Dan Beard Council)
Merit Badges
Merit Badge Blue Cards / Documentation for Merit Badge Completion
Merit Badge Requirements to Complete at Home
Merit Badges for Social Distancing (Bryan on Scouting)
Rank Advancement
Virtual Boards of Review (Bryan on Scouting)
Eagle Advancement
Eagle Extensions and more (Bryan on Scouting)
Best Practices, Suggestions & Ideas to Consider
Mentoring Pairs (Troop 333)
Keep Scouting and Practice Social Distancing (Troop 46)
Virtual Campfire Story (The Lantern, by Gordon Bain, Troop 628)
Troop On-Line Games
Scouting through Web-Conferencing
Scouting Tech: Online Conferencing Tools for Virtual Meetings (Look Wider Still)
Remote Scouting (ScoutShare)
Advancement Academy (Cascade Pacific Council)
Unit Meetings
Scouting Show and Tell (Bryan on Scouting)
Virtual Jamboree: 3-5 April 2020
Jamboree-on-the-Internet/Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTI/JOTA)
STEM/NOVA from Home
Remote Scouting Activities (Capitol Area Council)
Online NOVA sign-up (National STEM in Scouting Committee)
High Adventure
Missing Philmont? (Philmont Scout Ranch)
Service Projects From Home
Best Practices, Suggestions & Ideas to Consider
Perform welfare checks on neighbors
Perform outdoor chores for neighbors (yard work may count towards conservation service hours)
Youth Protection Resources
BSA Youth Protection Training (YPT)
Aditional COVID-19/Coronavirus Information
The Great Alaska Council (GAC) Advancement Committee would like to hear from you how your Troop is handling meetings, merit badges, and advancement. We are ALL learning how to work from home, even if we are “essential”, and the scouts are no different. They have virtual school to deal with, but for now their social circles are severely restricted. Please remember that human connection is a critical part of one’s health, so encouraging virtual meetings is important.
Write to us to let us know what your unit is doing and we will share best practices and ideas across our council.
Please send additional links or ideas to: alaskabsa@gmail.com