Attention Troops & Crews!!   Squeeze in one more campout for 2008 and join us at the first annual Blue Nose Camp-4-Fun, to take place the weekend of Friday-Sunday, December 19-21 at Camp Lakota.  No activities!  No competitions!  No SPL meetings!  No events!  No skits at the firebowl!  No schedule!  Camp with your unit or family in the peace and quiet of Lakota.  A co-ed Council Contingent has been formed, so if your Crew or Troop can’t make it, join the contingent – hurry, though, because there’s only room for 10 youth.   Register directly with council no later than December 16.   For the Blue Nose Camp-4-Fun flier, go to http://flyers.nwsc.org/CBlueNose1218.pdf 

12 Month Camping Award   As you probably read in the December issue of the NWSC newsletter, Drumbeat (http://drumbeat.nwsc.org/), a new award has been created.  It’s the 12 Month Camping Award.  As the name implies, one must camp 12 months ---- consecutively.  For details, go tohttp://flyers.nwsc.org/C12MonthCampingAward.pdf , and if you need to camp in December to qualify for this new award, why not join us at Lakota the weekend of December 19-21 at the Blue Nose Camp-4-Fun?