Blue Hills District

The Blue Hills District is serving over 2100 Youth in 61 Units throughout Barron, Washburn, Rusk & Sawyer Counties!

Calendar May 1 District Committee Meeting – L’Cars, Cameron 8 District Annual Dinner – Turtleback, Rice Lake 16-18 Spring Camporee – Cumberland June 5 District Committee Meeting – L’Cars, Cameron 10-12 Cub Scout Shooting Sports Extravaganza - Hayward 14 Log Cabin Days - Ladysmith For a complete calendar, please see the Council Calendar.

The Blue Hills Annual District Dinner will be held on Thursday, May 8th at Turtleback Conference Center in Rice Lake beginning at 5:30 p.m. This event serves as a night to celebrate Scouting in the Blue Hills and to thank ALL of our volunteers who put in countless hours to support their Packs, Troops, and Crews. We will be awarding the District’s annual traveling awards to units and presenting several volunteers with the prestigious District Award of Merit.

The Blue Hills Spring Camporee will be happening May 16-17-18. All Troops and Webelos dens are invited to spend the weekend at Scoutland in Cumberland participating in “Old-Time” Scouting activities. These include: orienteering, semaphore flags and morse code, totem-pole carving, physical fitness course, shooting sports, dutch oven desert contest, and a talent show. The event will also feature a hog roast for Saturday’s evening meal. All units need to pre-register with the Scout Service Center by May 9th, due to the fact that Saturday’s evening meal is being provided. Cost for the event is $12, with a $2 discount for pre-registration. The event is being co-sponsored by Troops 24 and 106. Please contact Scoutmasters Dave Hahn (715-234-1630) or Scott Warwick (715-822-5999) for more information. View the brochure here.

Roundtable and Commissioner meetings will not occur during the months of May, June or July. District Committee meetings will continue as regularly scheduled throughout the summer. All meetings will return to the normal schedule in August.

All Packs, Troops, and Crews are invited to participate in Log Cabin Days at the Rusk County Fairgrounds in Ladysmith on Saturday, June 14th. This FREE event begins at 10 AM and includes: demonstrations on cast-iron cooking, pioneer crafts, Civil War re-enactors, and a variety of other things celebrating our heritage. Contact Joe Baye (715-415-5669) for more information.

There are some great opportunities for Cub Scout Packs to stay active this summer. In addition to Resident Camp at Cub World, Pack 70 in Hayward is sponsoring a Shooting Sports Extravaganza June 10-12 (this event is similar to Day Camp). The Blue Hills Day Camp will be July 21-22 at Pioneer Village in Cameron. Please look for more information on these two events in coming weeks.

The Chippewa Valley Council and Blue Hills District is here to help your Unit succeed. The Council’s full time staff is dedicated to answering your questions accurately in a timely manner. If you have not already done so, give the Scout Office a call and thank them for all of the hard work they put into helping your unit succeed. Teresa is over membership, Terri is over the Scout Shop and Julie is over fundraising. Feel free to call them any time at 1800 SCOUT 02.

• If there is a weather warning in the county of the event, the event is cancelled.
• If there is a weather advisory in the county, the decision will be made by the Event Chair and the District Executive. To find out, you can call the D.E. at 1800 726 8802. The message on the phone will have the information. An email will also be sent out as soon as a decision is made.