Keystone District Contact Information
Keystone District
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Dula | District Chairman | clarence.dula@gmail.com | |
| Mark Dowdy | District Commissioner | 314-324-8157 | mdowdy@stlcc.edu |
| Joshua Harvey | District Executive | 314-379-7818 | Joshua.harvey@scouting.org |
| Kisha Burdet | Activities & Civic Service Chairman | 314-845-4541 | kisha_burdett@yahoo.com |
| Scott Hoffmann | Advancement & Recognition Chairman | 314-752-2714 | scottfhoffmann@yahoo.com |
| John Ebert | Camp Promotion & Outdoor Chairman | 314-258-0613 | theebert6@juno.com |
| Tony Duncan | Order of the Arrow Adviser | tony@duncanarchitecture.com | |
| Thomas Finan | Training Chairman | thomas.finan@slu.edu | |
| Jim Berding | Venturing Officers' Association Advisor | 314-412-1478 | jim.berding@gmail.com |
| Scott Hoffman | District Scribe | scottfhoffmann@yahoo.com | |
| Heather Beasley | Social Media Manager | keystonestlpr@gmail.com | |
| Paul Winter | STEM Chair | 314-971-7265 | paul.winter@icl-group.com |
| Vacant | Membership Chair | ||
| Chris Hohn | Eagle Board Chair | 314-552-6159 | chohn@thompsoncoburn.com |
Thunderbird District Newsletters
Keystone District Advancement & Recognition
Eagle Board of Review Meeting Virtually
We will still meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month, but will do so remotely. “Remotely” does necessitate the Scout to physically mail or electronically mail Eagle paperwork to Chris Hohn, Eagle Chair, so the paperwork is in his possession two days before the meeting. The Board will then proceed with its usual approval process, although remotely. Chris Hohn can be contacted at: chohn@thompsoncoburn.com
Cub Scout and Boy Scout Virtual Advancement Workshops
Helpful Links
Resources / Downloads
- 2024-25 Program Guides
- Youth Application | Adult Application (for adult volunteers and new Venturing and Sea Scouting participants who are 18 but not yet 21)
- Criminal Background Check Form
- Financial Assistance Form
- Missouri Care - Healthy Blue Assistance Form
- Annual Health and Medical Form
- New Cub Scout Leader Guide
- New Parent Orientation Guide
- Unit money-earning application
- Certificate of Insurance – Online Request Form
- Fiscal Policies: Unit Finances & Tax Exemption Status
- Incident Report Form
- Near Miss Incident Form
- Youth Protection & Membership Infraction Reporting
- Scouting's Barriers to Abuse
- Youth Protection and Barriers to Abuse FAQs
- How to Print Membership Cards
- How to Print Charter Certificates
- Awards and Nomination Forms
- Unit Budget Worksheet
Links
- Boy Scouts of America
- Cub Scouts
- Guide to Safe Scouting
- Scouting's Barriers to Abuse
- Youth Protection and Barriers to Abuse FAQs
- Internet Advancement
- ScoutingWire.org
- Scouting Uniforms
- Merit Badge Counselor Directory
Internet Rechartering
Click here to visit the Rechartering website.
Click here for a brief tutorial (requires Flash Player)
Click here for an overview.
To renew your unit charter on-line:
- Sixty days before your unit’s expiration date, select a renewal processor. This should be someone in your unit who is familiar with the members and leaders of your unit to ensure all information provided through the process is correct.
- Your unit charter renewal packet is distributed to the unit leadership and includes an access code specifically assigned to your unit.
- Thirty to forty-five days before your unit’s expiration date, the renewal processor clicks Recharter Now on this webpage and begins the process.
- When the on-line process is completed, the renewal processor prints the completed charter renewal application.
- The Unit Leader and the Executive Officer sign the charter renewal application. The signed application along with any individual applications for new youth members or adult leaders, and materials received in the charter renewal packet and all appropriate fees, should then be brought to the Council Service Center, or your district’s charter turn-in meeting.
Thunderbird District Activities and Camping
District Calendar
Click here for a downloadable version of our calendar.
Scouting for Food
- Bags out - November 14th
- Food Pick Up - November 21st
- For a map of scouting for food locations please click here.
Fall Camporee 2020
October 2-4 Beaumont – Lane field
Fee for Scouts BSA is $8.00
Check in at T-B HQ between 5:00and 9:00pm on Friday evening – or between 8:00 and 9:00am on Sat
Bring fees and completed rosters.
ALL participants need to check in at HQ to have temperature checked before proceeding to event area
If possible, check in as a unit (make things easier)
Parents / drivers need to stay in their cars to drop off or check in for temperature checks before proceeding
Same goes for pick -up
Unit leaders will be responsible for ensuring that all participants follow the safety guidelines and are healthy BEFORE they leave for camp
Masks are to be worn at all times except when eating or sleeping
Scouts should sleep 1 Scout per tent unless same sex family members
Regular had washing and sanitizing required
We are limited to 50 participants per area.
Grand Towers will be at one end of the field and Thunderbird at the other.
If Thunderbird has more than 50 campers, we’ll have to put them in a 3rd area
We’ll try to spread out each unit’s camping areas as much as possible and limit intermingling of units.
There’ll be no “campwide” events. So no district campfire.
Units can have their own fires in their camping areas
Theme is “Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge”
Program Starts at 9:00am on Saturday
Units should split up into groups of approx. 10 Scouts to move from station to station on Saturday as Patrols
Groups will be proceeding around the Camporee field from event to event in a clockwise direction
Patrols should pack a sack lunch to be eaten within their pod and not return to campsite until they have rotated through the entire event in order to avoid as much intermingling as possible
If any Unit wants to come out for just Saturday (no camping), that’s fine
They just need to check in at District HQ between 8 and 9 on Saturday
We will not be running a Cub Scout program at the Camporee – instead
Cub Launch will be happening Every Saturday in September and October thru Oct 24
$10 (a $5 voucher is available for all “new” Cubs)
Register Online on GSLAC website (stlbsa.org)
Cubs MAY camp with Troops – up to the unit
But they will need to make a separate reservation with Council
If any Scouts have difficulty coming up with the fees for this Camporee – contact me, John Ebert at theebert6@juno.com Camperships may be available.
SCOUTFEST 2020 (ACTUALLY 2021)
ScoutFest 21 is a once-a-decade, regional Scouting camporee organized by the Greater St. Louis Area Council. Expected attendance is 20,000 people across one weekend in Forest Park!
ScoutFest 21 is open to the whole family, including Cub Scouts, to camp overnight in St. Louis’s iconic park. Exciting program and activities are currently being developed by volunteers and youth, and will include live performances and fireworks on Art Hill, STEM and robotics, climbing walls, water sports, competitions, and much more!
The dates are set at October 1-3, 2021.
Go to the website for more information: https://www.scoutfest21.com/
Keystone District Merit Badge Counselor
Become a Merit Badge Counselor
Interested in becoming a Merit Badge Counselor or Supernova Mentor?
There are three steps:
- The first step is to have current Youth Protection Training. Available at my.scouting.org
- The second step is to be a registered member of the Greater St. Louis Area Council or complete an Adult Application to become a registered member.
- The third step is to complete the merit badge counselor request.
- This can be done online or on paper.
To submit online:
Click here.
Select the box labeled Merit Badge Counselor Registration.
Complete the form.
Special note for the Troop Selection field:
Greater St. Louis Area Council does not subscribe to selective unit request. You may fill this field with the unit number you are registered with or leave it blank.
To submit via paper:
Click here to download a paper copy. Send the completed form to your District Advancement Chair or District STEM Chair.