Calling all Scout Units! Beaver Day is April 23rd at Boxwell Reservation from 9am to 3pm. Come out and help us get ready for camp! Lunch and a Patch provided. Meet at the Admin Building "Crab" and we will give the directions. This event will happen rain or shine. There is a lot of work to be done at camp to get us ready for summer camp this year. In the registration link it shows all the work that needs to be done. Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm. This months Round TUIT will be held as the same day as Beaver Day!

If you miss the April Beaver Day, we will holding another day on May 14th at Boxwell Reservation from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm with lunch provided. This time we will be setting up tents at Cubworld and making new tent poles for camp.

Both opportunities can be counted as volunteer hours for your scouts and be used for rank advancements.

This training will show your adult our sailing program at Boxwell. Upon completion of this course you can sign up and bring your Scouts to our Pfeffer Boat Harbor and provide your troop with a sailing day. Information below.

April 22, 2022 at 6:30 PM CDT – April 23, 2022 at 6 PM CDT

Want to take your unit sailing at Boxwell Reservation or learn how to Sail? You can by attending the Middle Tennessee Council Leader Sailing Training School.

The Middle TN Council Cope and Climbing Committee provides a unit level training program for climbing and rappelling. The program requires two weekends to complete. At the end of the first weekend you will qualify to receive your Climbing Instructor Level I trained card (valid 1 year). Then coming to a second session and helping provide instruction, and exhibiting proficiency in the taught skills, will qualify you to receive your Climbing Instructor Level II card (valid 3 years).

Each session starts on Friday evening @6pm and concludes on Sunday evening around 6pm. Locations include Boxwell Scout Reservation and on Sunday a natural rock area about 2 hrs. from Boxwell. 

Merit Badge Days at Boxwell Reservation on April 9 and 10 were a huge success! We had 336 Scouts BSA youth come out to camp and earn Merit Badges. Scouts got to pick form 16 badge opportunities and could earn one a day. They got to choose from Rifle, Wilderness Survival, Welding, Climbing, Environmental Science, Personal Management and try our new ATV program as well. If you missed out on this fun weekend, please mark your calendar for the Fall Merit Badge Days on September 10 and 11. More information to come and can be found at https://www.mtcbsa.org/scoutsbsacamp year around opportunities and we will be promoting it as summer camp and social media.

NYLT is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth members of the Boy Scouts of America with leadership skills and experiences that they can use in their home unit and in other situations demanding quality leadership. This training integrates the best of modern leadership theory with Scouting through activities, presentations, challenges, while engaged in a unified approach to leadership. Using a wide range of activities events, games, and adventure, participants put into action the leadership skills they are learning.

All 2019, 2020 and 2021 Eagle Scout and families are invited to the Eagle and Volunteer Recognition Reception

On Sunday, April 24, 2022, from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Allen Arena of Lipscomb University, we will honor those Scouts that earned the rank of Eagle Scout during the 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendar year. Scouts should wear their field uniform (also known as a Class A uniform) or semi formal attire. For all others, business casual appropriate attire. For questions, please contact our Eagle registrar, Tami Schiermeier, at tamara.schiermeier@scouting.org or by calling the Scout Service Center at 615-383-9724. 

Click HERE to register to attend. 

We need your HELP!

MENTORS are needed to help CONGRATULATE our Eagle Scouts from 2019, 2020, and 2021 on their attainment of Scouting’s highest rank.

Collectively all EAGLE SCOUT MENTORS underwrite the cost for the Eagle Scout and Volunteer Leadership Reception so everyone can come and enjoy the Reception at no cost to Eagle Scouts or their families.

Can we count on you to become an Eagle Scout Mentor?

If you, your business, or Scout Unit wish to become an EAGLE SCOUT MENTOR, you can sign up by clicking on the button below.

The Middle Tennessee Council is extremely excited to let you know that The Tennessee National Guard and Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) are offering their first Merit Badge University on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) - 3041 Sidco Drive, Nashville, TN.

All 21 Merit Badge University courses will be taught by subject matter experts currently serving in the Army or Air National Guard, as well as some leaders from TEMA. Five of our 21 courses are Eagle Scout required badges.

For more information and registration please scan the QR code below.

We are gearing up for the outdoors this summer with exciting Adventure Camps! Rocketing into base camps throughout the Council, our Space Odyssey themed Adventure Camps will provide tons of fun-filled memories. Scouts who will be entering first through fifth grades will have the opportunity to participate in numerous FUN activities at Adventure Camp which may include shooting bb’s, sling shots and archery equipment, playing games, field sports, participating in arts and crafts, nature and other activities unique to Cub Scouting!

The early bird cost is $90 per child through April 29, 2022. If your child is new to Scouting there will be additional registration fees for the Scouting program. There is no cost to register as an adult volunteer.

We look forward to seeing our Scouts and parents at Adventure Camp this summer and having a Space Odyssey blast!

Family Scouting at Cubworld is such a unique opportunity for our Cub families to enjoy camp. All you need to bring is your clothing, a water bottle and toiletries as we provide the rest for you. We provide a cot, tent, food and a quality fun program with a fun and exciting campfire at the end. This year’s theme is GAME ON! It’s a retro video game theme for camp as you and your family will be able see Donkey Kong, Link, Mario and Luigi, Pac man and more. We will be playing those retro games on the big screens in the dining hall. Cub Scouts will be able to earn 4 activity pins, play some fun games, shoot bbs, archery, sling shot, ride in a boat, go canoeing, fishing and more. We also have a Fort, Native American Village, Castle and two Pirate Ships on the lake. We are supper excited to see you and your family at Boxwell Reservation for our Family Scouting program.

Scouts BSA Summer Camp is just around the corner, and we are so excited. This year’s theme will have that 80’s feel of loud colors, extreme fashion, sky high hair, forever defining music and a lot of fun. The Staff and Area Directors have met and have a plan for you and your Scouts to have a radical time at camp this year. We are excited about our new platform at camp, Black Pug, that will get us up to times in the process of camp. This year we are focusing on the merit badges and making sure we are giving the best quality program we can offer to our Scouts. If you haven’t signed up to go to camp, please let us know and we will get you to camp. Please contact the camping department at camping@mtcbsa.org.

Don’t forget if you want to go to camp for two weeks you can and if your Scout troop is going some where else or at a time you cannot go that’s ok, you can come as an provisional scout and we will take care of the leadership for you.