The Foothills District Camporall - "Treasure of the Century" - is scheduled for Woodruff Scout Reservation, October 29-31, 2010. Boy Scout Troops have the opportunity to invite Webelos dens to be their guests for the weekend. Webelos have the opportunity to see their host troop, as well as other troops from the district, in action.

The Foothills district calendar for 2010-2011 is available for download (latest version 07-05-10). This calendar is for your use in planning the upcoming year's activities, and is subject to change. Please see the online calendar on this website for the most up-to-date information. In particular, the events that take place on Atlanta Area Council properties (Bert Adams, Woodruff, Allatoona) are tentative.

Youth safety is the No. 1 concern of the BSA.

To increase awareness of this societal problem and to create even greater barriers to abuse than already exist today in Scouting, the Boy Scouts of America is implementing several important changes to further enhance its Youth Protection policies:

Effective June 1, 2010:

The Unit Leader Award of Merit replaces the Scoutmaster, Varsity Team Coach, and Venturing Crew Advsior award of merit programs. This new recognition has revised requirements (attached) and may be earned by Cubmasters as well.

The award is presented for each program, if the individual meets the requirements in each program. Only one knot is worn with the devices of each program that the award was earned in.

Turn in all Leadership Knot forms to Tom Morin for processing. Awards will be returned at Roundtable.

The Foothills Honor Roll (otherwise known as the Chicken Pin award) is our district's way of recognizing units that go above and beyond the national Quality Unit requirements.  By completing the Honor Roll requirements by the end of 2010, your unit leaders will be eligible to wear the coveted Chicken Pin, which is awarded each year at our Annual Awards Banquet.

Download the 2010 Requirements

The 2010 Family Friends Scouting campaign is underway.  You can make your pledge online using our FOS Online Pledge Form.  For more information on Family FOS you can download the FOS brochure and Pledge Card.  To schedule the Friends of Scouting presentation for your unit, please contact Richard Skoonberg, 770-579-5703, rskoonberg [at] comcast [dot] net

Program Concept: We want every Scout, adult leader, and Scouting alum to have the chance to be part of our biggest milestone yet—our 1OOth Anniversary Celebration. We want to fire up the passion for Scouting while giving everyone an opportunity to make a difference—and earn recognition. Through A Year of Celebration, A Century of Making a Difference, we will do just that.

The Foothills District Fall Family Camping event, held in October at Bert Adams, was filmed for an episode of the TV show "Let's Go Camping" that was aired in December.  If you missed it on TV, you can now view it on YouTube.

Congratulations to the Foothills Scouters who have been selected as part of the 2010 Class of Silver Beavers. This is the highest award that can be bestowed on an Adult Volunteer by the local Council in recognition for their service to youth. This year's recipients from the Foothills District are:

Doug Bahr
Rodrigo Cano
Bob Cato
Steve Harrison

The 54 Foothills Units participating in the 2009 Popcorn Sale raised $424,385. Thanks to the Unit Kernels, the families and boys that helped make the Foothills District shine! Download the attached PDF file to see the top selling units.