Events
Dayton Dragons Scout Night
2024 Scout Overnights – Friday, June 7 or Friday July 26 – Break out your tents for the Scout Overnighters. As a Pack, Troop or individual family, attend a Dragons game, watch a movie on the video board, and camp out on the field – all for $25! Or for $14, you can just attend the Dragons game. Dragons patches are available for $1 each. 2024 Scout Night Games – Want even more fun? Come to a Dayton Dragons Scout Night. For $14 per Scout, your Troop can enjoy a fun-filled Dragons game. With each ticket purchased, $7 will go to your local Scout Council. Dragons patches are available for $1 each.
Cub Scout Fishing Derby
Cub Scout Fishing Derby is May 18, 2024 from 9 am to 1 pm at Camp Birch! This event is designed for Cub Scouts and their families to come out and enjoy the lake side activities at Camp Birch. Cubs will be participating in events designed to grow their education of the outdoors. We hope they experience the joy of catching a fish…and maybe win a great prize too! Cost: FREE for all currently registered Tecumseh Council Scouts & Adults; $10 for out-of-council Scouts & Adults; $10 late fee for ALL registrations after May 10, 2024!
Lunch and a patch will be provided to the first 400 people who preregister. All youth must be accompanied by an adult. No pets allowed. Space is limited. Remember to bring your fishing gear!
OA Spring Ordeal
Tarhe Lodge will be holding their OA Spring Ordeal on the weekend of May 3-5, 2024 at Camp Hugh Taylor Birch. Arrowmen, plan to come out and welcome our new brothers. Brotherhood conversion starts at 1 pm on Saturday. Ordeal candidates need to arrive Friday evening between 7-8:30pm.
Ordeal candidates are $60 which includes this years dues. Brotherhood conversions are $45 and include the cost of your brotherhood sash. Current Arrowmen are $20 for the event fee and Crane Card holders are free. We look forward to seeing you there!
Spring Camporee – Wilderness Adventure!
Scouts BSA Troops are invited to join us April 26-28, 2024 in the rugged outdoors of Camp Birch as we embark on a Wilderness Adventure where Patrols will be competing against other Patrols to score the most points possible during a series of outdoor challenges! Patrols and Troops will be responsible for their own meals over the weekend. Cost if registered online by April 15: Tecumseh Council Scout: FREE; Tecumseh Council Adult: FREE; Out-of-Council Scout: $15; Out-of-Council Adult: $15. Late Fee if registered after April 15: $10. Late Fee applies to ALL late registrations! Registration Deadline: April 22.
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS)
IOLS will be offered Friday, April 5 at 6 pm to Saturday, April 6 at 5 pm at the Camp Birch Training Lodge. Check in from 5:30-6 pm Friday with the program starting at 6 pm Friday. Cost is FREE for adults WITH a current paid registration in Tecumseh Council, cost is $40 for adults WITHOUT a current paid registration in Tecumseh Council. There is a $10 late fee if not registered by March 29 (applies to both in and out-of-council). Contact Dave Perez with questions – david.c.perez@gmail.com
Section E2 Conclave
Arrowman, are you interested in joining the Tarhe Lodge contingent at the Section E2 Conclave at Camp Miakonda in Toledo, Ohio on May 10-12, 2024? Looking for top notch training opportunities or just to enjoy fellowship with fellow arrowmen from around the Section? Then consider signing up and attending this fantastic weekend opportunity. Follow the link below to sign up today!
https://scoutingevent.com/272-2024SectionE2Conclave
BALOO – Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation
BALOO – Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation will take place Friday, April 5 at 5:30 pm to Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 6 pm at Camp Birch. REGISTRATION DEADLINE is March 29, 2024. You must register online by this date or pay the late fee (additional $10 per person). Cost is FREE for registered Tecumseh Council ADULTS as part of the Council Fee. Cost is $40 for Out-of-Council ADULTS.
Welcome to BALOO training! It is the Cub Scout leader training required for any Cub Scout den or pack outdoor event, including pack camping overnighters and Webelos den overnighters. BALOO training consists of two components — an online component and a practical, hands-on component. Both components must be completed to qualify as a “TRAINED” Cub Scout outdoor leader. All of our Scouts deserve and NEED trained leaders.
Lagonda District Recognition Dinner
The Lagonda District Recognition Dinner is March 23, 2024 from 4:30 to 6:30 pm at Enon United Methodist Church (135 South Harrison Street, Enon, OH 45323).
Cost is FREE for guests WITH a current paid registration in Tecumseh Council, and $15 for guests WITHOUT a current paid registration in Tecumseh Council if registered by March 16. There is a $10 late fee for ALL registrations after March 16. Absolutely no registrations will be taken after March 19, and absolutely no walk-in registrations because meals are being pre-ordered. Dinner is Olive Garden lasagna, breadsticks, and salad.
Please let us all keep Bonnie Allen in our thoughts and prayers. She is the longtime Lagonda Dinner Coordinator, and is currently going through a medical issue. Thank you!
National Youth Leadership Training
National Youth Leadership Training will take place June 2-8, 2024 at Camp Birch. National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action-packed program designed for councils to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others. Built on the legacy of past JLT successes, the new NYLT integrates the best of modern leadership theory with the traditional strengths of the Scouting experience. Through activities, presentations, challenges, discussions, and audio-visual support, NYLT participants will be engaged in a unified approach to leadership that will give them the skill and confidence to lead well. Through a wide range of activities, games, and adventures, participants will work and play together as they put into action the best Scouting has to offer.
Wood Badge 9-439-24
Wood Badge takes place September 13-15, 2024 and October 12-13, 2024 at Camp Birch. The cost is $150 for registered Tecumseh Council leaders, and $300 for all other participants. What is Wood Badge? Reflecting the best of nearly a century of Scouting experience, Wood Badge draws upon the most current leadership models used by corporate America, academic circles and successful organizations throughout the country. Wood Badge training was begun by Baden Powell in 1919 as a way to insure that the leaders of Scout troops were properly trained. Since then Wood Badge has been held worldwide, providing advanced leadership training to thousands of Scout leaders.Wood Badge builds upon the best traditions and experiences of the Boy Scouts of America and also draws from a wide range of courses within and beyond the bounds of Scouting to present the latest in leadership theory and team development.
3rd Annual Sporting Clays Shoot benefitting Tecumseh Council
The 3rd Annual Sporting Clays Shoot benefitting Tecumseh Council is Friday, May 31, 2024 at Mad River Sportsman Club (1055 County Hwy 25 S, Bellefontaine, OH 43311) with check in beginning at 9:30 am. This is a 50-bird sporting clays shoot. The cost is $100 Adult Single Shooter, $50 Youth Single Shooter (minimum age 14, must be accompanied by a registered shooter), $300 4-Shooter Team, and $25 Lunch ONLY. Please register online by May 24, 2024. Click the title of this article for full details.
Eclipse Camping at Camp Birch
Camp Birch is located in the path of totality for the Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024 at 3:15 pm! We have camping available for both Scout and Non-Scout groups for the long weekend of Friday, April 5 through Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Come celebrate the ECLIPSE with us!
Campsites and Pavilions are for groups of 20 people or less. Groups larger that 20 people need to reserve multiple sites. Cabins have sleeping capacities, but additional tent camping is available around cabins. RV Hookups have electric, but no water.
Payment must be made at time of reservation, and all payments are non-refundable. Payment can be made by credit card over the phone, or at the Turner Building at Camp Birch.
To make a reservation, please call Traci or Tara at 937-325-6449.