Name Your New Council Contest - Time to VOTE!

Now that all Scouting in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties is consolidating, the new council will need a new name. Over the past month, Scouts and Scouters in the tri-county area submitted suggestions. Now it is time to vote....
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The Finalist Selection Phase

Beginning on Monday, October 5 and ending on Saturday, October 31, you will be able to vote on a list of names that have been submitted which meet the criteria from the Brainstorming Phase. These submissions have been posted on the BSA web site. Use the link below to choose your favorite names from the list. These survey results will be used by the Council Naming Task Force to make its recommendation to the council executive board. Prizes will be awarded to the three finalists. And a grand prize will be awarded to the person whose submitted name is chosen.

647 Cub Scout Darryl M. submitted the name "Big 3 Area Council". Please click here to vote for Darryl's entry....

Name Your New Council Contest

Name Your New Council
Submit your suggestion here

Now that all Scouting in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties is consolidating...
We need to have a name for our new council!

All Scouts and Scouters in the tri-county area have the opportunity to submit their suggestions for our new council name. The selection process will be in two phases:

The Brainstorming Phase
This is your chance to have an active part in naming our new council. Send us your idea and why you believe that it should be the name for the council. Please be sure to include your name, phone number and an e-mail address, as everyone who submits a suggestion will become eligible to win a prize.

The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, September 30, 2009.

Here are the criteria for evaluating the names submitted. The name must be one that:
<>Is inclusive of the entire council, people and constituents
<>Translates into strong graphics
<>Is something to which everyone in the council can relate
<>Expresses something unique about this council
<>Makes sense
<>Has a sense of adventure
<>Is easy to say
<>Is memorable, distinctive
<>Resonates well with donors and supporters
<>May have historical or geographical significance

The Finalist Selection Phase
Beginning on Monday, October 5 and ending on Saturday, October 31, there will be a list of names that have been submitted which meet the criteria from the Brainstorming Phase. These submissions will be posted on this web site. There will also be a link to a “Select a Name” area, where you will be able to click a button to choose your favorite names from the list. These survey results will be used by the Council Naming Task Force to make its recommendation to the council executive board. Prizes will be awarded to the three finalists. And a grand prize will be awarded to the person whose submitted name is chosen.

We look forward to your input!

Enter the 2009 Boys' Life Reading Contest DEADLINE 12/31

Enter the 2009 Boys’ Life reading contest

Write a one-page report titled “The Best Book I Read This Year” and enter it in the Boys’ Life 2009 “Say Yes to Reading!” contest.

The book can be fiction or nonfiction. But the report has to be in your own words — 500 words tops. Enter in one of these three age categories:
8 years old and younger
9 and 10 years old
11 years old and older

First-place winners in each age category will receive a $100 gift certificate good for any product in the Boy Scouts official retail catalog. Second-place winners will receive a $75 gift certificate, and third-place winners a $50 certificate.

Everyone who enters will get a free patch like the one on this page. (And, yes, the patch is a temporary insignia, so it can be worn on the Boy Scout uniform shirt, on the right pocket. Proudly display it there or anywhere!) In coming years, you’ll have the opportunity to earn different patches.

The contest is open to all Boys’ Life readers. Be sure to include your name, address, age and grade in school on the entry.

Send your report, along with a business-size, self-addressed, stamped envelope, to:

Boys’ Life Reading Contest

S306

P.O. Box 152079

Irving, TX 75015-2079

Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 2009 and must include entry information and a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Click here to check out the winning essays in last year’s contest.

Join Scouting Video Contest - DEADLINE 9/15

Do you love Scouting? Want your friends to join? Make a commercial to encourage your friends to Join Scouting, and you could win a great prize and earn the cinematography merit badge!!!

HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE?

• Submit a video no more than one minute long to the Join Scouting video contest before Sep. 15, 2009.

• Watch the Join Scouting videos and come back after Sep. 16, 2009, to choose your favorites.

• Finalists will be determined by the number of votes received between Sep. 16 and Sep. 30, 2009.

• The winning videos will be announced in September.

• Click here to read the official rules.

WHAT CAN I WIN?

• The top winner in each category will receive a 13" MacBook 2.0GHz laptop computer.

• The second-place winner in each category will receive a 8GB iPod Touch.

• The third-place winner in each category will receive a $100 iTunes gift card.

• Remember, many people will enter, but only a few will win.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Any registered Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout or Venturers can enter.

WHEN AND WHERE CAN I ENTER?

Videos can be submitted by clicking here "Submit your video" from June 5, 2009, through September 15, 2009.

Click here to read the official rules.

With only an extra 25 minutes of work, the cinematography MB could be earned with the join video contest.