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Spring 2012 Wood Badge course dates are Thursday through Saturday, March 1-3 and March 29-31, 2012. The course is six full days and attendance throughout both weekends is required to complete the course. Arrival is at 7:00 AM both Thursdays. The course ends at approximately 5:45 PM the first Saturday and 3:30 PM the second Saturday. There are 1-2 interim patrol meetings between the two weekends with dates and locations set by individual patrols.

Wood Badge is a comprehensive training course started by Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, to help leaders hone their skills, extend their understanding of the youth they lead and the adults with whom they work, and to reach new levels of personal growth and learning as Scouters. Wood Badge provides advanced training in leadership and teamwork for adult leaders in all Scouting programs. The course is also a whole lot of fun where you can develop deep friendships with fellow leaders.

Wood Badge is the ultimate personal and professional growth training program offered by the Boy Scouts of America; it is a national course curriculum delivered locally by Capitol Area Council volunteer staff. Wood Badge is about enhancing your leadership skills through hands-on experience, to help you take those skills back to your unit or District and put them to work to develop effective leaders and youth where you serve. The instructional portion of the course consists of the two weekends at Lost Pines, followed by an 18-month application phase in which each participant completes what is known as their "ticket", a series of personal goals developed during the course.

To be eligible for Wood Badge a participant must have completed This is Scouting (or New Leader Essentials) training and the Leader Specific Training course for their current position in Scouting (example: Boy Scout Leader Specific Training). Scoutmasters/Asst. Scoutmasters and Varsity Coaches/Asst. Coaches need to also have taken the Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills training for their position; all other leaders are encouraged to take this outdoor training as well. This training must be completed prior to the course.

For more information contact Course Director Bob Bollish at bbollish@gmail.com or 512.574.2774 (cell).

SIGN UP NOW TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT! Course fee: $250

To be registered and placed on the course roster you must pay a $75 deposit via credit card online or by check payable to the Capitol Area Council (mark it for Spring 2012 Wood Badge) and mailed/delivered to:
Wood Badge c/o Capitol Area Council
12500 N IH-35
Austin, TX 78753

Once a deposit is paid, your name will be placed on the course roster. Once the course is full we will take a wait list and no deposit is required. If you elect not to pay a deposit you will be placed on the wait list, not the course roster. The roster is filled on a first come first serve basis.
Final payment of the $175 balance is due no later than January 9, 2012. At that time anyone with an unpaid balance will be moved to the wait list and someone else will take their place on the course roster.

The $250 course fee includes all meals and utensils on the first weekend, course materials, a course t-shirt, hat, pen, and mug, plus use of tents on wood platforms at Lost Pines Boy Scout campsites.

On the second weekend a personal tent will be necessary for an outback camping overnight.  Participants will cook their own meals the second weekend and need to provide utensils and cooking equipment. Funds will be provided to purchase the food for meals the second weekend.

Participants should bring a cot (optional), sleeping bag, and personal items. A complete BSA field uniform is required, formerly known as a Class A uniform: official Scout shirt, shoulder loops, pants, socks, and belt.