Raritan Valley District
Raritan Valley DistrictWelcome to the Raritan Valley District Website, serving the communities of: Bound Brook, Bradley Gardens, Branchburg, Bridgewater, Dunellen, Edison, Finderne, Flagtown, Franklin, Franklin Park, Green Brook, Griggstown, Highland Park, Hillsborough, Lamington, Manville, Martinsville, Metuchen, Middlesex, New Brunswick, Neshanic, Neshanic Station, North Branch, Piscataway, Plainfield, Pluckemin, Raritan, Somerset, Somerville, South Bound Brook, South Branch, and South Plainfield.
- Roundtable Information & Upcoming Events
- Awards Recognition Breakfast & Nomination Information
- Cub Scout News
- Health & Safety
- Community Service
- Training News
- Alumni News
- Raritan Valley Photo Links
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
7:30 P.M.
SOMERVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
51 WEST CLIFF STREET, SOMERVILLE, NJ
Pre-Meeting Reminders:
7 p.m. – Commissioners Meeting
Roundtable Agenda
7:30 p.m.
8 p.m. – Breakouts
Cub Scouts
Scouts BSA – Older Scout Activities
Activity Calendar 2020
Raritan Valley District Awards Breakfast
Saturday, March 21, 2020, 8:30 AM TO 11:00 AM
New Location
Pluckemin Presbyterian Church
279 Route 202/206, Pluckemin
This is a great opportunity for fellowship with great food.
Price $20 per person by February 14th
$25 per person February 15th through March 7th
Breakfast Registration closes March 7th
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE BREAKFAST
We will also acknowledge and congratulate the winners of:
- Raritan Valley District Award of Merit
- Mary Tomchuk Servant Leader Award
- Ron Catlin Cub Scouter Award
- George Kosta Scouter Award
- John Schaub For The District Award
- Denninger Award
- Raritan Valley District Hero Awards
- Scoutmaster of the Year / Cubmaster of the Year
Each Unit should plan on nominating one volunteer for the Raritan Valley Hero Award. The Raritan Valley Hero Award recognizes people who do that little extra, or a whole lot extra to make scouting happen in their unit.
Award Nominations will open on January 3, 2020 and close on February 18, 2020.
Click Here to Leave the Breakfast Registration and Nominate Someone for an Award
Event Chair: Linda Cummings at [email protected]
2020 Cub Scout Event Calendar
District Pinewood Derby – 3/14/2020
Spring Cub Family Camping – 6/5-7/2020
Spring Webelos Woods – 6/5-7/2020
Rocket Launch – 6/28/2020
Fall Cub Family Camping – 10/2-4/2020
Fall Webelos Woods – 10/2-4/2020
Webelos First Responders -11/7/2020
Congratulations to the 2019 Raritan Valley Winners of the Community Service Award for Patriots’ Path Council
Winners are chosen with the highest amount of hours for the year and the highest average hours per Scout. So a Unit may be the winner in one or both of the categories.
Each Winning unit will receive a Patch for each Scout and a streamer for their flag.
Congratulations & Thank you for doing your Good Turns,
Linda Cummings, Community Service Chairperson, Raritan Valley District
Pack 96 310 hours/ 6.20 hours per Scout
Troop 12 1345 hours
Troop 41 30.78 hours per Scout
Reporting Hours
Please remember that all Community Service hours need to be reported by Dec. 31, 2019
https://servicehours.scouting.org
Linda Cummings
Raritan Valley Community Service Chairperson
908-904-4498 home 908-963-6310 cell
Click Here to Register for Cub Leader Position Specific Training
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO REGISTER FOR ALL TRAININGS
For trainings see the Council Calendar
Upcoming
November TBD 2020 – Philmont Alumni Brunch
Program Highlights:
• Guest Speaker
• Recognition of the 2020 Philmont Leadership
• Presentation of the David Setzer Philmont Alumnus Award
Attendees: All Alumni, Family & Friends. Dress: Casual. Fee: TBD
Contact Us
Hugh Gordon, District Commissioner
The Professional Team
Art Lobdell, Field Director
(973) 765-9322 x228
Javier Juarez, Membership Executive
Will Adams, Program Executive
Jeff Miller, Finance Executive
Raritan Valley District Calendar 2020
District Roundtable
Cub Scout and Scouts BSA Roundtables are held at 7:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at the Somerville Middle School: 51 West Cliff Street, Somerville, NJ 08876. Alternate locations will be added when needed.
Scout BSA Roundtable Link
February 19
March 18
April 15
May 20
June 1 – Tradeshow of Scouting