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Monthly Meetings
District Meetings
Typically held the First Thursday of the month on Zoom and in Colton, Wa at 7pm.
These meetings are to accomplish the work of the district - Budgeting and finances, Advancement, programs, membership and all the other items that support our units in being successful!
Next Meetings:
April 2 - 7pm @ Colton Gun Club & Zoom
May 7 - 7pm @ Colton Gun Club & Zoom
June 4 - 7pm @ Colton Gun Club & Zoom
Use the button below to access Zoom meetings
District Roundtables
Typically held the Second Thursday of each month at 7pm on Zoom.
Each month features a timely topic to help keep you as unit leaders updated and in the know. These are also great times to ask questions of the Roundtable Commissioner and each other! Find out how other units are doing things, get insights into your struggles and celebrate your big and tiny wins with your unit!
Next Meetings:
April 9, 7pm - The Importance of NYLT
May 14, 7pm - TBD
June 11, 7pm - TBD
Commissioner Square Tables
Typically held on the Third Thursdays of the month.
Watch the District Facebook Page for the next Time and Location or request the next one be close to you.
These are more like "Open Office Hours" to meet in person with District Commissioner Dusty and other Commissioners. Commissioners are like advisors - most have "been there, done that" and might have a fresh take on a challenging situation. They will be able to help clarify a policy or can be a great listening ear for a frustrating interaction and a great friend to celebrate those fractional successes of growth in our scouts. If nothing else, they are a great chance to meet with a friend for snacks!
Cub Events Coming Up Soon
It's time to Register for these events!
District Pinewood Derby
April 11th, 2026 in Lewiston, ID
Check-in at 9am, Races start at 10am
Registration open now!
Open to the Top 4 racers in each Pack
Open Class racing for everyone! Cars from any year! Awards for fastest, turtles, best paint job, etc.
Cub Scout Summer Camp
July 9-12 or July 15-18
Registration open now!
Work with your campsite crew to solve the clues to the whodunnit mystery adventure!
Custom t-shirt included if paid in full by April 1st.
Custom pack t-shirts available ($18 ea) if order placed by April 15th.
Troop Events Coming Up Soon
It's time to register for these events!
Spring Camporee
The Case of the Golden Grizzly!
April 17-19, 2026 @ Camp Grizzly
Registration is open now! Compete and hustle from one clue to the next and work to solve the case as a patrol!
Summer Camp at Camp Grizzly
July 19-25 or July 26-August 1
New Scout Program, Advanced opportunities with Range and Target Activities and Tradescraft, Over 40 merit badges offered!
Provisional Scouts are welcome and encouraged! Attend a whole week of scout camp without your unit. New friends, more badges, no concerns about conflicts with your schedule and your troop's trip to camp. We'll place you with a friendly host troop for the week where you'll have a great time.
Free Customized t-shirt if paid in full by April 1st
Custom Troop Tees available to order through April 15th.
Order of the Arrow Events
Spring Service and Induction Weekend
April 24-26 @ Camp Grizzly
OA Annual Dues
Training Events
Annual Training Events for Youth and Adults
Wood Badge
Wood Badge is an advanced, national leadership course open only to Scouting volunteers and professionals.
Scouters from Cub Scouting, Scouts BSA, Venturing, Sea Scouts, and Explorers, and district and council Scouters all are welcome
This course will help you better understand how all the Scouting programs tie together. It will provide you with many useful leadership tools to help enable our youth to have the best possible Scouting experience.
First and Third Weekends in May
2026 registration open now!
The Appaloosa District encourages each unit to send at least one of their leaders to Wood Badge each year!
National Youth Leadership Training
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is a premier youth leadership training course for Scouts and Venturers. NYLT offers exciting, action-based program designed to provide youth members of Scouting America with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home units and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.
Youth must be at least 13 and have achieved the First Class Rank if in a Scouts BSA troop and meet all other eligibility requirements.
The Appaloosa District encourages each Troop or Crew to send all youth regardless of their leadership positions as soon as they meet eligibility requirements and are ready for growth in their leadership skills.
Summer Camp
Plan Ahead! Summer Camp is the premier annual experience for all scouts!
Fundraising
Have you planned for your unit's financial needs this year?
Camp Cards
(Spring)
These are a discount card put together by Council. There is a Spokane based card and an Appaloosa area Card that features our own local businesses as well as national chains.
Cards are sold for $10, the Unit gets $5 for each card.
2026 Sale Dates:
March 6 - April 24, 2026
Awesome Job!
100% of our cards are checked out!
If your unit wants more or needs to hand some off, please let Margaret know ASAP to connect for trading!
Popcorn
(Fall)
Popcorn Product sales start in August. Training for youth and leaders happens in August.
Sales close in Late October
Fund your unit's and scouts' annual activities through Popcorn sales!
Fall Information comes out before summer camp season
2026 Sale Dates:
First order due in July!
Start sales as early as August!
DIY Unit Fundraisers
Units are allowed to set up their own fundraisers provided they follow all rules as detailed on the Unit Fundraising Application and submit a copy for Each fundraiser to their District Executive for final approval two weeks or more prior to the start of your fundraiser.
Participation in Council Fundraisers & Annual Planning for Unit Success
Have you made a plan? Does your unit have a budget? Are you going to grow?
Unfortunately, we are not yet in a Star Trek timeline and money is still a part of our units' existence. It is critical for each unit to have a financial plan. Our District Executive works to check in with each unit annually and help ensure that a plan exists and to support development or modification of the plan as needed over time.
Our council runs two fundraisers each year to support fundraising efforts for units: Camp Cards in the Spring and Popcorn sales in the Fall. These fundraisers also help to support our council as it does the necessary work of holding insurance, keeping our three camp properties in good working order and available to our units, training professionals to improve their knowledge and skills to support units, providing locally available Summer Camp and other programming, and more.
While participation in one or more of the council fundraisers is highly encouraged, we recognize that those particular fundraisers may not be enough or may not work seamlessly with your unit's annual calendar or plan. Units are typically welcome to run their own fundraisers (within guidelines) but are required to submit a Unit Fundraiser Application for each fundraiser they run outside of council's fundraisers each year no less than two weeks before the start of their fundraiser.
Each unit also must recruit at least once annually, twice is better; in the fall and spring. Membership is critical to unit health and success! Hopefully, your unit has a plan in place. If you do not have a plan by the time you schedule a Unit Check-in meeting, we can help you start to craft a plan. More friends equals more fun and more hands to support the fun!
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