Links

B.S.A. R.I. Links

The Narragansett Council, B.S.A. serves youth of Rhode Island, South Eastern Massachusetts and portions of Connecticut. The council provides the full program of the Boy Scouts of America. Here is a link to programs offered by the Council.

Quequatuck District Information

Troop 1 Richmond is part of the Quequatuck district which serves all of South County, Jamestown, and Block Island.

The Scout Shop

This is a link to the three RI Scout Shops: East Bay: Warren, West Bay: Warwick, and Yawgoog: Hopkinton. It also includes a link to their online catalogue.

Yawgoog Scout Reservation

All you need to know about summer camping at Yawgoog Scout Reservation. Founded in 1916 as "A Scout Adventureland Forever", Camp Yawgoog is situated on 1800 acres of beautiful wilderness in Rockville, Rhode Island. The atmosphere of healthy Camp competition is a unique aspect of the Yawgoog experience.

Scout Training Links

BSA Online Learning Center

This site provides a variety of materials, from quick references to complete courses, all designed to help our members improve leadership skills and deliver a quality program.

White Stag - Junior Leadership Training

The goal of White Stag is to help troops flourish by increasing the knowledge, skill, confidence and effectiveness of their youth leaders. Throughout the six day, two weekend program, team-building skills are explained, demonstrated and modeled by White Stag staff.

Wood Badge - Adult Leadership Training

Wood Badge is a training course for Scouters which finally results in their receiving a certificate, a small neckerchief, a leather slide, and two small wooden beads on a leather thong. Wood Badge is Scouting's premier training course.

Bugle Calls - Music

Below are copies of the music for all of the Bugle Calls required for Bugling Merit Badge Requirements. Individual pages, with the same images, explanations of when each call is to be used, and links to audio versions of the individual bugle calls can be accessed by clicking on links from our Bugling Merit Badge Page:

Grog's Animated Knots

Better to know a knot and not need it, than need a knot and not know it. This Website has been converted to a program which will run on your computer with no internet connection. It is more convenient, faster, and is both an excellent training tool and the ideal gift for: Yachtsmen; Climbers; Fishermen; Scouts; Arborists; and Search & Rescue Workers.

Outdoor Dude

There are a number of site for which support merit badges and rank requirements for some outdoor skills. These can all be found by going to any one site: http://www.outdoorsdudes.com/

Camping: http://www.campingdude.com/

Water Drinking Safety: http://www.waterfilterdude.com/

Emergency Preparedness: http://www.emergencydude.com/

CPR: http://www.cprdude.com/

Compass (Orienteering): http://www.compassdude.com/

Campfire/cooking/fire safety: http://www.campfiredude.com/

Hiking: http://www.hikingdude.com/

Dutch Oven Cooking: http://www.dutchovendude.com/

Leave No Trace: http://www.leavenotracedude.com/

Order of the Arrow

National Order of the Arrow

The Order of the Arrow is Scouting's National Honor Society. The purpose of the Order of the Arrow is fourfold: (1) To recognize those Scout campers who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives, (2) To develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit, (3) To promote Scout camping, and (4) To crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others

Order of The Arrow Northeast

Welcome to the Northeast Region, Order of the Arrow web site! The Northeast Region serves more than 44,000 Arrowmen over 75 lodges across the northeastern United States, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and the Transatlantic Council spanning across the globe.

Abnaki Lodge #102

The is Narragansett Council's local chapter of the Order of the Arrow.

B.S.A. National and World Links

Boy Scouts of America

The purpose of the Boy Scouts of America, incorporated on February 8, 1910, and chartered by Congress in 1916, is to provide an educational program for boys and young adults to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness.

World Organization of Scouting

The mission of Scouting is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society.

Scouts NewEngland

We cover everything Scouting related in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

General Scouting Links

Scoutorama.com

Scoutorama is a Scouting resource warehouse. Information is continually added by the thousands of visitors who frequent the site every day. The content and information on Scoutorama.com is made possible by the thousands of Scouts and Scouters who take time to contribute songs, thoughts, skits, and other information to the site.

Scouter Network

This site is a mix of discussion groups, links to other scouting sites, lists of scouting organization, clip art, auction of scouting material, etc.

http://www.boyscouttrail.com/

A general site with a lot of information ranging from rank requirements to recipies.

U.S. Scouting Service Project

Is a general information and resource center. This includes Ask Andy for a question and answer center; scout camp search; Advancement, merit badge and awards help; about the US Flag, about Baden Powell; stories; ceremonies; leader minutes; cooking help; clip art; knot and ropes help; and many other links and bits of information.

Eagle Scouts Links

Eagle Scout.org

Eaglescout.org is dedicated to helping Scouts become Eagle Scouts! We've collected a lot of resources to assist you in achieving Eagle Scout rank and planning the celebration to follow - everything from Eagle planning guides to extensive court of honor materials. You'll find tools that will empower you and help you do your best! We've also collected a bit of history of Eagle Rank requirements as taken from old handbooks of the Boy Scouts of America and other materials of interest to Scouts and Scouters

Miscellaneous Links

ScoutSongs.com

This songbook was created for everyone who has ever been involved in Scouting. It includes many types of camp songs. There are action songs to keep you moving, Patriotic Songs, Boy Scout songs and Girl Scout Songs that have been sung by Scouts for generations.

Winter Camping

Follow this link to a site in Canada on winter camping information. Who knows better than our brothers up in the great white north about winter camping.

Turk's Head Knot

This is a pdf that shows you how to make your own Turk's Head Knot as a neckerchief slide.

Commercial Links

Campmor Camping Gear

This is a on-line outdoor gear store. It also has a brick and mortar site in Paramus, NJ. You can get anything from camping and hiking gear to biking gear.