Wood Badge 2012 Dates:
Fall Class – September 28 – 30, and October 13 – 15, 2012
Classes will be held at The Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center.
Bill Krieger is the Course Director for the Fall program.
For more information contact Julie Anderson at Julie Anderson or call 714-546-4990 x 105.
To be eligible to participate in Wood Badge you must:
Be a registered adult member of the Boy Scouts of America. (Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity or Venturing).
Have completed the basic training courses for your Scouting position.
Have completed the outdoor skills training program appropriate to your position.
Be capable of functioning safely in an outdoor environment. Successful completion of the outdoor essentials is required.
Dear Scouter,
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you a personal invitation to participate in Wood Badge. Please join us and our staff in continuing Lord Baden-Powell’s vision of leadership and service to the Scouting program by accepting this invitation to the 2012 Wood Badge Course. This is the ultimate leadership training experience designed to meet the leadership needs for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity, and Venturing Leaders as well as District and Council Leaders and will be a truly moving experience. This course is a multifaceted interactive presentation of leadership concepts not only relevant to our values-based Scouting movement, but also widely employed by Corporate America and leading government organizations. You’ll experience fellowship of learning in a fun-filled way from volunteers of like-minded Scouters.
The practical portion will be conducted in a pair of three-day, two weekend sessions. Between these two weekends, you will be required to participate in patrol meetings, with the location and time to be determined by each patrol. Upon completion of the practical course, your work continues on an individual basis as you “work your ticket,” a written contract with yourself that must be completed within 18 months in order to earn your Wood Badge beads.
The fee for the course is $285. A $100 deposit is required when you return the attached reservation form. Please check with your unit as some units will help subsidize or pay outright. Limited scholarships are also available. The course is limited to 48 participants, so registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. We commend you for the job that you are now doing in Scouting, but we are sure that through Wood Badge training you will be able to make an even greater contribution in providing quality leadership that will benefit the Scouting program for our youth. It is our sincere hope that you can arrange your time and commitments to be able to join us on course. We are confident you will find the time well spent and thoroughly enjoyable.
