Useful Information
This page is intended to provide parents, cub scouts, and den leaders links to information that they find helpful for scouting activities - information such as: uniforms; ideas for running meeting; regional and on-line leaders training; and local, regional, and national programs. If you know of a resource you'd like to share with others, please email the webmaster.
The following links may be helpful:
- Hightower District Home Page. This is the home page of our district in NE Atlanta. It includes links to the current training activities, which are held on Tuesday nights at the Briarcliff Methodist Church.
- On-line Leader Training. Increasing amounts of leaders training are available online. Right now Fast Start Leader and Youth Protection are available. To take the classes you must register on-line at this link.
- Gwinnett Button District. I have found this district, and the Training Coordinator Cheryl Fitzgerald, to be a delightful alternative to our district; their classes are available at different times, and in my experience more frequently.
- Local Tour Permit. Prior to taking an official cub trip it is necessary to register with the District. Click the link and enter "forms" in the search box. You can select either a PDF which can be submitted by fax up to a week ahead of the trip, or by hand during up to the day of departure, or a mr complex online form.
- Georgia State Parks. If you're ever thinking of going camping in Georgia, take a look at the Parks' site. Truly we are blessed with some wonderful parks.