STEM – Spring Escape Rooms
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The GGAC STEM Committee is offering three Escape Room themed Nova Awards opportunities for Cub Scouts: 1-2-3-Go! (Numbers & Cryptography), Fearful Symmetry (Design symmetry through geometry), and Science Everywhere (Science & the Environment). For Scouts BSA, we are offering Whoosh! where we will study machines and design in motion using Minecraft as our tool.
COVID-19 Update – 01/26/21
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January 26, 2021: All Council camps and service centers are closed to visitors. Considering the current increase of COVID cases and the imminent triggering of the Order, GGAC recommends no in-person unit meetings or activities. If in-person meetings or activities are needed and permitted by the Order and local authority (city or county), units should […]
Troop 11’s Christmas Tree Cleanup
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On January 9th, Alameda Boy Scout Troop 11 launched its 49th annual Christmas Tree Pick Up and Recycling program. The service project has become a holiday tradition for Alameda. The first Christmas Tree Pick Up event started as an Eagle Scout project by Harold Zecher, Jr. in 1972, well before the county offered recycling programs. […]