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Program Updates and News

It’s official! The Cub Scout program will be updated for the 2024-25 program year. Over the past several years the National Cub Scouting Committee under the leadership of past chair Lisa Wylie and current chair Audrey Oakes has identified four areas to improve the Cub Scout program to ensure that it is fun, simple, and easy. To read more click the link below. 

As part of continuous improvements, changes have been made to rank and merit badge requirements. Attached is a list of those changes that will take effect on January 1, 2024. These changes will also appear in ScoutBook.

Council Advancement Committee

PositionNamePhoneEmail
Committee ChairRob Teitelman ctrivers.advancement@gmail.com
Staff AdvisorEugene Goss860-931-2736Eugene.Goss@scouting.org
Western District:
ChairFrank Magnante203-501-6662Fmagnante2@gmail.com
ChairBill Morris203-758-9506bigmouth51@aol.com
MB DeanLonny Mo860-618-0058bluebear998@gmail.com
Charter Oak District:
ChairTed Sanford860-677-6853ctrivers.mt.advance@gmail.com
ChairJackie McColgan860-687-1974mccolganjk@gmail.com
MB DeanChris Clute860-214-5648ctrivers.co.meritbadge@gmail.com
MemberRon DePietro860-919-1355ron425@sbcglobal.net
Leaders of the Revolution (LOTR) District:
ChairEd Steele860-918-3871e.p.steele@gmail.com
    
Southeastern District:
co-ChairMartin Snyder860-235-9732ctrivers.mohegan.advancement@gmail.com
co-ChairBill Shea860-883-8588william.shea@sbcglobal.net
co-MB DeanBill Day860-389-2115CTRivers.SE.Merit.Badge@gmail.com
    
Special Needs:
 Sandy Payne860-857-1108smilingpayne@aol.com