Thank you for your interest in either the Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills course for Scouts BSA and Venturing Leaders, or the Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation course for Cub Scout Leaders! These courses will be held at Ford's Chapel United Methodist Church in Huntsville, AL.
The Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS) course will provide you with the basic outdoor skills needed to guide an outdoor program in accordance with BSA standards. The skills taught are based on the outdoor skills found in the Scouts BSA Handbook. This course is required for all Scouts BSA leaders. IOLS is conducted from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon.
The Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) is required for Cub Packs to conduct outdoor overnight events. Each Pack is required to have a BALOO trained leader (two are strongly recommended) present at any overnight pack activity. Participants will be learning basic outdoor, camping, and cooking skills. Any registered adult Scouter may attend. The BALOO course is a two day course beginning Friday evening and running until Saturday afternoon.
BALOO participants: please note there is now an online section of BALOO. Please complete the online section before attending by visiting https://my.scouting.org/ and logging into your scout account.
All participants are required to have with them the BSA Health and Medical Form (Parts A & B only).
Location Address:
280 Ford Chapel Drive
Harvest, AL 35749