National Youth Leadership Training - Connecticut Rivers Council NYLT

08/16/2026

At the completion of the 2026 NYLT Course at J.N. Webster, Reservation Director Pat Boyd presented 2026 Course Director Don Corne with a plaque from the Connecticut Rivers Council in recognition of his excellent work. Don did an outstanding job bringing together a team of Adult Staff to support the Youth Staff who ran the course. Thank you, Don, and the entire 2026 NYLT Staff for living up to the common NYLT refrain of “If you can see it, you can be it.”

08/15/2026

🚨Happening Now: Commencement of the 2026 June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation NYLT Troop! Congratulations to all of the participants and Staff on a very successful week.

08/14/2026

08/13/2026

Wednesday was Patrol Adventure Day! Can you think of a better way to wake up other than by the sound of bagpipes? This is one of our favorite traditions here, and it was a great way to kick off a fun day of Patrol adventures throughout base camp!

The participants enjoyed a day of base camp activities as patrols, putting into practice their communication and problem-solving skills and monitoring their stage of Team Development!

08/12/2026

Day 3 (Tuesday), Part 3: The scouts had a fun Lego activity that dealt with challenging communication situations, and then learned about the steps dealing with leadership in an emergency: They saw a scenario acted out by the staff, and then got to create their own fake injures and then practice leadership in a staged “emergency situation”.

08/12/2026

Day 3 (Tuesday, Part 2). The scouts learned about problem solving, and then played some games that required them to work together to successfully complete those challenges!

08/12/2026

Day 3 (Tuesday), Part 1: Day 3 included activities based on teamwork as well as a troop meeting. Troop guides modeled the EDGE method for teaching lashings. “E”, “D” and “G”were in ‘patrol corners’ and then they had the opportunity to try “E” during inter patrol activities of building a tripod and then building an A-frame to transport an “injured” person.

08/11/2026

NYLT Day 2: Pioneering projects! The scouts learned about planning and what it takes to turn a vision into a reality. Their newfound skills were put into action as patrols designed and created a pioneering project!

08/11/2026

Part 1 of Day 2 at NYLT: the day was spent learning more about communication, planning and everyone got to participate in a model youth-led troop meeting.

Coming up: pioneering projects where the scouts put their planning skills to action!

08/10/2026

NYLT starting Day 2 with a little Cotton Eyed Joe!