Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council, Scouting America

08/21/2026

3 weeks to go...spots are filling in fast & won’t last long.

Tickets / Sponsorship: https://svmbcClays2026.eventbrite.com

30-sec Sneak peek: https://youtu.be/XrDrS4M26BA

SVMBC Sporting Clays 2026 | September 10, 2026 | 10:30 AM | Coyote Valley Sporting Clays , Morgan Hill, CA.

The day is filled with great food, good times, more details below.
- All Shooting Experience (shotgun, rifle, pistol), Archery, and Tomahawk stations includes ammo

- Boxed Lunch and Dinner/Awards reception

- Drinks and snacks made available throughout the event

- Swag Gift Bag | Team golf cart

- One shotgun rental per team (if needed)

- Trophies for top three teams and 3 Top Shot Players

- Access to the Hospitality tent during reception

- Raffle Participation

See you there!

08/21/2026

3 weeks to go...spots are filling in fast & won't last long.

Tickets / Sponsorship: https://svmbcClays2026.eventbrite.com

30-sec Sneak peek: https://youtu.be/XrDrS4M26BA

SVMBC Sporting Clays 2026 | September 10, 2026 | 10:30 AM | Valley Sporting Clays, Morgan Hill, CA.

The day is filled with great food, good times, more details below.
- All Shooting Experience (shotgun, rifle, pistol), Archery, and Tomahawk stations includes ammo

- Boxed Lunch and Dinner/Awards reception

- Drinks and snacks made available throughout the event

- Swag Gift Bag | Team golf cart

- One shotgun rental per team (if needed)

- Trophies for top three teams and 3 Top Shot Players

- Access to the Hospitality tent during reception

- Raffle Participation

See you there!

We are back with our exciting annual Sporting Clays event on Septem...

08/21/2026

Service to the community is an important part of the Scouting program. Learn from Dallas DJ Hawkeye (Mark Rybczyk) about this great service project, and how your pack can get involved.

08/21/2026

Our staff spotlight series continues today as we highlight a professional who brings all the amazing parts of Scouting from SVMBC to you through marketing: Amanda.

Amanda jumped into Scouting as a Den Leader after her first-grade son brought home a flyer featuring a confident girl doing archery and insisted on trying Cub Scouts. After volunteering at Summer Day Camp in ’23, she joined the Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council staff as a District Executive before moving into her current role as Marketing Director, where she crafts Scouter Weekly (if you made it this far, reply to this post and tell me how you roast your marshmallow: low and slow, fast and charred, or outta the bag, for a shoutout in the next issue of Scouter Weekly!). Having witnessed incredible transformations in her two boys, a Webelos Scout and a Scout who just bridged into a troop, Amanda is deeply passionate about growing council programs and sharing the impact of Scouting with others.

When she’s not Scouting (haha), you can usually find Amanda outdoors or getting creative. She loves sewing, working in her garden, coffee, napping, cooking, Rotary, and hitting the trails for a good hike with her family.

Check out this week's issue of Scouter Weekly:
https://try.svmbc.org/scouter-weekly-august-20-26

08/19/2026

Personal growth, Lifelong Connections, and the first Canine Endowment member!

Thanks to our incredible supporters, Scouting in Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council continues to thrive. On August 16, we gathered at Chesebrough Scout Reservation for our 2026 Heritage Reception to express our deepest gratitude to those who give to the legacy of Scouting.
The highlight of the evening was hearing directly from our Scouting family:

55 Years of Memories: Emile Metressat shared how his very first campout at Camp Hi-Sierra sparked a passion that keeps him active in Scouting 55 years later.

Personal Growth: Nathaniel Lim reflected on overcoming a rocky start with help from his troop leader, teaching him goal-setting that drives him to this day.

Lifelong Connections & Special Moments: Annabelle Resch highlighted the lifelong friendships she built, while Mark McHaddon shared how Scouting gave him hope and a welcoming community, plus a special moment when his late pup, Gideon McHaddon, was honored as our first Canine James E. West awardee! 🐾

Generational Impact: Ron D**e and Anandraj Vengadassalam both spoke about joining for their sons and finding their own transformative, lasting passion for the movement along the way.

Thank you to everyone who invests in our mission and makes these stories possible!

08/17/2026

08/17/2026

Thank you Mayor Turner, for joining Scouts BSA Troop 730 to be part of Sean and Avi’s Eagle Scout Celebration.

08/14/2026

Once you have signed up a new leader, how do you ensure that he or she will succeed at the job? This episode will feature a discussion of an on-boarding process that is designed to help the new leader enjoy the role and carry it out successfully.

08/10/2026

Congratulations to Troop 599!