District Service Area
The Kaw District serves the counties of Wyandotte, Leavenworth, and northeast Johnson in Kansas and includes the school districts: Easton; Ft. Leavenworth; Leavenworth; Lansing; Piper; Basehor-Linwood; Tonganoxie; Bonner Springs/Edwardsville; Kansas City Kansas; Turner; and Shawnee Mission. The Kaw District and the Heart of America Council is dedicated to supporting the volunteer Scout leaders as they provide the programs of the Boy Scouts of America to the youth in this area.
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What's New
2021-2022 District Banquet
The Kaw District will hold its annual banquet on Feb.9th,2022 - please begin to think about and nominate your fellow scouters for any of the following awards: District award of Merit, Outstanding Scoutmaster, Outstanding Assistant Scoutmaster, Outstanding Cubmaster, Outstanding Assistant Cubmaster, Outstanding Den Leader, Outstanding Crew Advisor, Outstanding Committee Chair, Outstanding Committee Member, Outstanding SPL and Outstanding Charter Org Rep. Nominations can be done here and are due by Dec.10th -
Kaw District 2021 Banquet Awards - Google Forms
District Award of Merit — Heart of America Council — Boy Scouts (hoac-bsa.org)
2021 Friends of Scouting
If you would like to help us change lives please consider giving to the 2021 Kaw District Community Campaign. Your gift matters, stays local, and impacts youth in the counties we serve in Kaw! Click here to give to the Kaw Community Campaign!
District Merger
On August 1, 2020 the Kaw District merged with the Shawnee Trails District to better serve the youth in the Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties, and the Shawnee Mission School District. The merger of these two districts have formed the new Kaw District. District leadership is currently working together to ensure that commitments for both districts like school night, training, and other activities are held as planned. To learn more about the merger please visit here. Your district leadership has grown and looks forward to serving you during this time. Please do not hesitate to reach out to anyone on the District Leadership contact list for questions or concerns.
Roundtable
Currently Roundtable is being held at Bonner Methodist Church each month; starting at 7pm. The Eagle project reviews and Eagle Board of Reviews will be handled in-person -- For information on the Eagle process, please see the Advancement page.