DISTRICT DINNER, JANUARY 27, 2012

To all in White Rock District:  This is a reminder that the last White Rock District awards dinner will be Friday, January 27th, at the Knights of Columbus Hall.  Details are in the attached flyer.  All 2011 Eagle Scouts have received from me a personal letter inviting them to be our guests at the dinner so that we may recognize their efforts in achieving the Eagle Rank.  The dinner is for all adult scouters in the district and parents or guests of the Eagle scouts that we will honor.  The cost is $15 per person (through the upcoming roundtable), and $20 at the door.  We need to finalize the attendance list as soon as possible to make sure we make the appropriate arrangements with the caterer.  Please have your units at its upcoming meeting compile a list of attendees and send it to me or Adam Hunter.  Payments can be made (to “Circle 10 Council”) either at the council offices on Harry Hines Blvd, or to me or to Adam Hunter in person at roundtable or otherwise. 

As we have now officially combined with White Buffalo, and are now known as Tejas Caddo, this district dinner will be the final time that we celebrate as White Rock District to both honor those scouters who have given so much to our district this year and over the years and to kickoff our new larger district.  At the dinner, we will announce and recognize our new District Award of Merit recipients and the new Silver Beaver recipients, as well as a host of others. This will be a special event, so please make every effort to attend/  Send in your RSVP list asap.  Thanks,

Scuba Diving - Dec 2009
Scouting Heritage - May 2010
Inventing - June 2010
Geocaching - Dec 2010
Robotics - April 2011
Chess - September 2011
Welding - End of 2011
Kayaking - Summer of 2012
Search & Rescue - Summer of 2012
Animation - 2013
Programming - TBD
Game Design - TBD

The SCOUTStrong Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) will help you add activity to your life, and reward you when you do! 

This challenge is for everyone associated with the Boy Scouts of America: 

• Scouts • Venturers • BSA Parents • BSA Volunteers • Local Council Staff • National Council Staff • Board Members • Friends of Scouting • BSA Alumni 

To earn the SCOUTStrong PALA Award, you are required to meet a daily activity goal of 30 minutes a day for adults and 60 minutes a day for kids under 18 for at least five days a week, for six out of eight weeks. 

Stick with the program and you’ll earn your SCOUTStrong Award Patch in less than two months. 

Learn more about the SCOUTStrong PALA at: 

www.scouting.org/SCOUTStrongPALA 

TAKE THE SCOUTSTRONG PALA CHALLENGE!

“COUNCIL POLICY ON FREE RANK ADVANCEMENT PATCHES:  The Council’s policy on how units can obtain free rank advancement patches is listed below.  Note that it requires both the use of the on-line advancement reporting to record the advancement within a unit, and a hard copy of the advancement report that must be presented when the patches are picked up at the scout shop.  Please make your advancement chairs aware of this procedure so that you can continue to receive free advancement patches.

Circle Ten Council’s Policy is that units will be provided free rank advancement badges if they:

1.Use BSA’s online rank advancement service

and

2.Bring the printout of advancement activity with them to the Scout Shop when requesting rank advancement.

Only units complying with both requirements will receive their rank advancement at no cost.

For additional information regarding this policy please contact:

Pete Peterson (214 902 6725, cpeterso@bsamail.org)

Dennis Luellen (972 359 1560, ext 118, dennis.luellen@scouting.org

Scouting Service Hours

  Journey To Excellence Service Hours

You can now enter your service hours at www.scouting.org/awards/journeytoexcellence . Look for the “Service Project” area of the screen.  There you can find the link to log your hours, information for first time users, ideas and tips for a successful service project, and sample reports that can be pulled by your council administrator, Wendy Kurten. To enter your service hours click on “service hours website.” Choose “New User Click Here” or enter in your existing username and password.

Users can still use www.goodturnforamerica but they will be redirected to the new data collection site. If you have any questions, please contact the national service desk 972-580-2267. 

Volunteers with a MyScouting account can also reach the Journey to Excellence service hour website by clicking on the Journey to Excellence Information link on the left side of the screen in the “Council Tools” section. Once they click the link they will be directed towww.scouting.org/awards/journeytoexcellence and can follow the same procedures as listed above.

Mailing Address:
Boy Scouts of America - Circle Ten Council
8605 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75235-0726
US 

Contact Name: Wendy Kurten
Telephone Number: (214) 902-6700

Effective June 1, 2010:

- Youth Protection Training is required for all registered volunteers. 

- New leaders are required to take Youth Protection Training before they submit their application for registration. The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time application is made and before volunteer service with youth begins.

- Youth Protection Training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer's Youth Protection Training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered.

Please see attached for steps to ensure these policies are fully implemented.

Each unit attending Philmont Scout Ranch must have a least one person certified in both:

1. American Red Cross Wilderness First Aid or the equivalent
2. CPR from the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or the equivalent.

Northern Tier and Sea Base require Basic First Aid and CPR.

If your unit is attending a BSA High Adventure Base this season, you should already have completed or currently be registered for one of the area training courses.
 
The Wilderness First Aid course is offered by the Red Cross (current schedule).
 
The Wilderness First Aid Course is also being offered via the Lone Star District.

The Red Cross regularly offers CPR classes (more info).

The Wilderness First Aid and CPR courses are separate certifications and require separate classes.

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