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Boy Scout Changes

05 Saturday May 2018

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Boy Scouts

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Boy Scouts, Girls in Scouting

Here is the truth about the Boy Scout Changes. This is an email I received from our scout executive.  For pictures and the video attached, please click for images.

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To: Greater Alabama Council Unit Leaders, Chartered Organizations, and Parents.

From:  J.T.Dabbs, III, Scout Executive

Re: Family Scouting program

As you may know, the national board of the Boy Scouts of America decided last year to make available for those chartered organizations, who wanted to offer it, a family scouting option.

This option would include the following Cub Scout options beginning in June of this year:

· Packs could have girl dens and boy dens, but not coed dens.

· Packs could remain all boy and not serve girls.

· A new all-girl pack could be started.

Beginning in February of 2019 this option would also include an older girl program that models the Boy Scout program:

· A chartered organization that has an existing Boy Scout Troop could offer for girls in the community the same program in a separate troop for girls.  There is no option for girl patrols or boy patrols, only a Troop for boys and a Troop for girls.

· A linked leadership structure would be available, you would have separate Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmasters for each troop, but the Committee Chair, Chartered Organization Representative, and committee members would be shared.

It is important to understand that the Chartered Organization, the entity that holds the charter to your unit, (usually a church or community organization) makes the decision on which option to offer.  We suggest that unit leaders begin discussing now with your chartered organization what works best.

You will find in this special edition of the Digital Eagle links to all the documents and information related to the BSA Family Scouting program.  Also, the website www.scouting.org/familyscouting has all of the current information and is updated with new information as soon as it is available.

Some key dates to keep in mind:

· June 1, 2018 – New Cub Scout Option for girls will be launched.

· June 1, 2018 – Updated program material available in Scout Shops.

· February 2019 – Program for older girls (Boy Scout Age) will be launched.

Thanks to each of you as you continue to serve the youth of our community.  If you have any questions feel free to reach out to us.

 

Here is a one-on-one interview with BSA Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh discussing and answering questions regarding the new program.

 

How to start a girl den within your pack or start an all-girl pack: 

You start a new girl pack just like we have always started new Cub Scout Units, you can get step by step instructions here in the Unit Performance guide, located at  https://scoutingwire.org/marketing-and-membership-hub/new-unit-development/unit-performance/

• The first step is to contact your unit’s Chartered Organization Representative to have the approval and direction of the Chartering Organization.

• Chartered organizations always have the option to select from the numerous BSA program offerings. They can select all or one of the BSA programs that they feel best meets the needs of their members and the communities around them.

• The starting of all girl dens within an existing Cub Pack will be to recruit and train your new Den Leaders. Most Cub Scout training modules along with the required Youth Protection Training may be found at  https://my.scouting.org

• Your Unit Commissioner, District Commissioner, and District Executive are great resources for additional training for leaders.

• If your Chartering Organization wishes to start an all-girl pack, then contact your District Executive. This will be a separate unit in terms of registration and organization.

• An adult male can lead an all-girl unit, just as we already have adult females leading all-boy programs. Youth protection requirements still apply to both male and female participants. Two-deep leadership is required at all meetings, events, and outings. This is a minimum requirement and additional supervision may be necessary, depending on the nature of the activities and the size of the group.

 

How do we Recruit?

National BSA has begun to publish recruiting materials for the new Family Scouting Program for Cub Scouts.

Your unit may use these images and documents to help recruit. The Greater Alabama Council will also be printing flyers to use as well.

 

 

 

Camping, Delivering Scouting’s Promise

Camping is a hallmark of Scouting, and it is important that our Cub Scout Packs and the new program for older girls follow all of the BSA guidelines for camping.  In Cub Scouting some camping activities are age appropriate and others are not, and anytime Cub Scouts are camping, make sure you are abiding by BSA camping policies found here:

https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/gss/gss03/

The BSA Youth Protection policies also have important information related to camping, more information on these topics can be found in the BSA Guide to Safe Scouting, for example on all overnight activities where boys and girls are present, male and female adult leaders must be present.

https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/gss/

The entire family can benefit from the camping experience, there are several resources and studies that you might find helpful. The American Camping Association has great information on the value of camp,  that information can be found here: https://www.acacamps.org/campers-families/because-camp/benefits-camp/value-camp

Boy Scout Summer Camp, Benefits every parent should know, https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/marketing/pdf/02-448-3.pdf

For more about the impact of scouting on your family, take a look at the Tufts University study that looks at how Scouting builds character in 6 areas; https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2015/10/22/tufts-study-confirms-scouting-builds-character-six-critical-areas

Also if you are interested in a family camping experience at Philmont Scout Ranch this summer you can find more information here:  https://scoutingwire.org/experience-best-scouting-like-never-summer/

 

 

Resources: 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a good story on Cub Scout Adult Volunteer Jennifer Clutter and her all-girl den which is operating in the early adopter program.

 

 

Older Girl Update

As Scout Executive J.T. Dabbs, mentioned in his opening letter, the older girl program which will serve girls aged 11 – 17, will launch on February 1, 2019. Here is a link to the most frequently asked questions regarding this program.

 

 

 

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365 Day Photo Challenge 310/365 “Day 5”

06 Friday Nov 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Boy Scouts, BSA, Leaders Banquet, Treadmill Workout

Leaders Banquet

Leaders Banquet

Today started off better than yesterday as far as mood but as the day wore on the worse it got. Without boring everyone with the details; I work with a bunch of idiots.  About 2:30pm I had all I could take and I took the rest of the day off.

Tonight was our district’s leadership banquet.  I got home in time to make a Dutch Oven Cobbler.  Peach to be exact.  The leaders banquet is just a gathering once a year to recognize those leaders that have earned special awards throughout the year.  I’ve got several but I’ve been so busy lately that I failed to get mine in on time.  That’s fine with me because I’m not a leader that likes to be recognized, I’m a leader so that the boys can be recognized.

I did get some treadmill time in tonight after I got home from the banquet.  When I got done everyone had already gone to bed.  I took a shower and now I’m watching a little Perry Mason as I’m winding down before going to bed.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 291/365 “Founders Day”

17 Saturday Oct 2015

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Boy Scouts, Dutch Oven, Foot Pain, Founders Day, Lodge, Lodge Cast Iron

Cobblers on on!

Cobblers on on!

After a week that I’d rather not repeat, there’s no other way to get my mind off of things  than to spend a Saturday doing what I like doing.  It wasn’t too relaxing but at least it kept my mind occupied on other things other than work.

Our Boy Scout troop set up a tent at our first annual Founders Day Celebration.  I brought a couple of my Dutch Ovens and made a couple of cobblers and sold them with all the proceeds going back into the troop.  The day started around 5:45am and I think I finally got everything loaded around 5pm.  It made for an extremely long day but I got to see old friends and made several new ones.

We had to set up in a asphalt parking lot in which I had to stand for most of the day. Right now both my feet have swelled and they hurt so I’ve got them propped up.  Even with the pain that I have in my feet and legs I think today was well worth it.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 41/365 “Old Style Cooking”

10 Tuesday Feb 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Photo Challenge, Boy Scouts, Catering, Cooking, Dutch Oven, Hobby, Photo, Photography

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Time to introduce another one of my hobbies.  I love cooking in Dutch Ovens.  I volunteer for the Boy Scouts and I teach these boys the art of cooking in these ovens.  It’s a lost art and some people don’t even know how to cook in them.  I was taught by one of the best and his tradition lives on through me.  Pictured here are two main dishes, Easy Cheesy Meat and Potatoes (Top Left), Cowboy Stew (Bottom Center) and Bread (Top Right)  I’ve done a few catering jobs which fed as many as 50 people.  At last count I own 16 Dutch ovens and about a dozen different sizes of skillets.

You guys ready to eat yet?

“Life Goes On”

365 Day Photo Challenge Day Eighteen “HDR 2 CCC Camp”

18 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Uncategorized

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365 Photo Challenge, Boy Scouts, Cabins, Camp, CCC, Church, Girl Scouts, HDR, Photography

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The above picture is at a  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp located on the grounds of Oak Mt State Park located here in Alabama.  This cabin is part of this camp with was built back in the ’30’s.  In past years it has served as a church camp, a girl scout camp and a boy scout camp.  In 1976, the dining hall burnt to the ground and the camp decided not to rebuild.  Fortunately, a couple of years ago, a group of Boy Scout leaders decided to put life back into this camp and rebuild the cabins.  Through the use of Eagle projects they have rebuilt over 75 percent of all the cabins.  Although there are no plans to rebuild the dining hall, they are planning on using another large building as a smaller dining hall once it get rebuilt.

365 Photo Challenge Three Symbols of Freedom

06 Tuesday Jan 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Uncategorized

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365 Photo Challenge, American Flag, Bald Eagle, Boy Scouts, Eagle, Eagle Scout, Lady Liberty, Photography

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This photo was taken at our local Boy Scout office  The wall on the left is where they inscribe all the names of scouts that have achieved the rank of Eagle.  The three symbols include the Bald Eagle, the American Flag and Lady Liberty.  My son’s name is on that wall.  So very proud of him.

365 Day Challenge Day Four

04 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Uncategorized

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365 Day Photo Challenge, 50 miler, Boy Scouts, Memorial, News, Photography, tornado

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I mentioned it in yesterday’s post and since then I haven’t been able to think much of anything else.  We had some pretty bad storms last night but luckily the tornado’s didn’t happen.

If you follow the link in the photo above it will take you to a site where I have posted all the pictures that were taken during the unveiling of the memorial our Boy Scout Troop did in honor of all those that perished during the tornado event of April 2011.   As you can tell by some of the pictures it was a local news media event.  Three television new’s media plus two local news paper media personal were there to cover the event.  It was a very emotional event to say the least.  It really brought our community together.

Don’t come between a hawk and his snack.

26 Saturday Oct 2013

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Cycling, Weight Loss

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Bird, Boy Scouts, Hawk

I’m wanting to do some landscaping work our Boy Scout meeting place.  I went by there yesterday afternoon and had taken several photographs when I heard this loud whooshing sound above my head. I looked up to see this large hawk diving toward me with incredible speed.  I ducked down and he flew just above my head as he dropped down low enough to grab this rat that was running across the path.  He flew up and landed on a limb and I was able to capture these images.  I hope you enjoy.ImageImageImageImage

My First 50 Miler

24 Thursday Oct 2013

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Cycling, Weight Loss

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50 miler, Boy Scouts, Cycling, Exercise, Silver Comet Trail

I met up with another boy scout troop in our district and we took a trip to Dallas Georgia to ride a section of the Silver Comet.  The Silver Comet and the Chief LaDiga Trail is an old railroad bed that has been converted to a very nice bike/  walking trail.  It goes from Anniston, Alabama to Smyrna, Georgia.  It’s part of the Rails to Trails project.  We had 18 scouts ride the trail but only 4 of us made the full 50 miles.  I hope everyone enjoys the pictures.ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageg

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