Coming up this weekend is the Fall Camporee at Camp Murtaugh. Scouts can start at 4PM. Breakfast on Saturday and Lunch will be provided by the Council.
Declo will be hosting Leader Specific Training on the 17th. Check-in Begins at 7:30AM, it opens at 8 AM. Scouting for Food is coming next month with Oct. 29 being scheduled for Distributing Bags and November 5th as the date for gathering the bags. Rechartering is coming up. It is time to start looking at the process and preparing to dive in during the Month of October. We should be getting the recharter packets in October. Rechartering can greatly effect a troop or team if it is delayed. Advancement and awards may run into barriers when charters go over due. Finally we discussed the Role of Advancement. The three aims of scouting are 1. Character - This is growth of morals and the strengthening of core values of an individual scout. 2. Citizenship - The Scouts relationship to others and the world around them. 3. Fitness - The development of physical, emotional, and mental fitness. Advancement is one of eight methods used in scouting to promote the aims of Scouting. It is one of the primary methods we use to see how a youth's success is being achieved. Rank is one way in which Scouts show advancement. Advancement is best when done in the natural activities of scouting. Instead of seeming to have the issue forced, having the scout actively engaged in fun and exciting activities that promote various ways for them to advance in character, citizenship, and fitness will help them also advance in fulfilling the necessary goals for rank advancement. Rank advancement only works so far. Boys who have already earned their Eagle Scout, or those who have no desire to earn Scout ranks also need to have ways to advance. This can be done with various scout badges or scout recognition, as well as other ways in relation to the chartering organizations goals. However boys advance, it should follow a certain way. The scouting guide for advancement lists the process as follows. 1. The Scout should be constantly learning and be developing knowledge and skills. 2. The Scout is tested. Unit-Authorized individuals test and pass the scout on rank requirements. They ensure the scout has knowledge to understand and apply the principles learned earlier. 3. Review. Whether it is a board of review, or another adult interviewing the scout for other forms of advancement, it should be a positive experience that helps the scout relate to others and encourages the scout to continue to grow. 4. The Scout is recognized. This can be done immediately for some badges as well as at a Court of Honor. It can also be done for other types of advancement in meetings or gatherings (for example, if a boy is advanced in their church organization, it is a recognition that may be done at a church meeting instead of a Court of Honor). Overall, advancement can be a positive experience for the boys and be a great tool for helping the boys develop. For more on advancement you can talk to your committee advancement or refer to the Boy Scouts Current Guide to Advancement, No. 33088
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Gearing up for Roundtable to begin. Also getting the Personal Management counselors set up so that we can offer the Personal Management Merit Badge in September and October. Boys will have to keep coming to Round Table each month through December or January (depending on which month they start) in order to pass it off.
Getting ready for a Merit Badge Pow Wow as well on Oct 15 and a follow up to it on the 29th at the Oakley Stake Center. |
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