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Attention! H1N1 (Swine Flu) Summer Camp Update

The San Francisco Bay Area Council is providing this update to Scouts and adults regarding the H1N1 flu so we are all prepared for a safe and healthy summer camp season. Necessary guidelines for the 2009 Camp Season have been approved by our Council Health and Safety Committee, based on CDC recommendations.

• This year we will not be able to accommodate any camp arrivals prior to Sunday at noon the week you are scheduled to attend camp.
• If a Scout or adult has recently not been feeling well and is running a temperature, they cannot attend camp. Symptoms of the H1N1 flu to watch for are: fever (usually the first symptom - 100 degrees or over) and one or more of the following - sore throat, cough, stuffy or runny nose, diarrhea and vomiting.
• When arriving at camp everyone will go through a medical screening. If it is suspected that a Scout or adult has the H1N1 flu, they will be sent home. Due to this, one driver from each unit needs to stay in camp until medical screening is done for their unit.
• Scouts and adults will be required to use hand sanitizer in camp. This will be placed in key locations.
• While at camp, if a Scout or adult develops any of the H1N1 flu symptoms, the unit needs to immediately report the illness to the Camp Health Officer and keep the patient away from other campers.

If a Scout or adult is not able to come to camp or is required to leave the first day because of the H1N1 flu, a full refund will be received upon request and a note from their physician. If a Scout or adult is sent home during camp because of the H1N1 flu, they will receive a partial based on the time spent at camp.

Click here for the full H1N1 article from the National Council, BSA.

2009-2010 Council Calendar - NOTE CHANGE
The 2009-2010 Council Calendar is now available through the Calendar link at the top of this page and will always have the most current calendar data available. A hard copy of the 2009-2010 Council Calendar is available through Resources/Forms/Council Calendar. This copy will not be updated but is available for your use.
Some Council Calendars were distributed prior to the Council finalizing and approving some major dates and events. We apologize for the confusion.

Changes to MyScouting & Scouting.Org
There are changes to how to log into MyScouting and Scouting.Org (the National Organizations website). Login's will now be by user name, which allows stronger security standards to protect the member and volunteer data and is currently the industry standard for login names.

The "email address to user name" change will happen the first time someone with a MyScouting account logs into MyScouting. After that the user will log in with the new user name and continue into the system as normal.