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• District News:

• We Need Your Help-

  • The Golden Gate District would like to gather a database of our District Volunteers and Scouters for the purpose of  recognition and opportunity for future participation in our District programs.

  • The form has new features to make filling out the needed information to be as easy as possible.
  • All you have to do is fill in the highlighted blanks in PDF Reader, click the button to print out the form and send it snail mail.

    • District Scouter Information Form [2]
      

• Roundtable Night-

  • October 21st., at West Portal Lutheran Church.
  • Scouting for Food will be on hand at 7:00 PM, to distribute door hanger packs and to have Units sign up for their area in the city.
  • Visit the Calendar [3] page for more info.

• Baloo Training-Oct 18th 2008

  • There is still time and room in the class to sign up for the course. Please spend a few minutes and fill out the form now and email it back to me, verifying you are attending the class.

    • Application for Baloo Training [4]

    • Map of location of training [5]
      

• The Halloween Camporee

  • Rancho Los Mochos

  • October 17-19, 2008

  • Flyer & Application [6]

 

• Scouting for Food:

• We are handing out the door hangers at the October's Roundtable.

• Please have a representative from your Unit attend the RT to sign up
  for the area they would like to cover. We will also have the door
  hangers available for you to bring back to your Unit to distribute on
  Nov. 08

• [7]Scouting for Food Flyer [8]

• Exciting things are happening this coming Fall:

• First, the BSA National Supply Division is coming out with the new 'Centennial Uniform'. The new uniforms are now available at the stores. I advise you to contact the Scout Shop prior to visiting the store.
  • East Bay Scout Shop [9]
  • Peninsula Scout Shop [10]
  • [11]Pamphlet - Inside Cover [12]
  • [13]Pamphlet - Outside Cover [14]

New 'Trained' Patch

• Second, National has come out with the new training program for the new leaders in the Scouting program. The first in the series will be the Cub Leader Specific training section. The new Cub leaders who intend to sign up for the new training course in our District will be trained under the new format. Be one of the first to be trained in your Unit and wear the new 'Trained' patch.
• Third, To earn the 'Trained' patch, you have had to completed four different training sessions:
  • Cub Scout Leaders - You have to take 'Fast Start Training' which can be taken online at http://www.olc.scouting.org/ [15]; 'Youth Protection Training' which is also available online or instructor-led; 'New Leader Essentials', instructor-led; and 'CS Leader Specific Training' which has 3 parts to take.
  • Boy Scout Leaders - You have to take ; 'Youth Protection Training' which is available online, http://www.olc.scouting.org/ [16] or instructor-led; 'New Leader Essentials', instructor-led; 'BS Leader Specific Training'; and 'Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills'.

 

• Training:

  • The new training schedule for the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 is now available for viewing. You may take the training sessions in our District or at the other District in our Council, as well as the other Councils in the Bay Area. Fast Start [25] training and New Leaders Essentials [26] are available on line. These two training sessions may be taken online or you can attend one of the sessions offered at one of the scheduled dates in our District/Councils. Cub Leader Specific [27] or Boy Scout Leader Specific [28] training sessions may also be taken at the other Districts or Councils.
    • Golden Gate District Training Schedule [29]
    • San Francisco Bay Area Council training calendar [30]
    • [31]BSA Online Training Center [32], also known as, OLC.
    • [33]Marin Council [34]- North of San Francisco.
    • [35]Pacific Skyline Council [36] - South of San Francisco to Sunnyvale.

• Roundtable:

  • Updates are available at the Calendar [37] page.

• Franciscan Hobbies:
  If you are in need of purchasing some supplies for your son or the other boys in your Unit, you do not have to go over to the San Leandro Store or the Foster City Store. All you have to go is our very own, Franciscan Hobbies
  on Ocean Ave. They do carry a limited supply of uniforms and other
  necessities for your boys. They do have the kits for your Pinewood
  Derby and others. They have all the books from Tiger and on up. They do
  not take advancement forms or any administrative materials. You will
  still have to go to the Council centers for that. Of course you can do
  that on line now. Franciscan Hobbies Website-
  

  • Map Link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl= [38]

    en&geocode=&q=franciscan+hobby+shop&sll= [39]

    Store Link: http://www.franciscanhobbies.com/ [40]

     

• The new Scout Application forms no longer have the Personal Health History form on the backside of each application. You have to go to our website and download the Class 1-2 Personal Health and Medical Record [41] form, fill it out and turn it in along with your application.

• Also, please note on the same Personal Health and Medical Record form, has a section for you to give authorization for photos that may be taken of your child during Scouting activities or events. Your child's name is never disclosed on any photos used on any of the Council or District web pages. Any photos taken of any child, may it be yours or any other registered Scout in our Council, are used on our website only for informational and promotional purposes of the Scouting program.

• The Council has come out with a new training segment as part of the continual Council Scouting Trail Award program. The new segment that you may earn is the Roundtable training segment. To earn the training segment, you must complete a short list of requirements. After completing the listed requirements, turn the application [42] in to your Roundtable Commissioner to sign you off. Then you qualify to purchase the segment through your Training committee in your District or at the Council office.

• The Boy Scout Advancement Requirements have been change by the National office in mid-year 2007. The new changes have been instituted and you may check the new requirements by clicking the link below. http://www.usscouts.org/advance/changes/advchanges08.asp#tenderfoot [43]

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  The National office is instituting a special one time recruiting patch program, for this Fall 2007 and Spring 2008. For more info, click here [44] for a flyer you may wish to edit for your Unit's needs.

• The Boy Scouts of America's has implemented the Online Learning Center [45] (OLC) where they have made it easy for you to complete your Fast Start Training for the BSA programs in which you are serving in. This is also the place where you can complete your Youth Protection Training, and all other supplemental training's, like Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat.

   

• The Boy Scouts of America's national office has implemented the National Strategic Plan and Centennial Quality Award. This new award program is designed to recognize units, districts, councils in providing a quality program to the youths in America at all levels of the BSA. The new program replaces the current Quality Unit Awards, which ended in 2006. Starting with last year 2007, through 2010, are where the requirements will be incorporated into your program.

  You may access the website for more information and to download the forms that your Unit will need. http://www.scouting.org/awards/centennial/ [46]