Greetings!
This week's Smoke Signals is Jam-Packed with Great Stuff from all across our council. Please check out each section for the most up-to-date information.
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Get ready for Leatherstocking Council's first ever Tent In! Compete against your fellow Scouts and Scouters for amazing prizes while raising money to help fund your local Scouting programs, camps, resources and more.
No matter who you are, you can help make Scouting thrive! Participate in this year's Tent In, donate to your favorite Tent In participant or help your favorite participant get donations by sharing their page with your friends.
Learn about Tent In details, rules and PRIZES by visiting the webpage below.
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Council store hours will be 2 pm to 4 pm on Tue, Wed, Thursday this week. |
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Adirondack Foothills Roundtable with Special Guests |
Instead of the regularly scheduled district meeting on Valentine’s Day. We will be having an open roundtable with guest Council President Matt Dziedzic and Scout Executive Ray Eschenbach. They will be giving an update on the state of the council as well as any questions you may have. Join us Monday, February 7th at 7 PM using the online link below. |
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Susquehanna Headwaters District
First Aid Meet
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Join us at this year's First Aid Meet. It will be held at the Oneonta High School on March 11, 2021. This is a great event for Scouts to practice and hone their first aid skills.
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BLIZZARD CAMP
SESSION 2!!!
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Blizzard Camp is now offering a second weekend to meet the overwhelming demand for more Blizzard Camp! The second session will be during February break on Feb. 18-21. So make sure you and your friends sign up for Blizzard Camp: Session 2 to be a part of the largest Blizzard Camp ever. |
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Susquehanna Headwaters District
KLONDIKE DERBY
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Punxsutawney Phil: The prognosticator of prognosticators predicted this week 6 more weeks of Winter! However, that will not stop the Scouts of the Susquehanna Headwaters District! They are looking forward to the Klondike Derby on February 19, 2022. This year's Klondike Derby will be held at the Unadilla Rod & Gun Club.
Scout saws, fire building, Arctic Monkey, and the Snowblind Retrieve are some of the awesome activities you won't want to miss at this year's Klondike Derby. Register today with the button below!
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Powderhorn District
GOLD NUGGET DERBY
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Get ready Powderhorn District packs! On February 26th at the North Bay Fireman's Field, Powderhorn District's Klondike Derby will commence. Treasure hunts for gold, obstacle courses, relay races and snow games are some of the awesome activities you won't want to miss at this year's Gold Nugget Derby. Register today with the button below! |
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to learn about upcoming events.
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Dear Unit Leader,
It is that time again when we need to recharter our Scouting units. The new procedure is entirely online now. I have linked the slide show and FAQ from the National BSA Website to help you through the process.
Note: The rollout of Internet Recharter 2.0 has been plagued with many issues. We did not ask you to start in December in the hopes that National has worked out these issues during the December recharter. I am asking for patience as we work our way through the process. We at the office do not have access to your unit's recharter but will help in any way we can.
Remember:
- YPT is only good for one year. YPT can only be taken online. Group teaching of this course is no longer an acceptable method for delivery of this course.
- Units that do not recharter on time have no insurance.
Tips from our registrar:
What we know:
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No more access codes. Only a member of the unit Key 3 or a Key 3 Delegate has access to the Recharter by logging into My.Scouting.org or Internet Advancement 2.0 to complete the renewal.
- No paperwork to print and turn in, everything is digital, and the COR must digitally sign the charter renewal using a link they get in an email, so every COR must have an email address.
Strongly Recommended:
- It is recommended not to pay online. With the number of adults who have multiple positions in different units if not marked or done correctly, the program will miscalculate your total amount due.
- Have every member in their unit on their roster before they even start the recharter, even if they have to wait for applications to be processed by the council, it’s worth the wait. Adding members to the charter renewal involves a lot more work on their end. Even easier, guide new members to BeAScout to join and pay online, then the new members have added automatically to the charter renewals as Pre-Paid.
- The only major hiccup is that Charter Renewal is not paperless like promised. Council has no way to print the paperwork that is submitted by the unit and the Council must have the paperwork to post. Units will need to forward the email they receive from the BSA with the report attached.
Helpful links:
If you have any questions please reach out to your District Executive
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Donor Spotlight:
Liam Bullock
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Congratulations to Liam Bullock!
Liam set his personal Friends of Scouting (FOS) Family Campaign "Tent-in" goal at $100.00 on January 31st – built his personal fundraising page (with a little help from his mother) and raised $220.00 overnight from his family and friends! Liam and Troop 41 out of Roxbury, NY, are the first troop to sign up for the Council’s 2022 Peer to Peer (P2P) campaign as an alternative to the unit FOS Family presentations described in your charter agreements. Since he was the first one to reach his goal, and the only youth member to register before the original deadline (Feb 1st), he received a $250 gift card from Bass Pro Shops! Well done Liam!! Mrs. Bullock is excited for him because with COVID still a concern, they did not participate in popcorn sales last year. Nice to see this young Scout rewarded for showing some outstanding initiative! Our thanks to him and to his troop for continuing to raise money for FOS in order to qualify for approximately $2,500 worth of prizes up for grabs by the end of May!
The registration deadline has been extended to March 1st and you will find an overview video from our Scout Executive Ray Eschenbach as well as a two-part video tutorial showing you how to set up your own page on the following link:
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Donor Spotlight:
New Yorks Sash
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A nice reminder from former Council board president and longtime Urban Unit Leader as to why we treasure our volunteers so much! You are each changing the lives of the young people in our community and we are grateful to each and every one of you! Special thanks to The Indium Corporation & Macartney Family Foundation for their $5,000 grant to support Ric’s troop and to New York Sash for donating $10,000 worth of television commercials and production time each year! |
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Watch the full video here > |
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Give to Scouting with
Amazon Smile
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Instead of ordering gifts through Amazon.com, or anywhere else online, if you order gifts through Amazon Smile, you will also be giving back to charity with every purchase. When you select "Boy Scouts of America Leatherstocking Council" as your Amazon Smile charity, Amazon will donate to the Leatherstocking Council with every one of your online purchases! So, please make sure your gifts bring even more happiness this holiday season by using Amazon Smile with "Boy Scouts of America Leatherstocking Council"selected as your charity organization.
Visit the link below to start supporting future generations of Scouts through the Leatherstocking Council today - and happy holidays!”
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Text the word localscouts to (844) 615 – 4269 and you will receive a link that enables your gift to be applied by zip code to the Leatherstocking Council District that provides volunteer training and other support services to your local troop or pack! |
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Congratulations to our newest Eagle Scouts. Fantastic job achieving the rank of Eagle, and we cannot wait to see what you accomplish next.
T-1254 Cooperstown: Grant Crowson
T-88 Sidney: Garrett Beckwith
There's no better way to honor your new Eagle's achievements than by making them a James E. West Fellow! Additional information is available on the following link. New Eagle Scout parents may fulfill their pledge over three years.
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Sister and brother pass Eagle Scout boards of review on...
Consider the nervous excitement of a parent awaiting the results of their child's Eagle Scout board of review - that final step on the trail to Scouting's highest rank. Now double it. That was the scenario on Nov. 17, 2021, for Laurence and...
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blog.scoutingmagazine.org
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Proof that earning Eagle isn't the only sign of a...
Matt Jones approached the U.S. Marine Corps recruiting station as a confident high school senior and Life Scout. Matt, who was 17 at the time, told the recruiter he wanted to enlist right after graduating from McCracken County High School in...
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blog.scoutingmagazine.org
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Congratulations to the Eagle Scout class of 2020 and 2021! We had an amazing turnout for this year's Eagle Dinner and we would like to thank all the Eagle Scouts and their families for attending and the fantastic volunteers for making it possible. |
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Want to have your unit photo featured on Leatherstocking Council's Join Scouting webpage? Then send your exciting unit photo to Leatherstocking@scouting.org. Tell us which unit the photo features and the town they're from. Unit photos that show an active and exciting unit are encouraged! |
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