Download a field guide for a trail near you at https://www.tac-bsa.org/historictrails. After finishing your hike you earn a trail completion certificate and the opportunity to wear the trail patch.

All trail patches are available at https://councilstuff.com/802?category=957.

It is vital that we take the time to recognize very deserving volunteers for the time and talent that they share across the TAC landscape. The following are awards which are not earned but are awarded through a selection process approved by committees of volunteers.

Please take time to nominate someone you think is deserving of this recognition. TAC should receive all award nominations by July 16 via thomas.jansen@scouting.org. Here are the awards with descriptions and nomination forms.

o Silver Beaver Award

o NESA National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

o BSA Council Alumnus of the Year Award

We expect all recognitions to be presented on Saturday October 9 at the Council

Recognition Dinner—as part of the Scouters Annual Conference - Courtyard

by Marriott Brussels.

The Transatlantic Council has made a commitment to set the gold standard in Scouting for efforts to improve human impacts upon the planet. As part of this commitment, a challenge has been issued to all to be further sustainable in your units, families, or personal life and reduce your impact on the environment. We encourage you to rise to this challenge and download the workbooks found at https://www.tac-bsa.org/sustainability.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Effective July 12, 2021, all merit badge counselors who are not officially approved by their council to counsel a badge will have that badge removed from their approved list of badges to counsel in Scoutbook. If a merit badge counselor is connected to a Scout to counsel an affected badge that connection will be removed. The only changes to Scouts would be to drop the merit badge counselor connection for the affected badges. Scoutbook will not remove any MB progress approved by the affected merit badge counselors.

Merit Badge Counselors can check if the badge they are counseling in Scoutbook is approved by their council by going to My Dashboard, Administration, My Account, My Positions: their positions and if the badge has a blue checkmark, it is approved. If the badge has a green checkmark, it is not approved and you should contact 

john.erskine@scouting.org for help to continue counseling that badge.