For youth and Scouters alike, the BSA National Jamboree Department wants to hear about what you'd like to see for the future of the event. Feel free to forward the link below to others in your unit to help weigh in on the planning!

Register now to take part in this summer’s SpecTACular Extravaganza! Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA can register for the event using the following link: https://www.scoutingevent.com/802-SpecTACular2021.

As we move closer to the start of the event, we continue to seek further volunteer support. Many

thanks to those who have offered their time and knowledge, enabling the following Merit Badges to be added to the event offering:

American Cultures, American Heritage, Citizenship in the Nation, Family Life, and Theater.

Please visit the registration site for more information on dates, times, and program offerings.

Scouting's honor society has continued its dedication to service and camping, holding its first in-person events in over a year! The campaign included three locations across the Transatlantic Council, primarily in Germany and the United Kingdom.

These campouts, known as Fellowships, are part of how candidates to the honor society become full members. Close to forty new members were inducted in Grafenwoehr alone!

Congratulations to Dr. Jose Lepervanche, Council Commodore for the Transatlantic Council! He founded the Council Consolidated Ship 802 the Windborne. Facing the unique challenge of transnational operations across the region, Jose cultivated a social media presence as well as hosting virtual meetings not unlike the ones we have grown used to in the course of the Coronavirus. By his work and that of his fellow leaders, Sea Scouting has been brought across the pond to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

We'd also like to congratulate Jim Graney of Baden-Powell Council in the state of New York for a similar recognition.

Recently in Vicenza Italy, the USAG Italy Army Community Service (ACS) awarded two Cub Scout Pack 295 Scouters the Volunteer of The Year Award. These amazing Scouters logged hundreds of hours through their local Army Community Services Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS) giving their time to the American Red Cross, a local swim team, their community health clinic, local schools and of course, to Scouting. If your unit is associated with a U.S. Military installation, are your volunteers getting credit for their volunteer time through your local VMIS system? If not look to your local Community Services center for guidelines and how to connect your Scouters to the VMIS tracking system. “If you’re in a military installation, log those hours so they know you’re active!” Some volunteers such as our active-duty service members can even wear a recognition of an award earned outside of Scouting by reviewing the criteria for the Community Organization Award. Learn more here.