Giving Tuesday - Dec 1

Please take a minute to provide a meaningful holiday gift that will ensure Scouting stays strong in our community! Donate here.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to conduct our annual Christmas tree sale this year. This is not a decision we came to lightly, but it has become necessary. It is due, in part, to the ongoing pandemic. Additionally, with the significant damage to our camp properties this year due to the wildfires, we have lost of all our equipment for conducting the tree sale and fire recovery efforts at our properties are taking a significant amount of our manpower. We know this is disappointing news and hope everyone can easily adjust their plans for purchasing a Christmas tree this year. We plan to be back in 2021 and will promote our location in the fall. With the loss of this important fundraiser, please consider participating in our Giving Tuesday campaign or adding an ornament to our Virtual Giving Tree.

Is your Youth Protection Training about to expire? YPT is required even when Scouting remotely. And all leaders in your unit must be up-to-date before recharter. Please check your status at https://my.scouting.org. Learn more about YPT here.

All units can now begin their recharter. All recharters are due Dec 11 and must be fully submitted online! Electronic signatures and payments are required this year! If you need help, you can contact your Unit Commissioner or your District Executive/Director. Full details are available on our Unit Recharter Instructions page.

Calling All Venturers! Crew Game Night! - Dec 4

On Dec 4 from 7:30-9:00pm the Venturing Officers Association will be hosting a Crew Game Night. Get ready for some friendly competition and a chance to meet fellow Venturers. RSVP here! Contact svmbc.pacskyvoa@gmail.com with any questions.

Virtual Giving Tree - thru Dec 31

Please help us decorate our holiday tree! Make a $250 or more donation to the Pacific Skyline Council and we will add an ornament with your name on it to the tree! See the tree and donate now.

Thank you to the Scouts that took flight and aimed to be the Daily Ace for the last two weeks! Your efforts have helped make Scouting possible for your unit and so many more! To show our thanks to you, we are extending the Daily Ace Incentive, starting Nov 17- until Thanksgiving Day, November 26! Many Scouts joined the sale in the last few weeks for the first time this year and are finding out just how easy it is to score big rewards thru online sales! Remember the Daily Ace incentive: You can earn a $20 Amazon gift card each day starting Nov 17- until Thanksgiving Day, November 26! The way you earn the $20 Amazon gift card is being the top online direct seller each day between those dates, that’s it! You must sell at least $100 each day to qualify for that day’s reward. No limit to the amount of times you can win! The Scout who has the highest cumulative sales during the time period of November 17-26 will also receive an additional $50 Amazon “card.” PILOTS, START YOUR ENGINES!! (If your unit is not selling popcorn and you want to take part in the Daily Ace program have your parents email Tom Kenney to start now!)

Trail’s End has Gamer Giveaway Days. For every $200 in Online Direct Sales, you will receive a $10 Amazon gift card and a chance to win your choice of a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X! Sales must occur between Thu, Nov 5 (8pm EST) and Thu, Nov 26 (8pm EST). More Info.

Do You Know a Scout in Need? - Holiday Season

The Peninsula Scout Shop is looking to help Scouts in need this holiday season. Click here to download the information sheet.

2020 Scouting For Food is now Good Turn For America! - Month of November

Second Harvest Food Bank is unable to accommodate the Scouting For Food drive this year, due to COVID-19. Because of this change, we are excited to announce the return of “Good Turn for America!” During the month of November, units are asked to complete a service project of their choice to benefit their charter organization, their meeting location, or their immediate community. Some possible ideas include: mask drives, clean-up projects, toy drives, cards for the elderly, cards for service members, food drive for a local pantry, etc. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Learn more.

Patches are $4 each which includes shipping. Order here. Patch design is the logo seen in this article. Be sure to record your service hours in Scoutbook. For non-Scoutbook-using units, record your hours here.

Silver Beaver Award Nominations - deadline Dec 20

Don't let a worthy Scouter go unrewarded! The new 2020 Silver Beaver Application Form, which is a fillable pdf, makes the nominations that much easier. Eligibility and Deadlines:

Our Council, with the approval of the BSA National Court of Honor, may present the Silver Beaver Award to a Scouter who has given Noteworthy Service of Exceptional Character to Youth and is currently registered in this Council. The nominee must be 21 years of age or older and a volunteer Scouter. The nomination must be submitted on the Silver Beaver Award Nomination Form complete with original signatures. Out-of-date forms will not be accepted for evaluation. All sections of all pages should include as much information as possible for best consideration of the nominee. Forms submitted without the district committee chair's signature will not be accepted. Please send all applications to Steve Smith at stesmith@scouting.org on or before Dec 20.

2021 Adams Eagle Scout Project of the Year Award Application Deadline - Jan 21

Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Project of the Year Award. The award recognizes the top Eagle Scout Service Project based on council and regional-level winners. The Scout, his parents, or any registered BSA volunteer (with the Eagle Scout’s permission) may submit the application. To qualify, the Scout must have earned Eagle rank during 2020. Projects should be innovative and distinctive in nature and show exceptional service to a religious institution, school, community, or other entity. Examples of projects selected for the Adams Award include those that have benefited underprivileged children, recognized veterans, been international in nature, and have required significant time and resources. We will select a council-level winner, which then will compete for the Western Region Adams Award. The National Adams Award winner is selected from the four regional finalists. Download the Adams Application Form here. Candidates should electronically submit their applications and Eagle Project Workbooks, including attachments, to the Pacific Skyline Council to the attention of Steve Smith and Council Advancement Chair Brian Boggs by the Jan 21 deadline.

Don Hartline is our camp ranger for both Cutter Scout Reservation and Camp Oljato. While he was able to evacuate Cutter during the wildfires with many of his personal possessions, we are working to get new housing established for him. We are asking for anyone who owns an RV (e.g., trailer, 5th-wheel, motorhome), who would be willing to donate its use to the council for this purpose, to please contact our Director of Outdoor Programs, Davey Warner, at davey.warner@scouting.org.

To help now: DONATE to the rebuild effort To help later: Sign up to VOLUNTEER

"Be Prepared" is our motto and there is no better time to financially support Pacific Skyline Council and help live out the motto. This is the time of year that our families typically participate in the annual Friends of Scouting (FOS) campaign. FOS is our Council's single largest direct source of income. 100% of the money raised through our Friends of Scouting campaign benefits the Scouts and Leaders right here locally in PacSky. We know these are unique and challenging times for many, but please help if you can. If you have already given to Friends of Scouting this year, thank you! If not, please consider making your online FOS gift right now. $250 supports one Scout for one year in the program but a gift of any amount is very much appreciated. There has never been a time in the history of the Boy Scouts that a monetary gift will be so impactful and so critically needed. Thank you for your kind consideration!

You can have your order pulled & be ready for pickup at our Foster City location or have it shipped to an address of your choice. To start fill out this advancement order form.

Our offices are closed during the shelter-in-place order. We are working from home--find our contact information. Our shops are open! Locations & guidelines. Note: Our Palo Alto location will be CLOSED Fri-Sat, Dec 4-5 for inventory.

Game Design Adventure: Intro to Arcade MakeCode - Dec 4

Webelos are welcome to complete the Game Design Adventure by Microsoft. Register for 4:30pm session. Register for 6:00pm session. Important note: Must have Cyber Chip completed before attending class.

Design and Create Your Own Video Games with MakeCode - Dec 11

Webelos will be creating the maze game which is typically a workshop after an intro to Arcade MakeCode. So this is a good follow up for the attendees from any of the previous MakeCode Arcade workshops. This workshop builds upon what was taught in the Eat the Donut workshop. If you have not attended a workshop building the first game, that's okay because we will walk you through making a maze game from the beginning to the end. After we have the basic game built, you can change your game and add to it. Register for the 4:30pm session. Register for the 6:00pm session. Important note: Must have Cyber Chip completed before attending class.

5K Walking Challenge! - Late Oct-Nov

We challenge you to walk 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from late October to Thanksgiving! Why 5 kilometers? Because this year we celebrate Cutter Scout Reservation’s 50th Anniversary (1970-2020). Walk one kilometer for each decade Cutter Scout Reservation has served as a fantastic camp for thousands of Scouts and families. Many of us would love to spend multiple weekends up at Cutter Scout Reservation or Boulder Creek Scout Reservation this month, and hopefully one day we can again but for right now get outside and walk! So, over the month of November we not only want you to stay Mentally Awake participating in our Reading Challenge we started in September, but also stay Physically Strong by tracking your steps every day to see if over the course of the next 30 days you can walk 5 kilometers! 5K not enough? Try walking 50K, one kilometer for each year. Or try for the number of years Boulder Creek Scout Reservation has been with us and do 54K! Learn more. Sign up (by submitting mil to be the first hear about extra Cutter 50^th patches for sale. Submit your daily mileage! (Feel free to include any mileage from late October.) Learn more.

Virtual Den Meetings - Month of Dec

We want to lend a helping hand to those families and packs that are struggling and finding it hard to run den meetings lately for their sons and daughters. We don’t want your Cubs to miss out on a year of this great program. We invite your Cubs to come online and join us for Virtual Den Meetings by rank twice a month! Spaces are limited so sign up quickly. Register for December here. Schedule: Tigers - Dec 7 – Sky is the Limit, Wolves - Dec 9 – Council Fire, Bears - Dec 14 – Fur, Feathers, and Ferns, Webelos and AOLs - Dec 16 – Build My Own Hero. Note: Only one class per rank this month. Cost $0.

1-Day Aviation Merit Badge Workshop with Hiller Aviation Museum - Dec 12, Jan 9, Jan 23

Scouts BSA can earn the Aviation Merit Badge online with the Hiller Aviation Museum! A one-day virtual program includes facilitated instruction, hands-on flight activities, live-streamed exploration of aircraft inside the Museum’s collection and much more! Advanced registration is required. 9:30am-3:00pm. $42. Learn more and register at hiller.org.

Help your Life Scout get to Eagle! Learn more. (click then scroll down)

Become a merit badge counselor! Learn more. (click then scroll down)

Roundtables provide leaders with program ideas; information on policy and events; and training opportunities. Learn more (click then scroll down)

Calling all Venturing leaders! Join us for Venturing Roundtables! Mark your calendars, we'll meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7pm online. Zoom link.

PTC is a National volunteer training center for the Boy Scouts of America. Learn more.

SBR is a National volunteer training center for the Boy Scouts of America. Learn more.

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