Friends of Scouting is a wonderful venue for TAC to connect to its vision of unparalleled Scouting—as the stories of programs and services delivered by TAC are shared.

As TAC seeks to grow Scouting programs into 50 countries this year, Friends of Scouting can make the difference. Can you help us serve Americans and others in these countries? It will take great effort and resources to connect with international school communities, embassies, and others to grow TAC Scouting.

Your support can make the difference. Over 100 TAC Scouters have already given

$158,400 to support the 2022 Friends of Scouting appeal—on the way to reach the

goal of $302,500.

Can you be next? And could you invite 5 of your friends in your Scouting community to help? If not you, do you know someone who could help?

Here is the link to give.

Here is more information on Friends of Scouting

The next National Jamboree dates are set for July 19 – 28, 2023. With organizing at the national level underway, it’s time to start planning within the Transatlantic Council. If you are interested in going to the National Jamboree or you may know a Scout that would love to attend the National Jamboree, fill out our interest survey so we can make helpful determinations for any TAC contingents and get the conversation going in TAC:

Our new TAC website is immensely popular! Unfortunately, we're not the only ones who think that it’s cool - we have also gained the attention of some bad actors. Over the past few weeks, the TAC website has been victim to multiple hacking attempts - some of which were successful enough to shut down our website for extended periods. Thanks to the dedication of our website volunteer development team, these attacks have been reversed with no permanent effect.

To prevent this from happening again, we have instituted additional security measures to the site. If you continue to have issues when visiting tac-bsa.org, try using this link to clear your browser’s cache: https://tac-bsa.org/?noccache=1

Though the current COVID-19 situation around the world is disheartening, TAC continues to promise to provide unparalleled Scouting in the safest manner possible. With that said, every member from Scout to parent to volunteer has a responsibility to aid in combatting this pandemic and keeping everyone safe and healthy.

All precautions and host nation directives must be followed to help maintain unparalleled Scouting opportunities. This includes mask mandates and social distancing, and of course hand sanitation. Additionally it is important to know that Scouting does highly recommend pursuing vaccination, recognizing it as one of the most effective ways of preventing the spread of this dangerous virus.

For more information on this and other safety topics visit scouting.org or use the link.