SCOUTING NEWS YOU CAN USE
Week of March 21, 2022
Pacific Skyline Council
Boy Scouts of America
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New California Law Protecting Youth - AB 506
For Everyone
As a Scouting volunteer, you understand the importance of keeping children safe. A recent bill (AB 506) was passed by the State of California requiring volunteers and staff of Youth Service Organizations to complete training in child abuse and neglect reporting, and undergo Live Scan background checks. This training is for all volunteers and needs to be completed as soon as possible. LiveScan Finger printing is coming soon (do not do yours yet!) and will be announced as soon as we receive our approval from the State of California. Click here to start your training. When training is completed, upload your certificate here.
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2022 Distinguished Citizen Dinner
For Everyone
In May 2022 we will return to an in-person Distinguished Citizen Award dinner, honoring Justin Knowles, Cubmaster and VP for Product Management & Strategy at Oracle. We will also be presenting the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award to James Pooley, President of Pacific Skyline Council and nationally-recognized intellectual property attorney. Our M.C. for the evening, Fred LaCosse, a well-known to Bay Area television viewers as a veteran news anchor, reporter and talk show host. Event includes a small silent auction and a few live auction items. Proceeds from this event will help support ScoutReach and other council programs. This dinner is our annual recognition of members of our community who freely give of their time and talents in service to youth. Click here to learn more or make a donation.
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Earn your way to Disneyland®!
For Everyone
In 2022, the Pacific Skyline Council is giving a trip to Disneyland® to all Scouts selling $10,000 or more in Trail's End popcorn! We have multiple Scouts that have reached this amount over the last few years, so with a little hard work, you can be on your way to the Happiest Place on Earth! While in-person sales start in August, you can get a jump on the Disneyland® trip because all online sales in 2022 count toward the incentive. Online sales have started and we already have some Scouts with sales! Download the flyer for more info!
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Cub Scout Spring Recruitment
For Cub Scout Leaders
Now is a great time for your pack to host a Spring Recruiting event! Families are looking for outdoor activities to join right now and every new Scout comes with a set of parents looking to volunteer! It’s easy:
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Pick a join night. The best time might be half an hour before your April or May pack meeting!
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Promote your recruitment night! The council offers free materials, including Invite-A-Friend cards (which we strongly recommend), by ordering here.
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Host your recruitment night! Download our Recruitment Guide for the Recruitment Night Set-Up and details. (Page 12 has some great information!)
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Turn in your new applications! We strongly suggest online registration!
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Invite the new Scouts to their first meeting! Get the parents involved using our 100-Point Adult Participation form (also found on page 19 of our Recruitment Guide)!
Every pack should host a spring recruitment night at your school! This is the best way to build your pack and find new volunteers! Visit our Spring Recruitment web page for full details or contact your District Director for details!
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Popcorn Sneak Peek
For Everyone
Please join us on Wed, May 11 at 7:00pm for a Sneak Peek about all the exciting changes to popcorn fundraising! Register here for the Zoom meeting! Learn about the Disneyland® incentive, the changes we are making to bring more storefront sales to you, and this year's incentives. All units are invited. The first 30 people to sign up and attend will receive their very own PacSky flashlight! If you have not sold popcorn recently, this is the year to get involved! Download the flyer for details.
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2023 National Jamboree
For Scouts BSA and Venturers
Scouts, are you interested in attending a once-in-a-lifetime event? The National Jamboree will be held at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia in July 2023! The Pacific Skyline Council will be organizing a contingent troop to attend together! If you are interested in attending, we will have registration up and running by the end of the month. It will be a two-step process, where you apply first with the Pacific Skyline Council and then with the National Council. In the meantime, if you are interested in attending, please let our Jamboree Chair, Pam Swain, know of your interest via email. We will announce via this e-newsletter when our registration is live. Please download the flyer for more details!
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2022 Pacific Skyline Council Adams Award Winner
For Everyone
Alexander Waitz of Troop 222 was selected as the Council’s 2022 Glenn and Melinda Adams Eagle Project of the Year Award winner! Alex’s Eagle Project, Palo Alto Historical Association Map Digitization, involved scanning over 100 historical maps, processing their metadata, and then uploading them to an archival website. For metadata, each map's title, author, date of creation, dimensions, and notable features were recorded. In addition, scanning maps larger than 8 ½ x 11 inches required multiple scans that then needed to be electronically stitched together to produce a single map. His Project not only digitized a large number of maps, but he also created a digitization protocol that the Historical Association can rely on in perpetuity. A video of his project can be found here. To see all past winners of the Council’s Adams Award, click here. Congratulations, Alexander!
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Attention Life Scouts, Scoutmasters, and Life-to-Eagle Advisors: New Eagle Application
For Scouts BSA
The Boy Scouts of America updated the Eagle Scout Rank Application Form 512-728 with its February 2022 revision. Life Scouts in the process of applying for Eagle Rank should use the new application. Download here.
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2022 Scouts BSA Requirement Changes
For Scouts BSA
Effective March 1, 2022, all TEMPORARY changes made to Scouts BSA advancement requirements to address the COVID-19 pandemic will expire, and Scouts BSA will return to the standard rules for advancement. This includes deferment of some swimming requirements for First and Second class, virtual activities for Tenderfoot, Second and First Class Ranks, and Camping Merit Badge requirement 9b. Advancement requirements are published on the BSA's national website here.
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Spring Edition of the Bridge (Catholic Scouting Newsletter) - Now Available for Download
For Catholic Scouting
Attached is the spring 2022 issue of the Bridge. This issue carries articles on several interesting items: upcoming scholarship opportunity for graduating seniors, biennial meeting information, new NCCS officers, new religious activity, as well as upcoming training opportunities. Click here to download!
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Journey to Excellence
For All Unit Leaders
Journey to Excellence is an important part of your unit's program. Your scorecard should be turned in by now, but it's never too late for a great program! The best units use it as a road map during the year. Learn more.
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Now Seeking Staff for 2022 Cub Scout Day Camp
For Everyone
Come join the best day camp staff in the Pacific Skyline Council and help younger Scouts learn fun games and skills this Summer! Come be a Den Chief or Program Staff for some really excited Scouts! Volunteer for one week or all four. Help make this Summer an experience to remember for yourself and for some really great kids! Click here to learn more and apply.
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Now Hiring Staff for 2022 Oljato Summer Camp
For Everyone
We are now taking applications for staff positions and the Counselor in Training (CIT) program at Camp Oljato's 2022 Summer Camp! Opportunities available for age 14+. Click here to learn more about the CIT program, the staff positions, and to apply.
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How to Print Membership Cards and Charter Certificates
For Unit Leaders
Now that rechartering is done, you may want to print membership cards for your members or a charter certificate to present to your charter organization. Click a link to download the how-to PDF: Charter Certificate, Membership Cards.
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Scouts BSA Good Turn Assessment
For Scouts BSA Leaders
The deadline to earn the Scout Shop Gift Card incentives for Scouts BSA Units that submit their GTA on time has been extended to March 31, 2022. This is due to the system glitches that prevented most units from completing recharter on time this year. If you have question, please check with your district director.
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Order of the Arrow Visitation Season! - Jan-Mar
For Scouts BSA Leaders
We are excited to begin the unit visitation season for early 2022! The Scoutmaster of each troop will receive an email containing a Unit Support Pak, which describes the process of scheduling a visitation. Units should schedule visitations during January-March to allow the lodge time to prepare for the Spring Ordeal. We look forward to electing new candidates in the new year!
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Scout Shops and Service Centers
For Everyone
SCOUT SHOPS:
SERVICE CENTERS:
Foster City Store's New Hours:
Sun CLOSED
Mon-Fri 10:00am–5:00pm (closed 1-2pm for lunch)
Sat 10:30am–3:00pm
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2022 Day Camp! - 4 Summer sessions
For Cub Scout families
Early Bird pricing ends March 31! Join our Camp Ta-Ki-Ma (Circle of Friends) as we have fun with theme-based science, nature, crafts, sports, games, and much more! Activities vary by location. Get your Cub Scout outside with theme-based time-honored Scout experiences like Archery, Crafts, Sports, Science, Games, and much more! Join us at this 5-day program of activities which provides fun and new experiences for the Cub Scouts. The daily program is centered on Cub Scout Adventures and Electives as they relate to the outdoors. Included in the cost of day camp is all necessary supplies for crafts and activities, a camp T-shirt and hat upon arrival at camp, as well as a custom patch upon completion of camp. Learn more & register.
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2022 Oljato Summer Camp - Week 1 & 2 are Sold Out!
For Scouts BSA and Venturers
Camp Oljato is a premier Scouts BSA summer camp in the High Sierra. Our program immerses Scouts in the outdoor adventures of Scouting. Sign up your troop or crew today!
Week 1 – Sun-Sat, July 10-16, 2022 Sold Out
Week 2 – Sun-Sat, July 17-23, 2022 Sold Out
Week 3 – Sun-Sat, July 24-30, 2022 (*Provisional Scouts can now sign up!)
Week 4 – Sun-Sat, July 31-Aug 6, 2022 (*Provisional Scouts can now sign up!)
Our Programs include extensive aquatics (sailing, motor boating, paddle boards, water trampoline, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, rowing, and life saving), rock climbing, handicraft, welding, nature, Scoutcraft, shooting sports, adult leader training, and a high adventure program. Recent additions are log rolling, waterskiing and wakeboarding! Learn more & register here. *A provisional Scout is one who attends solo, not with their troop. They will be placed with another troop.
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2022 Spring Shooting Sports Day! - Mar 26
For Scouts BSA
Did you miss the Shooting Sports Day in fall 2021? We’ve added a day in March 2022 packed with shooting sports activities! Registration opens Feb 14, 2022, 8:00am. Learn more.
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2022 Come On to Cub-ON! - June 10-12
For Cub Scout families
Registration for the May Sold Out and June (spaces still available) Cub-On registrations are open! Cub-On is a weekend family camping event for all Cub Scouts and their families. Boulder Creek Scout Reservation is located in the Santa Cruz mountains in a lush redwood forest. Program areas are open throughout the weekend. Meals are provided; trained staff on duty for all areas of camp; “Bobcat Trail” program for brand new Scouts; and “Spirit of the Arrow” for Webelos. Learn more & register. Fall Cub-On registrations open June 1.
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National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) - June 18-24, 2022 Sold out but wait list available
For Scouts BSA and Venturing
An action-packed program providing youth with leadership skills and experiences they can use in Scouting and are applicable in their everyday lives. Learn more.
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Scout Day at Hiller Aviation Museum - May 8
For Everyone
On Sunday, May 8, any Scout (Cubs, Scouts BSA, Venturers or Sea Scouts) or Scout leader in uniform will be admitted to the Museum at no charge. Please see the Hiller Aviation Museum website for details and more dates. (This is not a council event. All questions should be directed to Hiller Aviation Museum.)
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Earn the Aviation, Weather, or Astronomy Merit Badge at Hiller Aviation Museum's 1-day Workshops!
For Scouts BSA
Scouts BSA can earn the Aviation, Weather, or Astronomy Merit Badge with the Hiller Aviation Museum! Learn more and register at hiller.org. This is not a council event--please direct any questions to the Hiller Aviation Museum.
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BB Gun & Archery Range Master Training - Apr 16
For Everyone
Archery portion gives the basics of archery instruction, range operations, shooting skills so you can run an effective archery program for Cub Scouts and Webelos. BB Gun portion gives the basics of BB gun instruction, range operations, and shooting skills so you can run an effective BB Gun program for Cub Scouts or Webelos. Students must be age 18 or older.
Allows: Archery portion allows one to serve as Archery range master for Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA and Venturers. BB Gun portion allows one to serve as a BB Gun range master for Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA and Venturers. Cost: Each course is $25. 9am-noon BB gun/1-5pm Archery, Boulder Creek Scout Reservation. Learn more and register.
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NRA Range Safety Officer Training - May 21
For Everyone
Develops NRA Certified Range Safety Officers with the knowledge, skills, and attitude essential to organizing, conducting, and supervising safe shooting activities and range operations.
Covers: Roles and responsibilities of an RSO, Range Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Range inspection, Range rules, Range briefings, Emergency procedures, Firearm stoppages and malfunctions. Allows one to conduct and supervise safe shooting activities and range operations. Does not allow one to provide firearms instruction. Cost: $75. 8am-5pm, Palo Alto Service Center. Learn more and register.
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2022 PacSky Commissioner Kickoff Event - Aug 27
For Commissioners
Annual gathering of all Pacific Skyline Council commissioners to kick off the school year. Come for training, council updates, fellowship, and more! This event is open to all Pacific Skyline Council Commissioners. Registration opens 6/6/22, 9am. Learn more.
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Online Training
For Everyone
If you haven't already taken the required courses for your Scouting position, log on and get trained. There are several Required training opportunities available online, as well as Extended Learning.
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Log on to my.scouting.org
- Click on "Menu"
- Click on "My Training"
- Select YPT (Youth Protection Training) if you need to update it (every 2 years)
- All other classes, go to "Training Center" and select the courses needed by program.
- Take any Trainings needed for your leadership position in Scouting.
This way, you will be ready to hit the ground running when quarantine restrictions are lifted.
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Life-to-Eagle Class
For Life Scouts
Help your Life Scout get to Eagle! Learn more. (click then scroll down)
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Merit Badge Counselor Training
For Everyone
Become a merit badge counselor! Learn more. (click then scroll down)
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District Roundtables
For Everyone
Roundtables provide leaders with program ideas; information on policy and events; and training opportunities. Learn more (click then scroll down)
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Philmont Training Center - Cimmaron, NM
For Everyone
PTC is a National volunteer training center for the Boy Scouts of America. Learn more.
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Summit Bechtel Reserve - Glen Jean, WV
For Everyone
SBR is a National volunteer training center for the Boy Scouts of America. Learn more.
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Looking for More Training Courses?
For Everyone
Check with our neighboring councils:
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