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TAC Connection
July 22, 2020
A periodic communication to our Scouting Families
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Save the Date for SAC!
The rescheduled Scouters Annual Conference (SAC) will be held the weekend of November 13th at the Edelweiss Resort & Lodge in Garmisch, Germany.
Scouters from all over the Council will gather for fellowship, training, and recognition. A full weekend of training courses and topics pertinent to our leaders to help deliver better programming to our Scouts. Planned topics include Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA Leader Training, Trainer's EDGE, Cub Scout Shooting Sports, BALOO, Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS), Safety Afloat, Scoutbook Tips & Tricks, STEM, and other classes.
On Saturday night we will celebrate the 70
th
Anniversary of the founding
of the Transatlantic Council and will also present the 2020 class of Silver Beaver Award recipients. This recognition is the highest award a council can present to a volunteer for their service to Scouting.
SAC is not just Scout leaders. Families are invited to the weekend as well! Families can use the facilities such as Just for Kids and Kids Night Out or they can visit the Garmisch area. You can stay on the Edelweiss Property or stay in Garmsich. Registration details, lodging options, and a full list of course offerings will be coming soon. Watch your email and
TAC Nation
on Facebook for more details.
Online Recruiting and Unit Pins
New families moving to TAC need to find local scouting. The BSA has a great recruitment site called BeAScout where if a person enters their US zip code, a list of nearby units to join is displayed.
Unfortunately, due our postal and military zip codes, this tool does not always work for TAC units. However, as part of the online registration tools, units can update their information pins to provide information about points of contact, meeting times and locations, and send out invitation links to new families. The Key 3 of a unit can go to the Organization Manager page in their account at
www.my.scouting.org
to update their information so families can learn more about how to join. Learn more about setting up your online registration
here
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Join Us for National BSA Family Fun Fest, August 8, 2020
What is Family Fun Fest? It's a national open house for Scouting. Think National Camp-In with all the fun and engagement, along with a strong message of "learn more about what Scouting has to offer."
The event will be broadcast on
Facebook Live
, and we'll be engaging our audiences real-time with
#FamilyFunFest
. Marketing prior to the event will engage our current membership and encourage them to invite a friend to join them for the event.
For more information about the event visit
https://www.scouting.org/familyfunfest/
.
Additional details are coming soon, including a schedule of events, promotional materials, and how to leverage this event to invite families to join Scouting.
Reminder - Program Supply Center - Closed for Inventory
The Program Supply Center is closed until July 31 for inventory. When operations resume, orders will be processed in the order received.
Units who have access to any US address (APO, FPO, DPO, etc.) can order directly from the the BSA Supply Group. This includes advancement items. Please see the special instructions
here.
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Transatlantic Council, Boy Scouts of America|
US ARMY Garrison Brussels
Unit 28100, Box 24
APO, AE 09714
or
Leuvensesteenweg, 13
1932 Zaventem, Belgium
TAC-ServiceCenter-802@scouting.org
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