November 3, 2023

Reminder – It’s time to renew your unit Charter!!

The Online Charter Renewal System has been live since October 1^st, 2023. If you haven’t started the renewal process, NOW IS THE TIME!

The Spirit of Adventure Council is requiring that the recharter be completed 30 days prior to its due date. All Spirit of Adventure Council charters are December charters, and are due to the council service center via the online renewal system by no later than December 1^st, so it can be processed in a timely manner.

Beginning March 1, 2024, the 12-month membership cycle will not be tied to the unit recharter process. Unit renewal will be separate from adult and youth membership renewal. The process will be much simpler as the system will allow the chartered organization to approve the adult leadership and confirm they have the required adult supervision to conduct the Scouting program.

If you need help with the recharter process, please visit www.scoutspirit.org and click on the “Recharter 2024” button on the Home page.

Scouts-Giving

Join us for a Thanksgiving dinner at camp! New England Base Camp on 11/11 will be offering Scouts-Giving. This will be a great opportunity for Scouts to recognize volunteers who help our camps and just enjoy camp.

$10.00

Reserve Now

Health and Safety Committee Presentation

In keeping with the BSA mission to teach and reinforce safety, the Health and Safety Committee has prepared a brief Power Point Presentation. for all adult leaders throughout the council. We would recommend each unit have at least one representative to attend one of the two GoToMeeting presentations being offered. (only need to attend one session)

· Sunday, November 12 7:00 pm

· Monday, November 13 7:00 pm

The presentation will be approximately 30 minutes and will review important information and will have a link to resources to support unit leaders.

Some topics include:

· Updated Youth Protection Guidelines

· Incident Reporting

· Safety Moments

· Unit Codes of Conduct

To register Click Here

We look forward to seeing you!!

Scouting for Food

The Spirit of Adventure Council is excited to be providing Scouting for Food doorhangers as a resource for unit food drives!! The concept of the doorhangers is the unit leaves them on the doors or in the mailboxes of the neighborhoods they intend to collect food on a Saturday. The food is collected the following Saturday.

Hunger. It's a way of life for an increasing number of families. Many face hopeless decisions around paying for medicine, heat or food. Groups providing assistance struggle with increasing requests and shrinking resources. The Boy Scouts of America answer this call by collecting food and supporting community agencies that fight hunger.

Where many Food Banks usually were fine with food this time of year, however, there has been a strong need for food donations right now.

Order Door Hangers Here

Popcorn News

New Online promotion provided by Trails End. Anyone can sell online! Your unit does not have to register for the sale for you to sell popcorn online. You will still receive credit for selling!

Gaming System November Online Challenge

· Tuesday, Oct 31 at 8pm ET – Thursday, Nov 30 at 7:59pm ET

· Top 5 Online Selling Scouts will receive a $550 Amazon.com e-gift card

National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) 2024 - Storer NYLT

NYLT is a week-long outdoor leadership training program for youth leaders developed by the Boy Scouts of America and conducted by Spirit of Adventure Council and other councils around the country. A highly trained youth staff under the supervision of adult advisors set the example in modeling the core learning and leadership messages of the National BSA NYLT syllabus. Scouts must be 14 or completed 8th grade and have unit leader's recommendation to attend. Held at T.L. Storer, Barnstead, NH - June 30-July 5

$450.00

Wood Badge

Wood Badge is Scouting's premier training course. Baden-Powell designed it so that Scouters could learn, in as practical a way possible, the skills and methods of Scouting. It is first and foremost, learning by doing. The members of the course are formed into patrols and these into a troop. The entire troop camps in the outdoors, camping, cooking their own meals, and practices Scout skills while honing their leadership and teamwork.

The Course occurs over 2 weekends:

4/12-4/14/2024 & 5/18-5/19/2024

$349.00

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Eagle Dinner

Save-the-date - January 4th, 2024. Join us as we celebrate the Eagle Class of 2023.

Announcing the winner of the Outdoor Ethics patch design competition for the Council!

Congratulations to Dillon from Pack 42 Quincy

Dillon has designed this patch for all Spirit of Adventure Cub Scouts to earn.

It will be available for purchase in the new year from the council.

The requirements to earn this award are as follows

Learn the BSA Outdoor Code
Watch the National Park Service Leave No Trace video with a parent or guardian. https://youtu.be/jXO1uY0MvmQ
Take the Peak Leave No Trace online course with a parent or guardian https://lnt.org/get-involved/training-courses/peak-online-course/
Participate in a conservation-based service project with your family, den or pack
Participate in an Outdoor Ethics activity presented by a person who has taken the Outdoor Ethics Orientation, or has completed the Leave No Trace 101 online course (https://learn.lnt.org/courses/101), or is a Leave No Trace Level 1 instructor (Trainer) or a Leave No Trace Level 2 Instructor (Master Educator.)