Three Rivers Events During June 2019

Three Rivers Events During June 2019

Jun 4 - TRD Unit Commissioners Meeting
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2413959&orgkey=453
Jun 6 - TRD District Committee Meeting
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2413919&orgkey=453
Jun 15 - TRD Fishing Derby
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2527032&orgkey=453

Training Sessions During June 2019
Jun 1 - Merit Badge Counselor Training
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2440307&orgkey=453
Jun 18 - Popcorn Unit Leader Training Session
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2510683&orgkey=453
Jun 22 - Scoutmaster and Assistant Leader Training
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2510189&orgkey=453

Other Council-Approved Events in June 2019
May 31-Jun 2 - OA Induction Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419829&orgkey=944
Jun 1 - Scout Night and Sleepover with the Rockland Boulders
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2485413&orgkey=453
Jun 3 - Champions Golf Classic to Support Special Needs
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2508421&orgkey=453
Jun 3 - Champions Golf Classic to Support Special Needs
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2508421&orgkey=453
Jun 6 - Lenape Trail Wine Tasting Fund Raiser
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/event/wine-tasting-and-social/2509791
Jun 8 - Beaver Day at Camp Yaw Paw
  YawPawRanger@aol.com
Jun 8 - Scout Night at Monster Jam
  Tyrone Manning at the Council office
Jun 8-9 - NNJC Cub Family Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2449449&orgkey=453
Jun 11 - NNJC Program Launch
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2510090&orgkey=453
Jun 15 - Beaver Day at Camp Turrell
  Bruce Bobrowski 845-754-7111
Jun 8 - Beaver Day at Camp Lewis
  Tom@CampLewis-BSA.com
Jun 24 - Leader's Meeting for No-Be-Bo-Sco
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2480062&orgkey=453
Jun 28-30 - Beaver Day at Floodwood
  Stuhr@Fordham.edu

Recommended Reading from Bloomberg Businessweek

Recommended Reading from Bloomberg Businessweek

An overview of the Boy Scout and Girl Scout organizations, past and present.

"Boy Scouts Are Just Scouts Now, and That's Making Girl Scouts Mad" is the title of an article that appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek on April 17, 2019 by Claire Suddath. Click here.

This is a terrific article! It's an overview of the Scouting program that includes some of the 100+ year-old history, a look at controversies, and a look at ongoing problems and proposed solutions. There's some Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) history too, along with a "compare and contrast." Because the article appeared in Businessweek, there's also discussion about how Scouting BSA and how GSUSA finance themselves and about current Scouting BSA financial worries.

In spite of the article's title about how dropping "Boy" from "Boy Scouts" is "... Making Girl Scouts Mad," that is mostly downplayed. In fact Suddath dismisses that particular controversy with, "Two of America's most benign charitable organizations fighting over the right to call young girls “scouts” feels a bit like the Humane Society and ASPCA arguing about who can best care for kittens." Instead, Suddath says that the real concern "is a much more fundamental argument about the best way to advance women's equality." GSUSA says that this is what girls need and that GSUSA knows how to do it best.

Most disheartening for both organizations is a chart showing membership climbing steadily through 1973, and then declining quickly to less than half.

Included in Suddath's article is her interview with Chief Scout Exec Michael Surbaugh in order to get his take on declining membership and other problems. Suddath also tells how she interviewed Scoutmasters, parents, and youth, and said, "I realized: The only people upset by BSA's new policy seemed to be adults. I talked to dozens of kids for this article, and every one of them said they liked the idea of girls in Scouts."

Three Rivers Events During May 2019

Three Rivers Events During May 2019

May 2 - TRD District Committee Meeting
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2413918&orgkey=944
May 7 - TRD Unit Commissioners Meeting
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2413957&orgkey=944
May 10-11 - TRD Cub STEM-Venture Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419921&orgkey=944
May 13 - TRD Roundtable (changed from May 14)
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2413933&orgkey=944
May 21 - TRD Assistant District Commissioners
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2413945&orgkey=944

Training Sessions During May 2019
May 4 - Scoutmaster and Assistant Leader Training
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2501108&orgkey=944
May 21 - Merit Badge Counselor Training
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2416966&orgkey=944
May 22 - Popcorn Unit Leader Training #1
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2510684&orgkey=453

Other Council-Approved Events in May 2019
May 3 - Bergen Teen Summit
  Mike Silverman
May 4-5 - NNJC Cub Family Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2449448&orgkey=944
May 4-5 - OA Induction Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419827&orgkey=1921
May 6 - NNJC Council Recognition Dinner
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2466524&orgkey=944
May 11 - NNJC Project COPE at Camp Lewis
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2484219&orgkey=453
May 11 - Beaver Day at Camp Turrell
  Bruce Bobrowski 845-754-7111
May 11 - Beaver Day at Camp Lewis
  Tom@CampLewis-BSA.com
May 17-19 - X-Treme Sports Weekend at Turrell
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2447195&orgkey=453
May 17-19 - Advancement Weekend at Camp Glen Gray
  https://glengray.org/advancement-weekend1.html
May 18-19 - NNJC Cub Family Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2449439&orgkey=944
May 19 - Liberty Science Center - Forensics for Bear Cubs and Fingerprinting for Scouts
  https://lsc.org/scout-weekends
May 22 - Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/event/eagle-scout-recognition-dinner-nesa-gathering/2419666
May 31-Jun 2 - OA Induction Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419827&orgkey=1921