3 Rivers District, Northern New Jersey Council: February 2017

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Website for New Scoutmasters and ASMs

New Scoutmasters and ASMs

BSA National created a website that brand new Scoutmasters and Assistants will find useful:
http://troopleader.org/

It's a one-page portal that has links to 16 different resources. A recent article in Scouting Magazine checked it out and selected 7 they thought were most useful:

1. Troop meeting agendas (A paper planning sheet plus videos from actual troop meetings.)

2. Program features (48 ideas for troop meetings, many accompanied by videos.)

3. Program resources YES!!! (Making meetings fun with lots of ideas for cool games and challenges. Plus some other stuff.)

4. Planning tips (Encourage the junior leaders to work out plans for the year and for each month.)

5. Training advice (List of sessions available for adults and another list for youths.)

6. Outings ideas (Links to the four Scout high adventure camps, plus lots of advice and guidance.)

7. General troop information (This site covers a lot of the tips and advice that you will also get from one of our local live Scoutmaster/Assistant training sessions.)

Thursday, February 2, 2017

List of Events in February 2017

The Three Rivers District Annual Meeting and election will take place on Feb 2, 2017
The Three Rivers District Roundtable will take place on Feb 7 to avoid Valentine's Day

New Religous Award for Adults

National Duty to God Award

BSA National and its Religious Relationships Support Committee recently published guidelines for how to nominate an adult deserving of this new award.

Submit nominations prior to March 15, 2017 to District Commissioner Barry Goldman: BarryDistComm@gmail.com

The requirements for nomination and selection are:

Must be currently enrolled as an active, participating adult member of the Boy Scouts of America.

Have ten or more years of leadership and service to Scouting and the candidate's respective faith tradition.

Have received the Boy Scouts of America's faith-approved adult religious emblem at the time of nomination, or a comparable recognition from the candidate's religious organization.

Have a demonstrative, exemplary history of transformational, spiritual, moral, and ethical leadership, and edifying service in the advancement and promotion of a Scout's duty to God.

Three letters of recommendation are also required. Click here for details.

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