Herms District Recurring Annual Events Calendar
This document includes district, and some council and international, recurring program events. Annual National Safety Council - Safety Calendar – http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/Resources/Pages/NSCSafetyCalendar.aspx Council Service Center (CSC) is closed on major holidays, Thanksgiving Day and Good Friday, and two days at Christmas. Scouter Training in Fall and Spring (District Training Committee) Service Project - Lake Berryessa Blue Oak Trees Restoration Project (a Take Pride in America project) January Council Leader Education and Discovery (L.E.A.D.) – usually last Saturday in January – 1/25/2014 February
BSA Scouting Anniversary Week – 2/2/2014 – 2/8/2014 – Scout Sunday 2/2/2014 – Scout Anniversary 2/8/2014 – Scout Sabbath 2/8/2014. BSA Cub Scout Blue and Goal Banquets during Scouting Anniversary Week in February - http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Activities/Adults/bgbanquet.aspx District Rechartering Council Annual Recognition Dinner – in February or March March Herms District CHECK (Boy Scout merit badge event), 2nd weekend in March, Camp Herms - http://www.bsa-mdsc.org/date/camp-herms-environment-and-conservation-check-merit-badge- expo) Service Project - California Arbor Week and California ReLeaf Project in March (with C.H.E.C.K.) - http://www.arborday.org/states/state.cfm?state=CA April BSA Youth Protection Month / National Child Abuse Prevention Month – April - https://www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/preventionmonth/ Global Youth Service Day – 4/11/2014-4/13/2014 - http://www.gysd.org/ Herms District Boy Scout Camporee in April (with Order of the Arrow) Earth Day – 4/22/2014 – EPA: http://www.epa.gov/earthday/ California Parks: http://www.calparks.org/programs/earth-day/ National Arbor Day – last Friday in April – Arbor Day Foundation - http://arbordaynow.org/ May Civic Service - US Army 442nd Infantry RCT Reunion Color Guard in May Herms District Recognition Dinner in May (District Advancement and Recognition Committee) World Jamboree on the Trail (JOTT) – 2nd Saturday in May – 2/10/2014 - http://jott.org/ Memorial Day Weekend Flag Plantings in May Cub Scout JTE deadline– May 31st – Pack committee recruits/confirms pack and den leadership (including CMs, DLs and WLs) for next year
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June National Safety Month – June - http://www.nsc.org/nsc_events/Nat_Safe_Month/ National Trails Day – 1st Saturday in June (normal Fages II Hike day) - http://www.americanhiking.org/national-trails-day/ Council resident camping season – Mid-June to first weekend in August July Council resident camping season – Mid-June to first weekend in August August Council resident camping season – Mid-June to first weekend in August Fundraising – Popcorn Sales begin in August (Pre-sales meeting in July) Herms District Cub Scout and Boy Scout Program Kick-off – 2nd Wednesday in August (District Commissioners and District Committee) Membership - Fall Recruiting (all units) – August- September September Be Prepared - National Preparedness Month – September: FEMA: http://www.ready.gov/ , BSA: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/healthandsafety/alerts/nationalpreparednessmonth.aspx, California State Anniversary - California became the 31st American state on September 9, 1850 California Coastal Clean-up Day – 3rd Saturday in September - 9/21/2013 - http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/ccd/ccd.html California COASTWEEKS – Starts 3rd Saturday in September (3 weeks long) - http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/coastweeks/coastweeks.html National Public Lands Day – September - http://www.publiclandsday.org/ AdvanceCamp (Boy Scout merit badge and Scouter training event) in September – http://www.advancecamp.com/ Charter Organization Visits by Council/District Unit Camping Reports completion (see measure criteria on District JTE scorecard for events reported at http://scouting.org/jte) Cub Scout JTE deadline – September 31st – Pack holds fall recruitment by this date October Cub Scout JTE deadline – October 15th – All leadership positions filled by the date Be Prepared - The Great California Shake Out Drill – October 17th (+/- one week) – http://www.shakeout.org/california/ ; Drop, cover and hold-on - http://www.shakeout.org/california/dropcoverholdon/ ; Register unit drill: http://shakeout.org/california/register/index.php?category=youth World Scout Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) – 3rd weekend in October - http://www.scouting.org/jota.aspx, http://www.arrl.org/jamboree-on-the-air-jota (World Radio Scouting event, local station site: Camp Herms) World Scout Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) – 3rd weekend in October - http://www.scouting.org/joti.aspx, https://www.facebook.com/joti.bsa Charter Organization Visits by Council/District Cub Scout JTE deadline – October 31st - Den meetings start by this date
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November Scouting for Food in November Unit Rechartering December Unit Rechartering Unit/District Journey-to-Excellence (JTE) Scorecard completion National and International Multiple-Year Cycle Sea Scout - The William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup, Long Beach Yacht Club – 6/2/2014 – 6/28/2014 - http://seascoutcup.org/ 12th World Scout Youth Forum, Rogla, Slovenia - August 4-7, 2014 (every 3 years usually prior to World Scout Conference) - http://scout.org/en/information_events/events/world_scout_events/youth_forum 23rd World Scout Jamboree, Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan – 7/28/2015- 8/8/2015 - http://www.scouting.org/worldjamboree.aspx, http://www.23wsj.jp/ (every 4 years) BSA National Jamboree – Summit Bechtel Reserve, West Virginia, United States – July 2017 (every 4 years) - https://summit.scouting.org/ 15th World Scout Moot, Ulfljotsvatn, Iceland – July 25 - August 2, 2017 (every 4 years) 24th World Scout Jamboree, New River Gorge, West Virginia, United States - July, 2019 – Hosted by Boy Scouts of America/Scouts Canada/Asociación de Scouts de México/WOSM
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