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 Anniversary Week – 2/2/2014 – 2/8/2014 – Sunday 2/2/2014 – Scout Anniversary 2/8/2014 – Scout Sabbath 2/8/2014.  BSA 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 )  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 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 (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)  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 , 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 of America//Asociación de Scouts de México/WOSM

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