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SCOUTERQUARTERLY PERIODICAL • ISSUE 33 SPRING 2015 FOR MORE INFORMATION Youth on events listed in this issue, visit Protection Summer www.baltimorebsa.org Month Camp www.BeaScout.org Camp Card www.broadcreekbsa.org Page 2 Page 11 Page 14

BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL REPRESENTED AT THE 2014 REPORT TO THE NATION Lucas Hines, Boy Scouts of Troop 361 of Columbia, MD, was selected as a delegate to the 2014 Report to the Nation which took place from February 21-26. During the course of a little less than one week, Lucas visited the Naval Academy, NASA, and the Smithsonian’s Mammal Collection just to name a few.

Delegates at the Smithsonian mammal CALENDAR collection. The largest in the world. APRIL 1 Camping Committee Meeting 3 Office Closed 10-12 Nentico Lodge Spring Fellowship 15 Council Commissioner Meeting 16 STEM Committee Meeting 16 VOA/CVC Meeting 16 Executive Committee Meeting 24-26 O. A. Ordeal Week-End 27 O. A. LEC 28 Advancement Committee Meeting MAY 1-3 A Scout is Reverent Retreat 6 Camping Committee Meeting 8-10 O. A. Ordeal Week-End 15-17 Section NE – 6A Conclave 18 O. A. LEC 18 Catholic Committee Meeting Delegates and representatives 19 Special Needs Committee Meeting at the Lincoln Memorial. DeleLucas Hines in DC. 20 Council Commissioner Meeting 21 STEM Committee Meeting 21 VOA/CVC Meeting REGISTER NOW AND RECEIVE THE NEW AND IMPROVED 21 Interfaith Committee Meeting 25 Office Closed BALTIMORE AREA SCOUTER 27 Council Membership Committee Meeting Following much discussion, to include the district Key 3s and marketing CONNECT WITH THE BAC! JUNE committee members, the Baltimore Area Council is shifting away from the 3 Council Camping Committee Meeting printed version of the Area-Scouter to something more interactive and facebook.com/BaltimoreBSA 14 Flag Day 16 Philmont Meeting environmental friendly. This summer, will be the first online edition. 17 Council Commissioner Meeting Please visit our website and register your e-mail to receive the summer 18 STEM Committee Meeting twitter.com/BACScouting 18 VOA/CVC 2015 edition and future issues of the Area Scouter. Visit www.baltimorebsa. 23 Advancement Committee Meeting org and click on: Area Scouter: E-Mail Sign Up (put a link here) 30 District Charters Due Our goal is to offer a more digitally compatible format and to help better youtube.com/ScoutsBaltimore serve our leaders and volunteers out in the field and throughout each district. The nature of the articles and the quarterly delivery will not change, it will simply be more timely and interactive. We are currently in baltimorebsa.wordpress.com the development stage for a new model. Thank you for your interest in the Area Scouter. If you have any questions, baltimorebsa.org/linkedin please contact our PR/Marketing Coordinator Jessica Fugate at jfugate@ baltimorebsa.org or 443-573-2519.

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BROAD CREEK SUMMER CAMP – WWW.BROADCREEKBSA.ORG 2 BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL | AREA SCOUTER MESSAGE FROM THE SCOUT EXECUTIVE SPRING IS FINALLY HERE! ¡Por fin ha llegado la primavera! The weather these last few months sure has En estos últimos meses, el clima no ha dado tregua e hizo mucho frío pero, a diferencia been challenging and very cold. However, del año pasado, el Consejo pudo permanecer abierto la mayor parte del tiempo. El unlike last year, the council was able to remain personal del consejo ha sido de gran ayuda para que todo siga funcionando y los open for the most part. The council staff pitched guardaparques Dave, Tom y Travis debieron enfrentarse a varios desafíos para que nuestro in to help keep things rolling and Ranger Dave, campamento siga siendo un lugar seguro para todos los campistas de fin de semana. Ranger Tom and Travis sure had some ¡MUCHAS GRACIAS! challenges to keep our camp safe for all the El Consejo del Área de Baltimore está muy orgulloso de todos nuestros Scouts, y nos week-end campers. THANK YOU! complace mucho destacar sus logros. En esta edición, mencionamos a Lucas Hines de la The Baltimore Area Council is very proud of all Tropa 361 (Columbia), quien fue elegido miembro de la Delegación del Informe a la of our Scouts, and it’s especially nice to highlight Nación 2014. Lucas, junto con otros nueve Scouts y Aventureros de todo el país, asistieron their achievements. This issue, we mention a este evento anual realizado del 21 al 26 de febrero en Washington, DC. La Delegación Lucas Hines of Troop 361 (Columbia), who was representó a los casi 3.500.000 jóvenes y adultos registrados en la BSA para compartir el selected to be a member of the 2014 Report to Informe a la Nación de Scouting con los líderes del congreso. El Consejo del Área de the Nation Delegation. Lucas joined 9 other Scouts and Venturers from across the Nation for Baltimore realiza un evento similar llamado el Informe al Estado de Maryland, que se lleva this annual event held February 21-26 in Washington, DC. The Delegation represented the a cabo en la Casa del Estado de Annapolis, con el Vocero Mike Busch como anfitrión. Se BSA’s roughly 3.5 million registered youth and adult members in sharing Scouting’s Report to invitan a Scouts de todo Maryland para que asistan al evento, realicen un tour por la the Nation to congressional leaders. The Baltimore Area Council conducts a similar event, Academia Naval y la Casa del Estado y disfruten de una recepción donde pueden conocer called the Report to the State Maryland, which is held at the State House in Annapolis with a un selecto grupo de representantes electos. Speaker Mike Busch as host. Scouts from across Maryland are invited to attend, tour the Naval Nuestro consejo honrará a once voluntarios con el distinguido Premio Silver Beaver, el Academy and the State House, all followed with a reception where Scouts could meet a select mayor galardón que los consejos otorgan a sus voluntarios. Este evento, la Recepción de group of elected representatives. Reconocimiento del Consejo, se realizará el 30 de abril en la Universidad Loyola Maryland. Our council will be honoring eleven volunteers with the coveted Silver Beaver Award, the Por favor, consulte el sitio web del consejo para hacer su reservación. Se honrará también a highest honor a council can bestow upon a volunteer. This event, the Council Recognition la Clase Águila de 2014, pináculo al que lograron llegar 489 Scouts a fin de año. Reception, will be held on April 30th at Loyola University Maryland. Please check the Si bien el consejo pudo haber finalizado el 2014 de manera positiva, afortunadamente, council’s website to make your reservation. The Eagle Class of 2014 will also be honored as a gracias a una herencia de una donación realizada por Clinton Pallister, el cuerpo directivo total of 489 Scouts reached that pinnacle at year-end. y el personal continuarán trabajando incansablemente para que 2015 sea todo un éxito While the council may have ended the 2014 year on a positive note; thankfully due to an para el Consejo del Área de Baltimore. Tenemos un presupuesto agresivo y lleno de inheritance from an endowment donor named Clinton Pallister, the board and staff will desafíos para este año, que incluye seguir manteniendo un estricto control de los gastos. Si continue to work tirelessly to make 2015 a successful one for the Baltimore Area Council! We alguno de ustedes conoce a Clinton, por favor contáctese conmigo ya que queremos reunir have an aggressive and challenging budget for this year including continuing to keep some la mayor cantidad de información posible. strict lines of watching expenses. If any of you knew Clinton, please contact me as we want to Este es un consejo grandioso, como lo es su personal y cuerpo ejecutivo y, por sobre todas gather as much information as we can. las cosas, tiene un grupo de voluntarios comprometidos excepcional. Juntos, ya estamos This is a great council with a great staff, executive board and, most of all, a great group of trabajando duro para llegar a muchos más jóvenes y continuar ofreciendo la “promesa de committed volunteers. Together, we are already working hard to reaching out to more youth aventura” a todos los jóvenes (está bien, también queremos que los adultos experimenten and continue to offer the “promise of adventure” to all of youth members (okay we want the esta aventura). adults to experience that adventure too). Mis metas son terminar este año con un presupuesto equilibrado, servir a muchos más My goals are that we will end this year with a balanced budget, serve more youth this year jóvenes que en 2014, que más Scouts concurran al campamento de verano de Broad than 2014, have more Scouts attend summer camp at Broad Creek, and earn the council-wide Creek, y ganar el Premio de Oro en Journey to Excellence, que se otorga entre todos los Gold Award in Journey to Excellence! I am confident we will achieve all of these things as we consejos. ¡Estoy seguro de que conseguiremos todas estas cosas porque tenemos un have a great team! Our staff motto is to not only go gold – but to go platinum. excelente equipo! El lema de nuestro equipo no es solo obtener el oro, sino el platino. Thanks for all you do to help our youth! ¡Muchas gracias por todo lo que hacen para ayudar a nuestra juventud! Brian S. Steger — Scout Executive Brian S. Steger — Ejecutivo de Scout

2016 PHILMONT COUNCIL CONTINGENT OPENINGS The Baltimore Area Council will send two Council Contingents to Philmont during the summer of 2016. The first Contingent dates are July 12-25, 2016; and the second Contingent dates are July 14-27, 2016. A portion of the Council’s contingent crew slots are allocated to units who wish to send an entire crew of 7-12 members to Philmont. Units with at least 7 participants can apply for these slots in February 2015 via contingent application. Units with less than 7 participants can also apply and will be combined with other partial crews to maximize the opportunity for those wishing to attend. (Note: If two units combine to form a complete crew, each unit may provide a maximum of two adult participants.) To receive an application for a full or partial crew slot, please email Mimi Hatch, the 2016 Council Contingent Leader. Philmont has updated its policies and units MAY attend Philmont in consecutive years. If needed, the Council will conduct a lottery in March 2015. For more information contact Mimi Hatch at [email protected].

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE The Baltimore Area Council’s Annual Business Meeting will be held Monday, June 15, 2015 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. followed by a brief reception to be held at 7 p.m. Location to be announced. The purpose of this meeting is to receive summarized annual committee reports and program highlights, receive and approve unaudited financial statements, elect council members-at-large, associate members-at-large, local council officers and members of the executive board and to transact such other business as appropriate. Anyone having any nominations to bring forward, please e-mail: [email protected] by June 1, 2015.

APRIL IS YOUTH PROTECTION MONTH – ARE YOU TRAINED? SUBMIT YOUR SCOUTING STORY! According to Childhelp, a leading national non-profit Do you have an exciting story to share about organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and Scouting? We want to hear from you! Submit your neglect, by the time you read this letter 6 reports of child story for a chance to appear as the “Scout in abuse will have been made. Every ten seconds a report of Spotlight” in the Area Scouter, E-Area Scouter—or child abuse is made. By the end of today over 4 child deaths even a press release in your local media. will occur because of child abuse. Child abuse not only E-mail your stories to Jessica Fugate, PR and harms the child, but will harm the child that the person will Communications coordinator at grow to be. 90% of child sexual abuse victims know the [email protected] perpetrator in some way. 30 % of abuse and neglected children will abuse their own children. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Baltimore BAC youth with Sheriff Jay Fisher. County Sheriff R. Jay Fisher is the Honorary Chair of the Baltimore Area Council’s “April is Youth Protection Month.” Recognition and prevention starts in the home. As they join, Scouts are required to review and discuss with their parents information in the parent’s guide “How to Protect your Children from Child Abuse.” This guide helps a parent understand what child abuse is, how to recognize it, how a child can resist it, and how to report it. This is known as the “Three Rs:” Recognition, Resist and Report. This guide helps parents talk with their children about child abuse prevention. The Boy Scouts of America designed a training program called “Youth Protection” that discusses Child Abuse prevention and the policies of the organization to prevent Child Abuse. The training is now mandatory for all registered adult leaders. The training is on-line and available to all, not just leaders or parents. It can be accessed through the Boy Scouts of America’s website www.scouting.org/youthprotection click on the My.Scouting portal and sign in and take the training you need not be a registered leader to have a My.Scouting account.

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Coming in November 2015 Gathering of Eagles Reception Celebrating 103 years of Eagle Scouts in Maryland

If you would like to volunteer or contribute to this celebration contact event Chairman Steve Edwards

Eagle Scout Steve Edwards – CEO, Edwards Project Solutions [email protected]

MIKULSKI MEETS WITH MARYLAND BOY SCOUT SELECTED TO DELIVER REPORT ON BOY SCOUTS IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES & LEADERS OF TOMORROW U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski met with Boy Scout Lucas Hines of Columbia, MD On Wednesday, February 25th, Senator Mikulski met with Lucas Hines, a 12-year-old Boy Scout from Columbia, Maryland serving as a national delegate delivering the 2014 Boy Scouts of America Report to the Nation to federal government leaders. “I am so proud to salute Lucas Hines who has demonstrated his leadership and commitment to serving his community representing Maryland as a national delegate,” said Senator Mikulski, Co-Leader of Honorary Troop 1, a Girl Scout Troop of the Women of the Senate. “As a Girl Scout, I know firsthand the important role Scouting plays in teaching leadership and community service. I will continue to take the lessons I learned in the Girl Scouts – helping people at all times and being honest, fair, friendly and helpful – with me to the United States every day. Lucas and Scouts across the Maryland are future leaders in our communities, working to make the world a safer, stronger and smarter place to live.” Lucas is one of 10 youth delegates from across the United States selected to represent the Boy Scouts of America in presenting the organization’s annual Report to the Nation, which details Scouting accomplishments in 2014. Delegates were selected from among 2.4 million youth members to present the annual report. The delegation, which arrived in the Nation’s capital on February 21, is visiting with and delivering the report to key U.S. Cabinet members and House and Senate leadership. The complete Report to the Nation is available online at ScoutingNewsroom.org. Source: http://www.mikulski.senate.gov/newsroom/press-release

Effective September 1, 2015, the use of 15-passenger vans manufactured before 2005 will no longer be allowed in connection with Scouting programs and activities. Any 2005 or later 15-passenger vans may be used if equipped with Electronic Stability Control and seat belts for all passengers as well as the driver. This applies to all vehicles, regardless of ownership. The use of pre-2005 15-passenger vans could result in there being no BSA GLIP insurance coverage available in the event of an accident.

INTERESTED IN INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING? Check out the Council’s new International Committee webpage! For information and volunteer resources, visit: http://www. baltimorebsa.org/volunteer-resources/international- committee/58644 Here you will find information on the Youth Ambassador Program (including DC embassy open houses available to Scouts this May), the 2015 World Jamboree, and the International Spirit Award (which Scouts and Scouters can earn). The BAC represented at the 2014 Report to the State of MD Please contact Burt Marsh with any questions: [email protected] or CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 410-381-2679.

NEW EAGLES SCOUTS! PERSONNEL David Ossman Matthew Woerner Sean Donnelly Justin Whitaker Neelesh Mupparapu Daniel Engbert Matthew Lynch Julien Amrhein I am pleased to announce the following new additions to the council staff: Daniel Hopkins Scott Mouring Nicholas Heuchan Benjamin Fleury, V Frank Lopez Jr Ryan Jones Luke Lapointe Christopher Heckert Daniel Ksiazek has assumed the position as Program Director that became effective Jackson Hill Lorenzo Palumbo Joel Davis Jacob Rehak Thursday, January 1st. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from State University of New Kenneth Rukenbrod II Nolan McCue Justin Knoll Bradley Clocker York College at Plattsburgh. Dan served as District Executive and Senior District Executive Erin Jackson Jr Andrew Bellis Jack Dougherty Yerachmiel Markowitz Nathaniel Killoran Michael Hufker John Smith John Veihdeffer in Longhouse Council, Syracuse, New York for four years. He served as staff advisor for William Mosley Johnathan Goemmer Ryan Smith Bryan Westerman Sabattis Scout Reservation and was instrumental in Sabattis exceeding budgeted surplus. David Hutchins Nathan Ehrhardt Matthew Marx James Kirschner, Jr. Zachary Dissen George Wieber Luke Cullip Benjamin Chase Dan also served as staff advisor for the National STEM/NOVA pilot program. He was staff John Jones III Nathan Huber Christian Klima Chad Kandare lead on all technology related items such as replacement/upgrades on office computers, Carl Garrett Ryan Kirby Michael Nanan Andrew Rudrow PAS systems and individual user systems. James Smith Samuel Kiegel Aaron Gehring Clayton Pilcher Scott Walczyk Francis Marcellino III Alexander O’Ree Drew Dyer I am also pleased to announce that Pamela Amberman has assumed the position as Office Tyler Zabriskie Michael Baker Austin Gusler Benjamin Berger Assistant effective Tuesday, January 13th. She has a BS from Frostburg State University in Gabriel Ponniah Noah Burckman Thomas Condron Matthew Seidenman Marc Fleming Jr Matthew Abel Christopher Conover Jackson Tillman Early Childhood Education. Pam previously worked as office manager for Cedarbrook Erik Simons Justin Cho Matthew Bishop Patrick Coward Business Services, TOUSA, Inc., Toll Brothers and Qualified Home Improvements. Joseph Perison Cameron Blomquist Anthony Wyler Eric Duguay Aaron Pilius Alexander Liu Douglas Griffies Dennis Bergsman Matthew Benedetto has assumed the position as Accountant effective Tuesday, January Nathaniel Hoffman Adam Mizell James Judson Michael Walton 27th. He has a Bachelors in Accounting from Dowling College, New York. Matt previously William Brown Lucas Dittman Kenneth Friedel Aidan Van Gieson worked as Shipping and Receiving Manager for S&J Entrance, Farmingdale, New York and Ian Shelton Miles Parks Samuel Clemens Tanner Folkman Alejandro Finkner Caleb Sharp Paul Hicks Tyler D’Agati Head Coach and Campsite Director for Long Island Junior Ducks, Central Islip, New York. Peter De Guzman Ryan Johnson Travis Stewart Ryan Rosner Please join me in welcoming Dan, Pam and Matthew to the Baltimore Area Council team. Matthew Phelps John Draper Collin Mays Zachary Shelton Benjamin Mann Nicholas Garnsey Matthew Tripp Jacob Murdock Brian Steger Evan Nuss Andrew Yemc Souvik Pramanik Matthew Hasson Emmanuel Grogan Richard Martin Jeremy Houck-Tennant Scout Executive

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BROAD CREEK SUMMER CAMP – WWW.BROADCREEKBSA.ORG SPRING 2015 5 WESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY ARROWHEAD DISTRICT District Chairman | Steve Gevarter | [email protected] District Commissioner | Charley Jay | [email protected] District Executive | Brendan Canale | w. 443.573.2534 | [email protected] www.baltimorebsa.org/arrowhead Roundtable and Training Site: Journey of Faith Church, formerly known as St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 7902 Liberty Road, Randallstown, MD

CALENDAR COMMISSIONER CORNER With great thanks to Brian Burkhard at Tufts University and John A. Hovanesian, M.D. of the Orange (CA) APRIL Council I would like to present Mr. Burkhard’s five “Cs” of “Positive Youth Development.” As follows: 6 District Committee Meeting, 7:30pm, (Journey of Faith Church, 7902 Liberty Rd, Randallstown, MD) Confidence, gained through recognizing one’s own self-worth happens when a young person is recognized for accomplishment. Scouting’s uniform, organizational structure and the consistent rules for good living provide a 13 Roundtable and OA meeting, 7:30pm (Journey of Faith Church, 7902 Liberty Rd, Randallstown, MD) structure that defines who the Scout is. 24-26 AH Camporee/Weboree (Camp Milldale) Competence comes from mastering skills. Peer-to-peer Scout instruction further reinforces these skills and gives 24 Eagle Coach Session (Camp Milldale) a sense of mastery that is essential for PYD. 25 Brotherhood Conversion / District Call Out (Camp Connection with other young people and adults in relationships with positive reinforcement. This social Milldale) connection is missing from the lives of far too many young people in our world but is fundamental to the Scouting experience. MAY 5 District Annual Business Meeting, 7:30pm (Journey Caring. Built into all of our Scouting principles are the Golden Rule, and we are continuously teaching Scouts to of Faith Church, 7902 Liberty Rd, Randallstown, MD) care for God and country, their world around them, and each other. A sense of warmth and safety is essential for TUESDAY PYD. 5 District Committee Meeting, 8pm (Journey of Faith Character means knowing how to behave, even when no rules are posted. It’s the grit required to carry a long Church, 7902 Liberty Rd, Randallstown, MD) TUESDAY task through to completion (sadly missing in so many young people today). It’s the ability to maintain a positive 11 District Recognition Dinner, 6pm (Holy Family Church, attitude in good and bad weather. More than anything, it’s what separates Scouting from so many other youth 9535 Liberty Road, Randallstown MD 21133) activities. While the schedule says we’re building a pinewood derby car, what we’re actually building is a better 21 We Remember, 6:15pm (Garrison Forest Cemetery) leader for tomorrow. 22 We Remember, 6:15pm (Lowden Park Cemetery) Springtime in the Arrowhead District means lots of activities (for both adults and youth) leading up to summer JUNE camp, hopefully for all Arrowhead units. The District Camporee is April 24, 25, and 26 and the district dinner is Monday May 11th. We Remember Thur. & Fri. May 21st and May 22nd. 22-26 Arrowhead Cub Day Camp (Patapsco Park, 8125 Johnnycake Road Woodlawn, MD 21244) Lastly, all Arrowhead units don’t forget about the new Commissioner Tool box that your Commissioner now possesses to help you provide an even better program. The Unit Service Plan is the key to this new adventure. If your commissioner hasn’t contacted you please let me know. FRIENDS OF SCOUTING As always, I invite all Arrowhead District Scouting adults to share any feedback with me on how your The Arrowhead District Friends of Scouting Campaign is Commissioner is doing or any other Scouting concern either by email [email protected], phone (443) doing great! Friends of Scouting is a great opportunity for 794-6228 or personally at “where else?” our monthly Roundtable meetings (second Monday of the month at 730 every unit and family to make a contribution to support pm at Journey of Faith Church, 7902 Liberty Road, Windsor Mill, MD 21244 – one block north of the Baltimore the Scouting program in Central Maryland. I personally Beltway – Liberty Road exit). want to thank all of the units and leaders who have scheduled their FOS presentations. I expect to complete Yours in Scouting, all FOS presentations by the end of April. Charley Jay We are making headway and every dollar helps us reach Arrowhead District Commissioner. our goal to put forth an excellent program in the Baltimore Area Council. It has been a pleasure working with all of the great unit leaders in the Arrowhead District and I hope to continue having great experiences with all of you! Thank you, Joe Scott AH FFOS Chairman

DAY CAMP 2015 Don’t miss out on the fourth annual Arrowhead District Day Camp to be held June 22-June 26, 2015 from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm at the Pickall Area of Patapsco State Park, 8125 Johnnycake Road, Woodlawn MD 21244. This year’s theme is “CSI ~ Cub Scout Investigators” ~ you don’t want to miss all of the fun we have DISTRICT NOMINATING COMMITTEE planned! Horseback riding, STEM activities, and the all Each year, per our Council Bylaws, the Arrowhead District convenes a Nominating Committee to make popular shooting sports ranges will be back and bigger recommendations and select the leadership of our district for the coming year (May 2015 to May 2016). than ever. The Nominating Committee is responsible for selecting District Chair, Vice-Chair(s), and Members-At-Large. Campers and volunteers please register online here: This committee also recommends to the Council Executive Board a District Commissioner candidate. If you like www.baltimorebsa.org/AHDayCamp to make a nomination, please send the information in writing to: $10 late fee applies after 4/17/15. Arrowhead District Nominating Committee Come one, come all to volunteer for day camp! Help Brendan Canale, Secretary out at Stations or Dens or at the Family Fun Day! Boy 701 Wyman Park Drive Scouts, Girl Scouts, Scouters, parents and grandparents Baltimore, Maryland 21211 are welcome to join the fun. All training will be provided free of charge. We can’t have the BIGGEST, ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE and BEST Day Camp without YOU! The Arrowhead District annual business meeting will be held on TUESDAY May 5, 2015 at 7:30 PM. Please contact Marilyn Cox for more information via The location is: Journey of Faith Church - 7902 Liberty Rd, Randallstown, MD phone at 410-719-5968 or e-mail at: At this meeting, the district officers and members-at-large will be elected. Voting members of the district include [email protected] current officers, members-at-large and chartered organization representatives.

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CALENDAR COMMISSIONER’S COMMUNIQUE Hello Scouters. APRIL 3 Good Friday- Office closed As you read this, the memories of the winter have faded and hopefully your units have successfully handed Cub Scouts off to Troops and that your remaining Cub Scouts are looking forward to earning their rank advancements! 5 Easter On the Troop side, your Scouts should be using the warmer weather to plan & carry out their service and eagle 7 District Committee Meeting projects. It’s also a great time to start those merit badges that take several months to complete. It’s best to plan in 11 Tiger Fun Day- American Legion Post Sykesville, MD advance so you can balance time properly with school work. Planning ahead to complete these over the summer 14 Roundtable/Order of Arrow/Commissioners Meeting makes a lot of sense. Scouter of the Year Nominations Deadline District Award of Merit District Nominations deadline On the adult side of things, hopefully you already have the slots filled for adults leaving your units. If you have 25 District Pinewood Derby- Ag Center Westminster, MD some that are likely to leave this time next year, now is the time to begin that process of seeking and mentoring those who will step up to lead your units into the future. It is also a great time to take stock of the training for the MAY adults in your unit. If they will be changing positions, don’t forget to insure they take the needed training for the 1-3 Webelos Woods new position. 5 Annual District Meeting Even though the school year is winding down please make sure you keep your Scouts engaged over the summer. 12 Roundtable Meeting: camp card sales end By making scouting a year-round program, your Scouts will experience new things, make new friends at day or 19 Carroll District Recognition Dinner resident camp, and will also have the ability to attain their personal goals of advancement at a faster pace. Don’t forget that recruitment should also be a year-round activity. Whether its sports leagues or other places to engage 25 Memorial Day Parade Council Office closed youth, we should look for ways to offer kids scouting as something to exist with the many other things in their lives instead of competing against those interests. JUNE Lastly, don’t forget our District Dinner on May 12th. Please visit our district website for details. I hope to see you 2 District meeting there to enjoy an evening with fellow scouters! 9 Roundtable Picnic-Come one come all YIS, 14 Flag Day at Farm Museum 22-26 Carroll District Day Camp Mark

FROM THE DESK OF THE CHAIR As the cold weather has faded, spring programming is underway! We have a great opportunity to evaluate what we are doing well and where we need to concentrate our efforts as a district. As Chair one thing is clear to me, our volunteer staff is excellent, dedicated and worth of our praise. As a district we are providing up-to-date and fresh training opportunities, advancement opportunities and service opportunities which capture the spirit of Scouting for our youth. Implementation of these aspects of the program takes dedicated and interested adults. However, we always need new members to keep the district program vibrant. If you are interested in serving, even in a small role (1 event per year), please let Jack Lusby (Nominating Committee Chair) know what level of commitment you are interested in, and we will get you involved. One of my best friends in Scouting used to always say, “don’t let me watch your boys grow up all by myself, come out and enjoy this process too” to new scout parents when the bridged into our Troop. The bottom line is, we will watch the boys grow and prosper in the program, but why shouldn’t you also enjoy the feeling of seeing our youth grow? Every little bit of participation is appreciated, start small and find your passion. Our spring has plenty of opportunities for our youth, please check the calendar and if your Pack, Troop, Crew or team are not participating, ask the leadership why not? You have the power to drive the district by participating in the events with your youth, and we look forward to seeing you. Any spring note from the Chair would not be complete without asking if you had yet contributed to the friends of scouting campaign that keeps our council healthy. We need to support the program to keep it thriving, please consider a gift. I look forward to seeing you this spring and summer as the program rolls on, please introduce yourself to me at these events and let us know what we are doing well. Yours in Scouting, Randy Baldwin

HELLO CARROLL DISTRICT SCOUTERS & PARENTS Half mast for Scout, Chad Lowe 2015 CARROLL DISTRICT CUB SCOUT DAY CAMP Our Cub Scout Day Camp is right around the corner June 22-26 at the AG Center Westminster, MD. NOW is the time to The BAC and the Carroll County District sends our condolences to the family of Chad Lowe. register your Scouts. We strongly encourage parent and adult participation. We offer a tot-lot for participating parents for pre-school aged youth please contact Camp Director Mary Geiman for details [email protected] or Day Camp Registrar, Bob Betz [email protected]

KLONDIKE 2015 Our Klondike is officially in the books for 2015! We would like to thank Bob Betz, Trevor Colby, Nichol Pape, Bill Blonkowski, Michael Shelton, Chad Geist and the many others who help to make the Klondike a huge success for our Scouts!! What a great job!! Special Thanks to Tom Brown Jr. & the staff of Rental Solutions for multiple tents and equipment which made Klondike a Boy Scout obstacle course at Cub Scout Klondike Activities Cub Scouts Team building activity Warm and Cozy experience! Advanced Klondike

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE: PROVISIONAL SUMMER CAMP AT BROAD CREEK The District Annual Business Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 7:15 pm. at Carroll District will once again host and provide quality leadership for any Boy Scout who the PNC Training Facility Building, 118 E. Main St Westminster, MD (Across street from the is unable to attend summer camp with their Troop or would like a second week of summer PNC Bank). At this meeting, the slate of district officers and members-at-large will be camp. It’s a great opportunity to work on additional merit badges or meet rank elected. Voting members of the district include current officers, members-at-large who requirements. Please contact Daniel Green 443-277-4514 for more information before May reside in the district, and chartered organization representatives of Carroll district units. 1, 2015.

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CALENDAR APRIL 1 Commissioner Staff 7 pm /District Committee Meeting 8pm Zion United Church of Christ 3 Good Friday – Scout Service Center CLOSED 5 Easter 8 Leader Roundtable Meeting/OA Chapter Meeting CHESAPEAKE’S NEWEST 7:30pm SILVER BEAVER RECIPIENT Zion United Church of Christ Rich Gambrill, current District 22 Earth Day Chairman of Chesapeake District 30 Council Recognition Reception/Silver Beaver Induction will be awarded the Silver Beaver Award by the Baltimore Area MAY Council at its Annual Volunteer 6 Chesapeake District Annual Business Meeting 8pm Recognition Reception on April 30, (Check article below & website for more details) Zion 2015. The Silver Beaver Award is United Church of Christ the highest volunteer award that a (NO COMMISSIONER MEETING THIS MONTH) Boy Scout Council can award to 10 Mother’s Day deserving Scouters. You don’t earn 13 Leader Roundtable Meeting 7:30 pm Zion United Church it; you don’t apply for it – you are of Christ nominated by the District Awards 25 Memorial Day – Scout Service Center CLOSED Committee, who, in turn, present 30 Cub Scout Aviation Day – Martin State Airport it to a Council Committee of Silver Beaver recipients for a vote. Not JUNE every District has a recipient and 3 Commissioner Staff 7 pm /District Committee Meeting we are blessed to have Rich to 8pm represent our District and our Zion United Church of Christ strong program. Let’s show some 8 District Recognition Picnic 6 pm Zion United Church of support for Rich (and the 2014 Christ Eagle Scouts) by attending the 14 Flag Day 2015 Council Volunteer 21 Father’s Day/First Day of Summer Recognition Reception. Please 22-26 Cub Scout Day Camp – Chesterwood Park (Check article contact Jim Barton for more below & website for more details) information on how you can attend.

DISTRICT EXECUTIVE’S CORNER – JIM BARTON It has been a great winter and early Spring Scouting Season in the District. We had two very successful Klondike Derbies: Boy Scouts at Camp Saffran in January where we even had some snow on the ground and Cub Scouts at Chesterwood Park on a fairly warm February day. Additionally, we had an amazing S.T.E.M. Boy Scout Aviation Day Event at Martin State Airport in March, the District Pinewood Derby, Blue & Gold Dinners and Courts of Honor. We are continuing to grow Scouting in our district with the help of each and every one of you, and for that, I thank you! Our District achieved the Silver status for the 2014 Journey to Excellence – we are going for the GOLD in 2015! With every unit completing their own Journey to Excellence program in 2015, there is no reason that the District can’t reach the GOLD milestone! I also want to say thank you to everyone who has assisted me during the past three years as your Senior District Executive. I have enjoyed every moment of my tenure in Chesapeake District as a Professional Scouter, but I will be retiring on June 1. You won’t get rid of me though, as I have been appointed the Charter Organization Representative at Back River United Methodist Church, which currently charters Pack 372 and will also be re-starting Troop 372, to serve the Back River Neck Peninsula. Maybe I’ll even get to go camping and hiking again…

CHESAPEAKE DISTRICT AWARD NOMINATIONS Please consider nominating some of your fellow Chesapeake District Scouters for one of the following awards: District Award of Merit • District Spark Plug Award • Unit “Unsung Hero” Award Electronic copies of the nomination forms can be found on the Chesapeake District webpage at www.baltimorebsa.org/ chesapeake. You can also pick up nomination forms at any district roundtable. The awards will be presented at the Chesapeake District’s Annual Recognition Picnic, which will be held on June 8, 2015 at the pavilion at Zion United Church of Christ (Roundtable location). The recognition picnic is a great time for your Unit’s committee to say “thank you” to all of those volunteers who help make Scouting happen in your Unit and the District. The picnic is also an ideal time to single out that special person in your Unit with the “Unsung Hero” or District Spark Plug Awards for all their hard work for your Unit or the District. Please refer to each nomination form for the requirements for each award. All nominations are due to Rick Brewster by Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015. Please mail the nomination forms to Rick at 10 Oakwood Road, Baltimore, MD 21222-2407, via e-mail at: [email protected], or bring them to the District Roundtable meeting. (You may also drop off your nomination forms to Jim Barton at the Council Office).

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE The Chesapeake District Annual Business Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 8:00pm. The location is: Zion United Church of Christ, 7140 Golden Ring Road, Essex, MD 21221. At this meeting, the slate of district officers and members-at-large put into nomination by the district nominating committee will be elected. If you would like to be considered for a District Committee job or to be nominated as a District member-at- large, or wish to nominate someone else (with their permission), please contact Patrick Swink, Chesapeake District Nominating Committee Chairman, by April 1, 2015. He can be reached via e-mail at [email protected] or by phone: 410-458-1460. Voting members of the District include current officers, members-at-large, and Council members-at-large who reside in the District and Chartered Organization Representatives of Chesapeake District units. This notice is posted in the Area Scouter, in addition to a mailed notice to all voting members and posting on the District webpage.

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CALENDAR APRIL IS YOUTH PROTECTION MONTH, SO LET’S TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT WHY YOUTH PROTECTION IS CRITICAL AND A MANDATE OF SCOUTING. APRIL Why is Youth Protection training so important? Most people know very little about the dangers 2 District Committee Meeting (Towson University Marriott 7:30 that confront children every day. This training helps make volunteers and parents more aware, PM) and it empowers them to help protect youth. It also communicates to parents that volunteers have 2 District Commissioners’ Meeting (Timonium University basic knowledge of these dangers and gives them a little more confidence in the leadership and in Marriott 6:30 PM) the organization. 3 Good Friday (Council Service Center Closed) Who should take Youth Protection training? Everyone! All registered Scout leaders, any Scout 14 District Roundtable (Timonium UMC 7:30 PM) parent who attends trips or campouts, merit badge counselors, and anyone with a connection to 17-19 District Camporee (BCSR) youth. If you’re a past member, current member, parent, or volunteer, you should be Youth Protection trained. This training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer’s Youth Protection MAY training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered. 2-3 Towson Town Spring Festival Knowing that child abuse exists is not enough to prevent it. You must know what to look for. Children may face some type of 7 District Committee Meeting – (Towson University Marriott 7:30 PM) abuse at home, physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse. They may get bullied in school, or exposed to predators while online. Or the threat may come from neighbors or other parents and youth. 7 District Commissioner Meeting – (Timonium University Marriott 6:30 PM) The “three R’s” of Youth Protection convey a simple message for the personal awareness of our youth members: 8-10 OA-Ordeal Weekend 1: Recognize situations that place you at risk of being molested, how child molesters operate, and that anyone could be a 12 District Roundtable – (Timonium United Methodist Church molester. 7:30 PM) 2: Resist unwanted and inappropriate attention. Resistance will stop most attempts at molestation. 25 Memorial Day – Council Service Center Closed 26 OA Chapter Meeting 3: Report attempted or actual molestation to a parent or other trusted adult. This prevents further abuse and helps to protect other children. Let the Scout know he or she will not be blamed for what occurred. JUNE Recognizing that youth protection requires sustained vigilance, I would ask that all units make YPT a priority for all leaders and 8 District Recognition Dinner parents that partake in scouting events. Youth Protection Policies protect our youth as well as our leaders. Training is a simple 29 July 3 Cub Scout Day Camp online process. I would suggest you pick a date just prior to your YPT expires and every two years take you’re training on that 2 year anniversary date. It’s that simple! Yours in Scouting, FROM THE DISTRICT CHAIRMAN: George Stover It has been an honor to serve as District Commissioner Dulaney District Chairman over the Source: scouting.org / Scouting Magazine past year. This is an amazing and dynamic district that stretches across some of Baltimore County’s most distinctive areas, from Pulaski Highway to Falls Road and the north county. I am happy to report that we have many healthy and growing Scouting units. This year, we have made a real focus to improve our outreach into neighborhoods and showcase some of Dulaney District, Boy Scouts of America, Baltimore Pack 732 Arrow of Light Reception the great work being done by our Scouts. Service Area Council. projects not only teach our youth the value of giving DISTRICT NOMINATING COMMITTEE back to one’s community, but improve neighborhoods Each year, per our Council Bylaws, the Dulaney DULANEY DISTRICT HEADS TO BROAD CREEK when government resources are scarce. From District convenes a Nominating Committee to make Does your unit take 100% of all of your boys to summer Idlewylde Park in Towson to new trails in places like recommendations and select the leadership of our camp? Whether it is at Broad Creek Scout Camps or Perry Hall, the mark of Scouting is everywhere. district for the coming year (May 2015 to May another camp; Summer Camp is the most important time I want to thank all those who have volunteered for the 2016). of the Scouting year for a Boy Scout. At summer camp, a Dulaney District. We can always use new young man begins to learn to provide for himself, learns The Nominating Committee is responsible for volunteers. Our District meetings are every first valuable skills, and has exciting adventures in scouting with selecting District Chair, Vice-Chair(s), and Tuesday of the month during the school year. This new and old friends. Don’t let family vacations, band Members-At-Large. This committee also does not need to require a lot of new time - we are camp, or other summer activities get in the way of a young recommends to the Council Executive Board a simply looking for ideas and manpower on some key scout having a chance to experience the best part of District Commissioner candidate. If you like to projects. I would also like to thank those who scouting. To help with this; the Dulaney District is excite to make a nomination, please send the information in contributed during our Friends of Scouting announce that we once again will be providing the Dulaney writing to: campaign. If you have not donated, please reach out District Provisional Scout Week at Broad Creek Memorial to Casey Snyder at [email protected]. Dulaney District Nominating Committee Scout Reservation! As the spring winds into summer, we are looking Casey Snyder, Secretary If your unit has a scout that cannot make summer camp with the troop, tell him to attend a provisional week to have forward to our Camporee at Broad Creek Memorial 701 Wyman Park Drive Scout Reservation, then the Dulaney District will take a great experience with scouts from other troops. The center stage at the Towsonstown Spring Festival. Baltimore, Maryland 21211 Dulaney District Provo Troop is being head up by a great Watch for our Scouts during the opening ceremonies Scoutmaster, Mr. Don Smith. on May 2nd and stop by our booth both days. Our Don has infinite years of recruitment for the Scouting program never ends. scouting under his belt and is excited to take on the I also encourage Scouts to register early for Merit ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE opportunity of making sure Badge University, scheduled for September 12th and The Dulaney District annual business meeting will every boy gets a chance to go 13th. Information will be available on the Dulaney be held on Thursday, May 7, 2014 at 8:15 PM. The to summer camp. District Web Site. location is: Provisional Weeks are also Finally, to view the latest on our Dulaney District, The Towson University Marriott great for ambitious scouts “like” and share our Facebook page, https://www. 10 W Burke Ave. who would like another facebook.com/dulaneybsa. week of Merit Badge Towson, MD 21204 Thank you for your support of one of America’s Instruction and adventure! greatest youth movements. At this meeting, the district officers and members- Mr. Don will be taking the at-large will be elected. Voting members of the David Marks provisional unit to Camp district include current officers, members-at-large Saffran, July 5-11. Mark District Chairman and chartered organization representatives. your calendars now!

CALENDAR CHAIRMAN MESSAGE Fellow Scouters, I join many Four Rivers’ Scouts and Thank you for all the hard work you APRIL Scouters in welcoming the warmer do with the Scouts in your units! 6 District Committee Meeting – 7:00 pm Glen Burnie UMC springtime weather! Not that I dislike Each of you has helped your Scouts 9 Roundtable – 7:00 pm Glen Burnie UMC winter, but this year seemed to have develop important skills and create extended periods of really frigid 9 Life to Eagle Seminar at Roundtable wonderful memories. The Scouting weather. You don’t need a program continues to change based 11 Treemendous Maryland thermometer to know it is cold when on its members responses to 23 District Commissioner Meeting – 7:00 pm Glen Burnie UMC the icicles formed by the moisture questions sent out in the Voice of droplets you’ve been exhaling all night crystallize above the Scout surveys. Make sure you answer the survey MAY you on the tent ceiling! Hopefully many of you get to questions when you receive them via e-mail. Be sure to 4 District Committee Meeting – 7:00 pm Glen Burnie UMC experience this at least once in your outdoor adventures. keep your email address updated with your unit. Your 11 Roundtable – 7:00 pm Glen Burnie UMC It is, as they say, a character building experience! Spring feedback is appreciated. and fall are my favorite times to be outdoors though. No 16 4R Spring Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation The changes in the Cub Scout program, which bugs. You can build big campfires to keep the chill and 15-17 Intro to Outdoor Leader Skills - Kinder Farm Park concerns the delivery of the program, will be dampness scared away. Hiking and backpacking without implemented later this year. There are a variety of ways 16 Cub Scout Fishing Derby – Fort Smallwood Park getting drenched in sweat. And did I mention NO BUGS? to become familiar with the new program such as 23 Memorial Day Flag Placement – Crownsville Veteran Hopefully all of you will get a chance to visit the great attending Roundtable, subscribing to the 4R Blast, and Cemetery outdoors often. After all the outdoor program is the reviewing information online at www.scouting.org. All 25 District Commissioner Meeting – 7:00 pm Glen Burnie UMC cornerstone of the Scouting experience. of these venues will help you understand the changes. 29-31 4R OA Ordeal I like to ask Eagle Scout candidates at their Eagle Board of Remember the values of the program have not Review -- why does Scouting have an outdoor program? I changed, but some of the advancement requirements JUNE challenge you to consider this question as the answers and program delivery are different as the program 1 District Committee Meeting – 7:00 pm Glen Burnie UMC provide keen insight into all facets of the scouting changes to meet the interests of today’s Scouts. 1 Early popcorn sign up deadline program. In the spring after the “Gnu” guys patrol forms All units will see the difference in Commissioner up with the incoming Webelos, Troop 783 would take the 6 Highland Games – possible date Service as they and the District Committee work to patrol to Broadcreek on a “survival” hike. We would hike 8 District Dinner – Michael’s 8th Avenue support the unit’s Key 3 in creating goal(s) to support down to the old quarry near Camp Oest, walk your continued success as a unit. They are going to 22-26 4R Day Camp – AACO Fairgrounds downstream along Broadcreek, cross the creek and climb help you get connected to the right resources to 22 District Commissioner Meeting – 7:00 pm Glen Burnie UMC up the mountain past the OA Hill to the long abandoned support the unit’s efforts. Each of us lives busy lives, Camp Finney and promptly get lost. The adults and older using valuable time to volunteer in the Scouting MEMBERSHIP Scouts would play along with the “we’re lost” story and program. The Unit Service plan will help a unit be watch how the boys planned and schemed their way out. Greetings, 4R Scouters! By now, most Cub Scout Packs focused on some specific actions they can take to Some panicked, some withdrew, some got angry and have renewed their annual charters, held Pinewood ensure that they are growing in all ways as a some even said S.T.O.P – Stay, Think, Observe and Plan. Derbies and Blue & Gold Banquets, and graduated some successful unit. Webelos into their new Boy Scout Troops. It took a lot This very simple yet effective Scouting experience quickly of work to get all of that done -- I know! But don’t get builds self-reliance, confidence and self-esteem. Thriving Remember that the Commissioner Corps is here to too relaxed -- there’s more to do. Now is the time to in the outdoors takes special skills, knowledge and taking help you, never to judge, ensuring that you have the think about two important aspects of Cub Scouting that responsibility for yourself and your actions. The resources you need. If you are not sure who your Unit’s relate strongly to each other: spring recruiting and the Tenderfoot, Second and First class ranks are structured to Commissioner is or want to ask a question, please do Summertime Pack Award. teach the new Scouts all of the skills they need to have a not hesitate to contact me. fun, safe and rewarding experience in the outdoors. The Yours in Scouting, Spring is a great time to reach out to kindergarteners outdoor program in turn provides the catalyst to develop who are about to become eligible to join your one’s skills and responsibilities of a true leader which is KarenScheel Pack. Contact your local school or PTA and see if you desperately needed in today’s society. Scouting has been [email protected] can do a Boy Talk or give a presentation to parents. Ask around for more than 100 years—they have it figured out! 410-615-0111 your current Scouts to bring a friend to a fun meeting or activity. Reach out to Scouts who have wandered away So as you plan, prepare and proceed on your units’ and invite them back. It doesn’t hurt to ask. outdoor adventures this spring think about the question I like to pose to the Eagle Scout candidates: Why does 2015 FOUR RIVERS KLONDIKE DERBY RESULTS So, you’ve just recruited a bunch of new Scouts. Now Scouting have an outdoor program? I look forward to A chill in the air, a little snow and ice on the ground, what? Hopefully, you’re not going to say “See you in reading your emailed responses! and mostly clear skies made for the right conditions September!” Instead, plan fun activities for the spring for this year’s Klondike Derby! However, it was the and summer -- and help your Pack earn the Happy Trails! almost 500 staff and participants that made it a great Summertime Pack Award. As the saying goes: “Three- Doug Sweely event once again at Kinder Farm Park. A tip of the quarters of SCOUTING is OUTING.” Plan a day hike, a District Chairman mad bomber that goes to Pack 2214’s Sled “A” and pool party, a picnic at the park, go for a bike ride, Troop 412’s sled for taking top scores and first place organize a softball or baseball game… the list goes prizes on the Webelos and Boy Scout loops, on! And don’t forget to offer Day Camp and Resident Cub Scout Day Camp 2015 respectively. Camp programs to your Scouts. “CSI: Cub Scouts Investigating” Kudos on the event staff side go to Gary Tawes, Mary Boy Scout Troops -- you just got some new June 22nd to 26th, 2015 Tawes, Colleen Tawes, Stu Cameron, Debi Hayes, Webelos! Great -- do you have a Troop Guide, an older Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds in Crownsville, 8:15am to 4:15pm daily Camp Director: Jennifer Martin [email protected] Mike Clabby, and John McConville. Thanks Scout who helps them work on earning their first Visit our website: www.FourRiversDayCamp.org everyone! ranks? Also, don’t forget to reach out to the 5th graders No registrations accepted after May 11th who are about to graduate from nearby elementary schools. Let them know about your plans for spring and Costs: Session I: Late Entry Fee DISTRICT NOMINATION MEETING summer camping trips and outdoor-oriented merit postmarked by (after April 13th until badges. Some of your new parents may be ready to step Each year, per our Council Bylaws, the Four Rivers April 13th May 11th) in and help -- don’t be afraid to ask. District convenes a Nominating Committee to make recommendations and select the leadership of our To recruit new Scouts (membership!) is to make them a Cub Scouts $140.00 $175.00 district for the time between May 2015 to May promise. By offering an active program to keep them 2016. This meeting will be at the start of our May Tiger Program $25.00 $25.00 busy and having fun, you are making good on that District committee meeting. promise, and those new Scouts will stick around. (That (two day program) means retention -- ahem, membership!) The Nominating Committee is responsible for Kids Korner $25.00 daily/ $25.00 daily/ selecting District Chair, Vice-Chair(s), and Please get in touch if you need help with recruiting or $100.00 weekly $100.00 weekly Members-At-Large. This committee also anything else. Your District Staff are here to help. Have recommends to the Council Executive Board a a great spring and summer! Girls Camp $30.00 daily/ $30.00 daily/ District Commissioner candidate. Those Experience $140.00 weekly $140.00 weekly John Boia representing chartered organizations in Four Rivers are invited and encouraged to join us in this Camp Aides $25.00 $25.00 [email protected] process.

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FOCUS ON RECRUITING SEPARATED YOUTH What do you mean separated youth?? A separated youth is a former member of Scouting who did not renew his or her membership for 2015. As we know, young people choose to leave Scouting for a variety of reasons. Some may lose interest, others may have too many activities going on. However, there are many who depart our program because their unit wasn’t a good fit, or the meeting night wasn’t convenient. For those former Scouts, a phone call may be all it takes to get them excited and re-interested in the Scouting program. We all want to grow our programs, and retention of Scouts is one of the best ways to do it! Here’s how to make this happen: 1.Call your District Executive and request a list of separated youth in your area 2.Call the parents of those Scouts on the list (phone numbers are provided), and ask them to give Scouting another try 3. Invite them to a Pack meeting or activity that will immediately grab their interest SPRING RECRUITMENT MADE EASY 4. Sign them back up! Summer is just around the corner…a great time for new It’s just that easy, and a lot of families out there will be very appreciative of the personal phone call and invitation. families to join your Unit A steady flow of youth into your Scouting program is essential to maintain your unit’s health. New Scouts BEASCOUT.ORG UPDATES bring energy and enthusiasm to the program. Scouts BeAScout.org has become a great membership recruitment tool, allowing easy access for who join in the spring & get to participate in spring and parents to find programs local to them. Please make sure that your unit periodically summer activities stay in Scouting longer. There are a few updates your “Pin” so that interested families are contacting the appropriate person from simple things you can do this spring to recruit new your unit. Unit leaders and Committee Chairs can update this information through Scouts. The Baltimore Area Council is excited to share myscouting.org. Watch at your district’s roundtable for BeAScout booklets, or visit www. resources to help! baltimorebsa.org/membership to learn how to make these changes. GET STARTED Step 1: Commit to conducting one or more recruitment efforts this spring… SUMMERTIME PASSPORT Want to enhance your Cub Scouts’ summer program opportunities. How about a self-paced, CUB SCOUT PACKS family-friendly, summer long activity?! Look no further – we have our annual summertime Visit local Kindergarten classes to recruit new Tiger Cubs passport available again this year. This small booklet has Scouts and their families visiting a Invite new boys to an open house or Spring Pack activity variety of locations throughout their area during the summer months to keep them excited and (flyers available through your District Executive) having fun! Encourage peer to peer recruitment (visit our website for These will be made available at May roundtables, and will also be available on our website in PDF “My Best Friend is a Cub Scout” resources) format at www.baltimorebsa.org/membership. This is a great program, and it’s fun, easy, and FREE! BOY SCOUT TROOPS All Scouts who complete the full passport and mail in their completed sheet will receive a commemorative patch in the mail! Invite 5th graders to an open house or Spring Troop activity WEBELOS TO SCOUT TRANSITION Visit a local Cub Pack to invite Webelos Scouts to your Troop As we head into April and Blue & Gold season is winding down, now is the time to ensure that all 5th grade Webelos have identified and are moving to a Boy Scout Troop in their neighborhood. Our major recruitment venue for Boy Scouts is through the Encourage peer to peer recruitment – create an incentive Webelos-to-Scout transition. We need to make sure that every Webelos in your area is offered the opportunity to join a Troop that for bringing a friend fits his and his family’s needs. VENTURING CREWS Please work through your District Executive and Membership Chair to identify potential Webelos who have not yet selected a Troop Visit a local teen youth group to recruit new Venturers to join. A personal phone call may make the difference! this Spring For more information, please visit our website at www.baltimorebsa.org/membership. Invite new teens to an open house or Spring Venturing activity PEER-TO-PEER RECRUITMENT CARDS Encourage peer to peer recruitment Peer-to-Peer recruitment cards were created to help families promote Scouting to their friends. These Step 2: Request recruitment materials (flyers, posters, invitation cards feature eye-catching resources created for recruitment campaigns, showing youth engaged yard signs, and other resources) from your District in fun-filled activities. The cards provide an easy-to-use template that serves as a tool in overcoming the Executive. recruitment challenges caused by limited access to youth in schools. The cards can be preprinted with Step 3: Conduct your “Boy Talks,” distribute flyers, host contact information on the back, or that space can be left blank so Scouting families can use their home a Join Scouting Night, and submit the applications. computers to fill it in and print as many as they need. ** Remember, Kindergarten boys can become Tiger The invitational information can also be written in by hand. The cards are online at www.scouting.org/ Cubs, and 5th grade boys can become Boy Scouts after scoutsource/marketing/recruiting.aspx then scroll to the postcards. June 1st **

REVISED YOUTH AND ADULT APPLICATIONS Last year, the National Executive Board approved a resolution to ensure that moving forward, participants who are 18 but not yet 21 register as adults. This does not affect their eligibility to participate in programs such as Venturing and Sea Scouting. The primary purpose of the change is to ensure that all persons legally considered adults meet adult membership requirements, including undergoing a criminal background check and meeting the BSA’s Youth Protection requirements and membership standards. The changes are required to allow the performance of criminal background checks in connection with the registration process. New Venturing and Sea Scouting participants 18 but not yet 21, must complete an Adult Application and Criminal Background Check Disclosure/Authorization form. To support this change, the youth and adult applications have been revised. The new Youth Application, No. 524-406 (SKU 619506), and the new Adult Application, No. 524-501 (SKU 619504), should be used starting March 1, 2015. Spanish versions of the Youth Application, No. 524-423 (SKU 619507), and the Adult Application, No. 524-502 (SKU 619505), are also available. All new youth and adult applications can be identified with the number 115 located at the bottom right corner on the cover of the application. An announcement regarding system changes and frequently asked questions will be made soon. In addition, unit adult applications will no longer require council approval, unless the applicant has answered “yes” to any of the background questions. Council approval will still be required for adults in district and council-level positions. This change is documented on page 2 of the Adult Application under the section titled APPROVAL REQUIRED-UNIT ADULTS. For more information, please contact the Member Care Contact Center at [email protected] or call 972-580-2489.

CALENDAR CAMP OEST - CSI It is time to sign up for summer camp!! Come join us at Camp Oest for our adventures in CSI (Cub Scout Investigators)! We have APRIL a fun and energetic program that is engaging for Cub Scouts and their families. There is the Pier on iconic Lake Strauss, where Early Bird Camp Fees Due you can learn to paddle a canoe or row a rowboat; Shooting Sports, where cubs learn to shoot Bows and BB guns; the Nature 3-5 Easter - Camp Closed lodge, where you can earn your STEM NOVA award; and Action Sports, where you can climb the bouldering wall and participate 10-12 Nentico Lodge Spring Fellowship - Saffran in team sports. In addition, we have many other free time activities including free swims, free shoots, SONGFEST, and the 17-19 Dulaney Spring Camporee - Saffran Webelos can take a ride on our Action Bike Course! 16-19 Powder Horn at BCSR - Spencer Not sure when to come to camp? We have several different camping options. There are 3-day weekend sessions, and 4-day 17-19 Shooting Sports Instructor Weekend - Spencer mid-week sessions. These sessions are open to everyone, from the littlest Tiger to the biggest Webelos and their families. We also offer two weeklong camps exclusive for Webelos. During this week, they will earn many achievements while seeing what it is like 17-19 Climbing Instructor Training - Oest to go to a Boy Scout camp. 24-26 OA Ordeal Weekend - Saffran Fore more information, visit broadcreekbsa.org/oest 24-26 NYLT Weekend #1- Oest 25 2015 Summer Camp Leader’s Preview - Council Office 2-4 Woodbadge N6-220-15-1 - Saffran PROVISIONAL CAMPING AT BROAD CREEK Everyone knows that summer camp can be among the best experiences any Scout can have, but not every Scout can come with MAY their unit to camp. Leave no Scout behind by sending them to Broad Creek! 1-3 Scout is Reverent Retreat - Spencer Each week has established district leaders ready to provide leadership to Scouts as part of our provisional program. Last year we Harford Spring Camporee - Oest had many Scouts join us as part of the provisional program, even some who were coming back for their 2nd week at camp! We 8-9 OA Ordeal Weekend – Saffran have experience, the structure and knowledge on how to still give Scouts the amazing summer camp adventure even though they 9 June Bug Service Day cannot join their troop. 22-24 Memorial Day Weekend - Camp Closed Provisional Scouts pay the same rate as a Scout attending with their Troop, $365 ($340 before April 1st). Leaders volunteering for 29-30 OA Ordeal Weekend - Spencer the provisional unit leadership may come free. Talk to the camp director for details. 29-31 NYLT Weekend #2 - Oest

JUNE COUNSELOR IN TRAINING PROGRAM 2-12 National Camp School – BCSR A Counselor in Training (or CIT) is a full-time volunteer member of our camp staff from ages 14-15 who is learning the details of 13 Alumni Camp Service Day and Trail Maintenance Day how camp works from the inside. Many young first-year staff members have been to camp but have not developed an 5-7 Woodbadge N6-220-15-1 - Spencer understanding or specialty of how working at Broad Creek may work. 20-27 Pre-Camp Staff Training By spending a summer as a CIT, they are brought on to serve in different program areas and see new areas. Even if they root 24 Week 1 - Pre-Camp Leader Meeting - Rosenberg HDQ themselves as a Scoutcraft specialist pro for many years they’ll walk away with a critical understanding of how different areas work and how they relate to each other. A CIT also gains some leverage by being able to create a flexible schedule in case they still want 28-1 Session 1 - Webelos Week 1 - Oest to participate with their own troop at summer camp or other critical functions. The details of being a CIT can be worked out with 28-4 Week 1 - Boy Scout Summer Camp – Saffran the respective camp director that you want to work for, both of whom started as CIT’s themselves! JULY 11 OA Lodge Picnic - Saffran V-WEEK CONTINUES! AUGUST Maybe you have heard of all the awesome high-adventure stuff happening at camp, but now it is opening to a whole week of just Venturing! Different types of treks, ranges and programs offered just for our Venture scouts from August 2nd - August 8th! Many 14-16 OA Ordeal Weekend crews already take part in national camps or go on long trips during the summer, but part of V-Week is not just the adventure 15-17 OA Expo Carrie Murray Nature Ctr. with your crew. It is joining in on that experience with other crews and meeting scouts in your area all week long. 15 Post Summer Camp Service Day V-Week is an experience no other area council camp can provide. It is in our backyard, affordable and serves as a landmark to our 18-20 Sabbath OA Ordeal - Saffran growing Venturing community. New crews without a set summer program will find it the perfect way to start keeping and 21-23 OA Ordeal Weekend - Saffran growing their scouts. Signups are open so claim the space ASAP or reach out if you have questions.

As many of you already know, 2015 will see some of the biggest changes to the Cub Scout program! There has been an in-depth program analysis performed which showed our current program needed to be updated in order to provide the best program we can to our Scouts. All Cub Scout Packs will be actively using this program as of June 1, 2015. All the new program materials will be available May 1, 2015. Your unit can pre-order these materials; so do not delay and talk to your local Scout Shop! New best practices and support materials will become available as we approach the June 1st program changeover and online will be one of the best resources. This site also has many handouts and presentations geared at giving a good picture of the new Cub Scout Adventure Program. It can be found at: www.Scouting.org/programupdates

NRA RIFLE INSTRUCTOR COURSE AT BROADCREEK Please contact Jack Gude at [email protected] or call 410-935-7544 Register here: http://www.nrainstructors.org/searchcourse.asp Basic Instructor Training (BIT); Friday April 24th starting 6:00 PM The Rifle Instructor Course will be held April 25th and 26th, 2015 Starting at 8:30 AM Saturday and Sunday. Total Course Length with BIT, 20 hours The NRA Training for Rifle Instructors is part of the requirements to serve as Boy Scout merit badge counselors. Successful completion of a skills assessment for firearm safety and marksmanship is required prior to completing the training. To Qualify for NRA Instructor: 1) Candidates must possess and demonstrate a solid background in firearm safety and shooting skills acquired through previous firearm training and/or previous shooting experience. Instructor candidates must be intimately familiar with each action type in the discipline they wish to be certified; 2) Candidates will be required to demonstrate solid and safe firearms handling skills prior to the instructor training course by completing pre-course questionnaires, assessment exercises administered by the NRA Appointed Training Counselor; 3) Candidates must satisfactorily complete an NRA Instructor Training Course in the discipline they wish to teach, and receive the endorsement of the NRA Training Counselor conducting that training. Seats are limited. Pre-Registration on the NRA website is required. BIT training is prerequisite for instructor course. The Rifle Instructor Course is $75 plus NRA fees. Scouters will receive a $50 discount if they sign a commitment to volunteer for 3 council shooting events per year for 2 years. That brings the course price to $25 & NRA fees.

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2015 BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL POPCORN CAMPAIGN WILL FEATURE CAMPMASTERS Popcorn Tins are BACK! Make sure you sign up for the 2015 sale by June 1st TOP 5 BENEFITS OF POPCORN We know there are many fundraising options units can choose from and fundraisers come in all shapes and sizes BUT…there’s only one fundraiser that supports your unit and the Scouting community as a whole. We want to take a moment and remind you of the top five reasons Popcorn is the best option for your 2015 unit fundraiser #5 Selling popcorn in front of stores – Name another unit fundraiser were stores allow Scouts to sell to their customers. Only with Popcorn will this happen. #4 We reward your boys! No other fundraisers pay for your boys to receive prizes. As scouts, we understand and deeply value the youth recognition programs. #3 We provide higher commissions than any other fundraiser out there! With popcorn, units over the last 5 years have averaged 39.7% commissions #2 Popcorn has a massive infrastructure of support! Unit training, web site support, one-on-one sales coaching...from volunteers to professional we have teams of people standing by to walk you through each step of your sale. And drum roll please...

The #1 REASON units benefit from Popcorn…Popcorn provides the most MONEY EARNED to support your best year of Scouting. Popcorn is the BEST FUNDRAISER delivering the promise of money for your unit operations. • In 2014, 295 units participated in the sale earning more than $640,000 to support their units. • The average sales for participating units was a whopping $5,100! More money means better program, less expensive programs, better equipment, and most importantly an opportunity for every boy in your unit to be a part of an amazing Scout adventure. Popcorn is the only fundraiser that cares for you and your success. Joe Corby’s doesn’t care, Christmas trees don’t care, candy sales just don’t inspire, and well mulch is just hard labor. With popcorn, you know that both volunteers and professional deeply care about the personal success of your unit. We care so much that your success is our only goal. Join us this year and start getting the support you deserve with a fundraiser that produces real results. Sign up today and earn your unit a bonus commission. www.baltimorebsa.org/popcorn Contact Jeff Griffin if your unit would like more information about joining the popcorn sale at [email protected]

2014 TOP SELLERS: Ray Daugherty – Troop 417 - Carroll - $14,050 Jacob Reardon – Pack 392 - Carroll - $4,385 Thomas Carter - Troop 602 – National Pike - $4,135 Jonas Amerson – Pack 366 – The Capitol - $4,095 Dante Tapia Pujals – Pack 420 – Carroll - $4,005 Alex Taylor – Pack 392 – Carroll - $3,335 AJ Boyd – Troop 634 – Arrowhead - $3,169 Colton Ramey – Pack 840 – The Capitol- $2,865 Byron Dagold – Troop 162 – National Pike - $2,800 Nathan Danko- Pack 712 – Four Rivers - $2,800

TOP SELLING UNIT IN EACH DISTRICT (These sales do not include online sales). Arrowhead - Troop 634 - $22,770 Carroll - Pack 392 - $25,325 Chesapeake- Troop 117-$8,510 Dulaney - Pack 475 -$14,355 4 Rivers – Pack 2214 - $21,825 Harford - Pack 807- $32,335 Hopkins - Pack 1000 - $7,935 National Pike - Pack 917 - $23,085 The Capitol - Pack 115 - $24,215 To Keep Up To Date on the 2015 Popcorn Campaign go to www.baltimorebsa.org/popcorn

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BROAD CREEK SUMMER CAMP – WWW.BROADCREEKBSA.ORG 14 BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL | AREA SCOUTER FUNDING OUR MISSION Development Director | Shaun Olynick | w. 443.573.2539 | [email protected] www.baltimorebsa.org/fos

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One Time Use Snap Offs 2015 CAMP CARD PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Scouts earn 50% Commission from Camp Cards or a 60% Camp Credit towards Broad Creek Camp Cards are Risk Free – simply return any unsold cards Shoppers: $5.00 off of a $50.00 Camp Card teach Scouts to set goals and the values of earning their own way purchase Camp Cards remove financial barriers for Scouts and Units and ensure they have outstanding Summer Program UNIT INCENTIVE Food Lion: $5.00 off a $50.00 2015 Camp Card Program Highlights purchase 1. UnitsScouts that earn sell 50% 90% Comm of theission Camp from Cards Camp theyCards checked out will be given a choice of a new Deluxe Grilling Tool Set or a new dome tent.

HOWor a 60%TO QUALIFY: Camp Credit towards Broad Creek

Harris Teeter: $5.00 off a $50.00 2. CheckCamp out Cards 480 are cards Risk or Free more – simply (can includereturn any additional cards ordered) purchase Sell at least 90% of the cards you check out unsold cards Settle Camp Card Account no later than your District’s May Roundtable Sports Authority: $10.00 off a 3. Camp Card teach Scouts to set goals and the $50.00 purchase values of earning their own way

Multi-Use Coupons 4. DearCamp Friends Cards removeof Scouting, financial barriers for Scouts Jiffy Lube: $7.00 off Oil and Units and ensure they have outstanding Change Council-wide DoSummer you remember Program how your summers spent at Scout camp affected you? Or how your Scout’s summers spent at Scout Camp impacted his life? Broad Creek is more than just a place to have fun. It Mechie’s frozen yogurt: buy one get one 50% off offers Scouts the opportunity to participate in physically and intellectually challenging activities, Council-wide introduces them to new and rewarding experiences, and provides them with supportive and caring Medieval Times: $20.00 relationships. Every Scout should have the opportunity to go to summer camp. off an adult ticket and $5.00 of a kids ticket We are all challengedUnit Incentive by these economic times. The Broad Creek Campership Fund (BCCF) is Buffalo Wild facing new challenges in raising funds to continue our traditional programs. The United Way has Wings: $5.00 off of $25.00 Units thateliminated sell 90% our of support, the Camp which Cards was usedthey tochecked send underprivileged Scouts to Camp. Last year BCCF purchase out will be given a choice of a new Deluxe Grilling Council-wide Tool Setfunded or a thousandsnew dome of tent dollars. in camperships. Regardless of rising costs the council is committed to meeting the growing need. Please Bass Pro Shop: $10.00 off feel free to contact us anytime to arrange for a visit to Broad Creek this summer. your purchase of $50.00 How toThank qualify: you to all of our generous donors who have given through our various council campaigns this year. Your gift makes it Sonic Buy one Get one 1. Check out 480 cards or more (can include Free possible for Scouting to grow and prosper in additional cards ordered) Cheeseburger or XL Coney 2. Sell at least 90% of the cards you check out Wendy's: Free Small Central Maryland and help families in need during these turbulent times to have a quality Scouting experience. If you have not been Frosty with any purchase 3. Settleto Broad Camp Creek, Card we inviteAccount you noto visitlater this than summer. your Have a meal with the camp staff. Many exciting new changes are being made at Council-wide District’scamp. We inviteMay Roundtableyou to visit, and see what is new. Papa John's: $5.00 off your order of $20.00 or On behalf of all the youth we serve, thank you for your investment in Scouting! more. Council-wide SportsClips: $3.00 off any Sincerely, Shaun Olynick haircut Modell's Sporting Goods: 10% off any purchase Council-wide

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Field Director/STEM Staff Advisor | Andy Zilnik | 443.573.2544 | [email protected] Visit the STEM webpage, www.baltimorebsa.org/STEM for information

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 5TH ANNUAL ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND STEM EVENT! Saturday, September 12, 2015 Non-traditional: we encourage the use of cell phones for activities. Don’t Hesitate, Register NOW! The second week covers more science and Come be a part of the largest trend setting STEM event that started it all! engineering-not available anywhere else. Full inclusive: Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts & Venturers This camp offers a science equivalent of COPE Focus on NOVA and Supernova awards with Scientific Enabling Team Experience. STEM focused merit badge with APG professionals Programs planned include: training in drones, Patch and commemorative t-shirt for every participant several levels of NOVA, webmaster setup training, electronic devices for bikes, bridge building, large STEMBOTICS AT CAMP SPENCER trebuchets, radio direction finding, advanced Weeks of July 26-August 1 and/or August 2-August 8 cryptology, 3D printing -- futuristic fun activities. Don’t hesitate, REGISTER NOW! Planned merit badges include: Astronomy, Aviation, Chemistry, Digital Tech, electricity, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, game Design, Inventing, Moviemaking, Nuclear Science, http://www.broadcreekbsa.org/summer-camp/spencer/stem-botics/58802 programming, Robotics, Space Exp. If Animation, Computer Aided Design, and Signs, Signals, Send questions to Camp Director Chip Galloway at [email protected] & Codes are released, they will be included also. NOVA Shoot!, NOVA Whoosh!, and NOVA! For Scouts aged 13 and up (by 08/02/15) X-Box night and multi-player LAN party are some of the “Campfires.” Quick facts about this years’ event: All food is catered, with snacks during the activities.

IN CELEBRATION OF THE ORDER OF THE NENTICO NAMES CENTURIONS ARROW’S CENTENNIAL, ARROWMEN IN GOOD Nentico Lodge announced 17 recipients of the Centurion Award at the annual lodge banquet held January 11. The STANDING WITH THE BSA AND THEIR LOCAL award is bestowed by the national Order of the Arrow committee and is a one-time recognition associated with the ORDER OF THE ARROW ARE ABLE TO EARN THE OA centennial. The award is intended to highlight “Hometown Heroes,” or Arrowmen who have meaningfully ARROWMAN SERVICE AWARD. contributed to the forming, maturing and ongoing operational excellence of their local council’s lodge, and who, in This award, which doing so, inspired others to follow in their footsteps. some are referring to The service of these Centurion Award recipients spans the entire 92 year history of Nentico Lodge. Among them are as “the sash patch,” scouts and scouters, professionals and volunteers, chiefs and advisers whose efforts built and sustained Nentico is one of only three Lodge and whose service inspired others. patches that have Formal recognition of the Centurions will take place at Arrowtour on July 25 at the Baltimore Area ever been approved Council Service Center. For more details visit www.nentico.org. by the national Order of the Arrow THE BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL AND NENTICO LODGE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING: committee to be W. Perry Bradley, the Father of Nentico Lodge, inducted 1922. Supreme Chief of the Fire 1922-1941; Grand Scribe worn on an OA sash. 1922-1923 and Grand Treasurer 1923-1924. Perry Bradley died in 1950. The purpose of the Leonard K Brown inducted 1925. Lodge Chief 1928 & 1929 and Regional Grand Scribe 1930. Leonard Brown died in Arrowman Service 1979. Award (ASA) is to encourage Arrowmen to recommit themselves to the ideals of the Order, increase their Robert H. Heistand Supreme Chief of the Fire 1946-1967; National Treasurer 1940-1943; National Chief 1946 – 1948. level of service to their local unit and council, and OA Distinguished Service Award 1950. Bob Heistand died in 1981. participate in the 100th anniversary celebration of Edwin H. Perkins Jr. inducted 1933. Lodge Chief 1937-1941 and again in 1950. Lodge Adviser 1952 – 1969. Ed Perkins the OA. died in 2000. The award has three categories of criteria with various George “Pete” Price inducted 1947. Pete served as Nentico Lodge Adviser 1970 – 1972 and Section SE-1 Adviser 1978- requirements that Arrowmen can complete. These 1982. Pete Price died in 1998. include components on personal growth, service to Scouting, and participation in the centennial George Naylor inducted 1949. A crafter and teacher of Indian Lore and the father of the Nentico Service Beads. George celebration. Naylor died in 2008. Requirements for the award can be found here:http:// Roger Volrath inducted 1962; Lodge Chief 1966 and Lodge Advisor 1980 - 1994 www.oa-bsa.org/pages/content/printable-forms#asa Harry L. Shaw inducted 1967; Lodge Chief 1972 and Lodge Adviser 1995 - 2003 Nentico Lodge Arrowman Service Award procedures Douglas O’Connell inducted 1978; Lodge Chief 1983; Section Chief 1983 – 1984; Northeast Region Chief in 1985. OA When an Arrowman feels that he has completed the Distinguished Service Award 1986. requirements of the Arrowman Service Award, he is to Reed Blom inducted 1965; Chief of the Fire (Lodge Staff Adviser) 1988-2005 present his Arrowman Service Award Progress Tracker card to his Chapter Adviser for review and Anthony J. Roman inducted in 1983; Lodge Chief 1988 & 1989 and Lodge Adviser 2009 – 2010; Section NE6a Adviser verification. since 2013 Once a Chapter Adviser is satisfied that the Michael J. Huneke inducted in 1983; Lodge Chief 1990 requirements have been met (including LodgeMaster William A. J. Kirkner inducted in 1985; Section NE-6 Chief 1988; OA Philmont Trek Vice Chief 1989 Dues verification) the Chapter Adviser will e-mail the J.D. Urbach inducted 1987; Lodge Chief 1991; Section Secretary 1992-1993 recipient’s Name and Unit to [email protected] (multiple recipients can be sent in a single e-mail). David F. Bobart inducted 1987; Lodge Chief 1992 & 1993 Awards will be presented to Arrowman at Nentico Michael N. Phillips inducted 2005; Lodge Chief 2012 Lodge events throughout the year on a rolling basis, Timothy C. Martin inducted 2007; Lodge Chief 2015 as earned.

CALENDAR CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE Harford District started 2015 with the wind at its back. New membership is up, new units are APRIL coming on line, and camping and advancement programs are enjoying strong participation and 6 District Committee Meeting getting high marks for quality. 13 Roundtable This year’s Icicle came off without a hitch with a solid activities program despite miserable weather 15 Life to Eagle Seminar (kind of what “Icicle” is all about). Not only did the weekend at Broad Creek provide an 24-26 IOLS Spring Course opportunity for achievement and advancement but it once again fulfilled the main goal of MAY teaching preparation and perseverance. Many thanks to Rich Trznadel and his team for making 1 Spring Camporee @ Oest Icicle 2015 a great scouting experience. 4 District Annual Business Meeting The District’s Friends of Scouting drive is in full swing with Rob King at the helm for Family FOS and Steve Hepburn, our 11 Roundtable new Finance Vice Chair, coordinating Community FOS. Rob has Unit Presentations scheduled with 100 percent coverage. 13 Eagle Coach Training Parents please plan to attend your scouting unit’s presentation. With a quality gift from each Cub, Scout, and Venturer’s family JUNE Harford District will easily meet our goal for 2015. We are stressing the importance of making a “Quality” gift which is 1 District Committee Meeting defined as an amount consistent with the family’s financial capacity and an expression of the family’s dedication to the ideals 8 District Recognition Dinner of scouting. No gift is too small and all gifts are greatly appreciated. While Friends of Scouting is not the only source of 22-26 Harford Day Camp financial support for the Baltimore Area Council and Harford District, FOS is the most significant source and says the most about the dedication of our scouting families to a strong, rich, and rewarding Scouting program. Thank you in advance for your careful consideration and contribution. Let me say something about membership. Our fall membership program led by Tim Baker was very successful particularly in renewing a strong partnership with Harford County Schools through the gracious cooperation of Barbara Canavan, Superintendant. With spring already here, we are in full membership mode. Tim is going to need your support! Every scouter is the best ambassador and promoter of the Harford District Scouting experience. Invite your friends to join the fun! Many thanks to Tim for accepting the challenge and doing such a great job in meeting it! In closing let me thank Brandon Gething, Harford District Executive, and all the District Committee members for their help, energy, dedication, professionalism, and friendship. Until next time, I remain yours in scouting, Bruce McMillin HARFORD CHAPTER ORDER OF THE ARROW Harford District Chairman This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Order of the Arrow. The Harford GET READY FOR HARFORD’S CUB SCOUT DAY CAMP! GET YOUR SCOUTS AND VOLUNTEERS READY FOR A WEEK Chapter is very proud that two Brothers from OF INVESTIGATIVE INTRIGUE! DATES FOR THIS SUMMER’S CAMP ARE JUNE 22 – 26, 2015 AT THE HARFORD Harford Chapter were selected to be honored as EQUESTRIAN CENTER FOR INCOMING TIGERS THROUGH INCOMING WEBELOS II SCOUTS. Centurion Award recipients. Congratulations to Tony Roman and Michael Phillips! This award is a You should have gotten information about camp and registration from your pack coordinator already. However, you can also get one-time recognition associated with the centennial details on our website at www.harforddaycamp.org. There will be a link provided from the Day Camp Website, (www. anniversary of the OA that is bestowed by the harforddaycamp.com or .org), to the registration site. Camp registration will be closed after 700 scouts are registered. national Order of the Arrow committee. The Nentico As you know, Day Camp is 100% volunteer run. If you are sending a Scout, you should be planning on volunteering for at least Lodge was allowed to select 17 recipients from all the one day. There are descriptions of the different volunteer opportunities on the web site as well. If you can’t volunteer during the Brothers who have been members of the Nentico week, there are plenty of areas to help before camp, in the evenings or with camp set-up and take-down. We need everyone’s Lodge over the past 93 years since its founding in help and cooperation to make a successful camp for all of our scouts! Plus...it’s loads of fun! 1922. If your son crosses over into Boy Scouts this year, he can register to be a youth volunteer! Registration for volunteers is on the Harford Chapter is also proud to announce the new same system and will run February 16th through mid-April. officers for 2015. Chief Boomer Carr, Vice Chiefs, Can’t wait to see all of our super sleuths this summer! Mike Mentzer, Chris (Sarge) Hare, Jacob Bush, Jared Moxley and Matt Howard. Yours in Scouting, Lisa Scowden & Hope Yamagata — Harford District Day Camp Directors Harford Chapter supported Harford’s Icicle Camporee January 23-25 at Camp Spencer. Arrowmen ran stations and helped with numerous 2015 HARFORD DISTRICT ADULT RECOGNITION AWARDS staff positions. A great time was had by all. The Nominations are now being accepted for the recognition of Adult Volunteers of Harford District Boy Scouts of America. Chapter conducted Brotherhood Conversions and performed a Call Out Ceremony. As is the Chapter’s The presentations may include: Cub Scouter of the Year • Boy Scouter of the Year • Venturer of the Year • Commissioner of the tradition at Icicle every year, we had a large Call Out Year • Trainer of the Year • Kendall Family Award • District Award of Merit Ceremony team of 21 Brothers. To nominate someone or family for an award please download, print and submit form with background materials to Awards The Chapter has already conducted numerous committee by May 4, 2015. Awards will be presented at the Harford District Adult Volunteer Dinner on Monday June 8, 2015 elections throughout the District this year. Many To obtain the adult form visit: http://www.baltimorebsa.org/document/2015-harford-district-adult-recognition-nomination- Arrow Of Light ceremonies have been also been form/146442 scheduled to be performed over the next few months. To obtain the district award form visit: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33720.pdf Yours in Cheerful Service, Please send completed forms to: Steve Kilczewski, 1207 Hall’s Chance Lane Belcamp MD 21017-1309 or [email protected] Harford Chapter Chief, Boomer Carr Nentico Lodge, Order of the Arrow SCOUTS USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM AT HARFORD DISTRICT OPERATION ICICLE Scouts used the Buddy System to earn points at this year’s Operation Icicle at Camp Spencer at Broad Creek this year from January 23-25. Events included Scouts skills, games involving both mental and Physical prowess as well as knowing fellow patrol ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE members by trying to match answers. And thanks to a dusting of snow that Friday night, there has been snow on the ground seven years running at Icicle. Although above The Harford District annual business meeting will freezing temperatures brought back memories of Operation “Mudcicle” in years past. 18 be held on Monday May 4th, 2014 at 7 PM. Please Troops and 32 patrols participated with top honors going to the Best Patrol from Troop visit the Harford District website on www. 973. The top 8 patrols were able to get to all 19 stations as well as 11 of the top 12. baltimorebsa.org for more information. Good job by all, and thanks to all the volunteers who stepped up to judge each station and make adjustments due to the weather. At this meeting, the district officers and members- Couldn’t have done it without you! at-large will be elected. Voting members of the district include current officers, members-at-large LIFE TO EAGLE SEMINAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 AT 7 PM AT THE FALLSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE HALL ON and chartered organization representatives. CARRS MILL ROAD. ADDITIONALLY, EAGLE COACH TRAINING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015 AT 7 PM AT THE FALLSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE HALL ON CARRS MILL ROAD.

CALENDAR MESSAGE FROM THE DISTRICT CHAIRMAN The mission of the BSA and of course the Hopkins District is to APRIL prepare our young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and 3 Scout Service Center Closed Law. With that in mind we also facilitate the need and commitment 7 District Committee towards community service. As we continue to build and strengthen 13-Roundtable relationships within the District, our scouts will gain a sense of compassion, pride and love for their community. MAY With the snow removal process behind us, we look forward to the 5 District Committee fun of spring! Thankfully various community associations and 11-Roundtable residents who are unable to maintain their properties were elated 12-Mother’s Day that the Hopkins’ Scouts are back in their neighborhoods taking care 25-Scout Service Center Closed of their outdoor needs. Our purpose is to instill our boys with honor and the drive to do JUNE their very best. It is to guide our young men with the understanding 2 District Committee and fulfill their duty to God and to their country. 8-Roundtable To all the new packs and troops in the Hopkins District, I extend 14-Flag Day congratulations and much luck and most of all Boy Scout success. 21-Father’s Day -Hopkins District Chairman, Sean A. Stinnett

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD – AT THE CAMPOREE HISTORIC CAMPOREE FRIDAY OCT 9-11, 2015 Scouts can enjoy a full tour of the facilities. Camp at the Historic The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) was not Museum. Earn several merit badges. Enter the “Build a Telegraph the first railroad in the U.S., but it was the first Contest and much more. For details, please e-mail jspellman@ common carrier railroad and the first to offer baltimorebsa.org scheduled freight and passenger service to the public. It was the first intercity railroad in the Earn your Railroading, Transportation, American History Merit Badges at the Camporee United States. The most important American East Coast seaports in the early 1800s were Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Charleston, South Carolina. Baltimore had an advantage in being farther inland than the The set up for the re-chartering training was the site others (and therefore closer to many markets), of the Bootcamp Lab. The idea and brain storm of being located almost at the head of navigation Commissioner Dave Bobart brought together leaders on Chesapeake Bay, the estuary of the from the District for specific knowledge on the new Susquehanna River. standards for re-chartering. At the “Belvidere” estate just north of Baltimore, the Revolutionary War hero Col. John Eager Howard (1752-1827) met with several prominent city businessmen, merchants, shippers, and civic leaders to review the recent THE FOS KICKOFF OF 2015 BROUGHT OUT MANY operations in Great Britain, as reported by Evan Thomas, brother of Philip E. Thomas, about the GUESTS AND CELEBRITIES. CAN YOU IDENTIFY new revolutionary system of the Stockton and THE WOMAN IN THE RED TOP? EMAIL YOUR Darlington Railway and its chief engineer GUESS TO [email protected] George Stephenson. Baltimore responded to the Your correct answer will win a free gift! The fundraisings competition of the other cities and their canals total for the evening reached almost $10,000. If you by chartering the “Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have not scheduled your 2015 Friends of Scouting Company of Baltimore City” on February 28, presentation please do so. As a non-profit organization 1827 The B&O was to build a railroad from Scouting depends on gifts of support from supporters Baltimore to a suitable point on the Ohio River. like you to make the dream come to life. Ground was broken for the railroad with great celebration on “Independence Day”, July 4, 1828. The “first stone” was laid by 90-year-old Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. A route was laid out to follow the upper Patapsco and Monocracy rivers to the Potomac, and work began.[7] The line was opened for scheduled service to Ellicott’s Mills (later renamed Ellicott City) on May 24, 1830.

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE The Hopkins district annual business meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. The location is: Ben Cardin Pavillion, Leakin BAC Field Director Joe Spellman and Douglas Hines of Park, Baltimore, MD 21207. Troop 361 from Columbia. At this meeting, the district officers and Every year more than 200 scouts and scouters get the members-at-large will be elected. Voting opportunity to go to the Maryland State Capitol Building members of the district include current in Annapolis and set in the Senate Chambers and deliver officers, members-at-large, and charted a State of Scouting address. All five Councils of Central Troop 5 was captured cleaning out their storage and organization representatives. Maryland participate and showcase some of their great tiding things up for the Holidays. Notice one Scout who young people. learned how give orders.

BROAD CREEK SUMMER CAMP – WWW.BROADCREEKBSA.ORG 18 BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL | AREA SCOUTER LEARNINGFORLIFE LEARNING FOR LIFE & EXPLORING District Director | Taademhaka Kennedy | w. 443.573.2521 | [email protected] District Executive | Brandon Gething | w. 443.573.2526 | [email protected] Learning for Life/Exploring District Chair | Brian Shepter | [email protected] Learning for Life/Service Team Chair | Kevin Jura | [email protected] JOIN THE LEARNING FOR LIFE SPEAKERS BANK The Learning for Life Speakers Bank is a unique opportunity to go directly into the classrooms in Baltimore City and share your experiences! Our program gives professionals and members of the community the chance to connect. Whether you would like to talk about your career path or your passion there are students who would love to hear from you. Please visit: BaltimoreBSA.org/SpeakersBank and fill out the form. Questions? Email Taadie Kennedy at [email protected]. CHARACTER TRAITS AND WORK People with different character traits tend to like different kinds of work. Some examples: Caring teens might organize a holiday party at a day-care center or nursing home. They might babysit or volunteer at a hospital or soup kitchen, or work at a camp or recreational center. Caring for and helping others is important to them. Good career fields include law enforcement, social work, teaching, therapy, health care, dentistry, childcare, the clergy, and real estate. Detail-oriented teens might serve as treasurer or secretary of a club or edit the school newspaper. These people are able to focus on details and to see how the details fit into larger patterns. If they are interested in a complicated project, they have the patience to break it down into small parts and to do each part carefully. Possible careers include librarian, engineer, construction contractor and cost estimator, copyeditor, carpenter, insurance underwriter, administrator, computer programmer, court reporter, health and science technician, clerk, secretary, bookkeeper, and mechanic. Creative teens might help decorate for a school event, design logos for groups they’re involved in, or write for the school newspaper. Careers where creativity is prized include architect, commercial artist, musician, composer, dancer, choreographer, photographer, set designer, software developer, writer, editor, fashion designer, research scientist, chef, interior decorator, actor, director, craftsman, small business owner, entertainer, and landscape architect. Ambitious teens might volunteer to help in a local political campaign, or look for chances to meet prominent businesspeople, attorneys, or elected officials. Ambitious people feel good about themselves when they get public recognition. In contrast, caring people feel good about themselves when they help others; creative people feel good when they can express what’s in their imaginations; and detail-oriented people feel good about doing a complex job carefully and well. Adventurous teens might love to travel or try new foods and fashions. They might enjoy planning an exchange between two schools across town (or perhaps across the world!). Fresh ideas and new situations stimulate them—they might even see a potentially dangerous situation as an exciting challenge. Good career fields include journalism, outdoor recreation and education, archeology, the travel industry, detective work, airplane piloting or stewarding, sales, and museum curating. Fair-minded teens might get involved with an issue where they can make a difference, such a starting a recycling program or writing an exposé of unjust conditions for their school or community newspaper. Injustice and inequality bother them. They might consider careers in ecology and conservation, social activism, law, industrial and labor relations, politics, not-for-profit businesses, diplomacy, education, criminal justice, and human services. This is an excerpt from the Learning For Life High School Curriculum. If you would like to learn more about the curriculum please contact Taadie Kennedy at [email protected]. VENTURING Council Chairman | Robbie DiBiagio | [email protected] Asst. Council Commissioner | Mike Clark Jr | [email protected] Training Vice Chairman | Jeff Burt | [email protected] VOA Advisor | Ron Herning | [email protected] Communications Vice Chairman | Shannon Ryan | Executive Board | Mark Mulligan | [email protected] [email protected] Staff Advisor | Brandon Gething | [email protected] www.broadcreekbsa.org

CALENDAR Hello All, APRIL What a great year it has been for Venturing! With all the help from Venturers and 10-12 Area 6 Phenomenon Advisors from around the Council we have achieved our goals as a Venturing Officers’ April 13 Council VOA Nominations due Association. Only a few more months to go before we welcome the next group of 14 Sea Scout open house at St. James UMUC in council officers. So here is what’s happened this year in Venturing. Marriottsville 7:30 PM Baltimore Area has seen twice the number of Venturers attending events this year as 17 VOA/CVC Meeting opposed to last. Numbers have doubled for both our summer V-Week program and 25 Sea Scouts Annual Yard Sale at St. James UMUC in the annual Fall Rendezvous. The Venturing Winter Rendezvous achieved an attendance Marriottsville of some two hundred Venturers despite the single-digit weather. At this event, we had MAY crews come from in and out of council, some travelling from both North Carolina and 3 Venturing Awards Dinner New Jersey to attend. Two members of Ship 361 at the 5 Sea Scout Meeting at St. James UMUC in Marriottsville Also at this event we had an appearance of Sea Scouts, something that has been rare Report to the State of Maryland on 7:30 PM within the council. For the first time, we have a council boatswain, Addison Lash, who February 16. 15 VOA/CVC Meeting has worked hard to promote the organization. Along with this, the Sea Scouting JUNE presence continues to grow in partnership with Venturing. 2 Sea Scout Meeting at St. James UMUC in Marriottsville 7:30 PM National passed program changes with the intent of reaching a broader group of young people. The program, along with the new Summit Award, is designed to enhance the leadership qualities of the youth in order to prepare them for the later things in 16 VOA/CVC Meeting life such as college and job applications. 19-21 Sea Scouting Sail to St. Michaels As many youth aspire to earn the Summit Award, this year we acknowledge the last group that earned the Silver Award. Twenty-six youth in the council earned the highest award that Venturing has to offer and we will be recognizing them and many 2014 SILVER RECIPIENTS others at our annual awards banquet in the spring. Madison Graham, Crew 422 (7/19/2014) It’s truly been an honor to serve as your Council Venturing President. I hope to see each and every one of you on the trail. Also Lucas Thompson, Crew 346 (8/16/2014) remember to always Lead The Adventure! Victor Manuel Torres Malavé, Crew 2010 (9/10/2014) Alexander (AJ) Jones, Crew 4 (5/29/2014) Yours in Venturing, Morgan Stahl, Crew 540 (9/6/2014) Zachary Sager, Crew 424 (11/11/14) Suzanne Rachid Leah Rene Monaghan, Crew 2010 (12/06/2014) Council Venturing President Autumn Rose Morrison, Crew 2010 (12/06/2014) Yesilth Monserrath Soto, Crew 2010 (12/06/2014) Leaders, Addison Lash, Ship 361 (12/9/2014) Nancy Stephanie Castaneda, Crew 2010 (12/13/2014) I can speak for everyone on the Council Venturing Committee when I say we are all excited to see how your crews Caitlin Marie Phillips, Crew 2010 (12/13/2014) adapt to all the new program changes. Though before we say good-bye to the Venturing Silver Award I must Christopher Boia, Crew 346 (12-15-2014) congratulate all TWENTY-SIX Venturers who earned this award this year. You guys set record numbers for achieving Bethany Nehring, Crew 346 (12-15-2014) Austin Ray, Crew 346 (12-15-2014) this prestigious award and I’m proud of each of you. I hope to celebrate all of your achievements at our Venturing Cara Westphal, Crew 346 (12-15-2014) awards dinner May 3rd. William Hatchell, Crew 346 (12-16-2014) I would like to thank Taadie Kennedy for her support as our Staff Advisor for the past few years. We all wish her Erik Saderholm, Crew 1878 (12/17/2014) success in her next Scouting adventure. I would like to welcome Brandon Gething to the team as our new Staff Sophie Nolan Crew 422 (12/20/2014) Hannah Bachhuber Crew 422 (12/30/2014) Advisor. He is already bringing new ideas to the table to benefit each and every one of you. As always, we want to hear Gretchen Marcussen, Crew 346 (12-31-2014) your opinions on Venturing and suggestions on how to better the program. I’d like to welcome any of you to our Richard Streeter, Crew 346 (12-31-2014) Council Venturing Committee meetings every third Thursday at the council office. Tessa Hawkins, Crew 851 (12/31/2014) Tori Wallace, Crew 851 (12/31/2014) Robbie DiBiagio Rebecca Watson, Crew 851 (12/31/2014) Council Venturing Chairman Eli Kelehan, Crew 851 (12/31/2014)

CALENDAR CALLING ALL CHARTER ORGANIZATION REPRESETATIVES Did you know that you are a voting member of the National Pike District Committee? This entitles you APRIL to attend any and all District Committee meetings (the first Tuesday of each month). The most important 6 District Commissioner Meeting role of the COR is the vote approving the incoming District Chairman, Commissioner Recommendation, 6 Joint District Meeting (Christ Memorial Presbyterian) and District Members-at-Large (Committee). This year’s District Annual Business meeting will be on 13 NPD Spring Life to Eagle Seminar Tuesday May 5th at Bethany United Methodist Church. The business meeting itself will take place at 7pm followed by a full District Committee meeting. We hope that you can make it! For more any Roundtable & OA Chapter Meeting questions please email me, Joe Azzarello, at [email protected]. MAY 4 District Commissioner Meeting HOWARD COUNTY LIBRARY MONEY MATTERS SCOUT DAY 5 District Annual Business Meeting On January 24th at the Miller Branch Library, Howard County 11 Roundtable & OA Chapter Meeting Libraries, in partnership with the Baltimore Area Council, BSA and the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, held a very successful Scout 22 We Remember 2015 NATIONAL PIKE Day. A Personal Finance Merit Badge session was offered and JUNE nearly 50 Scouts showed up for the Eagle required merit badge. Even though they cannot earn this badge in one day, as there is a 3 CUB SCOUT DAY CAMP 1 District Commissioner Meeting month project, the Scouts were engaged and learned an awful lot. 2 District Fellowship Dinner Camp Linstead A special thanks to Davis and Diane Gardner of Troop 122 for 8 Roundtable & OA Chapter Meeting facilitating the Merit Badge session! For more information on the June 22nd Thru June 26th 22-26 Camp Howard County Library check the Library Systems website as well as www.baltimorebsa.org/nationalpike. 8AM till 4:30PM Cub Scout Day Camp is a fun filled week SCOUTING FOR FOOD Each year the Baltimore Area Council participates of Scout activities like BB’s, Archery, in one of the largest food drives in the region. Scouts from every district canvas the footprint of Watergames, Science, Citizen, & Gaga ball the Baltimore Area Council to collect food for the just to name a few. needy. This year, thanks to the steadfast leadership of Sori Meredith, the Packs, Troops, For more information on Day Camp and Crews, Teams, and Ship of the National Pike District, we collected over 60,000 pounds of food available openings go to www.npdaycamp. for our local food pantries. com or contact the registrar at registrar@ On behalf of the National Pike District and all of its Scouts and Scouters, we thank Sori Meredith npdaycamp.com for her continued hard work for making Scouting for Food a success year after year! Without the Like us on Facebook — National Pike dedicated efforts of Sori, we would not be able to make such a large and widespread impact. Cub Scout Day Camp THANKS SORI!

2015 FRIENDS OF SCOUTING LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST Each year the Friends of Scouting campaign is kicked off by a special event. This years the National Pike District joined forces with 4 Rivers and The Capitol Districts to host the 2015 Leadership Breakfast. The breakfast, held at Navy Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, was a huge success that included Life Scout Noah Katz from Troop 944 in Ellicott City. Along with Noah we had special guests; Governor Bob Ehrlich, Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman, Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh, and Governor Hogan’s Chief of Staff Craig Williams. Thanks to the support of several volunteers we raised over $40,000 at the breakfast and pushing our fundraising efforts to new levels! For more information about Friends of Scouting or to donate please visit www.baltimorebsa.org/fos and be sure to select the National Pike District for your donation.

County Executives Kittleman and Schuh with Noah Katz Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh

Noah Katz, Troop 944 Past Governor Bob Ehrlich Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman BROAD CREEK SUMMER CAMP – WWW.BROADCREEKBSA.ORG 20 BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL | AREA SCOUTER REGINALD F. LEWIS DISTRICT

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MAY 5 District Committee 10 Mother’s Day 11 Roundtable 25 Scout Service Center Closed

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARADE JAN. 20 Emcees for this year’s MLK Parade at noon, Jan. 20, were Konan of 92Q and Lolo of Magic 95.9. Marching groups include Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Unit, Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts of Baltimore City, City Ranch, N-Full Motion Marching Band, American Legion Federal Post 19 Color Guard, and A Can Make a Difference. The parade also featured colorful floats honoring Dr. King and the late Nelson Mandela. In addition to the parade, 92Q and Magic 95.9 were on-site at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Druid Hill Avenue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to collect donations of coats, hats, scarves, gloves, thermals and blankets for Heart for the Homeless. Scouts of Troop 193, chartered to Arlington United Methodist Church collected and donated many coats. The parade Rear Adm. Walter Carter with Scouts from Pack 5150 and Troop 361 began at the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Eutaw Street, proceeds south on NEW SUPERTINDENT OF NAVAL ACADEMY Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and ends at A former “Top Gun” pilot who recently led the school that teaches the nation’s Navy leaders has been chosen by Baltimore Street. President Barack Obama to head the U.S. Naval Academy. The appointment of Rear Adm. Walter Carter shown here with BAC Scouts representing Pack 5150 and Troop 361. Carter is a recipient of the Navy’s Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award, a prestigious leadership award recognizing high standards in ethical conduct. He spoke about the importance of ethics in military officers in 2012 during an interview with Shipmate, the academy’s alumni magazine.

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE The RFL district annual business meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. The location is: Ben Cardin Pavillion, Leakin Park, Baltimore, MD 21207. At this meeting, the district officers and members-at-large will be elected. Voting It got so cold at the parade the younger scouts members of the district include current from Pack 1501 started racing to the finish. And left officers, members-at-large, and charted everyone! Senator Riley discusses the citizenship merit badge with Scout Chris Parish organization representatives

LOOK AT THIS PHOTO: ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, PARENTS, CUB SCOUTS, BOY SCOUTS CELEBRATE THE DREAM OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. — NOW ANSWER THIS QUESTION: With your counselor’s approval, choose a speech of national historical importance. Find out about the author, and tell your counselor about the person who gave the speech. Explain the importance of the speech at the time it was given, and tell how it applies to American citizens today. Choose a sentence or two from the speech that has significant meaning to you, and tell your counselor why.

CALENDAR CAMP TOMAHAWK 2015 Mark your calendars for APRIL 2015 another exciting week at 2 District Committee Meeting, Davidsonville Scout Hut, 7 Camp Tomahawk this p.m. summer! The Capitol District 3 Scout Service Center Closed would like to ask all our 9 District Commissioners Meeting, Riva Trace Baptist scouts and scouters to give a Church, 6:45 p.m. warm welcome to our new 9 Venturing Roundtable, Riva Trace Baptist Church, 7 p.m. Day Camp Director, Anne Shawkey from Pack 153. 9 Cub Scout Leader Roundtable, Riva Trace Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. We’re still looking for some more leaders for this 9 Boy Scout Leader Roundtable, Riva Trace Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. summer. Please contact Anne if interested, especially if you 13 Blast Article Deadline would like to learn more 23 OA Meeting about being the Camp 27 Blast Article Deadline Program Director

MAY 2015 SAVE THE DATE! 7 District Committee Meeting, Davidsonville Scout Hut, 7 What: Camp Tomahawk • p.m. When: July 27-31 • Where: 14 District Commissioners Meeting, Riva Trace Baptist Anne Arundel County Church, 6:45 p.m. Fairgrounds 14 Venturing Roundtable, Riva Trace Baptist Church, 7 p.m. Contact: Anne Shawkey, [email protected] 14 Cub Scout Leader Roundtable, Riva Trace Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. 14 Boy Scout Leader Roundtable, Riva Trace Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. DISTRICT NOMINATION MEETING 13 Blast Article Deadline Each year, per our Council Bylaws, the Capitol District convenes a Nominating Committee to make 25 Scout Service Center Closed recommendations and select the leadership of our district for the time between May 2015 to May 2016. This 27 Blast Article Deadline meeting will be at the start of our May District committee meeting. 28 OA Meeting The Nominating Committee is responsible for selecting District Chair, Vice-Chair(s), and Members-At-Large. This committee also recommends to the Council Executive Board a District Commissioner candidate. Those JUNE 2015 representing chartered organizations in the Capitol District are invited and encouraged to join us in this process. 4 District Recognition Dinner 13 Blast Article Deadline 25 OA Meeting 27 Blast Article Deadline

Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh

Anne Arundel Medical Center and Troop 396 hosted a Health Care Merit Badge day on Saturday, January 31, 2015. Nearly 50 scouts attended this event, earning merit badges in first aid, medicine, dentistry and public health. Scouts also tour the SAIL (Simulation to Advance Innovation and Learning) center. This high tech lab allows physicians and other health care providers to run simulations of various scenarios in order to provide safe and effective care to their patients. The SAIL center also keeps in step with the mission of Anne Arundel Medical Center to provide awareness and education to the surrounding community in regards to health awareness and education.

The Capitol District had a From left to right: Former Governor Bob Ehrlich, very successful Pinewood District Director Jenna Welle and Anne Arundel County Derby on Saturday, February Executive Steve Schuh 7. Located right in the The Capitol District had a very successful Leadership middle of the Westfield Breakfast to kick off our Friends of Scouting Campaign for Annapolis Mall, weekend 2015. Community Leaders, Business Leaders, and Scouters shoppers were able to see from across Anne Arundel and Howard Counties gathered to Cub Scouting’s signature support the Baltimore Area Council at Navy-Marine Corps activity on full display. The Memorial Stadium on February 19. Everyone came from scouts raced within their very different backgrounds, but they all had one thing in ranks and overall. The common – a passion for Scouting. Guests listened to talks on overall District champion Scouting from two keynote speakers- Anne Arundel County were Matthew Grant from Executive Steve Schuh and Howard County Executive Allan Pack 115, Samuel Todirita Kittleman. The event had nearly 150 participants and raised From left to right: Matthew Grant, Pack 115; Samuel Todirita, Pack 731; Matthew Hall, from Pack 731, and Matthew $33,000 to support Scouting in Central Maryland. Pack 249 Hall from Pack 249/ BROAD CREEK SUMMER CAMP – WWW.BROADCREEKBSA.ORG 22 BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL | AREA SCOUTER WEST BALTIMORE CITY THURGOOD MARSHALL DISTRICT

CALENDAR BLACK HISTORY SHOWCASE - SHARON BAPTIST CHURCH, BALTIMORE CITY The Beginning APRIL It all started in June, 1934 with less than ten people that believed God and a visionary named Rev. Charles H. Bernard. 7 District Committee For three years the people borrowed space to worship and continued to believe the Lord for a permanent home. Change was a regular occurrence for first 12 years of Sharon’s existence, but the people remained faithful. In October, 1947 God 6-10 Spring Break Camp gave Sharon a pastor, Rev. Phillip M. King that would lead the people for the next 34 years. During his tenure the church 13 Roundtable paid off all debt, purchased new property, and paid off debt again. MAY The Burst 5 District Committee Sharon was about 48 years old when it met a man that would lead God’s people with God’s Word into the future. In January, 1982 Keith Wayne Reed, Sr. changed the mission of Sharon Baptist Church. He declared that the church would 11 Roundtable use the Bible and focus on three things: evangelizing the lost, edifying the saints, and exalting the Savior. Sounds simple, but it was a new direction that God honoured. People came from everywhere to hear the teachings of the word of God and JUNE we went from serving 280 people in 1982 to over 2000 in 1997. We created seats in any crevice you could find and 2 District Committee parking was almost impossible on the small residential streets of southwest Philadelphia. It was time! We found land in 8 Roundtable West Philadelphia, broke ground, and in September, 1999 we moved in to our new sanctuary. 27-28 National Campout at Druid Park The Boundless Since the move over a decade ago, we haven’t stopped serving God or loving on God’s people. New challenges and NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR GREAT AMERICAN opportunities are on the horizon and we look forward to what God is going to do in and through us. CAMPOUT ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE The Thurgood Marshall District’s annual business meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. The location is: Ben Cardin Pavillion, Leakin Park, Baltimore, MD 21207. At this meeting, the district officers and members-at-large will be elected. Voting members of the district include current officers, members-at-large, and charted organization representatives

County Coordinator Neil Magness, County Parks Chief Beahta Davis, City Parks Chief Bob Wall, City Recreation Chief Tracey Estep plan the Campout THE GREAT AMERICAN BACKYARD CAMPOUT This event will be held from June 27-28, 2015. In partnership with the Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts, the Parks and Recreation Departments of both the City and the County will host events at their parks. Many activities are planned including overnight camping, mid-night swim, astronomy, campfire and cook-out. For information, please email Ms. Tracey Estep: [email protected]

PINEWOOD DERBY SPONSORED BY THE PETER AND BARBARA BOWE FOUNDATION The pinewood derby is one of the most popular and successful family activities in Cub Scouting. Pinewood derby cars are small wooden models that Cub Scouts The Great American Backyard cookout drew more than make with help from their families. Then they race the 100 inner-city youth to Camp out at Druid Park cars in competition. The cars are powered by gravity and The Scouts of Pack 3501 Chartered to Calvin Rodwell run down a track. Most packs have a pinewood derby Elementary School in Baltimore City. Completed their every year. It can be run indoors or outdoors. Every boy Sports Activity Belt Loop then got a chance to learn can design and build his own “grand prix” car to enter in about animals. The entire Wolf Den earned their Bobcat the race. Badges. This opportunity was sponsored by the Peter Racing in a Cub Scout derby is great fun. You’ll get to and Barbara Bowe Foundation.2. design your racing vehicle, work with a parent to build it, and see it perform on race day. Win or lose, you’ll take pride in having done your best. When you race in a Cub Scout derby, you learn craft skills, the rules of fair play, and good sportsmanship—things you will remember all your life. Here Scouts participated in the Fox 45 B’More Healthy Expo which was sponsored by the Peter and Barbara Bowe Foundation who supplied 100 pinewood derby cars and materials for at-risk youth of Baltimore City.

Senator Stephanie Pugh with Tiger Scout Zachary of Pack 5150

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