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South Mountain District South Mountain District APRIL 2016 South Mountain District Newsletter South Mountain District MINSI TRAILS COUNCIL, BSA NEWSLETTER... NEWS!! Greetings! Packs, Troops, and Crews—with warmer weather coming, now is the time to submit articles and/or photos of your unit’s activities or events for the District newsletter. Please send them to Bernie Suess at [email protected]. Submit your information by the 22nd of each month. 2016 DATES MEETING LOCATION KEY Roundtable / OA Chapter 7:00pm 1st Wednesday [2] [[1] East Hills Moravian Church District Committee 7:00pm 2nd Tuesday [1] Eagle Board & Project Review 7:00pm 2nd Thursday [1] 1830 Butztown Rd, Bethlehem District Commissioners 7:00pm 3rd Wednesday [3] [2] St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network 800-801 Ostrum Street Bethlehem, PA 18018 District Recharter Day January 9, 2016 [11] [3] Minsi Trails Council Office OA Family Banquet January 9 [13] [4] Camp Minsi Wood Badge Dinner January 10 [8] Council Recognition Dinner January 29 [1] [5] Trexler Scout Reservation Klondike Derby February 26-28 [4] [6] Akelaland Trainer’s EDGE February 27 [1] [7] Settler’s Camp Pinewood Derby March 5 [11] [8] Jordan Lutheran Church University of Scouting March 12 [9] [9] Lehigh Carbon Community College District Recognition Dinner March 19 [16] National Youth Leadership Training April 22-24 & 29-May 1 [7] [10] Just Born, Inc. 1300 Stefko Blvd., Bethlehem Camp Trexler Beaver Weekend May 6-8 [5] [11] First Baptist Church, Bethlehem Camp Minsi Beaver Weekend May 13-15 [4] [12] Lower Milford Township Spring Camporee May 13-14 [12] [13] Holiday Inn Conference Center LV (Breinigsville, PA) Spring OA Weekend June 3-5 [5] OA - Section NE-5B Conclave June 10-12 [5] [14] Louise Moore Park Day Camp July 11-15 [14] [15] The Meadows, Hellertown Wood Badge, 1st weekend August 26-28 [5] [16] DeSales University, Center Valley Fall OA Weekend September 9-11 [4] Wood Badge, 2nd weekend September 17-19 [5] Fall Camporee September 23-25 [4] [90] Iron Pigs Stadium OA OctoberFest Weekend October 7-9 [3] [92] Sportsmen’s Club, Hellertown Cub Fall Event Date TBD [93] Wesley United Methodist Church Scouting for Food November 5 and 12 [94] Allentown Rose Garden NOTICE: If you have a question regarding any date or activity, [95] Jacobsburg State Park please contact the respective Chair listed on the District Committee [96] George E. Moerkirk Emergency Medical Institute Page. [97] Resica Falls Scout Reservation The South Mountain District is a geographical area located in Lehigh and Northampton counties which serves the school districts of Bethlehem Area, Saucon Valley, and Southern Lehigh. Municipalities within the South Mountain District include Bethlehem, Bethlehem Township, Center Valley, Coopersburg, Fountain Hill, Freemansburg, Hanover Township, Hellertown, Lower Milford, Lower Saucon, Steel City, and Upper Saucon. APRIL 2016 South Mountain District Newsletter -2- SOUTH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT LINKS South Mountain District Home Page: http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/ South Mountain District Fliers and Brochures Page: http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/fliers.htm South Mountain District Cub Resources Page: http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/cub_resources.htm South Mountain District Award Forms: http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/documents/Form-DistrictAwardofMerit.pdf http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/documents/Form-Fellowship.pdf These forms are used for Scouter recognition. http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/documents/District_Bio_Form.pdf Scouter Bio Form. Fill in and email to Cheryl Moreira at [email protected] SMD Announcements http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/announce.htm Advancement and Recognition Guide http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/documents/Guide-Advancement.pdf FORUM Newsletter http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/newsletters/current_forum.php FORUM Attachments http://www.minsi-southmountain.com/newsletters/~forum_attach.php IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP: 2016 SOUTH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT ACTIVITIES APRIL 22 to 24 and 29 to MAY 1 - National Youth Leadership Training at Akelaland Camp. APRIL 29 to MAY 1 - Beaver Weekend at Settlers Camp, Trexler SR MAY 13 to 15 - Beaver Weekend at Akelaland Cub Scout Camp, Trexler SR MAY 20 to 22 - Beaver Weekend at Camp Minsi SOUTH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE AGENDAS Remember start time is 7:00 PM DATE CUB SCOUTS BOY SCOUTS April 6. 2016 Succession Planning: Senior Patrol Leader forum Recruiting New Leaders May 4, 2016 COMBINED – Fireside Chat with the Council Key 3: Scout Executive, Council President, and Council Commissioner June 1, 2016 Closing Picnic COMBINED – Webelos Cross-over Ceremonies APRIL 2016 South Mountain District Newsletter -3- Around the District South Mountain Roundtables March 2, 2016 APRIL 2016 South Mountain District Newsletter -4- South Mountain District Dinner DeSales University Center March 19, 2016 APRIL 2016 South Mountain District Newsletter -5- Commissioner Corner Beginning in April, Tamie Swain becomes South Mountain’s District Commissioner. This is what she says about Commissioner Service: It’s an exciting time in the Commissioner staff - we send a big thank you to Mike Mayrosh for his service as he steps down, and we are starting to build the staff to better handle the challenges of growing the district! Commissioner service supports the units and helps them grow. We share information with the units, and provide a link between the unit and the district, so district leadership can better hear and see the needs of the units. We need YOUR help - I know you already do one or more jobs, but I’d like to have experienced Scouters who are able to listen and guide units other than their own to success. If you can help just one other unit, you will have made a big impact on all the Scouts in the unit, and helped the District. Please consider this special opportunity to share what you know with others. Contact me, your unit commissioner, Bernie Suess or Arby Beisel for more information! I am also happy to remind ALL commissioners and commissioners to be that there is training coming up fast - please plan to attend as a refresher, or new training! *April 2 - Commissioner College in Montour - leave 6:30 am, spend the whole day earning your bachelor or masters of Commissioner Science - Fax the attached registration form to 570-387-4074 *April 9 - Area 5 Journey to Excellence - May the Force be with Us! Bucks County Community College The registration site is up and running at http://tinyurl.com/Harness-the-force *May 21 - Unit Commissioner training - Trexler Nature Lodge - 9 am to 1 pm Finally, the Commissioner Staff meets monthly at the Council building at 7 pm on the third Wednesday of the month - so the next meeting is coming up quickly on April 20 - I’d like all current commissioners to attend this planning and development meeting if at all possible - hope you can make it! More details coming with the meeting agenda next month. Thank you for your service! Tamie Swain South Mountain District Commissioner [email protected] cell - 610-505-9858 APRIL 2016 South Mountain District Newsletter -6- SAV T DAT CLL F CISSINR SIN Saturday April 2, 2016 The Columbia-Montour Council will hold its third College of Commissioner Science training course. This is an expansion of last year’s college and will offer courses toward all 3 degrees. The College will run from 7:30 am until 5:30 pm. A Bachelor’s Degree requires 7 courses (at least 5 BCS courses). A Master’s Degree requires 14 total courses (at least 7 MCS courses). A Doctor’s Degree requires 24 total courses (at least 5 DCS courses). There are additional requirements for the Master’s and Doctor’s degrees (Arrowhead Honor and Commissioner’s Key + thesis respectively). The College will be held at the Lighthouse in Lightstreet, PA (just off I-80). There will be a $5.00 fee to cover certificates. Bring your bag lunch and any record sheets from previous classes. Preregistration with class selection is required. NAME _____________________ EGREE PURSUING ________________________________________________________________ Previous egree (if any) Year earned 5 Registration Fee paid Receipt No. Circle your choices for courses desired (One from each group) (See page 2) BCS101 - MCS301 - MCS309 BCS116 – MCS402 – DCS610 BCS105 – MCS403 – DCS611 BCS106 - MCS307 – MCS406 BCS113 – MCS303 – DCS608 BCS102 – MCS304 – DCS715 BCS112 - MCS408 – DCS601 BCS103 – MCS306 - DCS602 BCS104 – MCS407 – DCS603 APRIL 2016 South Mountain District Newsletter -7- Page 2 Tentative Schedule Time 730 - 750 heck-in Registration 750 - 800 pening Announcements 800 - 850 □ BCS101 □ MCS301 □ MCS309 Good Commissioners Need Both Head Intro to ommissioner Science No rop ommitment & Heart 9:00 - 9:50 □ BCS116 □ MCS402 □ DCS610 Using the Unit Self- Recruiting New Assessment Tools ommissioners Preventing Commissioner Burnout 1000 - □ BCS105 □ MCS403 □ DCS611 1050 Practical Solutions to ommon rienting Training Unit Needs ommissioners onsider Your Spouse amily 1100 - □ BCS106 □ MCS307 □ MCS406 1150 Webelos-To-Scout Effective Unit Service in Remote Rural A ommissioner’s Priorities Transition Areas 1150 - 1220 LUNCH 1220 - □ BCS113 □ MCS303 □ DCS608 110 Service to New Units ommissioner Lifesaving I Advanced ommissioner Lifesaving 120 - 210 □ BCS102 □ MCS304 □ DCS715 Unit harter Renewal TE ommissioner Lifesaving II uality istrict 220 - 310 □ BCS112 □ MCS408 □ DCS601 The ommissioner’s Selecting a Thesis Research Proect hat ould You o Leaders Top 10 Topic 3:20 - 4:10 □ BCS103 □ MCS306 □ DCS602 The ommissioner the istrict ounseling Skills Limiting the Scope of the Topic 4:20 - 5:10 □ BCS104 □ MCS407 □ DCS603 How to Remove a eveloping the Thesis utline Unit isitation Volunteer Writing the Report 510 - 525 LSING APRIL 2016 South Mountain District Newsletter -8- Cub Scout Adult Leader Training Date: Saturday, April 9, 2016 Location: Minsi Trails Council Office (large conference room) 991 Postal Road, Allentown, PA Cost: $5.00 for one session, 2 sessions or all Questions and concerns: Please contact Donna Rex-Frantz, [email protected] To register via website: www.minsitrails.org to upcoming events or training calendar Upon completion of your training with Youth Protection Training, you are considered “trained” for your position.
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