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® BALTIMOREAREA AREA COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SCOUTERFALL 2014 FOR MORE INFORMATION Broad on events listed in this issue, visit MEMBERSHIP Creek Popcorn www.BeaScout.org www.broadcreekbsa.org Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 THE BAC CELEBRATES THE STAR SPANGLED BICENTENNIAL! www.Baltimorebsa.org/daytoserve A Star-Spangled commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore and the Star-Spangled Banner, featuring Francis Scott Key’s immortal manuscript, will take place in Baltimore. The Baltimore Area Council is proud offer two, special edition, limited supply, Council shoulder patches to commemorative this special and historical celebration. Mylar CSP only 2015 will be available A $5 embroidered patch is available as well as a $15 mylar patch, only 2015 of the mylar patch is available. To purchase your patches please visit www.Baltimorebsa.org/CSP or contact Brendan Canale at [email protected] or (443) 573-2534. Purchase your patches before they are all gone! CALENDAR OCTOBER COUNCIL AND UNIT ACCIDENT & SICKNESS 15 STEM Committee Meeting INSURANCE INCREASES 20 Philmont Committee Meeting 21 Council Commissioner’s Meeting The Baltimore Area Council has announced that the 22 Executive Officers Committee Meeting Accident and Sickness Insurance fee that is paid at charter 27 Advancement Committee Meeting renewal time for each registered youth and adult leaders will 28 Council Membership Committee Meeting increase from $2.00 per person to $4.00 per person and will NOVEMBER begin with all Unit charter renewals that have a December 4 Council Camping Committee Meeting 31, 2014 expiration date. 7 Pow Wow 2015 Friends of Scouting 16 Nentico Lodge LEC In addition, beginning in January 2015, all new members 17 Philmont Committee Meeting who join throughout the year will pay a prorated Accident 18 Council Commissioner’s Meeting Annual Kick-Offs 19 STEM Committee Meeting and Sickness fee of $0.34 per month. For example, if a 26-27 Office Closed Will you help us build leadership for the next generation? member joins in September and their Unit expires in December, they will pay a 4 month prorated fee of $1.36 in DECEMBER 2 Camping Committee Meeting You can help by joining us attending one of two friends of addition to their prorated membership and Boys’ Life fees. 17 STEM Committee Meeting Scouting kickoffs early next year. Our southern kickoff This entire fee pays the cost of the Council’s Accident and 22 Advancement Committee Meeting 24-26 Office Closed will take place in Anne Arundel County in January and our Sickness Insurance policy. This policy is designed to help northern kickoff will take place in Baltimore County in meet the costs of medical care for Scouts and Scout Leaders JANUARY participating in Scouting activities. This accident and CONNECT WITH THE BAC! February. 1 Office Closed sickness insurance is provided for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, 6 Camping Committee 10 Nentico Lodge Banquet These no cost, events will allow you to join hands with the Venturers, and adult volunteer leaders registered in the facebook.com/BaltimoreBSA Baltimore Area Council and pledge your support to ensure council, and covers them for accidents and sickness while participating in any official Scouting activity. Scouting has the resources necessary to deliver the The cost of the Council’s Accident and Sickness Insurance twitter.com/BACScouting promise of an outdoor adventure to nearly 30,000 young CONNECT WITH THE BAC! people throughout Central Maryland. policy has continued to increase over the past two years, but because of the National Council’s increases with membership Get involved and invite a friend … Invest in Character. fees and its General Liability Insurance Policy, the Baltimore CONNyfaoEcueCtbuTob oeWk.c.coIoTmmH/S/ BcToaHluttiEmsB oaBrletAiBmSCoAre! Area Council did not want to add another increase and baltimorebsa.org/fos absorbed the cost for the 2014 program year. Beginning in 2015, the Baltimore Area Council is unable to continue to btfawaclietitbmeoroo.crkoe.mbcos/amB.Aw/BCoaSrlcdtoipmuretoisrnseg.BcoSAm For more information or to get involved: absorb the increase of the Accident and Sickness Insurance Shaun Olynick Development Director policy. [email protected] To view our Council Policy and forms, please visit http:// ybtwoaulittitumebro.ecr.oecmbosm/aB/.ASoCcrgoS/uclotinsuBktaeinldtginmore www.baltimorebsa.org/volunteer-resources/insurance/30054 byoaulttiumboer.ecbosma/.SwcoorudtpsrBeaslst.icmoomr e Issue Features baltimorebsa.worogr/dlipnrkeesds.icnom Memorials and Tributes ...............2 AREA SCOUTERbaltimorebsa.org/linkedin NON PROFIT ORG Baltimore Area Council U.S. POSTAGE PAID Boy Scouts of America PERMIT #575 New Eagles.................................3 701 Wyman Park Drive Manchester, NH Baltimore, MD 21211 Pow Wow ....................................5 Membership .............................11 Special Events ..........................14 JOIN NOW – WWW.BEASCOUT.ORG 2 BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL | AREA SCOUTER MESSAGE FROM THE SCOUT EXECUTIVE I’m sure all of you have heard the saying, Estoy seguro que todos ustedes han escuchado el dicho, ”Los relajados días de ”The lazy days of summer.” Well summer verano.” Bien, el verano de 2014 ha pasado rápidamente y no hubo muchos días 2014 has quickly slipped by and there were relajados para el Comité del área de Baltimore. not too many lazy days for the Baltimore Muchos de nuestros distritos ofrecieron picnics para sus familias del Movimiento Area Council. Scout, Camporees, Tiger Fun Days, campings de verano, capacitaciones para ventas de Many of our districts held picnics for their palomitas de maíz…solo para nombrar algunas actividades. Si usted leyó la edición de Scouting families, Camporees, Tiger Fun primavera de Area Scouter, usted habría visto 22 páginas llenas de eventos en todo el Days, summer camping, popcorn sales comité. trainings … just to name a few. If you read Fue reconfortante ver que la asistencia del campamento de verano Broad Creek the spring edition of the Area Scouter, you finalizara con un aumento del 30% respecto al año pasado en la asistencia al would have seen 22 pages chocked full of campamento de Boy Scouts y un aumento del 40% en el campamento de Cub events all over the council. Resident. Además, los campamentos Cub Day que se llevaron a cabo fueron tan It was comforting to see Broad Creek exitosos como siempre (primera clase) y ofrecieron a muchos nuevos Scouts su summer camp attendance end with a 30% primera experiencia al aire libre. increase over last year in Boy Scout camp Los campamentos provisionales se llevaron a cabo en el campamento de verano Broad attendance and a 40% increase in Cub Creek durante cinco semanas y tuvieron mucha asistencia. La aventura tuvo su propia Resident camp. Also, the Cub Day Camps “Semana V” en Broad Creek y todos volvieron a casa emocionados de su experiencia. held were successful as always (top notch) V-Week también registró un aumento en la asistencia. and gave a lot of new Scouts their first outdoor experience. A medida que disminuimos el nivel de diversión y llegamos al final del verano, me Provisional camps were held at Broad Creek summer camp for five weeks and well gustaría destacar algunos de nuestros proyectos valiosos mientras nos preparamos para attended. Venturing held their own “V-Week” at Broad Creek and everyone came el otoño. La iniciativa ‘Día para servir’, que tuvo lugar del 11 al 28 de septiembre, fue home excited about their camping experience. V-Week saw an increase in attendance un gran éxito con 19 proyectos de servicios completos en todo el centro de Maryland. as well. Su misión general era unir a todas las personas detrás de los objetivos comunes de As we wind down on the fun and sun of summer, I’d like to highlight some of our ayudar a los necesitados y mejorar las comunidades en las que vivimos. Desde una worthy projects as we gear up for the fall. This year’s ‘Day to Serve’ initiative, which ceremonia que celebraba el Retiro de la bandera en Dewey Lowman VFW Post 109 el took place from September 11 through September 28, was a huge success with 19 11 de septiembre, en donde participaron más de 275 personas con 139 jóvenes en el service projects completed throughout Central Maryland. Its overall mission was to retiro de más de 2,000 banderas norteamericanas sin utilidad, hasta una colecta de unite all people behind the common goals of helping those in need and improving alimentos el día APG Stem el 13 de septiembre, donde se recolectaron más de 659 the communities in which we live. From a Flag Retirement ceremony at the Dewey libras de alimentos, ¡les agradecemos a todos por su participación en este evento Lowman VFW Post 109 on September 11 where over 275 people with 139 youths histórico! participated in retiring over 2,000 un-serviceable American Flags, to a food drive at Muchas gracias a Bill Montgomery y a su comité por sus incansables esfuerzos en our APG Stem day on September 13 where we collected over 659 pounds of food, we mantener el programa APG Stem como único en su clase. thank everyone for their participation in this historic event! Como dice Will Rogers… “Lo único malo con los Boy Scouts es que no hay Many thanks to Bill Montgomery and his committee for their untiring efforts in suficientes.” Creo que esto cierto. He estado en la profesión del Movimiento Scout por keeping the APG Stem program one of a kind. más de treinta años porque creo en su misión y quiero ver que nuestros jóvenes To paraphrase Will Rogers …”The only thing wrong with the Boy Scouts is there are tengan la experiencia de todas las oportunidades que cambian sus vidas que solo el not enough of them.” I believe this to be true. I have been in the Scouting profession movimiento de Boy Scouts les brinda. Necesitamos su ayuda para introducir a más for over thirty years because I believe in its mission and want to see our youth jóvenes al Movimiento.