(5/22/09) Summer is rushing toward us and it's going to come and go before we know it. I wish everyone a wonderful time at summer camps, wherever you go, and come home with good memories of time well spent.

I am looking forward to our end of year grand finale, the District Dinner. I've noticed that quite a few units have not yet submitted their names for Driving Force and I urge everyone to please get that business done. The person doing the certificates needs the weekend to work on them. I know it's sometimes a difficult decision, and we don't want to leave anyone out that is deserving of special notice, but time is running out.

We will have a meeting sometime in July, a barbeque at our house; and then another get-to-gether in August at Jon's house. Dates to be determined but I don't think we can go the entire summer without meeting as we did last year. It will be informal and we'll get you those dates as soon as we can.

We still have some work to finish with FOS, and popcorn will be starting in the fall, but we are looking good and we have much to celebrate at District Dinner so I hope everyone can be there to share the fun.

For many years the very first training our Volunteer Adult Leaders took was known as New Leader Essentials (NLE). The course gave an explanation and overview of the Boy Scout organization and programs. NLE was an in-person training that lasted about 2 hours. I am happy to announce that BSA National has now replaced the NLE course with a new online version of NLE that is called “This is Scouting”. The online course takes about an hour to complete but you can now do that in the comfort of your own home. http://olc.scouting.org/

This new online course is required to be trained in all Adult Leader position in Scouting. Each leader must take the following classes to earn the trained patch:

1. Fast Start for your position (online)
2. This is Scouting (online)
3. Youth Protection Guidelines – YPG (online)

4. Position Specific Training - varies by position (in person training – See link below for list of class dates and times)

http://www.scripps-mesa.org/training.htm

 

Will you be taking a unit on an outing? If so then you should consider these additional online courses.

1. Weather Hazards (Now required for all Tour Permits)
2. Safe Swim Defense (If you plan to go swimming with your unit)
3. Safety Afloat (If you plan to go boating with your unit)
4. Climb On Safely (If you will be rock climbing – boy scout, varsity and venturing only)
5. Trek Safety (If you plan to take Boy Scouts or Venture Scouts on a trek outing- hiking, backpacking, canoeing, etc.)

I hope this will help all of our units reach their training goals for Quality Unit and make our scouting programs safer and better.

If you have a boy that you would like to get into scouting and need to find the closest Pack, Troop, Crew or Ship, or just want information about the District, please contact one of the following people:

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