SEPTEMBER 2010

CURRENT ISSUE

SEPTEMBER 2010

SCOUTING VISION
Who Pays For Scouting
By Scout Executive, Rick Reeve

Recently in some of our meetings questions have come up concerning how Scouting is financed and who finances Scouting and at what level. What follows is a summary of how Scouting is financed at every level. It is hoped that it is helpful and informative.

Youth Members
Assisted by their parents or guardians, boys in Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and young men and women in Venturing pay their share from personal savings and participating in money-earning projects such as Popcorn.

Members buy their own uniforms, handbooks and personal equipment and pay their own camp fees.

Units
Weekly or monthly dues and funds from approved money-earning projects like popcorn meet expenses and supplies and activities in the Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop and Venturing Crew. These monies help pay for camping equipment, registration fees, Boy’s Life magazine, uniform insignia, special activities and program materials.

Chartered Organizations
Each chartered organization using the Scouting program provides a meeting place and adult volunteer leadership for its BSA unit(s). The chartered organization and the local council must approve unit money-earning projects before the launch of the project.

Concho Valley Council
Financial resources for the local council (the local nonprofit corporation chartered by the National Council BSA) come from our annual Friends of Scouting campaign, local United Ways, foundation grants, special events, project sales, investment income, trust funds, bequests and gifts of real estate and personal property. These funds provide for professional staff supervision, organization of new Scouting units, service for existing units, training of volunteer leaders and maintenance of council camps. They also finance the operation of the local council service center, where volunteer leaders can obtain literature, insignia, advancement badges, and other items vital to the program. In addition, the service center maintains advancement and membership records.

National Council
Funds to support the National Council, Boy Scouts of America come from registration fees, local council service fees, investment income, Scouting and Boys’ Life magazines, sale of uniforms and equipment, and contributions from individuals. These monies help deliver the program of the BSA through 301 local councils to chartered organizations that use the Scouting program to meet the needs of their youth.

The National Boy Scouts of America Foundation also provides funding for both local council needs and national organization initiatives. Most of this funding comes from specifically designated gifts made to the foundation by individuals, corporations and other foundations.

The national office

• Makes available uniforms, equipment and program supplies
• Creates a climate of positive understanding and support
• Coordinates a communications network through magazines and literature(handbooks, merit badge pamphlets, brochures, training materials, and professional development training)
• Administers national high-adventure bases and national events (jamborees, National Eagle Scout Association and Order of the Arrow conferences, Camp Scout Certifications and National Council meetings
• Maintains communication with chartered organizations that use the Scouting program (religious institutions, civic organizations, labor unions, professional organizations, business and industry)
• Maintains liaison with Scouting associations in other countries as a member of the World Scout Conference

WOODBADGE 1

There are still spots available on the Wood Badge course for this fall!

Wood Badge is the premier training program for all Scout leaders in the Boy Scouts of America. This includes all Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity and Venturing Leaders, District and Council Committee members as well as Professional Scouters. Wood Badge is designed to train adult volunteers using the latest leadership skills and techniques. It is a once in a lifetime training experience.

Visit us on our website at www.cvcwb.org to find out more. If you’re already signed up, please contact the council office to arrange for your course fee payments: (325) 655-7107 or (800) 321-7107.

Mark your calendar: Wood Badge Participant Orientation will be on September 18th for all course participants.

Thank you, David Wakefield
Course Director, Wood Badge 1,
Concho Valley Council
sm@cvcwb.org

Looking for ways to fund your programs for your unit? Sell Trail's End Gourmet Popcorn in the 27th Annual Concho Valley Popcorn Sale!!! Popcorn sales teach Scouts how to set and reach goals and relieve some of the cost for uniforms, activities, and registration fees. The 2010 Popcorn Campaign introduces healthier popcorn which is sweetened naturally and more product per container with an average increase of 15%! Also, the popcorn has new Re-closable packaging! If your unit hasn’t signed up yet please contact your District Executive or the council office and when you do, you will receive a Kickoff in a Box, which will provide great resources to educate the leaders, parents and scouts all about the popcorn sale! The 2010 Concho Valley Council Popcorn Sale and Trail’s End also introduces great incentives for the Scouts to earn this year. Instead of having only a choice of a few prizes, this year scouts will have their choice of Wal-Mart gift cards, Amazon.com gift cards or ScoutBucks (Which can be spent at the Concho Valley Council Store). So why haven’t you signed up yet ????

COUNCIL OFFICE HOURS FOR SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER

SCOUT DAY WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS

Sept 25th - (field events 10-4). $10 Scout Tour, Cowbows Locker Room, Cheerleaders Locker Room, run thru Tunnel, Post-game interview, field access (throw passes, kick field goals, take pictures of the stars) Questions call: Tabitha Glisson, 871-892-4657, fax 817-892-4670 tglisson@dallascowboys.net

Scout Day Flyer (pdf)

SILVER BEAVER AWARD NOMINATIONS

The Concho Valley Council is now accepting nominations for the Silver Beaver Award.  Nominations will be accepted until the October 31, 2010 deadline.  Each year the Concho Valley Council has the opportunity to recognize a limited number of Scouters in the Council by awarding them the Silver Beaver. This award is conferred by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America on the recommendation of the local Council to those who have given "Distinguished Service to Boyhood". The number of awards that can be conferred each year is based on the number of units registered to the Council the preceding year.

Silver Beaver Award Nomination Form (pdf)

SCOUT FORMS AVAILABLE ONLINE

Eagle Scout Project Workbook and Application

The National Supply Division no longer prints the Eagle Scout service project workbook or Eagle rank application.
Both of these items are available at the National Eagle Scout Association website: http://www.nesa.org

Guide to Safe Scouting:

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/GSS.aspx  (every unit should have a copy on file)

Insignia Guide:

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Media/InsigniaGuide.aspx

Rank advancement

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/GuideforMeritBadgeCounselors/RankAdvanceFAQ.aspx

Unit Advancement Report

www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/34403.pdf

PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH SECOND SEASON PROGRAMMING 2010-2011

AMANGI TRAIL DISTRICT REPORT

Fall Sign Up for Scouting drive is right around the corner. If your Pack doesn’t have a rally set up, please let me know as soon as possible. Working with the Girl Scouts and the school district, we are going to have our rallies in San Angelo the week of September 13th-17th. All across the district, we would like to have all rallies finished by Sept. 23rd, so all of our Cub Scouts can enjoy the first big event of the year.

Our Cub Scout Pushmobile Derby will be Sept. 25th at Fort Concho. Each Pack needs to have a representative there by 2:00pm. Bring a pop-up tent for shade, as well as your Pack flag, banners, or other items to show off your pack to new Cub Scouts and their families. Races will begin at 3:00pm, with registration for new Cub Scouts. We have fliers in the office with more details, or you can contact the Pushmobile Chairman, Ed Dabbert, at .

Webelos Woods is coming up October 8-10th.

For Troops, make sure you invite a Webelos Den to attend with your Troop, and plan an activity to share with all the Webelos there.

For Webelos Dens, make sure you have a host Troop, and make plans to enjoy a fun weekend of camping with Boy Scouts.All units need to make sure we have all of this information to coordinate this great event. Please contact Mac McCarson to let him know you’ll be there: .

Important dates:

9/2 - District Committee Meeting
9/6 - Labor Day (office closed)
9/9 - Roundtable
9/13 - Advancement Boards of Review
9/13-17 - Sign up for Scouting
9/13-23 - Unit Popcorn Kickoffs
9/24 - Popcorn Sale begins
9/25 - Pushmobile Derby

Please let me know if you have any questions about any of these events, or anything else going on in Scouting

Geoffrey Parker
Amangi Trail District Executive

Office: (325) 655-7107