Cecil District Program Messages - October 2012

Further information can be found at www.delmarvacouncil.org

The Main Thing

“To serve and ever increasing number of youth through quality units”

General Messages

  • New Tour Plan policy and planning tool, See:    http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/DEMOTourPlanFAQ.aspx

  • Please report your service hours – link on Council website for Good Turn for America.  Log-in to this through the Commissioners tab – see menu on the left side (user name and password needed).  See recent issue of "The Buzz"

  • Would your Unit be interested in participating in hosting a Scout event or display at next year’s Cecil County Fair?  Contact:  Norm Wehner or Allen Sievert (410-392-5361)

  • Time to start thinking about Re-Charter!!  Cecil District will be held on Saturday, December 1st at Elkton Presbyterian Church.

  • In addition to the 2012 Journey To Excellence scorecards, the 2013 scorecards are now available.  Check out www.scouting.org/jte.aspx for everything pertaining to Journey To Excellence.

  • Has everyone updated their Youth Protection Training – don’t let this keep your Unit from Re-Chartering!!

Upcoming Training Events

Registration is on-line

  • Area 1 Outdoor Leader Skills and Webelos Outdoor:  October 19-21, 2012. Rodney Scout Reservation.  Contact william.c.short@usa.dupont.com. Also, Area 3 will hold this training on November 9-11, 2012 in Millsboro. Register on-line (see Council Training calendar)

  • Area 1 Boy Scout Leader Specific Training:  October 13 8:30-3:30PM, Cornerstone United Methodist Church, 3135 Summit Bridge Rd, Bear, DE Contact william.c.short@usa.dupont.com.
  • Leave-No-Trace trainer course:  Camp Saffron, Broad Creek SR, Nov. 9-12, 2012.
Note:  Area 1 includes Cecil District.  Registration for Training is on-line.  You may attend Training in other Areas.  See Training calendar at www.delmarvacouncil.org.
 
There is a wealth of Supplemental Training On-Line: See:  http://scouting.org/Training/Adult/Supplemental.aspx
Cub Scout News

  • Pow-Wow – plan now to attend this annual Cub Scout training event on Saturday, November 3, 2012.  This year’s event will be family-friendly.  

  • Cub Scout Adult Leader Awards are changing – see recent edition of "The Buzz" for details

  • Webelos Woods programs will be held at the Cub Family Weekends at Camp Rodney.  Webelos I Scouts will work on Forester, Geologist, and Naturalist; Webelos II Scouts will work on Readyman and Outdoorsman.  See: http://www.delmarvacouncil.org/cub-scout-camping/fall-cub-family-weekend/32776  for more details.

Boy Scout News
  • Scout instructors are needed to teach Activity pins at the Webelos Woods events (see above).  

Upcoming Events:

How Scouting Came to America

The Story of a Good Turn, Boy Scout Handbook, Tenth Edition, Chapter 26, Boy Scouts of America 

How good must a Good Turn be to be good? The answer is best given by telling you the story of how Scouting came to America. It shows that it isn't the size of a Good Turn that counts. What is important is the spirit with which a Scout does a Good Turn. "Do a Good Turn Daily" is the Scout Slogan.

One Day in 1909 in London, England, an American visitor, William D. Boyce, lost his way in a dense fog. He Stopped under a street lanp and tried to figure out where he was. A boy approached him and asked if he could be of help.  "You certainly can", said Boyce. He told the boy that he wanted to find a certain business office in the center of the city. 

"I'll take you there," said the boy.

When they got to the destination, Mr. Boyce reached into his pocket for a tip. But the boy stopped him.  "No thank you, sir. I am a Scout. I won't take anything for helping."  

"A Scout? And what might that be?" asked Boyce.  The boy told the American about himself and his brother Scouts. Boyce became very interested. After finishing his errand, he had the boy take him to the British Scouting office.

At the office, Boyce met Lord Robert Baden Powell, the famous British general who had founded the Scouting movement in Great Britain. Boyce was so impressed with what he learned that he decided to bring Scouting home with him.

On February 8, 1910, Boyce and a group of outstanding leaders founded the Boy Scouts of America. From that day forth, Scouts have celebrated February 8 as the birthday of Scouting in the United States.

What happened to the boy who helped Mr. Boyce find his way in the fog? No one knows. He had neither asked for money nor given his name, but he will never be forgotten. His Good Turn helped bring the Scouting movement to our country.

In the British Scout Training Center at Gilwell Park, England, Scouts from the United States erected a statue of an American buffalo in honor of this unknown Scout. One Good Turn to one man became a Good Turn to millions of American boys. Such is the power of a Good Turn.