Christmas, Bobwhite Blather

bobwhite_ornaments_250r As the Christian world prepares to celebrate Christmas, I thought I’d devote this week’s article to a few reflections on our founder, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, and his wife on the subject of Christmas. Continue reading “Christmas with Our Founder”

Youth Protection Training

Stay on top of Youth Protection Training. Currently, the training must be taken every two years, and if a member's training has expired, they are no longer considered registered. While many councils send reminders to leaders whose training is about to expire, it's best to check your unit's training records in my.scouting.org and remind anyone whose training has expired or is about to expire to retake the course as soon as they can. It's simple: Just go to my.scouting.org and sign in to take YPT.

July reminders

Did you do your mid-year Journey to Excellence assessment? Use some of the downtime over the summer to add up your numbers and see where you can improve. Also check in with your unit commissioner about doing a detailed assessment. You can use the data from your JTE checkup.
Review your unit's leader training status and remind untrained leaders to get trained. Pay attention to training that has expired. Anyone with expired Youth Protection Training is no longer registered and needs to repeat that training ASAP.
Follow up on summer camp details. Submit advancement reports in time for the next court of honor. Make your reservation for next year.
Plan some down time. Go camping with your family, take a hike or bike trek. Go canoeing or kayaking. Get outside and enjoy the summer weather!

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