Electronic Knapsack

August 4, 2014

Council News

Riversharks Garden State Council Sleepover Date Added! Friday Aug.22

By popular demand, the Riversharks have added an additional Garden State Council Overnight date to their summer program. Tickets are $25.00 each and include the following-

ITOLS/OWLS Course Registration Now Open

The registrations for our Fall ITOLS/OWL courses are now open. ITOLS is a required course for all Scoutmasters, Asst. Scoutmasters, Varsity Coaches and Asst. Coaches. OWL is a course designed for Webelos leaders who will be taking their den camping. It is not required to be trained as a Webelos leader. Completion of the class will certify the participant with both ITOLS and OWL.

Shoot For Scouting - Sporting Clay Classic

The Garden State Council Boy Scouts of America

Proudly serving nearly 12,000 youth in:
Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem Counties
will be hosting it's

4th Annual BSA Sporting Clays Tournament

"Golfing with a Shot Gun"

White Horse District Scout Leader's Roundtable

Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - Gathering at 7:00 PM, Opening at 7:30 PM in the Pavilion at Pine Hill Scout Reservation.

Get ready for the 2014-2015 Scouting season with information about upcoming Council & District events, activities and training.

Network with your fellow Scout Leaders and go home with information you can use right away to make you Pack and Troop programs even better!

All leaders and interested parents are welcome! Bring a friend!

Garden State Council Program Expo Update - Aug 23rd 10-2 pm, Barbecue

The much anticipated 2014 Program Expo is just around the corner! This is an event that the key Scouters and Scouts in every unit will want to attend. The theme for the event is "How can we help your unit achieve Gold in your Journey to Excellence?" Virtually every organization within Garden State Council will be represented at this very educational happening.

Read More Register Event Flyer

34th National Veterans Wheelchair Games - Volunteers Needed

What A multi-event sports and rehabilitation program for military service Veterans who use wheelchairs

for sports competition due to spinal cord injuries, amputations or other neurological disorders. Attracting more than 500 athletes each year, the National Veterans Wheelchair
Games is the largest annual wheelchair sports event in the world.
Where Events will take place in the Downtown Philadelphia area, as well as at additional off-site
venue locations.
When August 12-17, 2014

Help is needed in the following areas:

Bowling - The event with one of the largest number of Veteran Athlete participants, Thursday evening August 14 and all day Friday August 15. (Another AC event) Laurel Lanes, NJ

Athlete meals - (off-site venues such as Track and Field, Bowling) Athletes need fuel to perform! Come and help them carb-up for their next events. Moorestown High School & Laurel Lanes NJ

Water/Ice/Towels - Come on! It's August. It's New Jersey! It's gonna be HOT! Come out and help keep our Veteran Athletes cool and hydrated.(Track and Field, Archery, Bowling)

This is a once in a lifetime event for our area and a great way to say thank you to so many who have sacrificed so much for all of us. Come and join the over 1600 people who have already volunteered from 28 states and the District of Columbia. Be Here! Do This! Get the T-Shirt!

34th National Veterans Wheelchair Games Volunteer Opportunities Listing

34th National Veterans Wheelchair Games Volunteer Application

Facebook VAM

Popcorn 101 Class

To all Leaders and Parents of the Garden State Council,

We are sorry you were unable to attend our 2014 Popcorn Kick-Off on June 7th. We are hoping you can come out for our class 101 Training for Popcorn that will be held on Aug. 6th at the Rowan Scout Resource Center at 693 Rancocas Road, Westampton, NJ 08060 at 7pm

- OR -

Aug. 7th at the Riggins Scout Resource Center at 4468 S. Main Road, Millville, NJ 08332 at 7pm. Please come out and meet your District Kernel and see what is NEW with this year's program. We have teamed up with Trails-End again and added two additional prize sponsors, i.e. (Charlie Brown Steakhouse and the Philadelphia 76ers) with all kinds of new prizes to earn.

If you able to attend please send us an email at gscpopcorn@scouting.org

My Scouting Updates

my.Scouting Tools is designed to empower volunteers in managing their units. Certain tools are presented and available based upon the role or position that you have in the organization structure. For example: If you are a Key 3 leader in a unit, you would have the ability to manage roster, print membership cards, update profile information for members of your unit, create and manage sub organizations, and add training. The same can be said for districts, but a district Key 3 would have the ability to do that for their district and each of the units within that district.

Accessing my.Scouting Tools
Q: What are the browser requirements for my.Scouting Tools?
A: my.Scouting Tools is best experienced using Firefox 14 or greater, Google Chrome 21 or greater, Apple Safari 6 or greater, and Internet Explorer 9.0 or greater.

We're excited to announce that my.Scouting Tools has a new makeover! The new design is more dynamic, faster and now supports Internet Explorer 10 and 11. Additional enhancements in this release include:

The News section has been revamped providing more space to post pertinent and relevant information about my.Scouting Tools, along with other Scouting news.
Each Tool icon is in a drop down list under the Home button to select rather than a row of large icons after logging in.
My Dashboard is now comprised of My Profile and My Training details. Address, contact, phone, etc. are in separate editable sections instead of one long section to accommodate and adjust to most mobile screens.
New My Organization Dashboard tool, located in the drop down list under the unit/district level, contains My Calendar and My Announcements details.

More enhancements are coming so check back often!

https://my.scouting.org/

Lenape Lodge 8 Contingent Fundraiser for NOAC

Stop on out to Rita's Water Ice of Woodbury, Mantua or Glassboro from 5:30-7:30pm or Browns Mills (Burlington County) from 6-9pm on Monday July 28th and support Lenape Lodge 8 and it's members get to the National Order of the Arrow Conference at Michigan State University in August. 2015. 10% of sales during this time goes to support the NOAC Contingent.

www.lenape8.org/noac

Boy Scout News

2015 World Scout Jamboree - JAPAN!

Scouts from around the world will gather for special fellowship and exciting activities.

When: July 28 - August 8, 2015
Where: Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America manages USA involvement and relays information to local councils. Unlike the 2011 World Jamboree in Sweden, pricing will include a pre or post Jamboree tour of Japan. The trip also includes airfare, equipment, food and insurance.

World Jamboree Flyer

Venturing News

Venturing Awards Dinner/BBQ Saturday August 23, 2014

The Venturing Officers' Association will be hosting a Dinner/BBQ at Pine Hill Scout Reservation in honor of the young men and women who have obtained the Venturing Awards.

Cub Scout News

More Lion Cub Information Coming Soon From Our National Council

Lions is a pilot program of the Boy Scouts of America for Kindergarten-age boys. Cub Scouting is a program of the Boy Scouts of America, whose mission is to help young people build character, learn citizenship, and develop personal fitness, become effective leaders and have fun in the outdoors. Cub Scouting focuses on boys in the first through fifth grades (or from ages 7 through 10). The Lion Pilot Project is exploring the value of a Kindergarten-age program.

More information should be available at the Garden State Council Program Expo taking place August 23, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Pine Hill Scout Camp. For updates about the Lion Cub program contact your district executive with your email and phone number.
Lion Cub Scout Flyer

Scout Store News

Visit Your Local Scout Store For All of Your Scouting Needs...

To contact our Store Managers with your questions:

Alyssa at the Rowan Scout Store (609) 261-5850, x 219 or at agellman@bsamail.org and Teresa at the Riggins Scout Store

(856) 327-1700, x 110 or tekrus@bsamail.org.

Scout Stores page

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