To help keep the cost of Scouting affordable for all boys, our Scout Council provides many services for free or at a discounted cost.  Again this year, we are conducting the Family Friends of Scouting Campaign to raise the funds needed for Camp Alaflo maintenance and supplies.   We need your pack's/troop's help!  Please contact your District Family FOS Chair, district executive or the Council Service Center at 334.793.7882 to schedule your annual FOS presentation.  Thanks.

www.bsa3.org/pages/fos.html

The 17th Annual Sporting Clays and Fun Shoot will be held at Camp Alaflo on March 12.  The annual fundraiser generates revenue for council and camp operations.  If you would like to volunteer to help at the event or can help secure donated items for our auction, please contact the Council Service Center at 334.793.7882.  We would like to thank our lead sponsor Solomon Chevrolet Cadillac, plus the following event committee members:  Bill Matheny, David Benefield, Arthur Gardner, Don Goody, Hunter Green, Corey Howell, Matt King, Joshua Massey, Archie Solomon, Jr., Harold Turner and James Turner.

National BSA requires all leaders to complete Youth Protection Training (YPT) and renew the training every two years.  Leaders must be YPT compliant at the time their unit recharters to be "active" and eligible to serve in a unit leadership role.  When a unit completes the online recharter process, a report is generated listing any leaders who are not YPT complaint.  These leaders are not considered "active".  These leaders must complete YPT before continuing in a leadership role.  

Are all the leaders in your unit YPT compliant?  Each registered leader can look up their training status at My.Scouting.org.  Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, Committee Chairs and COR's can access a list of leaders for their unit through the same website.

If you have any questions, please contact your district training chair, unit commissioner, district executive OR call the Council Service Center at 334.793.7882.

www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx

We have several units that have not completed their recharter paperwork for 2016. Those units are currently in lapsed status.  It is very important that if you wish to continue meeting as a Scout unit that you recharter your unit as soon as possible. Once your unit drops, it will no longer be a registered Scouting unit. As a result, you will no longer be covered by the liability and accident insurance provided by the Council.

Also, by National BSA standards, you will not be able to conduct youth meetings or outings.

If you are in need of assistance in with your recharter, please contact the Council Service Center immediately at 334-793-7882. It is very important that we get this paperwork completed to avoid any loss in tenure or insurance coverage.

There is a disturbance in the forest coming this summer at Camp Alaflo.  The team has been assembled and we are working hard to put on an outstanding program for you and your Scouts this summer.  Please follow the links below to download the Camp Leaders Guide and Merit Badge information.  New Merit Badges include Welding, Metalwork, Auto Mechanics, Aviation, Scouting Heritage and American Cultures.  We will also be adding 3D Archery and will have an International Camp Staff Member serving on staff.

If you have questions concerning Camp Alaflo, please contact the Camp Director, Joe Maxwell at 334-446-8149 or joe.maxwell@scouting.org.

Click for Camp Leaders Guide
Click for Camp Merit Badge Listing

This year's Spring Camporee will be held March 18-20 at Camp Alaflo.  This year's camporee will be based on a rendezvous theme and should be an outstanding event hosted by the Order of the Arrow - Cowikee Lodge.  Out Camporee Chairman Chris Wood has been hard at work to make this a fun and exciting activity. 

Please download the registration flyer for more information and so your unit can get registered as soon as possible.

Click for Spring Camp Flyer

The Alabama Florida Council will be taking a contingent to the 2017 National Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel National High Adventure Base.  Currently we are taking $100 deposits at the Council Service Center to hold your spot.  More information will be coming about the total cost and itinerary for the trip.  To register, you MUST go online to the Jamboree webpage and complete the online registration process.  This goes for any interested contingent leaders or those interested in serving on Staff.

www.summitbsa.org/events/jamboree/overview/

This year there will be two day camp opportunities for your Cub Scouts to participate in during Spring Break.  Both sessions will run from March 28-April 1.  We will have a session at Eastgate Park in Dothan and another session at our Florida location.  The theme this year will be CSI and should be a fun filled event. 

Please download the registration flyer for more information.

Click for Muskoke Spring Break Day Camp Flyer

Please download the registration flyer for more information.

Click for Summer Cub Scout Resident Camp Flyer

Jerry Freyberg
Alabama-Florida Council
Boy Scouts of America
334.793.7882


David McArthur
The Journey E-newsletter Editor
alfl.bsa.newsletter.editor@gmail.com