Mornin’, all! Jake Brown here, and this week’s update will be three minutes! In this week’s three minute update, we have updates in: Registration, Training, Special Events, and Camping, the cool new unit bulletin board, and the Upcoming Youth Resilience Summit.
The Youth Resilience Summit is upcoming on April 19th. The purpose of this event is to create and sustain safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children and families, and aims to reduce adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). It will provide resources and community support to help young people overcome ACEs. The summit will have presentations from top experts in fields like suicide prevention, mental health, special needs strategies, working collaboratively with law enforcement, online safety, bullying, financial literacy, and workforce development. It will also include breakfast and lunch all at NO CHARGE due to the generosity of donors and the community! Please help us by sharing this with your fellow scouters, parents in your circle, family, your colleagues, and associates. Register now.
The Unit Bulletin Board is a new item, intended for units to share potential upcoming unit events or news with other units. This bulletin board is all about things happening in your unit, meant for activities or updates that originate in your unit. To post something on the unit bulletin board, simply go to the weblink and add it in! Make sure to check out the bulletin board to find more ways to collaborate with neighboring units!
Note the adult application process will change to require the results of the Criminal Background Check to be received BEFORE a new adult volunteer can assume a leadership role, starting on March 4th. That means once the COR signs the app, it is paid for, and is received by the Unit Service Center OR online app portal, the person is then put into a pending status. Upcoming leaders MUST NOT assume a leadership role until AFTER the background check process is complete. The upcoming leader and unit key 3 will receive email updates about the status of new leaders. This adds time to the leader approval process, and unit leaders MUST allow 2-3 weeks for processing of new applications before they can assume leadership roles. If you have any questions, email Member Care.
Also, effective on April 1st: Membership fees are changing. Annual registration fees for youth and adults are increasing $5. No other increases come with this change. The New Member Fee is also being eliminated! Woo-hoo! For questions, please contact Member Care.
Next in training, there is still time to register for the University of Scouting, but classes are filling fast! Make sure you register now to be able to select the classes you want to attend! Note that there are over 50 classes to choose from during the day, including leadership succession planning, how to handle incident reports, backpacking skills, outdoor cooking demonstrations, cub leader specific training, den leader training, and much, much more! Your attendance will absolutely make you a better Scouter. Send questions to Dave Sechnick.
There will be a Rangemaster training on February 24th at Firelands. EDGE training, for Wood Badge staff and all future trainers of Council, is also upcoming in March and April. BALOO, Scoutmaster Basic, and Wilderness First Aid Trainings are open upcoming in April, and the Wood Badge and NYLT course registrations are open now!
And speaking of Wood Badge and NYLT, their annual scholarship fundraiser breakfast will be held on March 9th at Lakewood High School. Send questions to Linda Gray. The Class of 2023 Eagle Scout Celebration will be on February 24th, and the annual Celebration of Scouting will be held on March 2nd.
Now in camping, The next merit badge university is in March at Beaumont. Sap Camp is March 2nd. Cub Scouts should attend Winter Mud Day at Firelands on March 9th! On March 17th, Scouts can join in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in downtown Cleveland, and you can email Julia Hearne for more information. Metalworking Merit Badge is upcoming on April 6th, there’s a Beaumont Spring Camporee the last weekend of April, as well as a service and camping opportunity on Kelley’s Island!
And that’s a wrap for this week’s three minute update! Thanks for all you do and thanks for being you! We’ll see you next week!
