Mornin’, all! Jake Brown here, coming to you from the Unit Service Center. Don’t mind me, I’m just enjoying this beautiful weather this week! Taking in the sun, enjoying all of this heat!
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! Send questions to Dave Sechnick.
EDGE training, BALOO, Scoutmaster Basic, Wilderness First Aid, COPE Level 1 Training, Intro to Leadership Skills Training for youth, and the Wood Badge and NYLT course registrations are open now!
The Youth Resilience Summit is upcoming on April 19th. This 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! Please help us by sharing this with everyone you know! Register now.
Make sure to visit the new Unit Bulletin Board, which is intended for units to share potential upcoming unit events or news with other units. Be in the know, and share your information there as well!
Note that there are changes to the membership fee structure, as well as changes to the adult application process. If you haven’t heard about these things yet, check out the last few weeks’ 3 minute update scripts.
The Wood Badge and NYLT annual scholarship fundraiser breakfast is March 9th at Lakewood High School. Send questions to Linda Gray.
The next merit badge university is in March at Beaumont. Sap Camp is March 2nd. Winter Mud Day is 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. Solar Eclipse Camp is the weekend of April 6th, 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! Tough Cubbers are in May!
Wilderness Engineers is upcoming in May, and unlike years past, now you only have to be 18 to volunteer to do some hearty work to keep camp operating smooth and looking fresh! If you’d like to volunteer, or know of someone who should, please register and contact Chris Fortunato.
Finally, folks, I have some bittersweet news to share with you all: my time as anchor of the 3-minute update, as well as a professional Scouter, is coming to an end on March 16th. I’ve had a great time getting to know a lot of you over the years, and I’m excited to focus on life’s next chapter. I can read it now, and it says “Jake will be spending more evenings and weekends with his family and friends.”
I’ll be around through March 16th, though, and Tyler Matthews will be taking over this role once I’m gone. In fact, I can see him right now, yes, Tyler, you’ll be the new anchor! Oh, huh, that’s bizarre folks, I’ve never seen him run to his car so fast. Hmm. Weird.
Well, 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! Okay, now to bundle up and head out into this freezing weather we’ve got outside. I guess it’s true what they say, just wait until the end of the 3 minute update for the weather to change…
