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Wanted:
The District is looking for a strong District Nominating Committee.

 

The Mission Statement of the Nominating Committee is as follows:

Increase manpower by recruiting, training and retaining quality and
diverse volunteers and professional staff dedicated to ensuring that
our chartered partners and our council achieve their goals.

The Nominating Committee is seeking people who are highly energizedand have the charisma to attract and recruit similar people inScouting and in the community. The Nominating Committee has the responsibility of selecting the new District Chairman. The District Committee Chairman should be a business-minded person who is well connected in the community and has a passion for the success of the Scouting program. The Chairman has the ability to recruit and lead the District Committee in successful programs such as Finance, Membership and Activities. This committee is responsible for the overall success and growth of Scouting in our community.

If you or someone you know would like to serve on the District
Nominating Committee, or if you or someone you know is interested in serving on the District Committee itself, please contact the District Executive, Elliott Lam at 770-989-2869 or contact the current District Chairman, Will Grasse, at 678-977-7826.

Thank you.

Boy Scouts of America
Atlanta Area Council
Good Turn for America
Make Service Your Centerpiece for 2008

Scout CPR Saturday
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Atlanta Area Council Volunteer Service Center

 

Registration is open on-line at www.goodturn.net
TIME TO CHECK YOUR CPR Certification for 2008

Why??? for adults it is required for BSA tour permits and summer camp adult leadership ...Please check your units certification

Why??? for Scouts this course will help Scouts satisfy the requirement to Demonstrate CPR knowledge for the water, first aid, personal and outdoor skills merit badges... Save time at summer camp by learning CPR now

Why??? July 1st 2007 - Woodruff Scout Resevation recorded a CPR Save... due in part to three Adult Leaders that had CPR/AED training.."Be Prepared" .. train all your adults and youth before you need it...

How You can Help....

Register on-line at www.goodturn.net

Volunteer sign-up is needed too. so we need a Troop to help with site set up to site on Friday night September 19th from 7PM to 10PM

We are Welcoming Girl Scout leaders, parents, friends and Scouts to take the course and volunteer as well, so please pass this note on to any Girl Scout leaders.

Cost to take the course is $25.00 for Adult CPR/AED skills or $35.00 for training for both Adult and Child skills which (each course includes manuals, skill cards and supplies).

Remember to SIGN-Up … www.goodturn.net

We need 750 participants and 100 Volunteers

Speaking of Volunteers - we need to train six (6) Audio/Visual technician volunteers to run the A/V systems. we need to have them familiar with our system. please have them contact me wayne@donate.net for more information....

ALL Instructors and Volunteers... MARK YOUR Calendar for Thursday, August 7th ... 6PM till 10PM for a Scout CPR Saturday run thorough. We will assign tasks and schedules then...

Contact me with any question... wayne@donate.net

Yours in Scouting,
Wayne Miller
Scout CPR Saturday Coordinator
wayne@donate.net
404.874.7421 x202

Check this web site for up-to-date information on service opportunities, http://www.goodturn.net

Support Scouting
with the
Boy Scouts of America
License Plate

 

Next time you register your vehicle with the Georgia Department of Transportation, ask about the Boy Scouts of America -“In God We Trust” speciality license plate. This special plate (pictured below) not only allows you to donate to the Boy Scouts of America, but show your support as well.

In order for these license plates to be produced, the State of Georgia must receive 1,000 orders by December 31, 2008. If the order minimum is not met, any fees received by the state for purchase of the license plate will be refunded. For more information, visit the Georgia Department of Revenue at http://motor.etax.dor.ga.gov/motor/plates/ The specialty license plate will cost $70 which includes a $25 manufacturing fee, the $20 annual registration fee, and a $25 special tag fee. The special tag fee includes a $10 donation to the Boy Scouts of America. (Ad valorem fees are not included and will need to be paid in addition to the $70 fee.)

FLIER

 

 

Come Set Sail on a new Adventure with Sea Scouting

 

Interested in learning to sail? Steering a boat? Learning to navigate open water? You can do this and much more in Sea Scouting. Sea Scouting is a BSA program for young adults, both boys and girls age 14 to 21. So if you love boats and being on the water, want to learn the skills of the sailor, and can work to achieve both team and personal goals, then sea scouting is for you.

The Cherokee Pickens District is forming a new Sea Scout Ship out of Lake Allatoona and we want you. If you are interested in joining or just need more information please contact Gary Holcombe at (678) 520-5534 or ghol@bellsouth.net or Elliott Lam (404) 545-8761 or elam@atlantabsa.org

 

FLYER

 

 

Fellow Wood Badgers,

Remember back to your Wood Badge course. For most of us it was a life changing experience that gave us the tools needed to be better leaders and improve scouting. Youth at every level of Scouting deserve a well-trained leader. It's only through volunteer leaders that Scoutings' promise can be delivered to the youth it serves. Those leaders must have the best possible training to do that and, as you remember, that's what Wood Badge provides.

The Atlanta Area Council offers three Wood Badge courses each year. Our best advertisement for those is you: leaders who are Wood Badge trained and know how it helped you be who you are today. Over and over again we hear from Scouters like you that the application of the training you received hasn't been limited to scouting. Wood Badge participants tell us the skills they learned during the course have been invaluable on the job, in their place of worship, on athletic teams and at home.

Our favorite Wood Badge story is from a 2007 participant with eight (8) children. After his first weekend he came home and implemented the patrol method with his family. They rotate the patrol leader each week giving the older children a break from their responsibilities and allowing the younger children an opportunity to be "in charge". His wife was so impressed she attended the next Wood Badge course.

As the 2008 Atlanta Area Council Course Directors, we're asking for your assistance in identifying potential Wood Badge participants. Having been through the course, you understand the power it has to change lives and the impact it can have on the youth our movement serves. If you are still active in Scouting, you undoubtedly know at least on leader who would benefit from attending.

Please take a few minutes to jot down names and phone numbers for those Scouters. Send them to Michelle Gillett at mggillett@gmail.com. Michelle will share with us and we'll make sure each candidate is contacted personally. Please take the time to do it today, it will make a difference in youth's life tomorrow.

And if you attended a "legacy course" – a course that was offered prior to Atlanta Course 92-41, we have a special offer: you too can experience the best adult leader training the BSA has to offer today, you can travel back to Gilwell! If you'd like the rare opportunity to have a 2nd Wood Badge experience, give one of us a call and we'll explain how you can do that.

Thanks for all you've already done for Scouting…and thanks for helping the youth our movement serves one more time!

Michelle Gillett 92-58 Course Director Mar. 31 – Apr.5, 08 678-591-3044 mggillett@gmail.com
John Cherry 92-59 Course Director Aug. 1-3/Aug. 22-24, 08 404-281-0938 jcherry628@aol.com
Tom Bulger 92-60 Course Director Sept. 26-28/Oct. 17-19, 08 404-731-1132 tbulger@bellsouth.net

Michelle Gillett
mggillett@gmail.com
770-360-9224 home
678-591-3044 cell

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