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Central
Region News
Comments
and Reports
Executive
Board Notes
With Dave Richardson of the BSA National
Relationships Division as our host, the NLAS Executive Board met at the
new Boy Scouts of America Museum in Irving Texas on
Saturday March 15, 2003
.
This is an excellent facility, which gives an extensive overview of the
history of the Boy Scout movement in the
United States
from its inception in 1910 to the present.
I strongly encourage all Scouters and their families to tour this
facility any time you are in the
Dallas
,
TX
area. You will find this to
be time well spent and will come away with a new appreciation of the
effort that has been made in the past to provide all Scouts and Scouters
with the program, facilities and support which we enjoy today.
A major portion of the actual board meeting focused on sharing the
elements of youth protection developed by the Boy Scouts of America with
all non-Scouting activities in our communities, especially as it relates
to schools, churches and other youth programs.
Four types of abuse were identified: Emotional Abuse, Physical
Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Neglect.
The materials provided for help in sharing this message include three
videos, which should be available in every Boy Scout Council office.
“A Time to Tell” for Cub Scout age youth, “It Happened to
Me” for Boy Scout age youth, and a newly released “Personal Safety
Awareness” (AV No. 09V027) for Exploring and Venturing age young
people.
In addition to the videos, there are two new comic book type pieces that
have been developed for Cub Scout age children.
One of these is titled “Power Pack Pals” BSA Supply No.
33980, and the other is titled “Power Pack Pals, Be Safe on the
Internet” BSA Supply No. 33981. If
these are not available in your Boy Scout Council office you can obtain
them by contacting the Relationships Division at the National Boy Scout
office.
Additional sources of information are available through the
national Boy Scouts web site, www.scouting.org
(Site Map) Youth Protection and Adult Leadership, Guide to Safe
Scouting.
In addition to the above discussion, NLAS President-Elect Tom Wilson
shared a presentation he made to his church council titled “Why should
my church look at its Boy Scout Troop and it’s Cub Scout Pack as
integral to our youth ministry?” Although
his church doesn’t have a Venture Crew, the material in this
presentation would apply equally to this portion of youth ministry.
Two other areas of
discussion focused on NLAS membership and the selection of officers for
the association. The area of
membership focused on two points, are we serving our current members in
the best way possible and what can we do to attract and retain new
members of the association. The
appropriate selection of officers to lead the association is always
necessary to insure that the association has effective leadership at all
times.
WHAT’S
NEXT?
June 13-14-15
Central Region Forum scheduled for the
Bowling Green
–
Toledo,
Ohio
area. Bill Hann and Bill
Teaderman are already working on plans for this event.
Please let me know what topics you would like to see covered and
what type of activities you would like at this event
October 2003 NLAS
Executive Board Meeting. This
will be the first meeting for new Regional
Chairmen. Let them know what you want from your organization.
The Central Region will be the host for the 2004 NLAS biennial meeting.
At this time we are open to suggestions regarding dates,
location, types of activity to be presented and subject matter to be
covered. Remember – this
is your organization and your input is needed to make such meetings
meaningful for all of us.
RELIGIOUS
EMBLEMS DISPLAY CASE
Recent use of the
Central Region display case was as follows:
Jan. 18– Four Lakes Council all-Scouter pow-wow
Jan. 25 - Five Star
Univ. of Scouting,
Delafield
,
WI
Feb. 13 –Crossroads
of
America
Council Roundtable
Future
schedules for the use of this display include:
Mar. 14-16 – 8
Council BPU (
Northeastern IL
)
Apr. 26 –
Four
Lakes
Council Scout-A-Rama
Sept. 26-28 –
Crossroads of
America
Council Jamboree
Have you used this display case in your council recently?
It is available upon
reservation – USE IT!
Your contact person is Max Netzeband, 2581
W. Ardmore, Palatine, IL
60067-4571, phone (847) 358-4794.
LOCAL
ASSOCIATIONS
Four
Lakes
LAS
: Four
Lakes
LAS
will again supplement the one day a week visit by a camp chaplain with
members serving as full time chaplain’s aides during each week of the
camping season. They will also provide worship services for the Cub
Scout resident camping program.
Milwaukee
County
LAS: The association has
elected Tim Krause as their new president.
Sinnissippi Lutheran Scouters: The
SLS held their regular meeting on January 12 and their annual dinner
meeting on February 8. Their
schedule for the summer includes the following activities:
April 13 Regular
Meeting
May 16-17 Annual Fund Raiser
June 7 Workday
at Camp Indian Trails
Oct. 12 Regular
meeting.
Thanks
to the dedicated work of Brian Riley a new LAS has been organized in the
Indianapolis
area.
What
is happening in your area? Are
there any events or activities that you would like to share with others?
Please let me know and I will be happy to include them in the
next newsletter that goes to all Central Region members.
RELIGIOUS EMBLEMS
PROGRAM
The Religious emblems
program continues to involve a large number of youth in our Central
Region.
A comparison of emblems
earned during the 2002 calendar year to those earned last year is as
follows:
2002
2001
Boy Other
Boy Other
Scouts Youth Total
Scouts
Youth Total
God and Me
873
378 1251
935 353
1288
God and Family
671 210
881 646
247 893
God and Church
164
52 216
135
61 196
Living Faith
22
23 45
18
10 28
God and Life
47
11
58
11
5 16
Also, during this
period eighteen Boy Scout Leaders have been recognized with the Lamb
Award and fifteen Boy Scout leaders have been presented the Servant of
Youth Award. This compare to
ten Lamb Awards and four Servant of Youth Awards presented in 2001.
For those of you who serve as the Central Region service team, the
September through December 2002 reports of religious emblems earned and
adult recognitions presented are included with this mailing.
Be sure to congratulate each recipient of an award and especially
encourage the youth to continue in their commitment to the Lutheran
faith and the principles of Scouting.
Much of the increase in
God and Church and God and Life emblems earned by Boy Scouts appears to
be a direct result of contacts made with Boy Scouts and Venturers at the
2001 National Boy Scout Jamboree.
PRAY reports that the
revised curricula for the God and Me and the God and Family programs are
being well received and that work is progressing on revising the God and
Church program. No target
date for the release of this new material has been set at present.
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