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This is the website for adult Scout leaders and parents in the Armadillo District, Austin, TX. We are adding new content to this website all the time so be patient and come back often!
Are you an Armadillo? Not sure? Check here to find out.
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Fall Recruiting Kickoff August 17 |
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Written by Roy Kleinsasser
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 |
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All Pack leaders involved in helping their Pack with membership are invited to attend the Armadillo Fall Recruiting Kick-Off at 7 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Covenant Presbyterian Church at 3003 Northland Drive. Attend and get all the info you need to run a successful fall recruiting event! The Armadillo District Membership Committee will deliver to you a plan that's ready to implement and tips on how to do it right. Also, this will be the place and time where you'll pick up yard signs, posters and other materials to get your message out. Experience has proven that you'll do best by planning ahead and having a team of at least four parents. So, now is a great time to schedule your event and to build your team. It's easy of you start getting commitments soon. Even easier if your whole team comes to the Kick-Off to get the demos and time-saving tips we'll have for you! Scheduling the event? The first day of school in AISD is Aug. 23. The first week is too chaotic to plan anything, so you'll want to consider dates as early as Aug. 31 and no later than Sept. 23. Check with your school to confirm dates to be avoided. Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nights (or afternoons) are best. So, start planning the date of your event now. Some Pack's reach the most parents right after school and others hold an evening "Rally Night" event. Some do both. Remember, all new member applications are due to Bob Oatman no later than the evening of Sept. 23. Turn them in early and often and, hopefully, well before Sept. 23. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 July 2010 )
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Changes in Youth Protection Policies |
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Written by Roy Kleinsasser
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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 |
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Recently, the Boy Scouts of America announced important changes to its Youth Protection policies. The purpose of these changes is to increase awareness of this societal problem and to create even greater barriers to abuse than already exist today in Scouting.
Effective June 1, 2010:
- Youth Protection training is required for all BSA registered volunteers, regardless of their position.
- New leaders are required to take Youth Protection training before submitting an application for registration. The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time the application is made and before volunteer service with youth begins.
- Youth Protection training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer's Youth Protection training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered.
To find out more about the Youth Protection policies of the Boy Scouts of America and how to help Scouting keep your family safe, see the Parent's Guide in any of the Cub Scouting or Boy Scouting handbooks, or go to http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 June 2010 )
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2010 Scouting For Food Drive July 2010 |
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Written by David Cox
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Friday, 09 January 2009 |
 Scouting For Food - July 24 & 31, 2010
Key Food Drive Information
Call Nick and reserve a neighborhood!
Read on for map of neighborhood assignments. Those in yellow are taken.
For questions, contact Nick Giangiulio,
Armadillo District Chairman for Scouting for Food
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(512) 658-4579
How are we promoting the drive? Will people know about it?
July 17 - Collection barrels go up at all Austin area Randalls stores
July 13-18 - KEYE runs food drive promo during its newscasts
July 24-28 - KEYE does live reports on the food drive in its newscasts
July 19-24 - Scouts deliver door hangers
July 31 - Scouts pick up food and take to collection points
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 June 2010 )
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2010-2011 Program Preview |
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Written by Doug Rose
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 |
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 What's Coming Up in Scouting!
Check out th elist below or get a complete paper calendar at Roundtable.
Please note that many of the program links go to website pages with 2009/2010 information. The main focus of this preview calendar is to give you dates to plug in as you do your own unit planning. Volunteers leading these events are still in the planning phase months out from their activity dates. When they do complete these plans, the link pages will be reflect the newest information.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 June 2010 )
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Written by Doug Rose
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 |
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 This October 9 join 10,000 Scouts, siblings, and their families at the biggest 100th Anniversary of Scouting event to take place this year: ScoutJam 2010!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime Council-wide event, a Texas-sized Jamboree experience right here at the Travis County Expo Center.
- 100 Special Exhibitors with hands on activities, from scuba to amazing chemistry experiments.
- 250 Scout activity booths where your kids will not only have FUN, they can lead FUN in your unit's Scout Midway booth.
Check out all this and more at http://www.scoutjam2010.org/
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Last Updated ( Friday, 02 July 2010 )
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Powder Horn Training 2010. Don't miss it! |
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Written by Roy Kleinsasser
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Saturday, 20 March 2010 |
Lead Your Venturers or Older Scouts to High Adventure! September 10-12 and September 24-26, 2010
Camp Tahuaya, near Belton Are you a Scouter ready to experience high adventure, but don’t have all of the tools? Or do you just want to try some new activities to liven up your unit. Powder Horn is for you. A high adventure skills and resource course for Venturing and Boy Scout leaders, Powder Horn is two three-day weekends of fun for adult Scouters. The course is scheduled for September 10-12 and 24-26, 2010, at Camp Tahuaya, near Belton. The course, a joint training of the Longhorn and Capitol Area councils, is fun, but with a purpose. The course provides adult leaders with the resources to run an effective high adventure program for Venturers or older Boy Scouts. And one course lesson is that adult leaders don’t have to become experts in an activity to introduce it to their Scouts or Venturers. Rather, they need to know how to help their unit’s youth leaders find and recruit experts. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 20 March 2010 )
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