At the District Committee Meeting on December 1, Eric Marcus was elected Chair of the Southern Crescent District.  Eric is the co-owner of Royal Trophies and has been Cubmaster of Pack 1030 for nearly 7 years.  Look for more about Eric to follow, and in his LinkedIn profile.  District Level Volunteers are found in our Roster here, and a menu of ways to help in the District is found here.

If you want a Great Big List of Places to Go and Things to Do Around Atlanta, see our page entitled "The Great Big List of Places to Go and Things to Do Around Atlanta".  This is collection of events and destinations could be attended by both Cub Scouts Families and Scouts BSA Troops, with Scouts BSA Troops doing more challenging activities.

These are grouped into these topics:

• Events (including parades, service events, Native American events and local events),
• then Unique Activities (like trains),
• then Outdoor Destinations (Scout Camps, State Parks, and more),
• Biking / Wheels, 
• Sports Events and Destinations, 
• Caving,
• Swimming/Water, 
• Boating, 
• Fishing, 
• Climbing, 
• Zip Lines, 
• Horses, 
• Science, Museum and Nature Destinations, 
• Historic, Business, Political, Art and Religious Destinations,
• Distant Destinations (Overnighters, maybe “long weekends”),
• plus some Fun Activities to Do in Lots of Places and Links to Other Cub Scout Program Resources.

Packs, Troops and Crews operate under an Annual Charter from the BSA Organization.  Now is the time for Charter Renewal for all Units except those that chartered in the last half of 2022 (those are automatically rechartered through 2023).

For how to do it, see these resources:

• Our Unit Charter Renewal Tools, including a spreadsheet to "do the math" on what you'll owe, including Scout Life and taxes.

• Attend an Atlanta Area Council weekly, virtual Membership Renewal Workshop on select days from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm., with the next (maybe last) event on Thursday, December 8

For more information and resources, check out these National Charter Renewal Resources.

If you're no longer involved or interested in Scouting and you want to "opt out" of these messages, email the Webmaster and we'll drop you from the list.  But If you want to be "all in" on Scouting, see our Leader Training page (good resources for parents too through the National On Line Training site at ScoutingU with the same login as at My.Scouting.Org), and if you want the login codes, just email the Webmaster ... 

Highlights of the most recent District News were these (click links for information): December 1 District Committee Meeting ... and from the prior week: Free Admission of Veterans to National and State Parks ... American Legion Eagle Scout Award ... Atlanta Area Council Den and Pack Program Resources ... Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.

The December 1 District Committee Meeting is now open for "registration".  Please attend -- it will be over Zoom.  A primary purpose of this meeting will be electing a District Chair and additional Members at Large of the District Committee.  At the November 3 Annual Meeting there were few nominations submitted in advance for Members at Large and none for District Chair.  If you have suggestions for either role, please submit them by email to Kenieth Winfrey as Nominating Committee Chair at keniethclark12@gmail.com or to Claude Gatlin, District Executive, at Claude.Gatlin@scouting.org.

For what District Level Volunteers might do, see our "District Help Wanted" page, because sub-committees or functions of the District can use help, including Advancement, Training, Roundtable, Recognition, Camping Promotion, Membership Support (Recruiting Help), Council Finance (Friends of Scouting), Unit Fundraising (Popcorn and Camp Cards), Unit Counseling (Commissioner Service), and activities like Twilight Camp, "Scout Fair", Shooting Sports, Camp o Rees, Cub n Camp o Ree, District Banquet, Pinewood Derbies, Bike Rodeo, Rocket Derby, and others that units in the District want to do from time to time.