From Nominating Committee Chair Phillip Jackson: "I am writing this letter to solicit nominations for the Southern Crescent District of the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.  If you would like to nominate someone or yourself for the position of District Commissioner, District Chairperson or any other position on the district committee please let me know by contacting me through the information listed below.  Please feel free to review the different positions on the district committee on the district website under Roster of District and Unit Adults.   The link for the website is www.southfultonscouting.com.  Nominations must be submitted at the district annual meeting on November 8^th, 2018 at the Woodward Academy Middle School Cafeteria.  If you have any questions or need additional information please let me know. "  

From a District Trainer:  Nominations are for voting by eligible voters for certain positions at the District Level -- for more on this, scroll below.  Information about possible functional ways that District Committee Members and Commissioners may engage to help other units is found at our "Ways to Volunteer In the District to Help Units" page.

Please join us for Cub Scout Parent/Leader Orientation Session scheduled for:

• Saturday, October 20, from 10:00 am to 1:30, at the Volunteer Service Center, 1800 Circle 75 Parkway SE, Atlanta, GA 30339.
• Sunday, October 21, from 1:00 pm to 4:30, at the Volunteer Service Center, 1800 Circle 75 Parkway SE, Atlanta, GA 30339

If you're a Leader, you probably want some more helpers to be leaders too ... so come to training this weekend!  Bring a car full of other parents and prospects.  

If you're not a Leader, but hope others will be leaders ... come to training this weekend!  Bring a car full of other parents and prospects.   

Knowledge is Good: Trained Leaders Have More Fun!

All new and currently registered leaders are required to complete BSA’s brand new Youth Protection Training (also known as "YPT2") -- see more here.  As previously announced, YPT2 is now available via BSA’s "Learn Center" -- and now the modules have been streamlined ot allow quicker view with less "loading" delay.  A big difference (and complicating factor) is that there isn't a "one and done" 28 minute video any longer.  Instead, there are four modules, you have to take them all, and pass a quiz in the final module.  The first module is "Overview & Policies", the second is "Sexual Abuse", the third is "Bullying", and the final is called "YPT Certification" and includes a quiz.  Very different from the former look -- first module (Overview & Policies) has a mixture of graphic slides and professionally shot videos (think PBS "Frontline").

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 ... now with online Scoutmaster training 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):  Two More Cub Leader Trainings Coming! ... Program Help for Parents and Cub Scout Leaders: Bobcat Adventure Plans ... and from the week before:  Cub Scout Adventure Resources: Get Out, Get Active! ... 

Most every unit can benefit from more parents becoming helpers, doing things with their kids and their friends, and becoming assistants, co-leaders and leaders of a Den or in your Pack.  So round up a pack of parents and spend a few hours of orientation with them about Scouting.  Even if you've taken training before, taking parents and leaders out to these sessions will allow you to get on the same page with them to help the kids in your Pack, and help you all Keep It Simple, Make It Fun! 

So join us for Cub Scout Parent/Leader Orientation Session scheduled for:

• Saturday, October 20, from 10:00 am to 1:30, at the Volunteer Service Center, 1800 Circle 75 Parkway SE, Atlanta, GA 30339.
• Sunday, October 21, from 1:00 pm to 4:30, at the Volunteer Service Center, 1800 Circle 75 Parkway SE, Atlanta, GA 30339

If you're a Leader, you probably want some more helpers to be leaders too ... so come to training this weekend!  Bring a car full of other parents and prospects.  

If you're not a Leader, but hope others will be leaders ... come to training this weekend!  Bring a car full of other parents and prospects.   

Knowledge is Good: Trained Leaders Have More Fun!