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Effective March 1, 2011
what are currently known as local and national tour permits will be
replaced by the Tour Plan.
A Tour Plan is required when traveling more
than 50 miles (one way) from your meeting place.
Click here to download the Tour Plan Form
Click here to download the Sample of Tour Plan |
Click here for Scout Shop hours and
locations
Policy on Scout Participation in
Political Events
It is a good time to
restate the BSA's long-standing policy regarding the participation of
Scouts in political rallies and other political events.
Uniformed unit members and leaders may participate in flag ceremonies at
political events and may lead the Pledge of Allegiance; however, they
should retire after the ceremony and not remain on the speakers'
platform or in a conspicuous location where television viewers could
construe their presence as an endorsement or symbol of support. In
addition, photos of candidates or Scouts in uniform or BSA marks and
logos are not allowed in political campaign materials of anykind.
Volunteers and professionals must be alert to situations that would
imply that the BSA favors one candidate over another. Strict observance
of our long-standing policy against the active participation of
uniformed Scouts and leaders in political events is mandatory.David
Williams
Director of Field Services
Middle
Tennessee Council
Boy Scouts of America
3414 Hillsboro Pike
P.O. Box 150409
Nashville, TN 37215 |
| Adults attending training classes are expected to wear
their Class A uniforms unless specifically advised otherwise. If the
activity involves extensive outdoor exercise or work that can damage a
uniform shirt, please wear a plain or Scouting themed t-shirt under it so
you can work without the shirt on. We expect our Scouts to do this
and should get into the habit of doing it ourselves. |
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Attention Arrowmen, the Anawaha Chapter of the
Order of the Arrow meets on the second
Thursday of each month at 6:30 at the Troop 514 Scout Hut. Troops and crews
should encourage the OA members in their units to attend chapter
meetings whenever possible. OA Troop Representatives should
definitely attend the monthly meetings. More information about
the Anawah Chapter can be obtained from their website
http://www.orgsites.com/tn/anawaha/. |
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Looking for a scouting unit to
join in the Clarksville, Montgomery County, Stewart County, or Ft.
Campbell KY area?
Click here
for a list of units, meeting times, locations, and email addresses.
Contact
District Membership
for information about Scouting and help in finding a unit. |
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Has your Troop gone camping this year? Does your unit put
the outing in Scouting? If your answer is yes (and it should
be), your unit should get credit for its camping experience.
The BSA National Camping Award can be earned by any troop that has
at least 50 percent of its youth members attending resident camp. On
other campouts, at least 33 percent of your Scouts must be in
attendance for each twenty-four-hour period to count as a camper day
to qualify for the troop ribbons. Annual unit award ribbons
are available for 10, 20, 30, and 50 or more days. Cumulative
award ribbons, with individual patches available, can be earned when
units reach a lifetime total of 100, 250, 500, and 1000 qualified
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Remember that Scouts are
prepared. This must include disaster preparation as we are in a
period of more intense and more frequent storms that will likely last for
the next several years. Lives were saved at Little Sioux because the Scouts
and their leaders did what they had been trained to do. If you look at the
pictures of the camp taken after the storm, you can see that the
buildings in which people took shelter are completely gone.
 | Take First Aid seriously. Once your Scouts complete their
first aid requirements, review them at least once every few months. The
last thing anybody needs during an emergency is having to find their Scout
Handbook to look up what to do!
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| Take Emergency Preparedness seriously. All of your adults and
Scouts should know how to set up an emergency plan for your meeting place
and for all trips and activity locations. They should know and discuss
what to do in a variety of emergency situations.
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| Have a disaster plan for your meeting place.
 | Parents should always know the cell phone numbers of unit leaders
and should be encouraged to call if a severe weather warning appears
while a meeting is taking place. |
| Know where to take shelter in the event of a tornado or other
disastrous weather. |
| Have a first aid kit available, appropriate for a group of your
size, and know how to use it. Check the contents of the kit
periodically. Rubber gloves deteriorate over time and antiseptics and
medications expire and should be replaced.
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| Have a disaster plan when you travel as a unit.
| You should include the local phone numbers of state police, local
police, and emergency services. Include the location and phone number
of the nearest hospital. |
| Be sure to file your travel permit and make sure that parents not
traveling with the unit have copies. In a disaster, they may need to
know the descriptions of your vehicles, license plate numbers, makes and
models, etc. |
| Have a complete set of medical forms for youth and adults with you
whenever you are travelling as a unit. |
| Have an updated list of telephone numbers for parents / guardians
with you whenever you are travelling as a unit. Permission forms are
the best way to collect this information and to make sure that it is
current. Keep critical paperwork in a waterproof packet. |
| Carry a weather radio with you. |
| Have a first aid kit available, appropriate for a group of your
size, and know how to use it. Check the contents before leaving on your
trip to make sure that the kit is complete. |
| If there is any bad weather in your vicinity, call a parent and ask
them to watch radar and warnings and to call you if you need to take
cover. This can be a valuable backup to a weather radio. Encourage your
parents to notify you immediately if there is a weather warning in your
area.
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| Practice taking shelter. Tornados can develop very quickly.
Warning time can be just a few minutes. If you are near a large body of
water, a lake or river, your warning time can be considerably less.
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| Get trained. Effective January 1,
2009, BSA requires that one person attending all trips requiring a
Local Tour Plan have completed Weather Hazards training.
See the Training page for details.
It would be a great idea for all of your registered adults to
complete the training and to share what they have learned with the
Scouts. The training is full of good information and excellent
recommendations for how to avoid dangerous weather and what to do if you
can't.
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Calling All Committee Chairs
You know those adult volunteers that
really make your unit GO? Sometimes even the most dedicated
volunteers need to be recognized for their service to Scouting. It's never
too early to begin thinking about nominating your adults for
District awards.
There are awards appropriate for just about every level of service, from the
Trailblazers to recognize and encourage your new adults to the Western Grizzard.
And KNOTS, don't forget the knots.
There are a number of knots that your adults can earn. The knot that every
adult should have is the training knot. Go the the
Training
page on this site and follow the links to get descriptions of the knots and
their requirements.
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We Set An Example
"Success in training the boy largely depends upon the
Scoutmaster's own personal example. It is easy to become the hero
as well as the elder brother of the boy. We are apt, as we grow
up, to forget what a store of hero worship is in the boy."
"The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a
powerful lever to their development, but at the same time brings
a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see
the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or
a vice. His mannerisms become theirs, the amount of courtesy he
shows, his irritations, his sunny happiness, or his impatient
glower, his willing self-discipline or his occasional moral
lapses - all are not only noticed, but adopted by his
followers."
"Therefore, to get them to carry out the Scout Law and
all that underlies it, the Scoutmaster himself should
scrupulously carry out its professions in every detail of his
life. With scarcely a word of instruction his boys will follow
him." -- Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell
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