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 Class of 2011 Eagle Scouts “You are invited to attend Lord Baden-Powell University of Scouting” March 16-18, 2012 at the Salvation Army, Wonderland Camp in Camp Lake, Wisconsin.[just north of Antioch]. There are over 95 course hours designed for Cub Scout Leaders, Boy Scout Leaders, Venture Crew Leaders, District and Council Leaders and general scouting information courses for all.. Would you like to share in the camaraderie of learning unique leadership skills with a region-wide variety of Scouting backgrounds and experiences? If the answer is “yes,” then this supplemental training is just for you. Our theme this year is “KNOWLEDGE – SKILLS – EXPERIENCE”. Our speaker will be Richard Fisher Regional Director. Individual courses are $15.00 each, Saturday only is $75.00 includes 6 classes with three meals.. Full weekend $85.00-$205.00 depending on housing includes 8 classes 2 nights lodging and four meals. No housing $85.00 .Your registration must be POSTMARKED AND PAID ON OR BEFORE 1/27/12 to receive these Early Registration Fees. You'll also enjoy our Saturday night entertainment with a cracker barrel. Diplomas and LBPU patch for first time participants and year rocker for returnees. LBPU .Sport Shirts, Caps, Pins and Coffee Mugs will be available for purchase. View the 2012 catalog offering over 95 course hours at www.lbpuniv.org.Then print and complete the registration form and mail with your check to Northwest Suburban Council.. Bring another Scouter friend with you. If you have any questions please call Al Wilson 847-259-9194 or E-mail alwilson100@comcast.net Attention ~~~ Eagle Scouts Scholarships available Eagles! Are you planning on going to college next year? The National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) is offering an opportunity to help financially. Applications for the 2012 Eagle scholarships are now available. Bill Steele, NESA Director, made the announcement and stated that, this year, NESA will fund 153 scholarships to deserving Eagle Scouts through various Eagle Scout scholarship funds. The scholarship funds vary in amounts from $1,000 to $50,000. To apply, go to www.nesa.org and print out the forms. Complete the applications and mail them to the national office. They must be postmarked no later than Jan. 31, 2012. If you have any questions, please call the NESA office at 972-580-2032. Don't wait. These are the only scholarships available for next year.  * Attention Cub Scout, Boy Scout & Venturing units of Northwest Suburban Council * Service Hours Enter Your Units Journey to Excellence Service Hours! "Scouting's Journey to Excellence" is the BSA's new council performance recognition program designed to encourage and reward success and measure the performance of our units, districts, and councils. It is replacing the Centennial Quality Awards Program as a means of encouraging excellence in providing a quality program at all levels of the BSA. You can now enter your service hours at "Scouting's Journey to Excellence" Go to www.scouting.org/awards/journeytoexcellence, then scroll down the page to see the Service Hours link on the lower right hand side. This is replacing reporting on the Good Turn for America site. Units that are currently using Good Turn for America will be redirected to the "Journey to Excellence" site. Internet Advancement - Click Here Online Advancement entry is here! The Northwest Suburban Council is excited to announce that units can now use Internet Advancement to record their youth member advancements from any online location – at home or at the office. You will find this new method to be easy, convenient, and accurate because you enter the information. The link will go live on the Council Website on September 8, 2011. Here's how it works: Northwest Suburban Council has an Internet Advancement page on our Website (www.nwsc.org) with instructions and a link to this new functionality. Internet Advancement makes it easy for unit leadership to record awards, ranks and merit badges to youth via an online process. This system is separate from Internet Rechartering, but uses a similar concept. At any time during the year, the unit advancement processor from each active unit will be able to record advancements to youth member records. And, they'll also be able to print a unit roster at any time. The roster is the most current information from ScoutNET, and it will include the person ID for each adult and youth member. Reports that are available from Internet Advancement are:
The Council will provide each unit with a Unit ID Number and the unit will assign ONE ADULT to record advancement. The Council recommends that the Advancement Chairman of the unit be the processor. All Units will receive an envelope with instructions on Internet Advancement and the unit ID numbers at the September 2011 Roundtables. Ranks must be recorded based on program identification and in the correct rank and date sequence. Only the Eagle Scout Rank cannot be awarded by this process. Troop and Crew Leadership need to become familiar with the Eagle Rank process. The Council offers Life to Eagle Seminars twice a year to help them with the process. Awards to be entered will not include nominated awards, such as those for meritorious action, and awards that are controlled by other organizations, even if approved for uniform wear. BSA policies for rank advancements are enforced, so what the unit processors enter will meet these requirements or entry will not be allowed. There will a link to the Internet Advancement help on the NWSC Website and a Frequently Asked Question link and these Helps should be reviewed by the Advancement Processor. If you have questions or comments, contact the Northwest Suburban Council and speak to either Dee Ryan at 847-824-6886, your District Executive, or Paul Whittenhall at 847-824-6880 Ext 1001. |
If you haven't already joined our notification mailing list, please click here to join. Be informed, join now! Get your units FREE website today NWSC Unit Web Site Guidelines click here On-Line Training! Just in time for the start of the program year, Position-Specific Training is now available for Cub Scout leaders. The training courses have been updated to reflect the new Cub Scout delivery method, which Scouting magazine introduced to you in our May-June issue. Just go to MyScouting.org, log in, and click on "E-Learning" on the left navigation bar. From there, under the Cub Scout tab you'll find these new courses:
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