Anthony Wayne Area Council
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Attention Council and District Committee Members!
Goal Setting and Planning are essential to any organization. We want to take a Saturday in January to recognize our 2011 accomplishments and develop our 2012 priorities based on 2009-2013 Strategic Plans, and the Journey to Excellence performance recognition program. We will be having operating committee meetings (activities, camping,etc.) breakouts after lunch, to develop plans to assist everyone in reaching these goals. Plan to meet, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 at Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne, IN We begin to gather at 8:30am, the meeting will be from 9:00am-2:45pm. Lunch will be provided at a cost of $9.00/person. (Check made out to Anthony Wayne Area Council). Please R.S.V.P. to Nikki McBride, 432-9593 or Nichole.McBride@scouting.org by Jan 25th to ensure a lunch for you and proper room set-up.
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Boy Scouts of America’s Youth Protection Policies
Mandatory Report of Child Abuse
All persons involved in Scouting shall report to local authorities any good faith suspicion or belief that any child is or has been physically or sexually abused, physically or emotionally neglected, exposed to any form of violence or threat, exposed to any form of sexual exploitation including the possession, manufacture, or distribution of child pornography, online solicitation, enticement, or showing of obscene material. No person may abdicate this reporting responsibility to any other person.
2012 Camp Staff Applications now available!
Do you know a deserving and dedicated youth or adult who would make a great staff member at Camp Chief Little Turtle this summer? We hope you will encourage them to apply for a CCLT staff member position for the summer of 2012. Applications are now available on the Camp page of our website, on most AWAC Facebook locations and copies may also be picked up at the office.
2012 NESA Scholarship Applications Now Available
This year the National Eagle Scout Association will award 153 scholarships to deserving Eagle Scouts through various Eagle Scout scholarship funds. These scholarships vary in size from $1,000 to $50,000. Read more here and download the applications.
2013 National Scout Jamboree Youth Registration and Adult Leader Selection Open Now
Get ready! The 2013 National Scout Jamboree is coming July 15-July 24, 2013 and it is not your father's jamboree. We're talking seriously high adventure! Whitewater rafting, zip-lining, rappelling, mountain biking, hiking, and more - with 50,000 of your closest friends at the brand NEW Summit Bechtel Reserve in the wilds of West Virginia.
The Anthony Wayne Area Council is sending a contingent of 90 youth and adults, the largest National Scout Jamboree contingent from our area ever! Be part of history and say you attended the first National Scout Jamboree at the NEW Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. Click here for more information.
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Camp Chief Little Turtle website
For 2012 camp information, go to the Camp Chief Little Turtle website. Click here to visit.