April TAM News and Announcements

Tamanend District News: April 2024

A Scout is Reverent: National Day of Prayer

The BSA’s National Religious Relationships Committee is planning a large-scale virtual event for May 2, which is the National Day of Prayer.

Their plan is for Scouts to read the entire sacred texts of these world religions: Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim faiths. In addition, Scouts in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Eastern Orthodox, Sikh, and other Faiths will be also reading their Sacred Texts.

All Scouts can participate in one of three ways. First, they can participate from home with their family by reading a portion of their family faith’s Sacred Texts. Second, they can ask their faith leader to invite Scouts from their faith to come to their faith location on May 2and read in 15-minute increments. Faith leaders are encouraged to suggest the readings and to promote this cause to the public. Faith locations may decide to broadcast this event to the public. Finally, they can ask a Scout friend to participate in this event at home or Faith location.

Participating in this event could help Scouts satisfy the Duty to God requirement necessary for advancement.

For more information, please visit the link below.

More Information

District Dinner

Come one, come all for this year's district dinner on May 3rd from 6-11PM at Twinning Hall. Save the date!

We are now seeking nominations for this year’s awards.

If you would like to nominate a Scouter, please email your nomination(s) ASAP for consideration by the event committee to:

Tom DeShields

Event Chair

Tom's Email

Nomination Form

Registration

Adventure-Con!

In an effort to improve your Scouting experience, Washington Crossing Council is having an expo at Buck County Community College on May 21st from 6PM-8:30PM. It will provide you with a detailed list of Scouting events and local activities for an entire year to include in your unit's program plan. Arrive at anytime to check out the vendors and see what Scouting has in store for you!

For Cub Packs:

A special, one-time deal on handbooks will be available to packs who purchase the new books for their members at Scouting Adventure Con! Packs can purchase handbooks at the Adventure Con Scout Shop booth for 25% off the retail price.

For Scouts BSA:

Participating troops will earn a coupon for 10% off of a future advancement order!

RSVP

Training Events

Wood Badge is an advanced leadership program for adults. Cradle of Liberty Council and Washington Crossing Council are partnering to offer Wood Badge on May 17-19 and June 8-9, 2024. Registration is now open. Held at Camp Hart at the Musser Scout Reservation.

Registration

BALOO: Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation is an engaging training course that will cover everything Cub Scout leaders need to know to plan and run a pack overnighter. BALOO training is required for Cub Scout packs to go camping. The BSA requires at least one BALOO-trained person on each pack campout. BALOO is being offered Saturday, April 20th to Sunday, April 21st at Ockanickon Scout Reservation, 5787 State Park Road, Pipersville, PA.

IOLS: Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills is a training course for current/future Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters and other registered adults interested in improving their basic Scout Skills. Saturday, April 20th to Sunday, April 21st at Ockanickon Scout Reservation, 5787 State Park Road, Pipersville, PA.

BALOO Registration

IOLS Registration

Cub Scout Day Camp: Space – Way Out there!

Blast off for space exploration this summer at Cub Scout Day Camp. Make new friends while participating in archery, fishing, STEM, and Scout skills. Join us for an “out of this world” experience.

June 24-28: Core Creek Park, Langhorne, PA**

June 24-28: Mercer Park County Park East, West Windsor, NJ

July 8-12: Rosedale Park, Pennington, NJ

July 15-19: Sauerland Outdoor Center, Lebanon, NJ

Aug 5-9: Ockanickon Scout Reservation, Pipersville, PA

** Staff is needed for Core Creek so if anyone is interested, please contact Janet L. Boris.

Cub Scout Adventure Camp at Ockanickon Scout Reservation

Session #1 July 28–July 30

Session #2 July 31–August 2

The Cub Adventure Camp will be run by the Ockanickon Summer Camp Staff… and they are excited to bring their enthusiasm to Cub Scouts through this new program. This is absolutely going to be a great time for cubs as they interact with the seventy plus staff that make scouting magic happen year after year.

Packs will camp in tents provided by the camp and all meals will be served in the camp dining hall.

Camporee Registration

New Cub Program

On Thursday, April 18, the Washington Crossing Council will be sharing some "cliff notes" for the upcoming changes to the Cub Scout program. These will be emailed to all Scouters who are registered as Cubmasters, Pack Committee Chairs, and Den Leaders. Any other Scouter who would like to receive this update can add themselves to the mailing list by clicking here.

Upcoming Events

April 25th: District Committee Meeting and Annual Business Meeting (Zoom)

April 27th: Scout Day at Philadelphia Zoo

May 3rd: TAM District Dinner

May 9th: District Roundtable and Commissioners Meeting

May 17th-19th: 2024 Woodbadge

May 21st: Adventure-Con

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