Membership

June 7, 2010

Recently, the Boy Scouts of America announced important changes to its Youth Protection policies. The purpose of these changes is to increase awareness of this societal problem and to create even greater barriers to abuse than already exist today in Scouting.

Effective June 1, 2010:

Youth Protection training is required for all BSA registered volunteers, regardless of their position.
New leaders are required to take Youth Protection training before submitting an application for registration. The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time the application is made and before volunteer service with youth begins.
Youth Protection training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer's Youth Protection training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered.
To find out more about the Youth Protection policies of the Boy Scouts of America and how to help Scouting keep your family safe, see the Parent's Guide in any of the Cub Scouting or Boy Scouting handbooks, or go to http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx.

Questions and Answers

The following are answers to some of the questions we have received about these important changes. To read more, visit www.scouting.org/youthprotection.

Any Scout who recruits a friends into Scouting between October 5-December 4 will be entered into a Council-wide drawing for the following great prizes:

1. GPX 2GB Digital Media Player
2. Small Wonder High Definition Digital Camcorder
3. Audiovox 8" Portable DVD Player

Three lucky Scouts in our Council will win one of these items!

Each year, every Scout unit recharters with the National BSA.  Registered Scouts' rank advancement can be recorded and leaders' backgrounds checked. Unregistered people fall through the cracks. A proper and timely reregistration process validates our membership, an important process.

Calling new Scouts!  Any Scout who gets a friend to join Scouting by Friday, December 5th, will not only receive a Centennial Recruiter patch, but that Scout will be entered in a drawing for either an Annual Pass to the Tennessee Aquarium or a Coleman two-man dome tent!  Two lucky Scouts in each District will be winners.  In addition, any Scout who gets two friends to join will also get an official "Hook

The Cherokee Area Council provides online recharting to its units. You can read more about it at the council web site.