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The K-Valley District serves Scouting in Kennebec, Franklin and Somerset counties.
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1/28 2012 K-Valley Klondike Derby
2/1 Sugarloaf Boy Scout Group Rates
2/8 District Commissioner Meeting
2/8 Roundtable - See Roundtable Topic List on Newsletters Page
2/16 Governor's Luncheon Table Host Orientation
2/22 Friends of Scouting Citizenship Breakfast - Scouts with questions needed!
2/24 Friends of Scouting Citizenship Breakfast, Scouts with questions needed!
more upcoming events
 

 

Want to create your own web site?

For Kennebec Valley unit leaders interested in creating a web site for his or her unit but not knowing where to start, feel free to contact the Webmaster for assistance.

Please e-mail your recommendations, suggestions, or questions for this web site to Webmaster@Troop604Winthrop.org.

YiS,

Kennebec Valley Scouting

Youth Protection Training

Youth safety is the No. 1 concern of the BSA.


To increase awareness of this societal problem and to create even greater barriers to abuse than already exist today in Scouting, the Boy Scouts of America is implementing several important changes to further enhance its Youth Protection policies.

Effective June 1, 2010:
 

  • Youth Protection training is required for all registered volunteers.
  • New leaders are required to take Youth Protection training before they submit an application for registration.
  • The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time 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 ensure these policies are fully implemented, please take the following steps:


If you have not taken Youth Protection training within the past two years, please log on to MyScouting and take the training. Be sure to have your member ID number. The number can be found on your Boy Scouts of America membership card.

If you do not know your member ID number, contact your unit leader or committee chairman. Your council can also assist.

A person does not have to be a registered volunteer or have an ID number to take Youth Protection training. To take the training, log in to MyScouting and create an account. From the MyScouting portal, click on E-Learning and take the Youth Protection training. Upon completion, print a certificate and submit it with an application or submit to the unit leader for processing at the local council.

If you have taken Youth Protection training online but did not input your member ID number, please log on to MyScouting and input your member ID in the My Profile section so the training will be linked to your records.

If you have taken Youth Protection training within the past two years but did not take the course online, log on to MyScouting to ensure your records are up-to-date, or contact your council for verification that your Youth Protection training records are accurate.

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.
 

Thank you for your commitment to our nation's young people and to Scouting.
 

Sincerely,
James Terry
Assistant Chief Scout Executive


On-Time Re-Chartering of All KV Units By December 31st

Greetings Commissioners, 

A "Heads UP." From the desk of the District Commissioner, Charlie Ferguson.

    Coming this fall all Assistant District Commissioners and Unit Commissioners will be accountable to maintain custody and control over all the Unit Re-Charters until they have been completed by the units assigned to them. The District Commissioner and District Executive will supervise the distribution of the Unit Re-Charter Packets and will monitor accountability of all commissioner staff to follow through with assignments. The plan is that, If ADC'S and UC's control the packets through the entire process they won't get lost and will, instead get completed in a more timely manner, (12-31-2011), with all the needed paperwork, money, and signatures as well as more efficiently,(With fewer errors), than in times past. 

    The idea is that ADC's and UC's will physically visit units and assist whoever has been assigned to do their Re-Charter through to its' completion. If the Re-Charter is not completed at the initial visit the ADC or UC will maintain the Re- Charter packet in their possession until such time that the Re- Charter is complete, to include all necessary signatures, Re-Chartering money, insurance money, new registrations as needed, and proof of YTP attendance for all direct contact leaders, Committee Chairs, and Charter Org Reps.  

    Doing Re- Charter in this manner will, (we anticipate), ensure that units Re-Charter on time and that the packets will be completed correctly and have everything needed for a successful and timely Re-Charter season this coming fall. This also will serve to keep people from saying, "The paperwork is in the mail" when it's not and if ADC's and UC's have the packets and process them from beginning to end then they won't be left to collect dust until May of the following year, like what happened this last Re- Charter year.

    This is something I know we can do! On time Re-Chartering all KV units by December 31st is the goal of all commissioner staff and let's have Kennebec Valley District Commissioners lead the way! GO TEAM K-V!! 

In Scouting,

Charlie Ferguson,District Commissioner, Kennebec Valley

Need Help?

Scouting in the United States has been helping boys and young men develop exceptional character and good citizenship since 1910. In the fall of 2009 in our region, over 300 boys joined Cub Scouting, but that doesn't mean that there's not room for more.

If your unit is having a pack meeting and you would like us to run flyers inviting new boys to see what scouting is all about, please let us know and we'll be happy to help.

Contact strictly@megalink.net.


District Storm Cancellation Policy
District Commissioner/Committee Meetings or Roundtable are cancelled when school is cancelled or closes early on the date of Roundtable. 

WABK 104.3 and WTOS 96.7, 101.1, and 105.1 will be contacted with the cancellation notice by Noon. These stations cover most of our district's area. If unable to listen to the radio, watch the cancellation list posted online at WCSH, Channel 6 for the appropriate school district (Roundtable = Waterville, AOS 92 or District Meeting = Augusta). http://www.WCSH6.com.
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