Old Dominion District
Unit Leader Communications
Unit Leader Communications
Announcements
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We have new District Leadership!
District Chairman Marjorie McDonald mm00mjbm@gmail.com or 713-702-2653
District Commissioner Ryan Birkelach ryan.birkelback@gmail.com or 843-830-2142
When: 2nd Thursday of Each Month - No July Meeting
Where: IN-PERSON at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, 8336 Carrleigh Pkwy, West Springfield, VA 22152
Who: All unit leaders (Den Leaders, Assistant Scoutmasters, etc. and those just thinking about it!)
March Breakout Sessions:
Scouts BSA - Click Here to view a summary of Summer Camp Feedback, our topic for the evening
Cub Scouts - TBD
More:
What is a Roundtable? A monthly opportunity commissioners provide unit leaders with the skill to do and the will to do what is needed to ensure that every member of every unit has a great Scouting experience. Roundtables exist to:
Provide information
Capture information
Offer current program training
Provide networking opportunities
2024 starts with new Roundtable Commissioners for the Old Dominion District
Cub Scouts: Peter Pate. Ryan can be reached at ppate1@yahoo.com and 703-217-5421
Scouts BSA: Vacant: We need a Scout Roundtable Commissioner. If you or someone you know is interested please reach out to Ryan Birkelbach at ryan.birkelbach@gmail.com or 843-830-2142.
Announcements will be at the end of roundtable and will only be by prior arrangement with Ryan or Pete they will limited to 30 seconds unless approved otherwise.
Each roundtable will include a Hot Topic and a Safety Moment.
Come in uniform if you can.
We will recognize the Pack and Troop with the most participants at roundtable each month. Could that be your unit?
Join us the second Thursday of each month at 7:30pm at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, 8336 Carrleigh Pkwy in Springfield.
If you or someone you know is interested in the following Leadership Opportunities in ODD please contact Marjorie McDonald at mm00mjbm@gmail.com or Ryan Birkelback at ryan.birkelbach@gmail.com.
You can find a description of these positions at https://www.scouting.org/council-support/job-profile/
Chair- Advancement
Chair- Communications
Vice- Chair of Finance
Popcorn Kernel
Camp Card Coordinator
Vice- Chair Membership
Chair- Nominations
Vice Chair- Program
Fall Camporee Coordinator
Cub Scout Day Camp Coordinator
Aquatics Committee Liaison
Health and Safety Officer
High Adventure Committee Liaison
ODD Sponsored Events & Training
click on event for details
When: April 6 0800
Where: American Legion Post 176 Springfield, 6520 Amherst Ave Springfield, VA 22150
Cost & Register: https://scoutingevent.com/082-80240
Questions: Contact Ryan Rhed Pack 1100 Committee Chair RRhed@paradigmcos.com
Where: Bealton Flying Circus Aerodrome, 5114 Ritchie Road (Route 644), Bealeton, VA
Stay tuned for details... registration is expected to open mid-September
When: September TBD
Where: TBD
Registration: To volunteer , contact Marjorie McDonald at e: mm00mjbm@gmail.com or c: (713) 702-2653
Who: This event is for Cub Scouts or Scouts BSA youth, parents, Pack leaders or any potential youth interested in joining or finding out more about Scouting.
Program: Recruiting and sharing Scouting knowledge, skill and practices with potential new Scouts. Focus is on Cub Scout Recruiting. Fun stations will be available to challenge their Scout skills.
Questions: Contact Marjorie McDonald at e: mm00mjbm@gmail.com or c: (713) 702-2653
Other Events & Training
click on event for details
Where: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Stay tuned for details, registration should open mid- March 2024.
OLD DOMINION DISTRICT SPRING 2024 CAMP-A-THON
WHEN: April-May 2024
WHERE: Camp out in your own backyard. Use your tent or a family tent. If you do not have a tent, make one outdoors out of a tarp or indoors out of a tarp or blankets. If you do not have a yard to camp in, camp inside. Use all of your camping equipment. While you have it out, check it out, fix anything needing fixing, clean anything needing cleaning, and replace/upgrade if needed. You may want to wash or clean your sleeping bag (check the label for proper cleaning). This will also get you ready for spring, summer, and fall camping when you can again camp with your fellow Scouts following COVID safety rules.
WHAT: Camp out (or in), cook a meal outdoors, look at the stars and find the north star and identify a constellation, practice the knots that you know and learn a new one, take a hike with a family member, do a little service along the way or in your neighborhood, if your parents permit make a campfire in a safe place (like a backyard fire pit or barrel) and roast some marshmallows (invite your family members), etc.
Patch: To Earn a Camp-a-thon Patch and help your Scout unit earn a ribbon for your flag, by 15 June 2022 the Scout leader sends an email to program@oddbsa.org reporting the number of Scouts and Scouters who camped out in April and May at least two nights and the total number of Scouts and Scouters registered in your unit. Cost per patch is $2. Please give a check for such to Adair Petty at June Roundtable. Patches will be ordered mid-June and provided to the units as soon as they come in.
SAFETY: In accordance with current BSA Youth Protection Rules: In Cub Scouting, parents and guardians may share a tent with their family. In Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Sea Scouting, youth and adults (including parents) must have separate tents.
Camp-a-Thon Unit Award Ribbons:
Blue Ribbon – 80%-100% of Scouts camp out two nights
Red Ribbon – 60%-79% of Scouts camp out two nights
Yellow Ribbon – Less than 60% of Scouts camp out two nights
Flyer: Click Here to view and download Flyer
QUESTIONS: Contact Adair Petty, VC Program, ODD, at program@oddbsa.org
When: May 10/11, 2024
Where: Sep 10: Virtual; Sep 11: Camp William B Snyder, 6100 Antioch Road, Haymarket, VA 20169
Registration: Stay tuned.
Questions: Mike Nostrand, nostrandfamus@aol.com
Stay tuned for details...
When: May 17 & 18, 2024
Where: May 17: Virtual; May 18: Camp William B Snyder, 6100 Antioch Road, Haymarket, VA 20169
Registration: Stay tuned.
Questions: Mike Nostrand, nostrandfamus@aol.com
Stay tuned for details...
Stay tuned for details...
Who: All OA Members
When: July 29 - August 3, 2024
Where: University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
For more information: https://oa-bsa.org/program/events/noac
Questions: Contact Jason Huggins at olddominionchapter@wipit470.org
Help Needed: Calling all ODD Units, we are looking for Leaders and Scouts to assist in our first annual Cub Scout Fair. We are looking for units to set up a "booth" or table on 16 September from 9:00am to Noon for a recruiting event. We need you to set up a demonstration and are looking for you to share your skills from tent set up to knot tying. If you are available and want to share your Scout skills.
Sign Up: Please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080845ADA923A5FE3-oddcub
Where: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church , 8304 Old Keene Mill Rd., Springfield, VA 22152
Questions: If you have any questions or recommendations please reach out to Marjorie McDonald at mm00mjbm@gmail.com and Nick West at nwwest@gmail.com
Effective September 1, 2023, BSA has revised its policies regarding parents camping overnight with Scouts and Cub Scout camping. Please read the entire policy.
Click Here to view the revised BSA policies
Click Here to view the revised Guide to Safe Scouting
Click Here for a summary of the Cub Scout camping policy
Questions: Contact Keenan Pallone at keenan.pallone@scouting.org
Dear Old Dominion District Families:
As a Scouting parent, I wanted to send you a personal letter asking you to join me in supporting a quality Scouting program for our young men and women. Please consider an investment in Scouting if you haven't already done so.
We ask that each family consider donating $240, as this is the minimum cost to the Council to provide programs and assistance for each Scout. There is a special edition Council Shoulder Patch for those who contribute $240 or more. Of course, every gift is important and any amount that you can give is gratefully appreciated. Our hope is that 100% of our parents will contribute at any level.
I think you’d agree that Scouting is not only one of the finest youth development programs in the world, but it’s also FUN! The National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America can provide a quality program to our youth because of the support received from Scout parents like you.
The annual Friends of Scouting campaign provides training for our leaders, insurance, program support, and maintenance of our four camping facilities, among many other things. The National Capital Area Council depends on the Friends of Scouting campaign for over 13% of its operating budget. It is essential to the wellbeing of the Scouting program for your Scout.
To help wrap-up our campaign, please make a pledge or contribution online. Thank you in advance for your generous contribution and for everything you and your family do to support local Scouting!
Click Here to give online (preferred method). Please make sure you include "Old Dominion" as your District and also specify your Unit Type and Number (i.e. Pack 1234, Troop 4321, etc.).
Click Here to download the FOS brochure.
Click Here to download the Old Dominion District pledge form that can be distributed at the unit level for your presentation.
Donate and get Bling (email Ken Davis and let him know which items you need):
Any contribution receives a Magnet
$240+ receives a CSP & Magnet
$600+ receives a Hat, CSP & Magnet
Yours in Scouting,
Ken Davis, Old Dominion Friends of Scouting Chair
June 1st is the magic date when all youth are assumed to be in the next grade. That means the rising kindergarten child may register as a Lion as of June 1st.
#TroopTalkLive is a monthly live event where experts answer questions about certain topics.
This live event happens the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2pm Central on Facebook Live and
YouTube. It is a great place to come ask your questions and get answers from the experts.
Tune in at 2 p.m. Central on the Scouting magazine Facebook page or YouTube
channel.
#CubChatLive is a weekly live event where experts come answer questions around certain
topics. This live event happens every Friday at 2pm Central on Facebook Live. It’s a great place
to learn about cub scout topics and get answers from the experts.
Join us Fridays at 2 p.m. Central on the Scouting magazine Facebook page or YouTube
channel.
#CubChatLive
https://discussions.scouting.org/t/please-share-cub-chat-live-with-your-packs/270595
https://www.facebook.com/watch/scoutingmagazine/135558881488551/
SPECIAL NEEDS SCOUTS - TOOLBOX
New Scouts, now what?
Welcome packets: - Parents - Scouts
Organization: - New scout patrol - Troop guide
Advancement: - Scout, Tenderfoot - First Class -
Summer camp
Special campout, activity?
Resources
https://www.reddit.com/r/BSA/comments/wk48i6/things_to_include_in_a_new_scout_program/
https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/510-48219OrientationNewParents_WEB.pdf
The Boy Scouts of America offers on online application process for youth and adults that can be completed from start to finish without a single piece of paper changing hands. This allows prospective members and leaders to register and pay in a way that’s convenient for them, and it creates a more efficient and user-friendly registration experience for units, districts, and
Click Here for full details.
The Scouts BSA program is meant to be led by youth and guided by adults. The National Youth Council — a group of youth that will help shape the future of the Scouts BSA program — is an extension of that philosophy.
Click Here for more information
Click Here to apply
Beginning August 1, 2022, minor modifications to the Scouts BSA requirements for the ranks of Scout through Star will take effect. On January 1, 2023, all Scouts must use only the new requirements.
Click Here for full details.
To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to the MyODD mailing list,
send an email to: MyOdd.org@gmail.com
When: 1st Thursday of each month; 7:30-8:30pm (no meeting in July)
Where: Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, 8336 Carrleigh Pkwy, West Springfield, VA 22152
Who: All Order of the Arrow members
Website: www.wipit470.org
Questions: Contact Jason Huggins at olddominionchapter@wipit470.org