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<title>[News] Will Scouts accept gay boys</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys may participate in Scout units.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Boy Scouts39 ban on gays promotes bigotry</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Middle Tennessee Boy Scouts Council, in voting against allowing openly gay members, is promoting basic bigotry.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth Vote imminent</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Vote imminent on gay Boy Scouts</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boy Scouts hold signs at the &quot;Save Our Scouts&quot; prayer vigil and rally in front of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Irving, Texas, on Feb. 6.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Scouts battle graffiti with South Tucson mural</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A troop of Girl Scouts in South Tucson decided to combat graffiti Saturday by covering a public wall with spray paint.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Boy Scouts prepare for vote on gays</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rhetoric is heated as religious groups say they do not want openly gay boys in the Boy Scouts.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Boy Scouts contentious vote on gays comes Thursday</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Boy Scouts of America National Council will vote on Thursday whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Oneida Girl Scouts holding bottle and can drive June 1</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Oneida &gt;&gt; The Oneida-Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways council are planning a trip to Florida in 2014 to Swim with the Dolphins. The girls will hold a bottle and can drive on June 1 to raise money for this event.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Boy Scouts to vote this week on accepting gay youths</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide in Texas this week whether its controversial membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Will Boy Scouts Accept Gay Youth</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boy Scout leaders from across US voting soon on whether openly gay boys should be able to join        ]]></description>
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<title>[News] Girl Scouts organizaton recognizes top cookie sellers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GLEN CARBON — Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois (GSSI) recently wrapped up their annual Girl Scout Cookie Program for 2013. The following girls were named the Top Cookie Sellers for their areas:]]></description>
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<title>[Blog] Outdoor Adventure Manual</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 07:02:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Published by Scouts UK with a forward by Bear Grylls The Outdoor Adventure Manual is packed with practical Scout skill tutorials ; tents and camping, fire, food and cooking, tools and gadgets, knots and lashings, navigation, first aid and survival, and more.
Skills are explained step-by-step with photos and illustrations that really bring them to life. I&#8217;ve read a number of &#8216;how-to&#8217; books that I suspected were written by people who had not actually tried out what they were describing. The Outdoor Adventure Manual leverages the know-how of many experienced authors to provide practical instruction that is inspiring and easy to follow.
The book is not an attempt at an exhaustive reference work, it&#8217;s a collection of adventurous projects, useful knowledge and activities that any Scout would enjoy.  Within it&#8217;s pages a Scout can learn to build a shelter, make cordage out of natural materials, carve a wooden spoon, explore natural navigation, and sharpen their tracking skills.
Some of the information is specific to the British Isles and to Scouts U.K. (plant and animal identification for example) but that&#8217;s not to say they aren&#8217;t interesting and practical for North America. It is also a great opportunity to learn something more about the world of Scouting.
Doing the projects and trying out the skills in The Outdoor Adventure Manual would be a great way to spend a summer. It&#8217;s a colorful. engaging, hardcover book that encourages Scouts to get outdoors and get active &#8211; kind of makes me wish I was twelve year&#8217;s old again!
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<title>[News] BELLEVILLE Boy Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now through October, the Belleville Area Museum is hosting an exhibit dedicated to an important part of American history: the Boy and Girl Scouts.]]></description>
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<title>[News] Girl Scouts plan to rally Acushnet voters to new community center in run up to Town Meeting</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ACUSHNET — Local Girl Scouts are looking to rally voters in the run up to Monday&#39;s Town Meeting, when residents will get another crack at sending a new library and community center to the ballot.]]></description>
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<title>[blog] First Magnolias Venus Looking Glass and Baby Birds</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Southern Magnolias line Bath House Row in Hot Springs National Park. From a distance the white blossoms look like popcorn sprinkling the dark green foliage.  Up close the lovely creamy white petals glow in the spring sun.  Sheltered in the leaves baby sparrows await their dad who is bringing them lunch.
Glorious purple Venus Looking-Glass are blooming along the Hot Springs Mountain Trail.  Their star like blooms layer the green foliage with rich color.  Spring grasses ripple in a gentle breeze creating the illusion that the trail is moving. Above me a lovely juvenile Squirrel grooms her still pristine spring fur.
It has been another perfect day in the Forest&#8230;
Love to ALL!
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<title>[Blog] More museums should be like this Scoutfriendly one in Oregon</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s tons to see inside the Evergreen Aviation &amp; Space Museum near Portland, Ore.
But it&#8217;s what&#8217;s outside that caught my eye.
The museum, located in McMinnville, just opened a new designated Scout camping area. That means Scouts can set up their tents among oak trees right off the museum&#8217;s parking lot and then walk over to the museum during the day.
Once there, they can check out displays like the original Spruce Goose, movies in the museum theater, merit badge classes, or the &#8220;educational waterpark&#8221; with its 10 waterslides that teach visitors about the power of water. 
No Scout camping area is complete without a great gateway, and, as you can see above, this has it. The gateway prominently displays the Scout Oath and Scout Law, but its underlying message is that &#8220;Scouts are welcome here.&#8221;
The photo was sent to me by Jackie Dannemiller of the Cascade Pacific Council. The Scouts and Scouters pictured recently gathered for the 2013 Wapiti District Camporee, an event so fun that Jackie couldn&#8217;t help but share the news with everyone.
If your unit will be in Oregon soon, Jackie recommends you stop by the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum — and, of course, spend a couple of nights camping in the museum&#8217;s backyard.
Other Scout-friendly museums?
No museum is more targeted to Scouts than the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas.
But Jackie&#8217;s email got me thinking: Are there other museums around that go above and beyond to welcome and serve Scouts? If so, leave a comment below and tell everyone about it.]]></description>
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<title>[Blog] 15th Annual Marketing Awards Winners Chosen</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 15th Annual National President’s Awards for Marketing Excellence! These awards recognize councils that are doing outstanding work in the areas of Best Positive Public Relations, Best Website, Best Marketing Campaign, Best Finance Support Materials, and more!
This year’s entries were some of the finest to date and showcase the strides we’ve made as an organization in building and managing our brands. Congratulations to those who won, and to all those who submitted an entry. Entries are typically accepted from November to January each year, with information accessible from the Marketing Toolbox at www.scouting.org/marketing. For the complete list of winners, click here.]]></description>
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<title>[Blog] 15th Annual Marketing Awards Winners Chosen</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 15th Annual National President’s Awards for Marketing Excellence! These awards recognize councils that are doing outstanding work in the areas of Best Positive Public Relations, Best Website, Best Marketing Campaign, Best Finance Support Materials, and more!
This year’s entries were some of the finest to date and showcase the strides we’ve made as an organization in building and managing our brands. Congratulations to those who won, and to all those who submitted an entry. Entries are typically accepted from November to January each year, with information accessible from the Marketing Toolbox at www.scouting.org/marketing. For the complete list of winners, click here.]]></description>
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<title>[Blog] Diversity Template Will Help You Plan and Implement Greater Board Diversity</title>
<link>http://scout-wire.org/2013/05/17/diversity-template-will-help-you-plan-and-implement-greater-board-diversity/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new template is available for planning and implementing board diversity: Click here for the template or go to our website at www.scouting.org/jte and scroll to the Council Tools section.
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<title>[Blog] Diversity Template Will Help You Plan and Implement Greater Board Diversity</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new template is available for planning and implementing board diversity: Click here for the template or go to our website at www.scouting.org/jte and scroll to the Council Tools section.
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<title>[Blog] Finance Impact eLetter May 15 Issue Features Blackbaud Best Practice</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Click to open May 15 issue
The May 15 issue of the Finance Impact Department’s e-Letter has been published and is available online.
In this issue, you can read about how one of our local councils, the Capitol Area Council in Austin, Texas, is using Blackbaud Sphere for its peer-to-peer fundraising. Also in this issue, the Development and Finance Impact departments invite local councils to visit them at the National Annual Meeting; why councils should keep their information updated on GuideStar; the announcement of the new Eagle Scout 2012 yearbook; and the webinar list.
To read the entire issue, click the link above or the image at left. Previous issues of the newsletter are available by following the links under the BSA Newsletters header at right.]]></description>
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<title>[Blog] Finance Impact eLetter May 15 Issue Features Blackbaud Best Practice</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Click to open May 15 issue
The May 15 issue of the Finance Impact Department’s e-Letter has been published and is available online.
In this issue, you can read about how one of our local councils, the Capitol Area Council in Austin, Texas, is using Blackbaud Sphere for its peer-to-peer fundraising. Also in this issue, the Development and Finance Impact departments invite local councils to visit them at the National Annual Meeting; why councils should keep their information updated on GuideStar; the announcement of the new Eagle Scout 2012 yearbook; and the webinar list.
To read the entire issue, click the link above or the image at left. Previous issues of the newsletter are available by following the links under the BSA Newsletters header at right.]]></description>
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<title>[Blog] 2013 Jamboree Visitor Experience Tickets Website Now Available</title>
<link>http://scout-wire.org/2013/05/17/2013-jamboree-visitor-experience-tickets-website-now-available/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Summit and the 2013 National Scout Jamboree are all about high adventure and fun. Visitors will see firsthand what that means at the Summit Center, where they can sample activities ranging from zip lines and BMX to rock climbing and shooting sports.
Jamboree visitor passes—including one-day, two-days, and all days—are now available, starting at $25 for a one-day pass for visitors who are 6–10 years of age.
Please share this information with your council’s jamboree contingent, units that may be traveling near the Summit, and anyone else who may want to participate in the fun!
Resources:

Visitor information page on bsajamboree.org
Scouting magazine’s “Bryan on Scouting” blog

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<title>[Blog] 2013 Jamboree Visitor Experience Tickets Website Now Available</title>
<link>http://scout-wire.org/2013/05/17/2013-jamboree-visitor-experience-tickets-website-now-available/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Summit and the 2013 National Scout Jamboree are all about high adventure and fun. Visitors will see firsthand what that means at the Summit Center, where they can sample activities ranging from zip lines and BMX to rock climbing and shooting sports.
Jamboree visitor passes—including one-day, two-days, and all days—are now available, starting at $25 for a one-day pass for visitors who are 6–10 years of age.
Please share this information with your council’s jamboree contingent, units that may be traveling near the Summit, and anyone else who may want to participate in the fun!
Resources:

Visitor information page on bsajamboree.org
Scouting magazine’s “Bryan on Scouting” blog

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<title>[Blog] Dates Set for NextConnect 13 National Marketing Summits</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
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The dates and locations for this year’s NextConnect National Marketing Summits have been chosen:
NextConnect Oakland—Aug. 12–13
NextConnect Washington, D.C.—Aug. 15–16
Looking to make that next connection with Scouting’s target audiences? Join us for NextConnect ’13, where you’ll hear from industry experts and share best practices with marketing staff and volunteers from across the country.
Attend with your council’s marketing committee to firm up fall recruitment plans and begin planning for 2014! Through a combination of networking, high-level speakers, and interactive workshops, you’ll leave with an arsenal of ideas to market Scouting to the communities you serve.
There are no fees to attend the conference, and complimentary meals will be provided during the conference.
A registration link and conference details will be provided in the coming weeks.
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