 Latest
News
This Area is updated every week. There are many links
that will take you to the latest changes on this Web
Site, which are designed to provide you with the most
current news about the Tall Pine Council.
Upcoming Special Events - News about recent
and upcoming activities throughout the Tall Pine Council.
- Scout Night At the Palace
of Auburn Hills - Tickets are only $32
for Scouts, their friends & family!
Friday, December 12th, 2008 & Sunday, March
15th, 2009
• Exclusive Scout Clinic on the Pistons court
(4:15 PM)
• See the Pistons take on the Pacers at 8 PM (seats
reg. $40)
• Every scout in attendance will receive a Detroit
Pistons duffel bag
• And, as a bonus, Scouts will receive a Pistons
patch.
• Receive another patch for attending the 2nd
Scout Night on March 15th. The two patches form a basketball!
• Deadline to order: Monday, November
24, 2008
Please
click here to download the Scout Night at the Palace
of Auburn Hills PDF registration form.
- Detroit Pistons Color Guard
- An exclusive opportunity for your
group to present the colors on the Pistons Court
on Friday, December 12th, 2008 & Sunday, March 15th,
2009. Please
click here for more information on this special opportunity.
- Area 2 College
of Commissioner Science - This
event will be held on January 24th, 2009 at Baker College
- Flint. Click
here for more information on the Area 2 College of Commissioner
Science.
Webelos
Trails Photo Contest - The contest is
open to all registered participants in Webelos Trails
2008. They can enter as many pictures as they like either
in a digital or print format, but a signed talent release
(download
here) must be submitted with the entry/entries
in order for them to qualify for the contest. All entries
are due by close of business day, Oct. 30, and the winners
will be announced Nov. 20. First prize will be awarded
$20 in Scout Bucks. You may e-mail your pictures to Alaina
Kraus at alaina.kraus@scouting.org.
2010
National Scout Jamboree Registration Form - The
Tall Pine Council will take a contingent of two Troops
with 36 youth and 4 adult leaders in each Troop. This
is the 100th Anniversary of Scouting, you don't want to
miss it.
Qualifications for Scouts:
- Be at least a First Class Scout at time of attendance
at Jamboree.
- Have completed sixth grade or be at least 12 years
of age by July 1, 2010, and have not reached his 18th
birthday by August 3, 2010.
- Participate in prejamboree training experience.
- Submit a Jamboree Medical Form before the prejamboree
training.
- Be approved by his scoutmaster or varsity coach and
the local council jamboree committee.
Click
here to download the 2010 National Scout Jamboree PDF
Registration Form.
Criminal Background Checks
- Recently the Boy Scouts of America began a process to
obtain authorization for criminal background checks from
volunteers who have continuously served in the same volunteer
positions. Since 2003 background checks have been conducted
on new volunteers when they registered. Background checks
were not performed on those volunteers who did not change
their position. The new volunteer authorization Web site
opened on June 1 and will be available until August 1.
Letters were sent in early June to volunteers requesting
that they visit the site, log in, and accept the background-check
authorization. Volunteers who give authorization will
receive the background check and need to do nothing more.
Volunteers who did not give their agreement, or who took
no action to respond to the letter, are required to submit
a new adult application when it is time to renew their
registration. To protect our youth members, those volunteers
who did not have the background check will have their
registration expired. These adults will not be listed
for selection at the time of charter renewal.
Units that use Internet Rechartering for online renewal
will need to enter these adults, if they are to be registered,
as new adults and submit the volunteer applications to
the council along with their renewal.
Units that renew using the paper application must submit
the volunteer application for these adults, if they are
to be registered, with the charter renewal papers.
Background checks will be conducted on all new volunteers.
This summer, the BSA will introduce an application to
replace previous versions of the BSA Adult application.
This form will include a new authorization and disclosure
statement. Units should use this new BSA Adult application
to ensure that new adult registrants use the proper authorization
and disclosue statement. Units may obtain the new BSA
Adult applications from the council service center.
Deputy Regional Director, Bob
Denlinger Retires - Deputy Regional Director,
Bob Denlinger, one of the main stays of the Central Region
Boy Scouts of America, has announced that he will retire
concluding an outstanding career on October 1, 2008.
Bob’s Boy Scout roots began in Exploring as an
Exploring executive in Lancaster, PA. He was promoted
to Exploring director for the council in White Plains,
NY in 1976 and on to field director in 1979 in Flint,
MI. Bob served as Scout executive for three councils (Massachusetts,
Maine and Pennsylvania) between 1984 and 1993 before serving
the National office as assistant to the Deputy Chief Scout
Executive, Chief Financial Officer.
Bob set down his Central Region roots in 1996 as Deputy
Regional Director/Operations to continue his stellar career.
Many adult and youth in the Boy Scout organization have
benefited from Bob’s knowledge, enthusiasm, passion
and dedication during his 35 years.
Bob has chosen to begin the best years of his life with
his wife, Joan, in the new house they are building in
Tennessee. We wish Bob and Joan many years of good health,
happiness and enjoyment with family as they begin this
next chapter in their lives.
Camp Holaka Dining Hall Dedication
Slideshow - Click
here to view the PowerPoint slideshow of the Camp Holaka
Dining Hall Dedication held on June 18, 2008.
(6 MB)
 Congratulations
to Kaytie Corlew - Kaytie Corlew is the
Area 2 President for 2008-09. Kaytie’s leadership
and organizational experiences in Venturing are extensive.
She has served for nearly two years as the president of
the Tall Pine Council’s Venturing Leaders Association.
Prior to that she was a Crew President. She attended the
Area 2 Assemblage in 2007. Kaytie also participated in
the Central Region’s Kodiak and Kodiak X Course
Directors Conference in Indiana last fall. She is the
first Venturer in her council to receive the Venturing
Leadership Award.
Kaytie is an active student at Kearsley High School in
Flint, MI, including her involvement in the choirs. She
is very involved in the youth leadership at the Hopewell
General Baptist Church, and her other interests include
tutoring middle school students in algebra.
Revised Forms Are Online - Activity Consent and
Flying Permit Forms
The updated Flying Application Permit No. 19-672 and
Activity Consent Form and Approval by Parents or Legal
Guardian No. 19-673 are now online.
Flying Application Permit No. 19-672
Flying Permit Key Updates:
- Two-deep leadership identification for any council
that does not require the unit to complete a tour permit
application for local activities. Note: We encourage
the use of the tour permit application in the planning
process for any outing.
- FAQs answering the most common questions.
- A checklist for the council to use when approving
the permit.
Activity Consent Form and Approval by Parents or Legal
Guardian No. 19-673
Activity Consent Form and Approval by Parents or Legal
Guardian Key Updates:
- It’s only one page!
- Added special considerations or restrictions
- Revised Hold Harmless Agreement and medical authorization
Kroger
Dollars for Doers - ARE
YOU A…. Tutor?, Coach?, Soup Kitchen Server?, Non-Profit
Board Member?, Scout Troop Leader?, Volunteer?
When you donate 52 hours of service in a calendar year
to an eligible charitable organization (just an hour per
week of your own time) The Kroger fund will contribute
$100 to the organization on your behalf. Click
here for more information on the Kroger Dollars for Doers
program.
Wood
Badge 2009 Course Information -
Wood Badge is an ultimate Scout leader training
experience originated by Baden-Powell, founder of the
Scouting movement. "One of the purposes of Wood Badge
training is to get people to think about the practice
of Scouting, to meet together, to exchange experiences,
and to live together in the Spirit of the Scout Oath."
Click
here for more information on the Wood Badge 2009 course.
 Community
Sharing Fund - Raising money for any
non-profit organization is never easy...espcially in today's
tough economic times. That's why 
is happy to offer you an easy way to help the Tall Pine
Council raise money just by keeping your receipts. To
find out more about this fund raising program please click
here.
New
Boy Scout Rank Requirements (Effective January 1, 2008)
- The National Youth Protection Committee recommended
additions to Boy Scout rank requirements that were approved
and will become effective January 1, 2008. These changes
will help us advance the importance of Youth Protection
training beyond the initial Boy Scout joining requirements,
and keep youth informed and actively engaged in understanding
the key elements of personal safety and protection.
Tenderfoot Rank
Revised requirement 9:
Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates
to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood.
Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to
one.
Second Class Rank
New requirement 8b:
Explain the three R’s of personal safety and protection.
First Class Rank
New requirement 12:
Describe the three things you should avoid doing related
to use of the Internet. Describe a cyberbully and how
you should respond to one.
The changes will be represented in the 2008 Boy Scout
Requirements book and the revised ninth printing of the
11th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook.
2008 Prevailing Winds II Sailing
Season has been cancelled - Please
click on this link to go to the 2008 Prevailing Winds
II web page.
Earn Your Centennial Recruiter
Patch - Boy Scouts can earn this new Centennial
Recruiter patch by recruiting a boy into their troop this
fall. The Boy Scout Division is providing these awards
at no cost to local councils. Patches are available at
the Tall Pine Council. Click
here to download the Centennial Recruiter Patch PDF flyer.
Policy on Scout Participation
in Political Events - With the presidential
election coming up in 2008, it is a good time to restate
the BSA’s long-standing policy regarding the participation
of Scouts in political rallies and other political events.
Uniformed unit members and leaders may participate in
flag ceremonies at political events and may lead the Pledge
of Allegiance; however, they should retire after the ceremony
and not remain on the speakers’ platform or in a
conspicuous location where television viewers could construe
their presence as an endorsement or symbol of support.
In addition, photos of candidates or Scouts in uniform
or BSA marks and logos are not allowed in political campaign
materials of any kind.
Volunteers and professionals must be alert to situations
that would imply that the BSA favors one candidate over
another. Strict observance of our long-standing policy
against the active participation of uniformed Scouts and
leaders in political events is mandatory.
Please notify your chartered organizations and unit leaders
of this policy.
Tall Pine Council Website Survey
- Your Tall Pine Council is constantly
looking for new ways to make the Council website more
effective for you. Many new improvements have already
been added. However, we are asking for your additional
help by filling out the website survey and returning it
to the Tall Pine Council Scout Service Center. Click
here to download the Website Survey PDF form.
Refund and Transfer Policy - A
written request with a brief explanation for the cancellation
must be sent to the Tall Pine Council Service Center.
The request should be received by the Service Center at
least 3 weeks prior to the camp, activity, or event start
date. A 10 percent (minimum $5.00) administration fee
will be withheld from the refund. Refund requests received
after the camp, activity, or event will be denied (extentuating
circumstances may be the only exception). Transferring
fees from one person to another is permissible before
the event. The Tall Pine Council should be notified in
writing of all transfers. This cancellation / refund policy
was effective January 1, 1998, and supercedes any prior
cancellation / refund policy of the Tall Pine Council,
BSA.
Online
Catalog
- You may now purchase Scouting related merchandise
online by clicking on the following link:
Visit
our New Online Catalog!
Attention
Scoutmasters & Cubmasters - The
Tall Pine Council is in need of your e-mail addresses.
With e-mail being an effective way to communicate information
quickly, it is necessary that we get your e-mail address
as soon as possible. Please email your District
Executive with:
• Your Name
• Pack/Troop/Crew Number
• Your Position Title
• Your Email Address
Hours
of Operation and Closings - Click
Here to view the hours of operation and closings
for both the Service Center and Scout Shop.
Scoutshop
- learn about the newest arrivals of Scouting merchandise
in the Scoutshop and special deals to save you money on
many items.
Scout
Shop and Service Center Hours
Scout
Shop News
Training
- Be Prepared……learn how to obtain the proper
training for the Scouting activities you want to participate
in. Click here
for more information about training, including types of
training, dates, and times.
General
Information – this area provides
you with a variety of new information about the Tall Pine
Council.
Emergency
Preparedness (National Scouting Link)
•
Emergency
Preparedness Application Form
Physical
Fitness Award (National Scouting Link)
•
Physical
Fitness Award Form |
