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Happy New Year everyone! The Winter season is a great time to reflect on the past year's Scouting adventures, and to look ahead at all the wonderful activities on the calendar here in beautiful Marin! Look through our monthly newsletter and find out how you can be involved in fun programs and new opportunities for Scouts and leaders in the coming months. You'll find more event information below or on our new Marin Council Google calendar here (or Apple iCal here) which can be integrated with your own personal calendar online!
Reminder: please forward this monthly newsletter to other people in your unit who may not be receiving it, or suggest they visit our website, or sign-up for a subscription here!
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Council Roundtable Meeting --- 7:30pm Thursday, January 2 | |
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Unit leaders, please remember to assign an adult from your Pack, Troop or Crew to attend this important monthly Roundtable meeting! This is a great opportunity to receive Council news wrapping up last year and preparing for 2025 with Scouting in Marin!
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This gathering via ZOOM will start at 7:30pm sharp with opening ceremony and brief announcements for all program volunteers together. Please forward this ZOOM link invitation to other Scouters and parents in your local packs, troops and crews to make sure every unit is represented for information sharing and Scouting fellowship!
Join Marin Council Roundtable Commissioners
Roger Dickerson (Cubs) & Mike Blum (Scouts)!
ZOOM Meeting ID# 415 454 1081
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Construction Repairs Continue on Iron Springs Road . . . | |
For the past two months plus, drill rigs and other heavy equipment have been busy on Iron Springs Road and we have now been able to place all the anchor beams, pour concrete and backfill the road surface. We are please with the progress being made and can count the weeks until the slide is fully repaired and Tamarancho once again reopens for full vehicle access.
We are still shy of funds for completing this first phase of construction and welcome support from Scouting families and alumni. To make your gift in support of this important project please click here:
https://donations.scouting.org/li/Tamarancho
See you at camp . . . soon!
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Code RED First-Aid Patrol Competition
Saturday, January 18 at San Rafael LDS Church
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Our annual Marin Council Code RED First-Aid competition is coming soon following a scheduling conflict at the San Rafael LDS Church. Participating Troops and Crews throughout the Marin Council will work together in patrols to evaluate and resolve the various outdoor first-aid scenarios with an Olympic games theme. Patrols can register NOW (max of 2 per troop with 5-8 Scouts each), so save the date and brush up on those First-Aid and Emergency Preparedness skills! For more information, download this flyer.
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More details will be sent upon registration of your patrol, but don't delay because spaces are limited! The patrol participation fee ($100) is used to defray the facility cost, bathrooms and janitorial services, program supplies, patches and LUNCH for all participants. This exciting Scout Skills event is sponsored by the Scouts and adult volunteers of Troops 15/1015 from San Anselmo! If you would like to help by sponsoring a Code RED scenario, please contact by email Scoutmaster Huw Roberts or SPL Skylar Lariviere. | |
2024 "Of The Year" (OTY) Award Nominations for Scouting Youth & Adult Volunteers are due Friday, January 31 | |
One of our favorite Marin Council events each year is the Volunteer Recognition Dinner,
held annually (scheduled for Monday, March 31, 2025). The reason it's so popular is
that we recognize dozens of outstanding Scout youth and adult leaders at that time. Scouts,
Explorers, and adult volunteers from all over the county attend this wonderful event. Now is the time to begin to consider individuals for those 2024 OTY nominations!
Please note the following important dates in this process, and don't miss this opportunity for recognition!
Friday, January 31 --- All Scouting youth and adult volunteer nominations are due at the Council office.
Wednesday, February 26 --- all Scouting youth nominees will be interviewed by a panel of
Marin Council adult volunteer leaders in-person.
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The OTY volunteers from each unit will all be recognized with certificates. For all the other Adults awards, the honorees are selected from all the nominations by the Council Recognition committee. All Scout youth & adult nominees will be recognized at the Marin Council Recognition Dinner on Monday, March 31, 2025. This is a great opportunity to see the successes of the Scouting program throughout Marin County! Updated "Of the Year" nomination forms were emailed to all unit leaders in early December, and are available to download from the Council website here: Documents & Forms. | |
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Pinewood Derby "Champ Camp" Workshop
Saturday, February 8 (location to be announced)
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This fun day activity helps Cub Scouts and their parents who need assistance designing, cutting and building a Pinewood Derby car. It has been held for many years at the Camp Tamarancho wood shop as shown in the photo below, or at the San Rafael Elks Lodge. Bring your own car kit purchased from our Marin Council Trading Post, and have a design in mind before arrival (suggestions will be sent out by email).
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Council adult volunteers and OA Talako Lodge members will be on-hand to assist with directing traffic and parking, managing check-in, and working with power tools and other equipment to help you rough out the shape of your imagination on wheels! We will offer a small Trading Post with Pinewood Derby car kits and accessories, so don't forget to bring some small change! For more details, or to register your Cub Scout, please click here. And thanks for your support!
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Klondike Derby Winter Camporee --- March 7-9 at Marin-Sierra | |
Looking for a fun weekend in the snow with your Scouts BSA patrol at beautiful Camp Marin-Sierra? OA Talako Lodge arrowmen are taking advantage of our deep winter snowpack by preparing for our annual Klondike Derby which was a huge success last year! A registration link, updated winter camping information, and other information are available NOW; see further details here!
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Annual Volunteer Recognition Banquet --- Monday, March 31 | |
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Join Marin Scouting families together at our beautiful new location at the Jonas Center on the Indian Valley Campus of the College of Marin in Novato. Following a catered banquet, we will honor our Scout youth and adult volunteers "Of The Year" from each unit who will be recognized during the awards ceremony. This is a great opportunity to see all the successes of the Scouting program throughout Marin County! For more information, download this flyer and pass along to your Scouting families. Register early at this link!
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"Save the Date" for Cub Scout Day Camp Weeks!
July 7-11 and July 21-25 at Camp Tamarancho!
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A fun, five-day program held at Camp Tamarancho in the Fairfax hills for all Scout youth entering 2nd through 5th grade during the Fall of 2025. Campers will participate in age-related activities and be grouped in dens by school grade and gender. The dens rotate daily through various fun activities that may differ each day. The den group size is 6-9 youths led by an older teenage Den Chief.
Activity areas may include Archery, BB Gun, Cooking, Field Sports, handicrafts, Nature, Outdoor Skills, Scout Skills, Waterfront (water play, swimming, canoes), and more! The last day of each camp concludes with an afternoon campfire program filled with songs and skits, which the parents are welcome to join. Registration will open on February 1, 2025!
Day Camp Staff Needed: we are looking for teenagers and young adults for our Camp Staff to join in all the fun and provide a quality program for our Day Camp Cubs up at scenic Camp Tamarancho. Anyone 14 years or older, please email Camp Director Trish Ferenz.
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Commissioner Service for Scouting in Marin
Will you answer the Call? Will you rise to the challenge?
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Our unit leaders are in need of your support! Are you ready to step in and guide them to success on their Scouting journey? Your contribution will be invaluable!
Become a resource for Scouting youth and Marin Council programs, providing leaders with the latest information they need. Take on this rewarding challenge and become the hero your fellow leaders and parents genuinely deserve! For more information, contact by email:
Council Commissioner Chris Cardinal.
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Wood Badge 2025 --- The Ultimate Scout Leader Training! | |
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Want to take your Troop/Pack/Crew and your leadership to the next level? Don’t just leave the world a better place for your kids, leave better kids for your world! Get trained!
WOOD BADGE is the ultimate leadership and Scout program training for volunteers involved in all levels of Scouting. No matter if you are a Den Leader, Troop Leader, Pack Committee Member, or any other registered Scouter, Wood Badge is right for you! For more information:
email Course Director Roger Dickerson.
SAVE THE DATES FOR WOOD BADGE! September 5 - 7 & September 27 - 28, 2025
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Reserve your Scouts BSA Summer Resident Camp Week NOW! | |
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After another successful Summer reviving the excellent Scout programs and Camp traditions at Marin-Sierra, we are excited by the opportunities awaiting us as we celebrate the camp's 75th anniversary in 2025! All of our camp forms will be updated soon and the Marin-Sierra webpage has all the exciting details to plan your best week ever at Scouts BSA resident camp! This annual Summer experience is critical to the delivering the promise of adventure and the mission of the BSA to our youth!
Click here to place your unit reservation at the best alpine Summer camp in California!
#MayTheForestBeWithYou #AdventureOn #ScoutMeIn
Choose your unit session from:
Week #1: June 29 - July 5
Week #2: July 6 - 12
Week #3: July 13 - 19
Week #4: July 20 - 26
Click here to download an application for more Summer fun on our Camp Staff team!
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Scouting, we are . . .
Prepared. For Life.
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At the Marin Council, we will continue to do our best to keep you informed of updates to our program calendar. We will also strive to highlight new ways for your family continue to enjoy and benefit from Scouting both at home and outdoors during these promising times.
Please check our Council website homepage regularly for the most current information and event calendar, and the frequent social media activity on our Facebook and Instagram pages linked below, as well as those for Camps Tamarancho & Marin-Sierra.
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