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The past couple months saw the return of many exciting Fall activities and fun adventures at Camp Tamarancho! This month we turn our focus to community service for our annual Scouting-for-Food campaign to support the SF-Marin Food Bank in helping those in need during the holiday season. Please review all the fun programs in the Dispatch broadcast below, or by clicking on the Marin Council website calendar or by viewing this updated 3-yr Activities Planning Schedule!
Be Prepared for School-Year Scouting!
As a reminder, please forward this e-broadcast to other families 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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GENERAL
Roundtable Mtg Thurs. 11/5 via ZOOM!
Recruitment Season --- Invite a Friend!
Join Our Marin Properties Committee!
Scouting for Food wknds in November!
MB Counselor Training --- Sunday 12/6
WoodBadge Training in Winter 2027
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CUB SCOUTS
Thanksgiving "Big Turkey" Shoot
SCOUTS BSA & VENTURING
Summer Camp Weeks for 2027
Marin-Sierra High Adventure Program
Summer Camp Staff Application
OA Talako Lodge News Bulletin
| | Council Roundtable --- 7:30pm Thursday, November 5 | | |
Unit leaders, don't forget to assign someone from your Pack, Troop or Crew to attend our 3rd monthly Roundtable meeting of this school year! Our regular monthly meeting is a great opportunity to discuss important Council news for uupcoming events, plus camaraderie with experienced Scouting leaders in Marin! Thanks for your participation and support!
| | Fall Recruitment Season for new Cubs & Scouts BSA Youth! | | |
The end-of-Summer back-to-school period and Fall season is a traditional time for highlighting new member recruiting, especially with our Cub Scout Packs and the local elementary schools. Scouting America reports that 59% of youth members polled were invited by a friend. Some units have already held invitational activities such a picnics and school nights. There are excellent resources available from the National website and by contacting your local support team Trish Ferenz (Cub Scouts, Exploring BSA) or MJ Andrews (Scouts BSA, Venturing BSA). Encourage your Scouts to become a Recruiter and earn the patch!
| | Join our Council Properties Committee Volunteer Team! | | |
The Marin Council Properties Committee is looking for volunteers to help us maintain and improve Camps Tamarancho and Marin-Sierra, as well as our Council Service Center in San Rafael. We are fortunate to own outright each of these great properties which serve thousands of Scouts and Scouters every year and are essential to helping us provide a quality program for all our families. We are looking for individuals with any time or talent, but we especially need people who have experience in planning and design, building and construction, and technology. Please contact MJ Andrews at the Service Center at 415-454-1081 or by email if you would like to join or would like more information.
| | "Scouting for Food" Community Food Drive in November | | |
A staggering one-in-five of your Marin County neighbors was in need of food assistance during this past year! Join Marin Council unit volunteers for our annual door-to-door community service campaign throughout assigned neighborhoods to pick-up food donations and transport them to the SF-Marin Food Bank in San Rafael where OA Talako Lodge Arrowmen will be on site to help unload. Doorhangers sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mill Valley are available for distribution to all units.
These guidelines to be followed at all times.
Click on the links below for further details:
| | Thanksgiving "Big Turkey" Shoot --- Saturday, November 21 | | |
Marin Council Cub Scouts are invited to this exciting event to build their marksmanship skills on the Archery and BB-gun ranges. This activity is for Cub Scouts only; Tigers through Webelos (Lions are not permitted to shoot per Scouting America National policy, and Tigers must have an adult partner with them at all times).
Reserve your fun times at the ranges by registering online today!
| | Merit Badge Counselor Training --- Sunday, December 6 | | |
Is there some hobby that you really enjoy? Do you have subject expertise you'd love to share with an eager Scout? If so, then this in-person training session is for you! Join our own Marin Council Advancement Chair Jesse Barnett who will lead this valuable BSA training session starting at 11am Saturday, December 6 in the Massen Conference Room at the Council Service Center!
You'll learn the best BSA methods for delivering the outstanding Merit Badge program to Scouts interested in your vocation or other interests. The training will last about 90 minutes, and result in your permanent certification to counsel Scouts on Merit Badges of your choosing. Get more details from Jesse Barnett by email or by registering here today!
| | Wood Badge Returns to Camp Tamarancho This Winter! | | |
The Northern Cluster Spring Wood Badge course is now open for registration! If you've been meaning to take Wood Badge, this is your year when our course returns to a convenient time in late Winter. Ask anyone who's been through it and they'll tell you it's the best training they've done in Scouting. You'll come away with sharper leadership skills, a ticket that makes a real difference for your unit, and friends across the Bay Area Councils you'll keep for years. The course is open to adult leaders from every program, Cub Scouts through Venturing.
- Dates: weekends of February 19–21 and March 20–21, 2027
- Location: Camp Tamarancho, Fairfax
- Cost: $350 (scholarships available for young adults 18–25 and others need-based)
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For more information or to Register today, click here!
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Questions? Reach out to Course Director Jon Gillespie via email today!
| | Announcing Summer Camp Weeks for Next Year | | |
After another successful Summer improving on the excellent Scout programs and Camp traditions at Marin-Sierra, we are excited to announce plans for 2027, the camp's 77th year of operation! Many of our camp forms have already been updated 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 delivering the promise of adventure and the mission of Scouting America to our youth!
Choose your unit session for Summer 2027:
Week #1: June 27 - July 3
Week #2: July 4 - 10
Week #3: July 11 - 17
Week #4: July 18 - 24
Click here to place your unit reservation at the best alpine Summer camp in California!
#AdventureOn #MayTheForestBeWithYou #ScoutMeIn
| | Our New Marin-Sierra High-Adventure Programs are Exciting! | | |
Camp Marin-Sierra offers your Scouts several unique options to participate in a genuine High-Adventure program, thanks to our base location at 5400ft elevation in scenic Emigrant Gap, high on the Western Slope of the Sierra Nevada surrounded by the Tahoe National Forest. These programs are ideal for your older Scouts (age 13-20) to gain personal experience in a group setting beyond the usual Scouting merit badges and Summer Camp activities. Click here to explore Outpost options during our regular Summer Camp weeks or our Week #5 Pacific Crest Trek, an 8-day 50-miler backpacking expedition.
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A Monthly News Bulletin for OA Lodge Members
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Monthly Re-Cap: Talako Lodge Arrowmen have had several very successful months supporting several Lodge meetings plus the regional Section Conclave events in August and September at Camp Marin-Sierra. We also had multiple elections and visitations with troops around Marin Council reslting in our Fall weekend up at Camp Tamarancho, Octover 16-18. There we had an amazing turnout of new arrowmen, and the staff wo did a great job making the inductees' first event with the OA a memorable one.
November: The coming month will be very service-heavy including Scouting-for-Food on Saturday 11/14. Members of Talako Lodge will be working at the SF-Marin Food Bank collecting and sorting all of the donated food, which will be weighed and distributed to credit the units. Talako will also be participating in the Elks Lodge holiday decorating on Snday 11/29 as a way to give back to the organization that allows us to use their facilities.
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We currently have a large selection of Lodge Flaps available (including the scenic series), which can be ordered online when completing your annual registration and dues payments. Check out our Talako Lodge Trading Post to purchase our awesome memorabilia!
If you have any questions about the National Order of the Arrow organization, or the local Talako Lodge in Marin Scouting, please contact by email Talako Lodge Chief Jack Wien, or the interim Lodge Chief Kate Wentzell.
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Scouting in Marin, 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, Instagram and LinkedIn pages below, as well as those fb pages for Camps Tamarancho & Marin-Sierra.
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