
Welcome to
the Official Website for
Boy Scouts of
Last updated June 2, 2009
Important Announcement:
Congratulations to our
Honorees
Cub
Scout Leader of the Year Mitch
Miller
Boy
Scout Leader of the Year Susan Beatty
Commissioner
of the Year Lisa Scowden
Steve
Pugh
Trainers
of the Year Suraya Berger
District
Award of Merit
Don Howard
Karl
Houser
Nolan
Phillips
Joe
Willis
You are cordially invited to attend the
Harford District Recognition Reception
on Monday June 15, 2009 at McComas Hall, Bel
Air United
Doors open 5:30PM - Recption is 6:00-8:30 PM
Tickets are now
$15 each; they’ll be $20 at the door.
Contact Dot Fisher for Tickets jffisher@zoominternet.net
What is New on our Site
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2009 Harford District Adult Recognition
·
2010 100th Anniversary Council Camporee
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District Key Dates
June 2009
1 – District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
15 - District Recognition Reception – doors open 5:30 PM
22-26 – Cub Scout Day Camp
National BSA is updating its policy on Adult Background
Checks
Please review this policy by
Clicking this link BSA Adult Volunteer Background
Checks (PDF document)
Thank you

To find out more information about joining the scouting program please contact:
Karl Houser
410-692-5410
Other Websites with
exciting information:
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On July 26, 2010 the National Scout Jamboree will be held at
Fort A.P Hill. Now this is not just another Scout Jamboree. This Jamboree
will mark the 100th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America. It
will be an event that those who are present will never forget. Scouts
from across the country will travel to see this display of what scouting really
is and how exciting it can be. Another special part of Jamboree 2010 is
that it will be the last time the event will be held at Fort A.P Hill. It
is truly a milestone. So if any Scouts are interested in attending what
is destined to be a wonderful experience that they will never forget, as well
as history in the making, then contact
Click here for information about National Jamboree Flyer
This is a reminder to unit leaders of all Baltimore Area Council Boy Scout troops and Venturing crews. The Council Philmont Committee is currently accepting applications for twenty crews to attend Philmont in 2010 through two Council Contingents. The first Contingent will depart June 29 and return July 12, 2010. The second Contingent will depart July 1 and return July 14, 2010. For questions, contact the 2010 contingent leader Mimi Hatch, at mhatch@bacphilmont.org, or at 410-977-7874.
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Commissioner & Units
Service
Our monthly District Roundtable meetings are held at the Harford Technical High School on the second Monday of the month from September through May starting at 7:00 PM. Please review the following District facilities policy
Click to Download Harford District Roundtable Facilities Policy
We have made available a copy of the BSA disclosure authorization for your use.
Click to Download BSA Disclosure Authorization form
OUTSTANDING UNIT SCOUTER AWARD
The Outstanding Unit Scouter Award is presented by a District representative to unit-level Scouters, upon approval by the unit commissioner, for outstanding service to boys through unit activities over a sustained period of time. Each chartered unit in the District may receive one award per year for candidates who meet the following qualifications:
Nominations will be prepared by the unit committee or by individual members of the committee of the unit and approved by the unit commissioner.
These awards will normally be presented at the Blue and Gold Banquet or Court of Honor or another significant event the unit has planned
Please click to download the Outstanding Unit Scouter Award Nomination form
Harford District Recognition Reception
Monday, June 15, 2009
Doors open: 5:30PM - Reception is 6:00-8:30 PM
Tickets are now $15 each; they’ll be $20 at the door.
Contact Dot Fisher for Tickets jffisher@zoominternet.net
Location: McComas Hall, Bel Air United
Join us as we recognize the Adult Volunteers of Harford District with the presentations that may include:
Cub Scouter of the Year
Boy Scouter of the Year
Venturer of the Year
Commissioner of the Year
Trainer of the Year
and the District Award of Merit
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Activities & Civic
Service

2008 Good Turn for
Units get credit for the service project that
you work so hard on during the year. We need units to register and report the
results of both service and Eagles projects that benefit our local community.
For more information contact Richard Trznadel at roundtables or click
here for more details.
Units mark your calendar for the Harford District Fall Camporee October
2-4, 2009 at Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation. Information will be
available at August Roundtable.
Units mark your
calendar for November 14, 2009, Harford District Workday at Broad Creek
Memorial Scout Reservation. Information will be available at August Roundtable

The Baltimore Area Council and the Boys
Scouts of America will be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the
Boy Scouts of America by hosting a Council–wide Camporee at the Fort McHenry
National Historic Shrine and surrounding City Parks on October 1-3, 2010. Click
here for more information and registration. Registration for the event
began on April 1, 2009
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Advancement
Online Unit Advancement
Reporting
The Baltimore Area
Council BSA has implemented the New Internet-based Online Advancement Reports
system this past fall.
If you have questions, please contact: Eric Eckstein 410-893-1751
Important Information for
Eagle Scout Candidates
Many of the documents needed for the Eagle Scout process are now available online at the Baltimore Area Council website.
Go to "http://www.baltimorebsa.org"
Select "Advancement"
Select "Eagle Procedures"
This page contains downloadable documents -
BAC Administrative Procedures
Eagle Congratulatory Letters
Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook
Eagle Scout Rank Application
Eagle Rank Award Confidential Reference Request
Eagle Scout Scholarship Application
Unit Leader Comments
Eagle Scout Project Description
Click to Download Harford District’s Life to Eagle Orientation document
Contact
Eric Eckstein 410-893-1751 for a copy
of the
Click to Download Merit Badge Counselor Orientation Training
Click to Download Merit Badge Application form
If you’re Unit has a scout with special needs. Click here to download our Special Need scouts documentation that explains the procedures on how to go about getting the necessary paperwork filled out and submitted
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Come see what all the excitement is about for the summer of 2009 as we look to the future of fun, friendship and fellowship.
Link to BCMSR
Click here for future information about Council Cub Resident Camping for summer of 2009
Harford Chapter, Nentico Lodge
Charlie
Justice @ neptunesden@aol.com
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Finance
FRIENDS OF
SCOUTING

Jim Fisher –Family FOS Chair
Bel
410-734-6887
(Email: jdfisher@clearviewcatv.net)
We are in the middle of our 2009 FAMILY FRIENDS OF SCOUTING Campaign. Each Unit needs to complete the 2009 FOS Unit Commitment form and send it to Jim Fisher (410-734-6887 or jdfisher@clearviewcatv.net).
Click on the link to download the 2009 FOS Commitment Form
See below for a list of MATCHING GIFT Companies and “DOLLARS FOR DOERS” Companies. If you have made a pledge or plan to, consult these lists to see if your employer will double it.
Attention PATCH COLLECTORS, are you missing one of the patches in the set? Prior year Friends of Scouting Commemorative Council Service patches are available by making a One Scout Donation in the appropriate amount for the year wanted. Click to see a list of Prior CSP. You can obtain one through the person doing the presentation at your unit or by contacting Jim Fisher.
Company Listing
Aetna
Life & Casualty
American
Express
Aon
Foundation
AT&T
Avon
Products
Bank
of
Bank
One Corporation
Becton
Dickinson
Black
& Decker
Charles
Schwab Corporation
Chase
Manhattan Bank
CIGNA
Corporation
Circuit
City Stores, Inc.
Citicorp
Inc.
Coca
Cola Company
Compaq
Computer
Associates Corporation
Equitable
Life Insurance
Exxon
Corporation
Fidelity
Investments
First
Data Corporation
General
Motors Corporation
IBM
Corporation
International
Paper Foundation
IWIF
K-Mart
Corporation
J.J.
Haines Co., Inc.
Logical
Ventures, Inc.
Lucent
Technology Foundation
Mass
Mutual
McDonald’s
Corporation
Mercantile
-Safe Deposit & Trust
Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company
Mobil
Oil Corporation
Nabisco
Brands, Inc.
New
York Life
PepsiCo.
Inc.
Pfizer
Pitney
Bowes Corporation
Safety-Kleen
Corporation
Sedgwick
Sun
Microsystems
Tandy
Corporation
Texaco,
Inc.
T.
Rowe Price Assoc. Foundation
The
Equitable Foundation
The
St. Paul Co., Inc. Foundation
The
Times Mirror Foundation [The Balt. Sun]
The
Travelers Companies
The
Williams Companies
Time
Warner
UPS
Foundation
W.W.
Grainger, Inc.
Waste
Management
Verizon
ORSA
Corp.
**Simply contact your HR department to get the necessary paperwork.
Then complete and give the paperwork to your FOS Presenter. You have now doubled your gift.
Thank
you.
“Dollars for Doer’s”
“Dollars for Doer’s” is a program that several local companies offer their employee’s. When an employee volunteers for a set number of hours with our organization they can apply for a “gift” from their companies foundation.
This “gift” is above and beyond any matching gift money’s made on behalf of the volunteer. The gift is made to the organization, in our case the Baltimore Area Council, BSA. The gift cannot go to their individual unit. IRS tax code prohibits both the foundation and the Baltimore Area Council, BSA from issuing/accepting gifts on behalf of an individual unit.
Criteria to get the “Dollars for Doer’s” gift:
1. The person does volunteer with the BAC-BSA.
2. The person completes the application with their company foundation.
3. The company foundation asks the BAC-BSA to verify the person as a volunteer. The number of hours given by a volunteer must match the number of hours the BAC-BSA quotes.
4. The company foundation sends a check to the BAC-BSA.
5. The gift is credited to the proper FOS campaign.
List of companies that offer this program:
Computer Associates Corporation
MBNA
T. Rowe Price Association. Foundation
Verizon
Troops, Packs, Crews start planning to participate in the 2008 Popcorn Sales
Campaign as a unit fund raiser.
It is a great way to offset the
expenses for your units’ activities.
For more Information contact: Chairperson Chris Palmere
Five Reason to Sell Popcorn
It’s an efficient way to earn money for your Pack /Troop
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Time required is 3-5 hours / boy total
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Can earn $80 /boy in commissions (based
on sales of $200/boy)
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Program is completed by Thanksgiving
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Let’s you focus the rest of the year on
Scout activities
Helps boys learn critical life skills
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Goal setting
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Self-esteem – when they have success
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Perseverance – in the face of
disappointment
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Follow-up
- delivering popcorn
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Self- Reliance – the BOYS earn the money
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Parents save out of pocket expenses due
to Scout Account
Several different methods allow units to custom design what works best
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Door -to- Door
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Show –and –Sell
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Super Sale Days
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Any combination of above
Easy on unit finances
·
No buying of product up-front
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No hidden cost
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Can return unsold Show-and –sell product
·
Locally controlled and managed through
Districts
Returns 71% of sales dollars to Units and Council
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Lets us invest in our youth via better
program
·
Helps offset cost for training and camp
·
Provides Camperships
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1/9 of Council budget & 1/5 of
funding
What does it take ?
·
Commitment of the Pack/Troop that this is
THE fundraiser
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Setting a unit Goal
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Parents who are willing to invest 3- 5
hours TOTAL in their sons
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Energetic Unit Popcorn Kernel
o
Good with numbers
o
Organization skills
o
Good communication skills
o
A CAN DO attitude
ENDOWMENT - James E. West Award
Endowment is becoming an ever-growing program in the District and Council. By giving at least $1000.00 dollars to the endowment fund, you will help perpetuate scouting financially forever. You can do this through your will, your estate, cash, or stocks/bonds. Your money is invested in a high yield account and only the interest it generates is used. Therefore, your gift is giving to scouting forever.
A James E. West award is a wonderful way to honor the Eagle Scout in your family.
If
you are interested in learning more about the Endowment program, please contact
Unit Fund-Raising
Information
BOY SCOUTS
OF
UNIT FUND-RAISING POLICY
Rules & Regulations, article IX, section2, clause 3:
Units may conduct money-earning projects only when the projects have been approved by the chartered organization and the local council and are consistent with the principles set forth in these Rules and Regulations.
Rules and Regulations, article XI, section 1, clause 1(e):
Gambling. Any fund-raising project designated to benefit chartered organization units, districts, local councils, or on a national basis that involves games of chance, lotteries, sale of raffle tickets, bingo, or could be construed as a gambling activity, is not permitted.
National Executive Board Resolution, October 1973:
Money-raising projects on a unit or council basis that include the sale of raffle tickets are in violation of the policies of the Boy Scouts of America.
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Click here for Information about GreenBlaze
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
For any questions about training (courses, dates, dates, etc.) please
contact Training Chairperson, Gene Gall by email at HarfordTrain@comcast.net
The Harford Training Team will be happy to meet the training needs of
your unit.
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If you are interested in contributing to this committee please contact:
Karl
Houser
410-692-5410
or
Are You Interested in Learning More About
If you would like to help with one of the District Committees or would like to learn more about it, please contact the chairman below.
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District Director |
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443-573-2533 |
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District Executive |
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443-573-2526 |
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District Chairman |
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410-838-3401 |
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District Commissioner |
Gary Ballinger |
410-877-3528 |
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Vice Chairman-Finance |
Jim Fisher |
410-734-6887 |
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Membership |
Karl Houser |
410-692-5410 |
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Training |
Gene Gall |
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Advancement |
Eric Eckstein |
410-893-1751 |
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Activities |
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410-679-4683 |
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Camp Promotion |
Chuck Kinsler (BoyScouts) |
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Public Relations |
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Calendar
2009
The tentative District Calendar for 2009 is still under review by Council. Subject to change
January 2009
4 - OA Banquet
5 – Dist. Committee & Dist. Commissioners Meetings
12 – Roundtable
OA Chapter Meeting
Venturing Program Forum
23 - Training for Charter Organization Representatives
29 - Council Recognition Dinner
30 – Feb 1 - Operation Icicle
31 - Youth Protection @ Operation Icicle
February 2009
2 – District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
9 – Roundtable
OA Chapter Meeting
Venturing Program Forum
21 - Day of Training
28 - Scouting for Food Bag Distribution
March 2009
7 - Scouting for Food Collection Day
2 – District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
9 – Roundtable
OA Chapter Meeting
Venturing Program Forum
14 - Council University of Scouting
24 – Life to Eagle Seminar
April 2009
4 - IOLS Orientation
6 – District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
13 – Roundtable
(Calendar & location change)
OA Chapter Meeting
Venturing Program Forum
17 – 19 - OA Spring Fellowship
17 – 19 - I.O.L.S.
Training (Introduction to outdoor leader skills)
May 2009
1-3 - Spring Camporee
4 – Annual Business Meeting / District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
11 – Roundtable
OA Chapter Meeting
Venturing Program Forum
30 - New Leader Essentials
June 2009
1 – District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
15 - District Recognition Dinner
22-26 – Cub Scout Day Camp
July 2009 No Activities scheduled
August 2009
3 – District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
10 – Roundtable Picnic
OA Chapter Meeting
Venturing Program Forum
9, 15 - Cub Scout Recruiting Training (attend only one session)
September 2009
8 – District Committee & Commissioners Meeting (Tuesday)
14 – Roundtable
OA Chapter Meeting
Venturing
Program Forum
Youth Protection
Webelos to Scout Transition
25 - 27 - Harford/Hopkins OA Ordeal
October 2009
5 – District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
2-4 – Fall Camporee
10 - Day of Training, Den Chief Training
12 – Roundtable
OA Chapter Meeting
Re-charter Training
Venturing Program Forum
20 – Life to Eagle Seminar
November 2009
2 – District Annual Planning, District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
9 – Roundtable
OA Chapter Meeting
Venturing Program Forum
Re-charter Turn in
14 - Harford Service Weekend
December 2009
5 - BALOO Training
7 – District Committee & Commissioners Meeting
14 – Roundtable
OA Chapter Meeting
Venturing Program Forum
Re-charter Turn-in
Calendar
2010
The tentative District Calendar for 2010 is still under review by Council. We will publish as soon as it as been approved.
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Health
and Safety
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Public
Relations
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Venturing
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