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Scouts may now earn a new recognition called the “Complete Angler” by earning the three fishing related merit badges:
Adults can receive the Certified Angling Instructor designation by completing the Certified Angling Instructor course at National Camp School. Patches are available for both recognitions. Visit www.scouting.org for more information.
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The San Ramon Valley Horsemen’s Association is hosting a Horsemanship Merit Badge event at Hap Magee Ranch Park in Danville…
DATE: Sunday, December 14th, 2014
TIME: 2 – 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Hap Magee Ranch Park – 1025 La Gonda Way, Danville (map)
This is a great opportunity to work on an awesome merit badge. You will learn about safety, tack, caring for a horse, horse health, confirmation, breeds, etc.
See flyer for more information.
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December version of the District newsletter is now available.
Find out more about upcoming events, training opportunities, and committee openings.
Meridian District was able to raise over 33,000 lbs of food to support the food banks in our area at this critical time. This is an outstanding achievement!
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Have fun earning the Stamp Collecting merit badge at the upcoming workshop:
Filatelic Fiesta Stamp Show, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Road, San Jose, Sat, Nov 15, 2014 from 10:30-4:30pm. Beginner collectors are welcome and encouraged. Discover the fun of stamp collecting. Explore the USA or the country of your family heritage by collecting its stamps. Expand your knowledge in a topic like your favorite sport or interest in cars, animals, or art by collecting stamps about it. The merit badge workshop costs $12 which covers the costs for a stamp collecting starter kit and access to a huge hoard of stamps to pick from to build your first collection. You’ll receive a special guided tour of the show. This is not a council event. Contact Brian Jones at bfj39@yahoo.com for more details and to register for the workshop. Space is very limited, so sign-up quickly to save your spot!
This merit badge program is not Troop 805 event but rather community event open to Scout groups.
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The September District newsletter is now available.
Find out more about upcoming events, training opportunities, and committee openings.
Our district has collected over $112K pledges and donations for this year’s Friends of Scouting. We are only $6K away from the District goal!! Thank you to those who contributed. Donations can still be made online at the Council website.
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From Mt Diablo Silverado Council:
Scouts and Scouters, we are counting on your support to carry forward Trevor Tonsing’s Legacy of Warmth. Trevor was a Life Scout in Troop 832, Iron Horse District, Mt. Diablo Silverado Council, out of Walnut Creek, California. He had started on his Eagle Scout Leadership Project, which was to procure materials and organize and instruct crews that would make fleece tie blankets for the benefit of patients at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland. Trevor was motivated to do this because of the excellent care he had received at Children’s Hospital himself, after being born with complex congenital heart defects in 1993.
Trevor suddenly fell ill and passed away a few days after his sixteenth birthday in December 2009. Thus, he was unable complete his Eagle Scout Leadership Project. However, because of his family’s desire to move forward with the project, Trevor’s Eagle Blanket Foundation was established in January 2010 and has already contributed well over 3,000 beautiful blankets to the patients of Children’s Hospital.
December 13, 2014 will be Trevor’s 21st birthday. We are asking each Troop, Crew, and Pack in the Council to throw their support behind this effort and to do a good turn by making and contributing blankets to the Foundation on or before Trevor’s birthday. Each blanket requires two pieces of fleece; each piece of fabric should be one and one half yards long. Cutting and tying one blanket typically takes about 45 minutes. More information about the Foundation, and about procuring fleece, cutting and tying blankets, and delivering the blankets to the Foundation can be found on the Foundation’s website. It is fun, easy, and rewarding to do. Patches will be awarded to all contributing Scouts.
Every Scout, Scouter, Troop, Crew, and Pack can make Trevor’s 21st birthday a gift that celebrates his Legacy of Warmth with a new generation of children confronting medical challenges. Like Trevor, YOU can make a difference in their lives.
Thank you for your support!
Trevor’s Eagle Blanket Foundation,
a California nonprofit public benefit corporation
c/o Archer Norris
2033 North Main Street, Suite 800
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
www.trevorsblankets.org
email: JTonsing@trevorsblankets.org
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