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Tall Timbers District, Sam Houston Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
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District -
General
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 Welcome to the web site of the Tall Timbers District, Sam Houston Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. The Tall Timbers District encompasses the South Montgomery County (Texas) including The Woodlands and surrounding communities, north to the San Jacinto River.
The Tall Timbers District became an official district of the Sam Houston Area Council on January 1, 2009. With more than 60 units including approximately 24 Cub Scout Packs, 21 Boy Scout Troop, 5 Varsity Teams, 10 Venturing Crews and 1 Sea Exploring Ship, the district serves over 1500 youth and 1100 adult leaders. |
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District -
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How would your Scouts like to participate in the July 4th Parade?
I bet they'd LOVE IT!!   We are interested in getting together as many boys as we can to walk together in the annual July 4th Parade in The Woodlands. We won't be entering the parade as a competitive group, we've simply entered as a community group in hopes of getting some publicity for Scouting in The Woodlands. Several Tall Timbers Packs and Troops already participate in the parade with their own floats. We won't be competing against these units, so if you are one of those groups, please continue to participate.
The Tall Timbers District group will consist of Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, and lots of adult leaders, too! We'll have our new district banner, but we'd also welcome any Pack, Den, Troop, Patrol, Crew or Team flags.
We just want to have a lot of fun, celebrate our country's independence day, and show that Scouting is alive and well South Montgomery County!!
If you have a long flatbed trailer and/or can pull one or if you have some ideas to make our parade experience a success, please contact Mike Lampkin (
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) or Mike Marzano (
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). Tell your Scouts to be at the Methodist church between 7:30 and 8:00am on the 4th of July.
Volunteers will direct you to where the scouts will be positioned in the parade.
Make sure your boys are wearing their Class A uniforms. Parents are welcome to march with their Cub Scouts if they want.
We will have cards to hand-out along the parade route telling people how to join boys scouts. This will be a great recruiting event!
Looks we are going to have a lot of units participate. Again, it is ok for a unit to have just a few boys come. We know that this is a popular vacation time, but if you do come bring your troop or pack flag.
Additional Parade Opportunity: Salute The Military
The marketing director at Market Street, Jenny Taylor, is looking for about 50 people (scouts [uniformed or not], siblings and families) for a special 2 minute salute to visiting military personnel at this year's July 4 parade. They would like the folks to line a section of the parade route in Market Street and salute the military personnel as they pass and distribute red roses to each of them. They will provide a special section with shade tents for participants and their families. (BYOchair). They are trying to make the visiting troops feel special before their deployment in August. For more info, contact Jenny Taylor
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Unfortunately Jenny says the folks standing along the street for the military salute will occur at the beginning of the parade and there probably won't be time to get to our position in the parade. You'll need to chose which activity you'll want to do. Both activities will be equally rewarding for our Scouts and the community. |
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Boy Scouting -
Advancement
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Due to the split of the former George Strake District into the new George Strake and Tall Timbers Districts, we must change the way that Troops request a District Representative for an Eagle Scout Board of Review. The updated method requires an email stating the need for the District Representative to
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The email should include the following information:
- Candidate's Name
- Candidate's Troop Number
- Troop Eagle Coordinator or person responsible
- Eagle Coordinator or responsible person's contact information
- Board of Review meeting location
- Board of Review desired meeting date with alternates
- Special request information
An automated reply should be forthcoming shortly after the email has been received. A district representative should contact the responsible person within a week to set up the Board of Review. If contact is not made in a timely manner, send a message to
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which goes directly to the District Advancement Chairman.
Processing of Eagle Scout Project Reviews will continue at the Roundtable meeting each month. This is the most favored method of securing the project review. In cases where this is not acceptable, send an email to
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The email should include the same information as the Board of Review request.
Summary:
Eagle Board of Review District Representative request changed to
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Eagle Project Review request changed to
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Boy Scouting -
Advancement
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To qualify as a merit badge counselor, a volunteer must: - Register annually with the Boy Scouts of America.
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Be of good character.
- Be proficient in the merit badge subject by vocation, avocation, or special training.
- Be able to work with Scout-age youth.
- Be approved by the district/council advancement committee.
To register with the Boy Scouts of America, a potential merit badge counselor must complete the BSA's Adult Application form (No. 28-501Y; available in Spanish as No. 28-502S) and submit it along with the BSA Merit Badge Counselor Information form (No. 34405) to the BSA local council office. Renewal of this registration annually is necessary to continue as a merit badge counselor. |
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News -
Newsflash
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The Tall Timbers District (TLD) calendars have been built in the Google Calendar application to make it easier for our district Scouting families to receive the latest updates through several different methods of subscribing. If you have a Google calendar, Apple calendar or any other calendar which uses the popular "ics" (Internet Calendar Subscription) language you can simply add one or all of our calendars to your personal calendar. |
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Commissioner -
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 Tall Timbers District Roundtable
All Scouting leaders, parents, and supporters are invited to attend the Tall Timbers District Roundtables. Roundtable is a monthly presentation of unit program ideas, inspiration, and additional training for all leaders. Share ideas, learn something new and fellowship with other Scouting parents. Cub Scout Roundtable, Boy Scout Roundtable, Venturing Roundtable and Order of the Arrow Chapter Meeting are held the 2nd Thursday of each month starting at 7:30pm. |
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District -
General
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Here are the answers to managing your subscriptions with the Tall Timbers District email lists. This article will help you with subscribing to the lists of Tall Timbers District, unsubscribing to the lists or even unsubscribing to the old George Strake District lists. |
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Training -
All Leaders
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[NOW REQUIRED FOR TOUR PERMITS] Scout leaders should always help their Scouts to be prepared for all types of weather. The National Council offers an online weather training called, "Are You Weather Smart?" Click here to go to the Online Learning Center to learn about severe weather safety or begin other training regarding health and safety matters. Floods, lightning, high winds and many other threats are reviewed.
Severe weather cannot be prevented, but Scouts and leaders can be adequately prepared for most situations in the outdoors. The council's summer camp staff and directors of Cub Day Camps receive training on severe weather procedures. At Boy Scout summer camp, a weekly fire drill is conducted to help prepare all campers for possible emergencies. The health and safety of all youth members and adult volunteer leaders is the council's highest priority. |
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Advancement Day - August 22, 2009