Advancement

Powder Mill District
Advancement & Recognition

Contact Ken Macauley: macauleykm@gmail.com for Advancement information in Powder Mill District.

ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE	CUB SCOUTS	BOY SCOUTS
Committee Members Committee Meetings Internet Advancement	New Delivery Method The Advancement Trail Advancement Requirements Cub Scout Awards	Advancement Requirements Merit Badge Counselors
AWARDS & RECOGNITION		EAGLE SCOUTS
District Award of Merit District Award of Merit Recipients District Family of the Year Unit Leader Award of Merit Silver Beaver	Couldn't Have Done It Without You Awards Central	Eagle Scout Projects Eagle Scout Boards of Review Eagle Scout Scholarships Powder Mill Eagle Scouts

ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Ken Macauley, District Advancement Coordinator
Julia Diebold, Merit Badge Records

Terry Ripski, Merit Badge Dean
Andy Sensing, Eagle Scout Coordinator
Terri Ripski

ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Powder Mill's Advancement Committee meets during the monthly District Committee meeting, held on the last Tuesday of each month, August through June.

INTERNET ADVANCEMENT ISSUES

Our National Office recommends the following troubleshooting tips when you encounter technical issues with Internet Advancement:

Internet Advancement will operate best when using Internet Explorer versions 7.0 through 9.0. If your computer is set for automatic upgrades, you may be using a version more recent than version 9.0
Be sure to turn off any toolbars that you have operating in Internet Explorer
Enable pop-up boxes to be displayed using your Internet Explorer settings
In the TOOLS area of your SETTINGS tab, be sure you have enabled “Display All Websites” and have disabled “Compatibility View” functions.

If you encounter continual issues after completing these steps, feel free to contact the Volunteer Support Department at the National Office by calling (972) 723-6401.

TRAIL TO EAGLE TRAINING
Next Life to Eagle: 10/5/2019, contact Ken for more info. Below are links to the training deck and other referenced documents.

Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook (also available at www.nesa.org) (.pdf)
Service Project Planning Guidelines (recommended to complete before Final Plan) (.pdf)
Eagle Scout Rank Application (also available at www.nesa.org) (.pdf)
Scoutorama.com's List of Eagle Project Ideas
Guide to Safe Scouting
The Sweet 16 of BSA Safety
Age Guidelines for Tool Use and Work at Elevations or Excavations (.pdf)
Eagle Scout Scholarships (.pdf)

UNIT "COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU" CERTIFICATES
Which adult volunteer couldn't your unit have done without this past year? Each year units may submit the name of one adult volunteer to receive a certificate at the annual District Court of Honor. E-mail your unit's recipient before December 31.

UNIT LEADER AWARD OF MERIT
Quality unit leadership is the key to a quality unit program—and it leads to better Scout retention. Statistics show that if young people stay engaged in the program for at least five years, the BSA’s influence likely will stay with them for the rest of their lives. A quality Scouting experience will help keep Scouts in the program, and the Boy Scouts of America created the Unit Leader Award of Merit to recognize the quality unit leaders who make that happen. Receiving the award in 2012 were: