Membership Fee Increase Announced
Membership fees support the services that are necessary to
provide Scouting to youth from 7 to 21 years of age. From education to
high-adventure experiences you can’t get anyplace else, the BSA provides unique
growth opportunities at a great value. To do this — while delivering the
nation’s foremost youth development program — the BSA must remain vigilant in
controlling costs. Although we have been successful in reducing our
expenditures in many areas, it has become necessary to evaluate our annual
membership fees.
The National Council has announced an increase in the
membership fees, and the Georgia Carolina Council has approved the following,
effective December 1, 2017.
Membership Fee: $33.00
Insurance Fee: $7.00
Total Annual Fee $40.00
Please note that over 90% of this fee is received by the
National Organization. Your continued support of the council is needed, and
appreciated. It is through the support of so many that we are able to develop
new leader and family tools such as the Unit Leader Planning Guide and Website.
Again, thank you for all you do for Scouting. I look forward
to working with you to deliver a great Scouting experience to our youth in
2018.
2018 Knox Scout Reservation Open
The system is now open for troops to register for summer
camp in 2018 at Knox Scout reservation. Registrations will be taken through the
new website. Your unit already has a log-in and password. If you have not
received yours yet, please contact your District Executive, or the council
office. You will need this password to register for a variety of events in the
future.
We will be doing a session on how to use the new website at
your October Roundtable, so it would be great to have every unit attend the
October Roundtables!
Campsite Names Announced
The camp is divided into 3 camping areas, currently named
Yamasee, Dyess and Aquatics. In the coming months the sites will be further
developed with additional picnic tables, bulletin boards and name plates
installed. Each area has a theme, and the names are as follows:
Yamasee Area (Native America Tribal Names)
- Oconee
- Yuchi
- Westoe
- Apalachee
- Catawba
- Cherokee
- Shawnee
Dyess Area (Local Animals)
- Coyote
- Armadillo
- Osprey
- Fox Squirell
Aquatics Area (Local Trees)
- Live Oak
- Palmetto
- Dogwood
- Loblolly
- Cedar
Camp Projects
The camping committee has been working hard and have
completed several projects in the past few months. Here's what were working on!
We are in the early stages of developing a plan to build a
dining hall at camp. More details to come!
- Added new shelving to the Schwab Maintenance Center
- Purchased new tents and mountain bikes
- Completed Survey, and named the campsites
- Began replacing the roof on the chapel at Camp Daniel Marshall
- Began developing a campmaster program (Details coming soon)
- Received approval, and funding to add electricity to the boat house
- Building a storage facility for the shooting range
- Work on COPE course.
The Bob White Lodge also completed these project sat the
recent Ordeal Weekend.
- · Dyess Pavilion – trenched and installed railroad tie extension of the retaining wall to prevent water from overflowing the wall into the pavilion.
- · Dyess Pavilion – trench work around the pavilion to help better water runoff.
- · Dyess Pavilion – moved wall tent frames from the far side of the pavilion to the Hammock Island area.
- · Dyess Pavilion -Picked up downed limbs around the pavilion area.
- · Sport Field Pavilion – painted picnic tables
- · Sewell Center – painted picnic tables
- · Sewell Center – painted hall and classroom interior walls
- · Aquatics and Boathouse – trench work done near the Boathouse to redirect water away from the Boathouse
- · Boathouse organized and inventoried
- · COPE had new ropes installed
