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April 2008 is Youth Protection Month and is an opportune time for adults and children to discuss this serious subject. Review the new rank requirements for Boy Scouts. Since 1988, the Boy Scouts of America has provided adult and youth training to combat this societal problem. For adults, we have Youth Protection Guidelines for Parents and Leaders. For youth, the BSA uses a variety of tools, including DVDs, to
communicate with young people about protecting themselves against all forms of abuse. The BSA’s award-winning videos of child abuse prevention help youth recognize dangerous situations and avoid becoming victims.
The video It Happened to Me is designed for boys ages 6 to 9, to view with their parents or guardians. The video presents five scenarios of high-risk situations that boys may encounter. It establishes the four rules for personal safety, that help the boys counteract the fear and shame that can result from potentially abusive situations.
A Time to Tell is the all-new video for youth 10 to 14. This video depicts the risks of sexual abuse through dramatizations of adolescent experiences.
A third video, Youth Protection: Personal Safety Awareness, is designed for any young adult (boy or girl) ages 14 to 20. It is made up of vignettes dealing with the issues of sexual harassment, acquaintance rape, Internet safety, and stalking. Each scenario is followed by instructions for local group discussions and a reality check discussion, with pertinent advice regarding each situation.
The comic book series “Power Pack Pals” has been created to illustrate to Cub Scout–age boys the harm that bullying may cause, how to be safe when using the Internet, and the four rules for personal safety.
Adult leader training is available online through the council Web site, www.cvcbsa.org. These resources have been widely used—inside and outside of Scouting. To obtain copies of them, contact council service center. Remember, any case of abuse is one too many!
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Production has begun on "Scouting USA", the first official television series about the BSA. With your help this program can become a strong, positive outlet for SCOUTING messages and Scouting in general.
Airing this spring on the Outdoor Channel, the network has made production of the six episode series a high priority. They are providing airtime and paying for production to make this program available to their 26 million subscribers and the Scouting Community.
Your help is needed. They will be using our “service to the community” as an aspect. To measure the amount of Service the Boy Scouts of America provides for the community, churches, other non profit, Eagle Service projects and more, they will be using the Good Turn for America Website. Each Unit has access to that website and can input Service project hours into the system. Last year Concho Valley has 1,300 hours of Service turned into the Website. Nearby Council's had as much
as 13,000 hours. Yes, ten times more. Please help Scouting look good. If you need details on how to upload your service hours to the website, please call the Council Office
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The Boy Scouts of America prohibits the use of alcoholic beverages and controlled substances at encampments or activities on property owned and/or operated by the Boy Scouts of America, or at any
 activity involving participation of youth members.
Adult leaders should support the attitude that young adults are better off without tobacco and may not allow the use of tobacco products at any BSA activity involving youth participants.
All Scouting functions, meetings, and activities should be conducted on a tobacco-free basis, with smoking areas located away from all participants.
 Scouting Anniversary Week
Remember February 3rd—9th is Scout Anniversary Week. February 8th, 1910 is the founding of Scouting in America by William D. Boyce. Baden Powell founded scouting in England in August of 1907 at Brownsea Island.
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