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For Everyone
We have launched our GGD website!
June 14
Take a look at the new District website here. The purpose of the website is for unit Key 3 leaders in the District to have easy access to District-specific information. Please feel free to send any feedback to the Communications Chair, Charlotte Brownstone.
March with the Scouts in SF Pride Parade
June 25
Join Scouts for Equality, Scouts and Scouters from across several local Councils in marching in this year's SF Pride Parade this weekend. Last year we had 130 marchers; this year we are aiming for 150! For questions, email GGD Roundtable Commissioner Jon Gillespie. Registration (by unit) is here.
Fall Recruiting Event - Scout Zone @ Sunday Streets
October 15
Mark your calendars! We have partnered with SF Sunday Streets to secure a whole city block during the Excelsior Sunday Streets (Oct 15) event for our 'Scout Zone'. We'll be hosting exciting activities for the public, which presents a golden opportunity for each unit to recruit new scouts and for us to showcase scouting generally. Larry Morales (District Membership Chair) and Paul Lanzi (District Commissioner) will reach out to each unit soon to discuss more details!
July 30
Volunteer opportunity! If your 14+ year old scouts would like to volunteer at Valencia Street event, contact Paul Lanzi to be connected with the Sunday Streets staff.
Cub Scouts
SF Bike Rodeo featured on 3 regional TV News Broadcasts
Recap of May 27 event
We had nearly 300 youth and 100 volunteers signed up for the first SF Bike Rodeo in recent years. Planned by our District plus CHP, SFPD, SFFD and with participation from more than two dozen organizations, the event was a huge success! Check out the video reel created by SFFD. Next year's event will be even bigger and better! Thank you to everyone who helped make this year's event a huge success!
Sea Scouts
US Navy Recognized SSS Viking with National Honor
Recap of June 1 event
Rear Admiral Leonard Dollaga (from Vallejo, CA) awarded Ship 100, Viking, this honor on June 1 in a ceremony that also kicked off Fleet Week. Admiral Dollaga talked about his experience and journey through the Navy and about how important youth programs like Sea Scouts are in building future leaders and thanked Viking for their commitment to the local community. KPIX covered this event and Viking's award. Check out the video here and share far and wide to raise awareness of scouting!
District Scouter Scoop
Submitted by Derrick Quan, Troop 1/2001 Chartered Org Rep
Alaska Airline Aviation Day at SFO for Council Scouts
On a typical cold and overcast morning at the San Francisco Airport a few weeks ago, 143 Golden Gate Area Council scouts signed up to attend the first Alaska Airlines Aviation Day at SFO.
Alaska Airlines coordinated an interactive learning experience about the aviation industry for the next generation of pilots, flight attendants, air traffic controllers, engineers, mechanics, dispatchers, and military and aerobatic pilots. Actual airline employees, firemen, police, and FAA employees told stories and answered questions toward scouts earning their Aviation Merit Badge. Scouts also saw and handled aviation equipment seldom seen by the public. All scouts actually got into the cockpit without being arrested, climbed into the cargo bay, sat in the planes and helicopters, learned hand signals to direct planes, and punched the lights and sirens on the various police emergency vehicles.
Troop 1, which had 40 participants, reported that all their scouts enjoyed this really fun and informative day coordinated by Alaska Airlines. They even ate airline snacks.
Key 3 Corner
Featured this month: Paul Lanzi, District Commissioner
Hi from the Key 3 Corner!
We recently received a number of updates from the National Meeting -- including survey data on what it is that keeps kids in scouting. I took a moment to draft up a possible Scoutmaster Minute for you to use with your unit. Feel free to borrow whatever you'd like from it, substitute in your own anecdote or change entirely!
Dear Scouts,
Tonight, I want to talk to you about something that lies at the heart of our scouting experience: the incredible power of connection. We recently came across a national survey that revealed the number one reason why kids like you continue to be a part of scouting. Can you guess what it is? ...
GGD Community Service Hours YTD Recorded as of 6/22/2023
Friends of Scouting
Our Friends of Scouting (FOS) goal for this year is to raise $25,000 for scouting in the Golden Gate District, and we're going to do our best to top that.
Across the Golden Gate Area Council, we're at 61% complete towards the Council-wide goal of $635,000. The FOS campaign ends on June 30, so donate soon!
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