Welcome to the Advancement Committee for Twin Arrows and the Eagle Resource Center.  The Advancement Committee meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:00PM at LDS Church, Broken Arrow.  This is located at 1701 N. Hickory in Broken Arrow.  Off the Broken Arrow Expressway at Elm (161st), turn south past the 1st light to Denny's turn West and follow it around as it turns North in the residential area.  When it turns back West, you will be at the church.

Appointment are required - Please E-mail or call in order to be placed on the agenda.

New First Class Requirement

Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, an additional requirement was added for the First Class rank in Boy Scouting.

The new requirement reads:

"Tell someone who is eligible to join Boy Scouts, or an inactive Boy Scout, about your troop's activities. Invite him to a troop outing, activity, service project, or meeting. Tell him how to join, or encourage the inactive Boy Scout to become active."

The new requirement tests the candidate's persuasive communications skills and carrying it out can help bring more boys into Scouting.

Every Scoutmaster has been sent a DVD, "In the Scout Zone" (BSA No. 18-443), containing tools in video format for young Scouts to use in completing the new requirement. One is an instruction session on how to speak to a friend about joining Scouting; another is a music video of Scout activity images to share with someone interested in joining.

Scouts can find additional support for the completion of this requirement on the Boy Scout membership Web site, www.thescoutzone.org, which is scheduled to be continually updated with helpful tools and information.

In addition, Scouts who succeed in recruiting a new Scout are eligible for a new recruiter patch (No. 18-234), which unit leaders can obtain from the council service center when they turn in a new membership application.

Scouting Magazine News Briefs (November-December 2005)

www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0511/d-news.html