Raritan Valley Recognition Awards Committee would like to Congratulate the 2020 Recipients!

District Award of Merit

Harry J. Buttito Jr             Deb Hopkins                Bruce Weigel

Mary Tomchuk Servant Leader Award: Mirian Drehmer

Ron Catlin Cub Scouter Award: Sorah Mandella

George Kosta “ Scouts BSA” Award:  Bob Fales & Ray Koperwhats

John Schaub “ For the District” Award:  Tony Mignella

John Denninger Award: John O’Mara

Cubmaster of the Year:  Alex Brown

Scoutmaster of the Year:   Gail Naughton

50 Year Service Pin:   Mike O’Shea

75 Year Service Pin:   Tony Sarao

Raritan Valley Hero Awards:  Carol Cooke,  Tom D’Aprile, Dawn Delnegro, Kellie DeSan,  Eduardo Drehmer, Kate Flannary, Tom Harabin,  Lou Hebert, Will Jacobs, Kristen Lakatos , David Lovell, Cathy Nee,  Kelly Slye,  Ernie Tistan,  Chandra Shekhar Vyas

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Raritan Valley Community Service

Below is information on various Community Service Projects as well as the new way to report Service Hours.     If you have any pictures of Service that your Unit or Scouts have done recently, please send them to me.   You can check the PPC Website, Community Service page for more information.

https://ppcbsa.org/committees/community-service/

If you have any questions please let me know.

Since 1947, the U. S. Marine Corps have been collecting toys to help children in need.   Annually 7 million children are helped with approximately 11,000,000 toys  distributed. Again this year we will be collecting new & unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots.  The need this year will be great. We will be collecting toys now  through December 14, 2020.    With our normal in person events going virtual this fall we are asking each unit to collect toys and then either bring them to one of the scout shops or reach out to me to arrange a drop off

Reporting Community Service for PPC

With the National system for reporting discontinued we are asking Units to report service hours on Scoutbook ( for your individual records and advancement) and also via the

PPC App

or

PPC Website https://247scouting.com/forms/?OrgKey=BSA358&id=522

The app and website are very user friendly.  You do not need a Unit ID # to enter hours.

This will be the only way  PPC will be able to track our Eagle project hours and other service hours moving forward.   This will also be how we determine the winners of the Community Service Patch for 2020.

For 2020, we have a Service hours report for Eagle projects and other service hours that were previously reported on the National site prior to May 31, 2020.

Eagle project hours should be reported on the app or website.    Certificates for Eagle Boards of Review are no longer needed

Any service hours, including Eagle projects,  that have occurred after May 31 or that were done before May 31 but not reported on the national site will need to be reported via the website or app.  Remember, you can report hours from any project done during the year prior to Dec. 31, 2020.

Scouting for Food is the Boy Scouts of America’s nationwide service project to help stop hunger in our communities. It began as a Scout’s service project in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1985, and was adopted by the Boy Scout National Organization in 1988. Primarily our Council has held  food drives in Late Oct/Early November but you are welcome to host a Scouting for Food Drive at any point during the year.  This is an impactful service project that helps our communities.

How to Run a drive:

– Contact your food bank ( some food banks are not accepting donations during this Pandemic).

-Pick up Scouting for Food Bags at either the Mountainside or Cedar Knoll Scout Shop-limit of 500 bags per unit.

-Pick Dates for delivering the Bags and picking up the bags

-Make flyers or door knob hangers to distribute with the bags.

-Distribute bags along with flyers/hangers.

-Pick up bags of donations.

-Count the number of items (not bags)collected, you will need to report this number.

-Drop off bags at the Food Bank

-Report your community service hours on Scoutbook and on the PPC App or Website

SERV Awards:  

Patriots’ Path Council has established its own service awards program called SERV, designed to recognize all participants in Council programs each year, for their hours of public service. Don’t forget to apply for the SERV for all their service hours during this pandemic.   For more information go to:

https://ppcbsa.org/wp-content/uploads/SERV-Award-Tracking-Form-2019.pdf

1. Hours are counted from December 1st to November 30th.
   2. Service must be of a purely community nature where other recognition or awards are not offered, including rank and civic awards. Service hours required by schools, places of worship, and service organizations (Interact, Key Club, etc.) should not be applied to the SERV award.
2. Service may not be done on Scout council property.
   4. Service must be for an organization, group or the public and not forScouting.
3. Service must be such that no monetary remuneration, directly or indirectly, is paid to the Scout, unit, district or group that the Scout is working with.
   6. The award is available to participants in all of the council’s programs; Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, Explorers, leaders and parents.

YIS,

Linda Cummings

RV Community Service Chairperson

[email protected]

Since 1947, the U. S. Marine Corps have been collecting toys to help children in need.   Annually 7 million children are helped with approximately 11,000,000 toys  distributed. Again this year we will be collecting new & unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots.  The need this year will be great. We will be collecting toys now  through December 14, 2020.    With our normal in person events going virtual this fall we are asking each unit to collect toys and then either bring them to one of the scout shops or reach out to me to arrange a drop off.

Reporting Community Service for PPC

With the National system for reporting discontinued we are asking Units to report service hours on Scoutbook ( for your individual records and advancement) and also via the

PPC App

or

PPC Website https://247scouting.com/forms/?OrgKey=BSA358&id=522

The app and website are very user friendly.  You do not need a Unit ID # to enter hours.

This will be the only way  PPC will be able to track our Eagle project hours and other service hours moving forward.   This will also be how we determine the winners of the Community Service Patch for 2020.

For 2020, we have a Service hours report for Eagle projects and other service hours that were previously reported on the National site prior to May 31, 2020.

Eagle project hours should be reported on the app or website.    Certificates for Eagle Boards of Review are no longer needed

Any service hours, including Eagle projects,  that have occurred after May 31 or that were done before May 31 but not reported on the national site will need to be reported via the website or app.  Remember, you can report hours from any project done during the year prior to Dec. 31, 2020.

Scouting for Food is the Boy Scouts of America’s nationwide service project to help stop hunger in our communities. It began as a Scout’s service project in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1985, and was adopted by the Boy Scout National Organization in 1988. Primarily our Council has held  food drives in Late Oct/Early November but you are welcome to host a Scouting for Food Drive at any point during the year.  This is an impactful service project that helps our communities.

How to Run a drive:

– Contact your food bank ( some food banks are not accepting donations during this Pandemic).

-Pick up Scouting for Food Bags at either the Mountainside or Cedar Knoll Scout Shop-limit of 500 bags per unit.

-Pick Dates for delivering the Bags and picking up the bags

-Make flyers or door knob hangers to distribute with the bags.

-Distribute bags along with flyers/hangers.

-Pick up bags of donations.

-Count the number of items (not bags)collected, you will need to report this number.

-Drop off bags at the Food Bank

-Report your community service hours on Scoutbook and on the PPC App or Website

YIS,

Linda Cummings

RV Community Service Chairperson

[email protected]

Since 1947, the U. S. Marine Corps have been collecting toys to help children in need.   Annually 7 million children are helped with approximately 11,000,000 toys  distributed. Again this year we will be collecting new & unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots.  The need this year will be great. We will be collecting toys now  through December 14, 2020.    With our normal in person events going virtual this fall we are asking each unit to collect toys and then either bring them to one of the scout shops or reach out to me to arrange a drop off.

Reporting Community Service for PPC

With the National system for reporting discontinued we are asking Units to report service hours on Scoutbook ( for your individual records and advancement) and also via the

PPC App

or

PPC Website https://247scouting.com/forms/?OrgKey=BSA358&id=522

The app and website are very user friendly.  You do not need a Unit ID # to enter hours.

This will be the only way  PPC will be able to track our Eagle project hours and other service hours moving forward.   This will also be how we determine the winners of the Community Service Patch for 2020.

For 2020, we have a Service hours report for Eagle projects and other service hours that were previously reported on the National site prior to May 31, 2020.

Eagle project hours should be reported on the app or website.    Certificates for Eagle Boards of Review are no longer needed

Any service hours, including Eagle projects,  that have occurred after May 31 or that were done before May 31 but not reported on the national site will need to be reported via the website or app.  Remember, you can report hours from any project done during the year prior to Dec. 31, 2020.

Scouting for Food is the Boy Scouts of America’s nationwide service project to help stop hunger in our communities. It began as a Scout’s service project in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1985, and was adopted by the Boy Scout National Organization in 1988. Primarily our Council has held  food drives in Late Oct/Early November but you are welcome to host a Scouting for Food Drive at any point during the year.  This is an impactful service project that helps our communities.

How to Run a drive:

– Contact your food bank ( some food banks are not accepting donations during this Pandemic).

-Pick up Scouting for Food Bags at either the Mountainside or Cedar Knoll Scout Shop-limit of 500 bags per unit.

-Pick Dates for delivering the Bags and picking up the bags

-Make flyers or door knob hangers to distribute with the bags.

-Distribute bags along with flyers/hangers.

-Pick up bags of donations.

-Count the number of items (not bags)collected, you will need to report this number.

-Drop off bags at the Food Bank

-Report your community service hours on Scoutbook and on the PPC App or Website

YIS,

Linda Cummings, PPC Community Service Committee Chairperson

[email protected]

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO REGISTER FOR ALL TRAININGS

For trainings see the Council Calendar

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