In 2021 Outdoor Service Guides, formerly BPSA, quietly celebrated our 15th year in existence. Considering the challenges of the pandemic and our renaming process, we seek to now celebrate those who participated in our programs in 2021 with a special recognition. This new badge is available for scouts who scouted […]
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Outdoor Service Guides has updated our Mission Statement in the wake of our name change. We believe this new statement better reflects who we are, and who we want to be. Having an accurate Mission Statement is essential to having a well run organization. A mission statement helps direct all […]
In March 2022, Chief Commissioner Richard Sowdon hosted a zoom call with members of Outdoor Service Guides to discuss what is next for OSG. This has all the information we would put in a newsletter, but in video form!
We are excited to announce that we have a new “Values statement” some of you would call it our motto. The tag line we put under our name, if you will. The new one is: Scouting for Everybody. This new name reflects our core belief, that everyone, with every type of body, is welcome […]
Welcome to our Fall Newsletter! There’s so much to share how we are growing and changing – news from our ReNaming Committee, updates to our handbooks and Scout Law, and even some in-person training opportunities! I’m looking forward to a great year full of great connections with all of you. […]
Welcome to our Spring Newsletter! There’s so much to share how we are growing and changing – news from our ReNaming Committee, updates to our handbooks and Scout Law, and even some in-person training opportunities! I’m looking forward to a great year full of great connections with all of you. […]
The BPSA-US Training Committee members are proud to host the Winter 2021 Virtual Onboarding & Leadership Training. VOLT is the BPSA-US answer to the problem of social distancing and simultaneously expanding our organization. New GSMs and Adult leaders who cannot attend a Brownsea Training Camp (BTC-3) at this time due […]
Welcome to our first National Newsletter! We hope to continue this quarterly. There’s so much to share – our equity initiatives on registration, what scouts around the country are up to, online training opportunities, the results from the survey so many of you answered so thoughtfully, and most of all, […]
It’s such a privilege to write that – Dear Scouts – because scouts, and especially the Rover Scouts of the BPSA, are some of the finest people I know. I haven’t met each and every one of you yet, but I know how much I would enjoy hiking and swapping […]
With many areas re-opening and different levels of Covid risk across the country, please follow your local guidelines in deciding when and how your scouting in groups might resume. As a baseline, the CDC has helpful guidelines here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/activities.html In addition to following local guidelines, please also consider different people’s […]