EDELWEISS DISTRICT
Transatlantic Council, BSA
MAKE SCOUTING THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE.
Serving the following locations in Germany: Ansbach, Berlin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Grafenwoehr, Hohenfels, Munich, Stuttgart, and Vilseck. Also serving the countries of Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Poland, Rep. of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine.
BSA name change effective 8 February 2025
As announced at the BSA’s national annual meeting, the Boy Scouts of America will transition to Scouting America. Learn more here: Aaron on Scouting article
District Roundtable
Join us for our monthly online District Roundtable!
(note we will not conduct a monthly roundtable in February-May-August-November as we encourage the participation in the council roundtable for these months)
Every third Wednesday of the month at 8pm via Zoom.
Topic: Edelweiss District Roundtable
https://zoom.us/j/840439858
Meeting ID: 840 439 858
Need to dial in from your phone? Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aDegohXAK
The Edelweiss District has a distribution list that you can join for Roundtable reminders and event notifications: http://eepurl.com/btcbZL
Missed a Roundtable? Check out the Resources section below for notes from past meetings.
In February, May, August and November join the Council Roundtable on the last Wednesday of the month: CCRT
Key Leaders
DISTRICT KEY THREE
District Chair: Esteban Pombo-Villar
District Commissioner: Ray Eden
District Executive: Rodney Henk
- Advancements: Knut Sturmhoefel
- Membership chair: vacant
- Outdoor Program Chair: vacant
- Registration: Contact Rodney.Henk@scouting.org
- Order of the Arrow Chapter Advisor: Nicholas Dickson
- District Scouts BSA Roundtable Commissioner: vacant
- District Roundtable Commissioner: Mindy Whitford
- Training Chairperson: vacant
- OA Chapter Chief: vacant
The 2024 Edelweiss District Awards nomination period opens on the 15th of January and will be closed on March 1st.
The award recipients were announced during the April Roundtable. Items will be shipped thoughout May. Check out the awards presentation by watching the April Roundtable on the link in the district resources section below.
Edelweiss District 2024 Awards Nomination form
Nominate your favorite Scouts or Scouters now! Our annual awards window of submission will be 15 January 2024 through March 1st 2024.
Do you want to recognize someone outside the annual awards cycle? We do accept nominations for the Edelweiss District Certificate of Appreciation anytime throughout the year – take a look at the form linked above for instructions.
The District Advancements team has transitioned to a new email address. The former edelweissadvancements@tac-bsa.org email address has been phased out. The correct email address for district award and advancements submissions and “all things Eagle” in the district is: edelweissadvancements@scouting.org
Use this email address to contact chairperson Knut, and the rest of the team Rich, Dominique, Kreg and Pierre with any advancement related questions or needs.
They routinely work with Scouts throughout the district for approvals on Eagle project proposals and scheduling Eagle Boards of Review.
If you wish to join the team, contact them at their shared email address above.
Friends of Scouting 2024
The Transatlantic Council has set the fundraising goal for 2024!
Our 2024 fundraising campaign kicked off on December 1st, 2023 – Help us bring Scouting to all the corners of the district by donating to the 2024 Friends of Scouting campaign: https://tac-bsa.org/donate/fos/
Your unit may be asked for dates to have a presenter come and visit a Blue and Gold or Court of Honor and talk about the financial needs of the council.
Edelweiss District Resources
During each Roundtable meeting, we cover a variety of topics in different segments. Here’s an assortment of recently shared RT topics…
BSA Safety Moments: https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/safety-moments/
Hop Topics
- Training updates from the national office:
- Training for youth:
Cub Scout Program info:
Scouts BSA Program info:
- Den Chiefs
- Merit Badge program (the 6 steps)
For each meeting, the Roundtable Commissioner team creates a summary in PDF format filled with detailed information about the topics covered, including the announcements and news. Our team has also created special topic resource guides to assist our leaders. You may download these files below. Consider this like a monthly newsletter for the District – filled with events, links, hot topics and national news items…
Roundtable Meeting Notes:
Watch the April 2024 District roundtable here: Edelweiss Awards April 2024
Pack Promotion
A guide filled with tips and tools how you can promote your Pack online and off line with the help of others. (May 2021)
Eagle Scout Service Projects and US Army Garrisons Overseas Guide (May 2021)
Annual Planning
This step-by-step guide provides you with the information you need to plan activities your Pack and dens. We also included a number of resources that will make planning a lot easier.
