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Digital Donating Made Easy
It pays to give with the BSA's new e-fundraising initiative, a high-tech program reaching
out to thousands of potential donors.
Eric Tarbox, director of Project Arrow, which serves the Executive Board of the Summit
Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia, says that the Bechtel family's $50 million gift, the largest
in Scouting history, "challenged the BSA to address the consumer trend of supporting
charities online the way the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and other groups do it."
The new site, aplacetogive.scouting.org, features built-in "location-sniffing" technology
that automatically discovers the ZIP code of the person visiting the site and delivers a link
to the council closest to the user. There's even an image of that council's patch.
"We want to reach out to 50 million living alumni," says Tarbox. "They need a rousing,
heart-stirring image when they come to the site, something that helps them remember
Scouting from their youth or from their children who were Scouts."
The site is e-commerce-enabled, Tarbox says, so each local council gets a dashboard "order
form" they can customize to attract potential donors. For example, a former Scout from Maine, now living in Atlanta, might click and learn that
his old summer camp needs a new swimming pool. The site would guide him through the process of contributing. One tech expert told Tarbox
that the plan to offer each council its own e-commerce page was "unique among chapter-based charities" at this time.
TREK TECH
Eat APP-etizing Meals
Dutch-oven cooking is a hallowed tradition in
Scouting, but here's a handy new tech
twist on the old favorite. The Dutch 1
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for Android, means you'll never f s
again return from a long hike
to find your feast isn't close /
to ready.
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in inches,
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cooking temperature,
and the desired cooking
method (bake, roast,
fry). The calculator then
tells you how many
charcoal briquettes to
place on the top and
bottom of the oven.
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the Android Market,
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LEAVE NO TRACE
Waste Not
It's a perennial question: When you "go" in the wild, where should it go? Jeff
Marion, Ph.D., a federal research biologist and field station leader at Virginia
Tech, shares the following tips for taking care of business in the outdoors.
Consider bringing a portable toilet. Options include compact models and
those with battery-operated flush systems.
The recommended "best practice" for solid human or pet
waste disposal below the treeline is to deposit it in "cat-
holes" dug 6 to 8 inches deep and 4 to 6 inches in diameter
at least 200 feet (about 70 adult paces) from water, trails,
and campsites.
An alternative practice when camping with young children
or large groups is to dig a latrine 200 feet from water, camp-
sites, and trails, and make sure that the route to the latrine is
over durable surfaces. The trench should be 6 to 8 inches deep
and long enough to accommodate the needs of your party.
Carryout options include portable toilets and a wide variety
of commercial or homemade bag systems and "poop-tubes."
Always check with local land managers and follow their recom-
mendations on the most appropriate disposal practice.
There's much more "elimination info" at
LNT.org/programs/principles_3.php.
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