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LDTG Welcome Message

Chào mừng đến Liên Đoàn Trường Giang (LDTG)! (Welcome to Liên Đoàn Trường Giang!)

Are you looking for a fun and enriching program for your children to build character, leadership skills, and a love for the outdoors? Liên Đoàn Trường Giang (LDTG) is proud to offer opportunities for both your son and daughter through our partnerships with the Boy Scouts of America, Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council, and the Girl Scouts of America, Northern California Council!

For your son:

• Join the adventure! The Boy Scouts offer exciting activities like camping, hiking, fishing, and so much more.

• Develop strong character. Through the Scout Oath and Law, your son will learn valuable life skills like honesty, respect, and responsibility. Scouting's mission is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law:

The Scout Oath:

On my honor, I will do my best 

to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law;

to help other people at all times;

to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

The Scout Law:

A Scout is:

• • Trustworthy

  • Loyal

  • Helpful

  • Friendly

  • Courteous

  • Kind

  • Obedient

  • Cheerful

  • Thrifty

  • Brave

  • Clean

  • Reverent

For your daughter:

• Empower her to explore! Girl Scouts provide a supportive environment for girls to explore new interests, build confidence, and make lifelong friends.

• Develop valuable skills. Girl Scouts offer programs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), entrepreneurship, and community service. The Girl Scouts' mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

• Become a trailblazer! Girl Scouts encourage girls to become leaders in their communities and the world.

The Girl Scout Promise:

Girl Scouts live by the Girl Scout Promise, which they recite at the beginning of meetings and other events.  

The promise is: 

On my honor, I will try: 

To serve God* and my country, 

To help people at all times, 

And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

Members may substitute the word God in accordance with their own spiritual beliefs.

The Girl Scout Law:

The Girl Scout Law guides Girl Scouts in their everyday lives.  

The Girl Scouts Law is:

• • I will do my best to be

    1. 1. 1. • honest and fair,

             • friendly and helpful,

             • considerate and caring,

             • courageous and strong,

             • and responsible for what I say and do,

             • and to respect myself and others,

             • respect authority,

             • use resources wisely,

             • make the world a better place,

             • and be a sister to every Girl Scout.

At LDTG, we:

• Celebrate Vietnamese culture and identity. We incorporate Vietnamese cultural elements into our Scouting programs, fostering a sense of pride and heritage in our youth.

• Promote Scouting values. Our programs uphold the core values of Scouting, such as trustworthiness, courage, and citizenship, while fostering a strong Vietnamese community spirit.

• Offer a supportive environment. We provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for all children to thrive.

Ready to learn more?

Contact us today to find out about our Boy Scout troops and Girl Scout troops in your area!

Liên hệ với chúng tôi ngay hôm nay! (Contact us today!)

We look forward to welcoming your son and daughter to the LDTG Scouting family!

Step 1:  Become a LDTG member

Fill out this registration form:

https://forms.gle/2hCUK5FfCngKX9916

Step 2:  Enroll into Boy Scouts of America and/or Girl Scouts of America

Boy Scouts:

Enroll your son into Boy Scouts of America 

1. Contact ldtg@liendoantruonggiang.org for a try-out and place of meeting

2. Upon the acceptance by the lead troop leader (Trưởng Cầm Đoàn), register with BSA (Free) at https://www.scouting.org/

3. Fill out the BSA Youth Application. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FWDhe7e61ZNue7aehW9baSXsdqS0xw-k/view

4. Email the BSA Youth Application to Tr. Cam Doan

Total new BSA member fee is $202.

Total BSA member renewal is $177.

Enroll yourself and your spouse as a Boy Scouts Adult Volunteer

1. Upon your son having completed the BSA registration above, register with BSA (Free) at  https://www.scouting.org/

2. Take BSA Youth Protection Training (Free. 72 mins). https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/

3. Take  State Mandated Reporter  Training (Free. 2hrs).  https://mandatedreporterca.com/training/volunteers

4. Live Scan Background Check ($43 One time only). https://ApplicantServices.com/CaliforniaScouting

5. Fill out the  BSA Adult Volunteer Application.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kg6GwhnFkOXcBVvjlpjv8XgEM2E4fl84/view

6. Email the BSA Adult Volunteer Application to Tr. Chanh Viet

Total Annual fee is $121.
More Information about the AB 506 can be found here. https://californiascouting.org/training/
Note: Regular Volunteer means a volunteer with the BSA who is 18 years of age or older and who has direct contact with, or supervision of, children more than 16 hours per month or 32 hours per year. 

Girl Scouts:

Enroll your daughter and yourself into Girl Scouts of America, Northern California Council

At least 1 parent must also enroll in Girl Scouts of America.  We recommend both parents register.

Registration fee is $40 for each girl and $25 for each parent.

Scenario 1:  My daughter and I have never registered for Girl Scouts, we don’t have an online MyGS account.

1. Contact ldtg@liendoantruonggiang.org for a try-out and place of meeting

2. Upon the acceptant of the lead troop leader (Trưởng Cầm Đoàn), parents to register with GSA at https://mygs.girlscouts.org/

3. Click "Join" on the right hand side of the top header

4. Click "Find a Troop" to register your daughter

5. Under the "Troop Search" page, enter "95132" into the Location Zip/Postal Code

6. Select your daughter's grade level for her current school year

7. Click "Search"

8. Look for Troop 60964 in the search results

9. For the Troop 60964 result, enter the number of "Girls" and the number of "Adults"

Scenario 2:  I already registered for the Girl Scouts of Northern California, but I didn't have a Troop assigned to my registration(s).  I need to associate the Troop to my GSNORCAL membership registration(s).

1. Contact the Troop Leader Directly:

• Our Troop is 60964

• If you know the troop leader's contact information, reach out to them and express your interest in joining their troop.

• They can guide you through the process of adding your daughter to their troop roster.

• Troop leaders have some autonomy in managing their troops, so they have a specific method for new members joining.

• If you don't have the troop leader's information, you can reach out to GSNORCAL Member Services.

• Here are the ways to contact Member Services:

  • Phone: 1-800-447-4475 extension 0

  • Email: info@gsnorcal.org

OR

2. Use online website to self link Troop 60964 to your registration(s): 

1. Go to https://mygs.girlscouts.org/

2. Click “Login” on the right hand side of the top header

3. Click “My Household” on the left navigation

4. Click “”Add a Troop” under your household member box for the individual that you need to associate with Troop 60964

5. Under the "Troop Search" page, enter "95132" into the Location Zip/Postal Code

6. Click "Search"

7. Look for Troop 60964 in the search results

8. For the Troop 60964 result, enter the number of "Girls" and the number of "Adults"

9. Click “Add Details”

10. Proceed with entering your personal information

11. Checkout the cart

12. What you go back to the “My Household” page, you should see Troop 60964 listed I your household member box for the individual you processed

13. Sometime self associating Troop 60964 is not possible through the online system.  If this is the case, please contact your Troop Leader.

Step 3:  Take Youth Protection / Child Abuse Reporter Training

For safety and California compliance, this training is required for all LDTG parents to support their scout's activities.  This training is a prerequisite to get the California Mandated Reporter Certification in Step 4.

Boy Scouts:

Take Youth Protection Training:

https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/  

Girl Scouts:

Login into your My Girl Scouts > My Account page:

https://mygs.girlscouts.org/my-account 

Click on "GSLearn" from the left navigation menu

Take Mandated Reporter Biennial Training:

https://gslearn.litmos.com/course/7175784?r=False&ts=638721834277637859   

Take Mandated Reporter Annual Acknowledgement:

https://gslearn.litmos.com/course/7175785?r=False&ts=638721834277481409 

Step 4:  Obtain California Mandated Reporter Training Certificate

You will need to take the California Mandated Reporter Training and Test at the below link before you can download a training completion certificate.  This is required for both Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.  An upload of this certificate is required to complete the Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts training in Step 3.

https://mandatedreporterca.com/training/volunteers

Step 5:  Submit your fingerprints for a background check

Boy Scouts:

Complete Life Scan Form for finger printing and take it to finger printing service provider:

https://ApplicantServices.com/CaliforniaScouting 

Girl Scouts:

Use this link to initiate the fingerprinting and background check process:

https://www.applicantservices.com/GSNorCal 

Throughout the process of registering and scheduling a FREE appointment for a fingerprint, you will be asked for the following information:

Troop Number = 60964

Service Unit Number = 643

After you register, there should be a confirmation with a QR code.  Don't lose that email.  Show the fingerprinting location the QR code.