Official NCAC Publications - Printed and Electronic Communication and the dissemenation of information is critical in any organization. Within the National Capital Area Council there are more volunteers registered per youth member than any other Boy Scout council in the country. NCAC produces several publications to help ensure volunteers and parents are aware of upcoming events and activities as well as knowledge about key elements of making Scouting a successful venture for everyone.  The Scouter Digest What: This award winning printed publication is sent to every household with one or more registered adult leaders (Scouters). When: Beginning in 2013 The Scouter Digest is returning to four quarterly issues due out the first week in January, April, July and October. Who: The Scouter Digest is mailed to each home address of one or more currently registered adult leaders (Scouters). If more than one leader lives at an address please share the one copy. How: Printing and mailing of The Scouter Digest is made possible by financial support from advertisers and Friends of Scouting as well as the content input from staff and volunteers. Short URL: The short URL for The Scouter Digest is "/digest". (www.boyscouts-ncac.org/digest) Current Issue & Back Issues: Starting in 2013 an electronic version of The Scouter Digest issues will be posted on this page. Be An Advertiser: Do you have a special offer or program for local Scouts? Placing an ad in The Scouter Digest and/or sponsoring an issue of E-Source or Capital Comments is a great way to get your message out to leaders and parents. Issue advertisers can place ads of various sizes from 1/8th-page to full-page. As a printed newsletter, these tabloid-sized papers stick around the house for a good deal of time. For more information please email editor@ncacbsa.org. Submit Photos and/or Articles: Photographers and "reporters" are welcome to send Scouting photos, articles and videos for possible use in one of NCAC's official publications including the NCAC website! - Use this address to easily upload your images or videos. IMPORTANT NOTE - only "stand-alone" images will be considered. Images cannot be pulled from documents or PDFs. However, feel free to add them to your articles for identification purposes.
- Use this email address to submit articles.
Capital Comments Newsletter What: NCAC's Capital Comments is the council's official monthly e-newsletter When: Sent out the first Friday of every month Who: Emails are pulled from the registered leader list and others may subscribe to it as well. As with all NCAC e-news type publications each recipient can easily choose to "unsubscribe" at any time. How: The council website is used to broadcast this newsletter Why: To communicate late-breaking and important monthly news to all persons involved in or interested in Scouting in our service area. Not getting this publication? Click here to subscribe today. Be An Advertiser: Do you have a special offer or program for local Scouts? Placing an ad in The Scouter Digest and/or sponsoring an issue of E-Source or Capital Comments is a great way to get your message out to leaders and parents. Issue sponsors get a brief write-up of their special Scout offer plus their logo and a link to their website included in an email that gets sent directly to more than 22,000 leaders across the Council and forwarded to many more. For more information please email editor@ncacbsa.org. To view newsletters click here.
E-source Newsletter What: NCAC's E-source Newsletter is the council's official "as needed" e-newsletter. When: Sent out on an as needed basis Who: Emails are pulled from the registered leader list and others may subscribe to it as well. As with all NCAC e-news type publications each recipient can easily choose to "unsubscribe" at any time. How: The council website is used to broadcast this newsletter Why: To communicate late-breaking news to all persons involved in or interested in Scouting in our service area. Be An Advertiser: Do you have a special offer or program for local Scouts? Placing an ad in The Scouter Digest and/or sponsoring an issue of E-Source or Capital Comments is a great way to get your message out to leaders and parents. Issue sponsors get a brief write-up of their special Scout offer plus their logo and a link to their website included in an email that gets sent directly to more than 22,000 leaders across the Council and forwarded to many more. For more information please email editor@ncacbsa.org.
District E-newsletters What: Each of NCAC's 22 districts are encouraged to send out newsletters as needed. Many send out a monthly issue. When: As needed and/or monthly Who: To all registered leaders within the district How: The official district website is used in most cases to broadcast these newsletters. Why: To communicate late-breaking news to all persons involved in or interested in Scouting within the district. Click here to locate your district and its website for further information.
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