COVID
COVID -19
Feb 23, 2022
Scouters,
The indoor mask mandate is scheduled to be lifted on February 28, 2022.
When that occurs, masks/face coverings will no longer be necessary for indoor meetings unless your meeting place or Chartering Organization still requires them. This will mostly come into play in schools for units that meet on school property.
Leaders, you can check with the school you meet at to see if that requirement is being maintained, if so, please continue to do your best to follow the rules of your meeting facility.
There will still be people that choose to wear a mask/face covering. Remember to be respectful of those that may want to make this choice for themselves.
Sincerely,
Rainbow Council
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6/14/2021
COVID-19 and Phase 5 Update
Scouts and Scouters,
We did it! Welcome to Phase 5 in Illinois.
All activities and meetings can resume at full capacity and with normal operations. If you wish, you can continue to log temperatures and a cleaning log with attendance but it is no longer required. All scouts and scouters should self-monitor. Here is the link to the BSA pre-screening self-assessment form.
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For tent camping, unvaccinated persons should still occupy single occupancy tents or they may share a tent with family members.
For camp cooking, good sanitation measures should still be practiced and all unvaccinated persons should wear a mask in the food line. Remember to socially distance while eating if unvaccinated.
As always, follow the additional IDPH guidelines as well, until those are lifted.
The following are the directives from the Illinois Department of Public Health:
For activities and meetings where everyone present is fully vaccinated, the state does not require face coverings and social distancing in both indoor and outdoor settings. Businesses and municipalities are permitted to continue requiring face coverings and social distancing as they deem appropriate.
For indoor activities and meetings where everyone present is not fully vaccinated, unvaccinated persons should wear a face covering and maintain six feet social distance. Chartering Organizations may continue to require face coverings and/or social distancing. At outdoor activities and meetings, unvaccinated persons may choose not to wear a face covering when able to maintain a six-foot social distance while outdoors, unless required to do so by a Chartering Organization or venue.
Although people who are fully vaccinated are not required to wear a face covering under state guidance, all Scouters should be supportive to those participants who choose to wear a face covering.
Persons who are immunocompromised should consider wearing face coverings when in settings where others may not be fully vaccinated.
All unvaccinated persons should wear face coverings in crowded settings, both indoors and outdoors, especially when youth are present. See CDC guidance for further information.
There are limited circumstances and settings where all individuals, including those who are fully vaccinated, must continue to wear a mask in accordance with CDC guidance: (1) on public transportation, (2) in congregate facilities, (3) in health care settings, and (4) where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.
All activities and participants should support social distancing to the extent possible, especially in indoor settings.
This guidance will be updated as the CDC releases new recommendations and is meant to supplement any federal or local guidance, safety laws, rules, regulations or business safety policies that may expressly require a face covering and/or social distancing.
Continue to consult the CDC and IDPH websites for updated resources, guidelines, and rules related to COVID-19 safety.
Diane Kloepfer
Council Commissioner
COVID
COVID -19
An Update from Rainbow Council on COVID-19
Bridging Phase Guidelines -UPDATE – Masks
If you are 2 weeks out from your second shot, you are considered fully vaccinated and no longer have to wear a mask at scout meetings/outings. If you are not vaccinated, you still have to wear a mask at all scouting functions. Where your units meet or your Chartering Organization may have a rule to wear masks, if so, you need to follow that guideline.
Your vaccination status is on the honor system, as scouters we are trustworthy. Please be considerate of others, and keep in mind that many of our youth are not vaccinated yet. Yes, you can still wear a mask if you are vaccinated at meetings/outings.
The following is still in effect:
Keep that temperature and attendance log.
Room capacity has been expanded to 60 percent. Make sure your Chartered Organization is on board with a larger meeting size. If they are not, you cannot do it. There is no exception to this. Some organizations are still requiring virtual meetings only.
Wash your hands and have hand sanitizer available.
Clean your meeting space before and after.
For camping -group cooking is allowed. Non-vaccinated scouts/scouters should continue to wear a mask for this activity and then socially distance while eating
Tents should still be single occupancy unless family members want to share a tent.
I have been so proud of how we have all come together and followed the guidelines during the pandemic, you have lived the scout oath and law have exemplified the spirit of scouting.
Diane Kloepfer Council Commissioner
Rainbow Council, Boy Scouts of America was sharing a COVID-19 Update.
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So with the recent COVID mitigations being lifted a tad, communal cooking is back on! There is still a mask mandate in Illinois whether or not you are vaccinated, so keep wearing them at scout meetings and events, socially distance and keep your temperature logs going. You have been doing great! We are getting closer to the old world every day!
Diane Kloepfer
Council Commissioner — sharing a COVID-19 Update.
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Rainbow Council, Boy Scouts of America shared a post.
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Bridging Phase Guidelines -UPDATE -
1.Keep that temperature and attendance log. You have been doing great so far!
2. Room capacity has been expanded to 60 percent. Make sure your Chartered Organization is on board with a larger meeting size. If they are not, you cannot do it. There is no exception to this. Some organizations are still requiring virtual meetings only.
3. Wear a mask AND adhere to social distance guidelines. This is at all Scouting events and meetings, all the time without exception. Illinois has not lifted the mask mandate. Yes, the CDC says you don't have to if you are fully vaccinated UNLESS the state you are in mandates masks. Link to the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/.../vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html...
Wash your hands and have hand sanitizer available.
4. Clean your meeting space before and after - just like before.
5. For camping -cook away! Socially distance while eating because you will be maskless at that time. Tents should still be single occupancy unless family members want to share a tent.
Hopefully we are nearing the end of this, together we can do it.
Diane Kloepfer Council Commissioner
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