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Royal Rangers International
Language Translation Project
To all Penn-Del District Outposts,
This year at National Council the national office announced a collaborative project between BGMC and Royal Rangers International (RRI) to translate our Royal Ranger curriculum into five new languages and to put it on CD’s. RRI wants to make Royal Rangers easier and more enjoyable for children around the world by having everything in their language. This year the translation project is targeting five new languages - Chinese, French, Malagasy, Russian, and Portuguese. Each language will consist of 5 CD’s; one for each age group and one for Leaders. The cost to translate one language will cost $50,000. The total project for the 5 languages is estimated to cost $250,000.
At the National Council, our district pledged to raise $7,500 toward the project, that’s three-fourths of a CD. If each outpost in our district raised approximately $50 toward the project we would have our pledge covered; however, we know that not every outpost will participate. We estimate that only 1 in 4 outposts will participate, therefore, that equates to each participating outpost raising a minimum of $200 toward the project. There are countless ways for your outpost to raise the funds for the translation project. One way would be to hold a Bike-a-thon and have the boys get sponsors for doing laps around your church or nearby track. You can make it fun by having a circuit where the boys can grab a water bottle on their way around, get soaked with squirt guns by the commanders or parents volunteering, jump a ramp, go for the fastest lap, do a mandatory pit stop to check their bike, zig zag through cones, etc. Make it fun and challenging at the same time. Attached is a list of other possible fund raiser ideas for your use and information. Another suggestion to raise funds is to talk with your Children’s pastor or Youth pastor to see if they are doing a BGMC fundraiser this year. If so, ask them if they would be willing to commit the funds to the BGMC/RRI collaborative project. BGMC has given permission for our churches to do this. They will still get credit for their BGMC offering and the RRI will get funds for the translation project.
Funds for the project are to be raised between now and the end of February 2012. Please use the Master's Toolbox form to send your money into BGMC and be sure to make the check out to BGMC – Master’s Toolbox. Also, be sure to indicate on the form that you are from the Penn-Del District so we get credit for the contribution toward our pledge.
Wouldn’t it be outstanding if we exceeded our pledge and were able to pay for the cost to translate more than one CD?
Thank you for your willingness to participate in this project and help preach the gospel and send Royal Ranger curriculum around the world in numerous languages.
Tom Shaffer
Missions Coordinator
2011 BGMC Offerings
The BGMC Offering at District Powwow was $515.50
The BGMC Offering from Junior Camps was $119.00
The BGMC Offering from the District Leaders Conference was $47.00
The BGMC Offering from Fall Camporee - West was $508.00
The BGMC Offering from Fall Camporee - East was $581.41
Total to date (10-26-11) - $1,773.91
We need $5,726.09 to meet our pledge for the CD Language Translation Project.
Many thanks to those that contributed. All contributions will go to the BMGC/RRI CD Language Translation Project.