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Introduction to Scouting: Earn Your Chess Merit Badge

Girls interested in joining Scouts BSA can work towards earning their Chess Merit Badge during this one-day workshop.

The Chess Club will provide small group lessons throughout the day with Scouts BSA Merit Badge Counselors. Demonstrate your knowledge of chess to the world!

Come and meet our Cairns Cup competitors, some of the best female chess players in the world. The players will be at the Chess Club to sign autographs, take photos, and play chess.

Description:
1.Earn your chess merit badge in a 1 day workshop.
2.Meet other scouts interested in chess.
3.Learn from the best, at an internationally recognized chess facility.
4.Learn about the scope of chess in the world today, find resources to improve your game, and find out about how you can participate in chess competitions, classes and activities.
5.Earn your Scouts BSA Chess Merit Badge!

Requirements: The workshop is free of cost to any scouts looking to fulfill the merit badge requirement. Basic knowledge of chess rules is strongly recommended. Transportation not provided. Lunch and snack will be provided. Snack will be provided by the STLCC, parents are advised to report possible allergens.

Schedule:
10 - 12: Lecture/practice
12 - 12:30: FREE Lunch
12:30 - 1:15: Testing (Requirements 1 - 5)
1:15 - 3:00: Play/Notation/Review (Requirements 6)
3:00: Signing of Merit Badge Certificates

When

February 3rd, 2019 from 10:00 AM through 3:00 PM

OUR MISSION It is the mission of the Saint Louis Chess Club, an educational organization, to maintain a formal program of instruction to teach the game of chess and to promote and support its educational program through community outreach and local and national partnerships to increase the awareness of the educational value of chess.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Wheelchair/disability access is available in the rear - please proceed through the parking lot to our east and around to our back door. If you need additional assistance, please let us know.

The STLCC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, and any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, events, programs, or activities.

The Saint Louis Chess Club complies with the Internal Revenue Service's guidelines regarding publication of its non-discrimination policy in its brochures, catalogs, advertisements and otherwise making it known to the general community.

Any violation of this policy should be reported the General Manager, Joy Bray, jbray@saintlouischessclub.org - 314.361.2437, Administrative Director, Tad Middleton, tmiddleton@saintlouischessclub.org -314.361.2437 and/or the HR Manager, Cathy Gallaher, cgallaher@saintlouischessclub.org - 314.332.5582.

POLICY ON RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERACTIONS WITH MINORS

The integrity of Saint Louis Chess Club’s relationship with minor players is paramount to the Chess Club’s educational mission and success. All individuals employed by or working under the direction or authority of the Saint Louis Chess Club are expected and required to maintain appropriate boundaries and relationships with minors (individuals under the age of 18 years) and are strictly prohibited from engaging in sexual misconduct, hazing and harassment.

UPDATED POLICIES COMING SOON

We encourage any victim or other persons with information regarding inappropriate conduct to contact Cathy Gallaher, Saint Louis Chess Club HR Manager at cgallaher@saintlouischessclub.org. You may also make a report confidentially, and if you wish, anonymously, through our ethics reporting hotline managed by Navex at (833)221-3624.

If you or a loved one were abused, the Saint Louis Chess Club is offering free, confidential counseling services. Please contact cgallaher@saintlouischessclub.org for more information about accessing these services.