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Index: In this Issue... 1. District News/Quick Links Happy Memorial Day! 2. Calendar/Eagle Recognition SOR Sets Record Attendance at 14,032! 3. Membership/NEW Cub Scouts 2010 & 2011 Join us for “ Today” on June 2nd 4. Scouting Today/DESA/Annual Mtg. & Silver TFC to honor another Distinguished Eagle 5. Matching Gifts/Membership/Campership/CDC/ Join us for the Annual Meeting & Silver Beaver Dinner Local Heroes 6. Need Camp Gear//Sea Base/Local Heroes On-line Merit Badge up & running 7. Adventure Camp/CFL Fall Open House/Local Heroes Take advantage of the Pre-Camp Swim Checks 8. SOR & C-ALL/Shining Light/Sporting Events/ Spring Fellowship June 4-6 at CFL Local Heroes Join us for FREE Shining Light Webcast on July 31st 9. Pre-Camp Swim Checks/Online Merit Badge/ Training Opportunities CFL T-Shirt Planning for Fall Membership Recruitment underway! 10. Spring Fellowship/Fire Safety/Haunted Hike/ Training Chair update/Memorials Pre-register for Oct. Fire Safety Door Hangers 11. Woodbadge/NYLT/Philmont Training/OKPIK/ Register Your Unit for Haunted Hike Scene Philmont Contingent Reconnect with 100th Anniversary Programs 12. Alumni Reconnect/Geocaching/Gen Connection 13. International Scouting/ Shops District News For district news, click on the name Head to the Scout Shop of your district. Not sure which to purchase the NEW district you‘re in click here. TFC 2010 CSP! Kishwaukee Potawatomi Trails Quick Links: Shabbona Foxfire

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June Calendar Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Scouting Today Benefit Breakfast Friday, June 04 –06, OA Spring Fellowship Friday, June 04, KI Cub-O-Ree EAGLE SCOUTS Saturday, June 05, KI Cub-O-Ree

Saturday, June 05, TB Webelos Overnight

Saturday, June 05, NYLT Pre-Course Orientation SHABBONA Saturday, June 05, Pre-Camp Swim Checks John Paul Weber, Troop 22, Saturday, June 05, Scout Appreciation Matinee-Medieval Times Robert Becker, SM Sunday, June 06, KI Cub-O-Ree Sunday, June 06, TB Webelos Overnight NORTHERN TRAIL Sunday, June 06, NRA Certified Rifle Instructor Course-Pt 1 Christopher Michael Bango,

trustworthy Friday, June 11, National Jamboree Shakedown Weekend Troop 65, Dan Wagner, SM Saturday, June 12, National Jamboree Shakedown Weekend Saturday, June 12, OLS for Webelos Leaders FOX VALLEY Saturday, June 12, Dutch Oven Cooking and Wood Fires Daniel David Maday, Troop 99, Sunday, June 13, Philmont Contingent Steven Stewart, SM Sunday, June 13, National Jamboree Shakedown Weekend William Alois Wolf, Troop 56, Sunday, June 13, NRA Certified Rifle Instructor Course-Pt 2 Ken Lea, SM Monday, June 14, Philmont Contingent Monday, June 14, Trailblazer Day Camp Week #1 POTAWATOMI TRAILS Monday, June 14, TFC Cub Camping Committee Meeting Nathaniel Welsh Best, Troop 14, Jay Reidy, SM Tuesday, June 15, Philmont Contingent Tuesday, June 15, Trailblazer Day Camp Week #1 FOXFIRE Tuesday, June 15, Webelos Adventure Camp #1 Chad Eric Peterson, Troop 61, Wednesday, June 16, Distinguished Eagle Luncheon Randall Geweniger, SM Wednesday, June 16, Philmont Contingent Peter Joseph Wagner, Troop 26, Wednesday, June 16, Trailblazer Day Camp Week #1 Jeffrey Fechner, SM Wednesday, June 16, Webelos Adventure Camp #1 Thursday, June 17, NYLT Staff Set-up INDIAN PRAIRIE Thursday, June 17, Philmont Contingent Thomas Josef Draper, Troop 81, Joseph Harrington, SM Thursday, June 17, Trailblazer Day Camp Week #1 Joseph Henry Foster, Troop 317, Thursday, June 17, Webelos Adventure Camp #1 Charles Foster, SM Thursday, June 17, TFC Annual Voting Meeting Chad Michael Strick, Troop 317, Thursday, June 17, Silver Beaver- Council Recognition Banquet Charles Foster, SM Thursday, June 17, OA Executive Board Meeting Dylan Theodore Tromblay, Friday, June 18, NYLT Staff Set-up Troop 101, Kenneth Evans, SM Friday, June 18, Philmont Contingent Matthew Scott Weidman, Troop 317, Friday, June 18, Trailblazer Day Camp Week #1 Chuck Foster, SM

Friday, June 18, Webelos Adventure Camp #1 THUNDERBIRD Saturday, June 19, NYLT Staff Set-up Gilbert Michael Ellman III, Saturday, June 19, Philmont Contingent Troop 100, Michael Ellman, SM Saturday, June 19, Webelos Adventure Camp #2 Kasey McCauley, Troop 100, Saturday, June 19, Weekends in Michael Ellman, SM Sunday, June 20, National Youth Leadership Training Joseph Moscinski, Troop 516, Sunday, June 20, Philmont Contingent Michael Steffen, SM Sunday, June 20, Webelos Adventure Camp #2 John Jordan Vulich, Troop 501, Sunday, June 20, Weekends in Illinois Scott Merrihew, SM Matthew Mladen Vulich, Troop 501, Scott Merrihew, SM Please see the June calendar on the Council website Connor Dean Whittington, for the rest of the months dates & activities. Troop 203, Ryan Stephen, SM

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Scouting Today Breakfast Benefit Wednesday, June 2, 2010 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. Le Jardin Restaurant at the Cantigny Visitors Center Cantigny Park, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, IL 60189 For more information, please contact Director of Development, (630) 797-4615 or [email protected]

Distinguished Eagle Scout Award loyal The Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America, upon the approval of the National Eagle Scout Association, has the distinction and privilege to bestow the rank and honor of Distinguished Eagle Scout to S. Alan Ray, President of Elmhurst College. The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA) is granted to Eagle Scouts who, after 25 years, have distinguished themselves in their life work and who have shared their talents with their communities on a voluntary basis. Dr. Ray has dedicated his life to academia, teaching young people, supporting the HIV/AIDS communities, and performing distinguished service to Native American communities, especially to the Cherokee Nation of which he is a citizen.

The Three Fires Council will be holding a special Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Luncheon on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at the River Forest Country Club in Elmhurst to honor S. Alan

Ray. This event will also serve as a benefit for the Three Fires Council to support the Council‘s outreach efforts and to provide support and resources for a quality program. Tickets for this event are on sale for $150 and table sponsorships are available. Please contact Ron Wentzell, Director of Development, at (630) 797-4615 or [email protected] for more information and/or to purchase tickets. Three Fires Council Annual Meeting The Three Fires Council Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, June 17th at the Wyndham Hotel and Executive Meeting Center. The meeting is held to elect officers and board members for the upcoming year, along with receiving reports on the condition of the Council. The registration deadline is Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

Three Fires Council Recognition Banquet Immediately following the Annual Meeting, the Three Fires Council cordially invites you to the Council Recognition Banquet, honoring the 2009 Silver Beaver recipients. All are invited to attend. Interested in sponsoring a Silver Beaver Recipient? Sponsorship recognition will be provided in the program.

Register Today for the Three Fires Council—Boy Scouts of America Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner on Thursday, June 17, 2010. The location is the Wyndham in Lisle. 6:00 pm Fellowship—7:00 pm Dinner.

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Matching Gifts from Employers Many employers/businesses will match their employees‘ charitable contributions. For instance, if you give $500 to the Three Fires Council and your employer has this program,

the Council would receive the benefit of $1000. If you are a Click on According to the Scout Oath, a Scout pledges contributor to the Three Fires Council, or are considering a the “to do my best, to do my duty to God and my contribution, please check with your employer to see if this 2010 FOS country” We would like to recognize members program exists or if the employer might be interested in Patch to of our Scouting family who, while acknowledging starting it. make an their duty to their country, volunteered service to If you are not sure if your company offers a matching gift online one of the branches of the United States Armed donation Forces. program, we can follow up to try and secure more matching Local Heroes gift funds. today! Click Here to contact the staff to recognize local heroes. Membership Recruitment—Fall 2010! Throughout the summer the Three Fires Council Member- AIR FORCE Trent Antrup ship Committee will meet to plan for our Fall Recruiting Kick- Off Event(s). Edward Brouch Clinton Crackel The Fall Recruiting Kick-Off Event(s) are held each year in Peter Densmore late August (keep reading the Flame this summer for the

Andy Haggard friendly Joseph Hall exact date and location for the 2010 Fall Kick-Off event(s). David Howse The event(s) are the official start of the Fall recruiting Robert Kampen season. The goal of the evening is to equip units with the Benjamin Sherman tools they need to hold successful Fall Round ups and offer Thomas Stewart , JJ Vergere the Scouting opportunity to the youth in our communities.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY Ryan Lutz Join Scouting: New TFC Online Tool Benjamin Schmidt If you know someone interested in learning more about AIR FORCE RESERVE Scouting in the Council‘s service area or you‘re looking for a Gus Kartsonas pack, troop or crew for your children or teens to join, please

AIR FORCE ROTC fill out the email contact form online, and we will

AIR NATIONAL GUARD contact you with useful information! Jacob M. Brancaleon Micah Drag Campership Pizza Fundraiser ARMY Three Fires Council held its annual Pizza Fundraiser to James Antonides raise money to send the youth of the Three Fires Council Mike Antonides to Summer Camp or Day Camps at Luigi‘s Pizza and Fun Mark Bachleda Center in Aurora. A BIG thank you to all the people who Paul Baker Matt Boudro came & enjoyed this dinner, to Luigi's Pizza, the OA, and Alex Crackel* to Jim Dunlap & his team who ran this event! Jim Dunlap Peter Emmer Together we raised $669.50 for scholarships, and the Tom Evensen donated a giant check for $2625.00 Michael Grimm from the proceeds of their patch sale. Josh Grzywa Nick Grzywa George B. Hiller Keep informed and Be Prepared Kevin Holt Monitor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jim Knight (CDC) website, which will be updated regularly as informa- Rob Kopenhoffer tion becomes available. It contains links to what we con- Jim Lea sider the best, most up-to-date source of reliable informa- Nels Lindgren Scott Lyng tion on the subject H1N1 Influenza A.

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Attention all Units – Need Camping Gear? Does your unit need some new camping gear? Here is a chance to pick up some bargains on some gently used gear. The Three Fires Council is sending five troops to the National Jamboree in late July. New Camping Equipment Local Heroes was purchased for them to take to the Jamboree and it is

ARMY being sold to units (and individuals) after the Jamboree. Christopher McMillan Sean McMillan Here is a list of some of the items available: Robbie Miller* American flags John Moris Tents

Robert Niederman courteous Joshua Nixdorf Patrol boxes Samuel Nixdorf 10 x 20 dinning shelters Robert Nolan Patrol Cooking Equipment Brian Olson Folding Picnic tables Tom Opolony Geoff Radley Check out the order forms on the Council web-site. Don‘t Matthew Saarima miss out on these bargains! We have already sold out of Peter Schmitt Garrett Slack the flag poles and some of the other items are selling Michael Smolucha quickly. Contact Pete Dillenburg or Rick Stewart at the Dan Steele Council Service Center to find out if the items you want are M. Scott Stewart still available (630) 584-9250. Timothy Stewart Scott Tresch 2010 National Scout Jamboree Marc Turner Kyle Walgenbach Join over 40,000 other Scouts from around the world at the John Whitehead 2010 2010 National Jamboree scheduled for July 26 – Au- Scott Young gust 4, 2010, at Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia. Three Fires Council Christopher Zedan currently has a couple spots available. Any questions should be directed to either Dan Zedan or Keith Miller. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Ryan Drag Donald Joseph Mullis Sea Base Florida Scuba & Live Aboard Ship Adventure Galen Norman Venture Crew 226 has three openings for anyone (male or fe- Samuel Ward male) 14 years of age (by June 13, 2011) or older.

ARMY RESERVES The adventure will have 12 Scouts/Adults live on a ship in the

Chris Bidle Florida Keys for the week. While at sea, they will participate in Joshua Steiner up to 15 dives, of which 3 will be night dives. When not diving,

COAST GUARD Scouts can participate in earning additional dive certifications, Ken Campbell sailing, and fishing.

MARINES When: June, 14-21, 2011 Sergio Aguirre Price: Cost per person for the Sea Base trip itself is Nick Ambroziak $950.00. Travel fees are unknown at this time. Scuba Tom Amos Jonathon Anderson Certification Fees apply to those not PADI certified at a cost of Nick Atkinson $300. Louis Banuelos Susan Banuelos PADI certification classes will be held at "Below H2O" in Aurora. Mike Bledsoe Interested in more information, please contact; Joseph Bonifas Ken Anderson , or home (630) 897-1305 Mike Bruner Eric Carlson

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The Three Fires Councils Welcomes Ardi Marfieza. Ardi Marfieza will be serving on the staff at Camp Free- land Leslie as a camp commissioner this summer, under Purchase all your the leadership of Camp Director Denny Wowra and Pro- Scouting material at gram Director Brian Zerfas. The international committee of the Three Fires Council expresses their appreciation to Denny and one of these two Brian for supporting this important initiative in International Scouting Council Scout Shop brotherhood. He will arrive in time for staff week at CFL, and work as locations in or near part of the staff for the entire summer. Three Fires Council. Ardi is a 21 year old from Indonesia. He is currently an The friendly Scout

accounting major at the University of Iba in Palembang, Indonesia. In reverent Shop staff is ready to Scouting, he has had experience coordinating senior Scouting camps assist you in selecting and implementing training programs for well over 100 Scouts at a time. uniforms, badges, Please offer Ardi a sincere Scouting welcome when you make his camping gear, and acquaintance this summer. activity, & recognition items. Kandersteg International Scout Centre Kandersteg International Scout Centre is one Norris Scout Shop of four World Scout Centres, operated on be- 415 N. Second St. half of the World Organisation of the Scout St. Charles, IL 60174 Movement (WOSM). The Centre began in 1923 with Lord Baden- Powell, who, after the first , had a dream about Phone: (630) 797-4614 a place where all Scouts from all over the world could meet. The staff Fax: (630) 584-8598 at Kandersteg will help you craft a program that meets the needs of E-mail: the youth in your troop or crew. Check out the program opportunities [email protected] available year round at http://www.kisc.ch/

European Camp Staff Programme Deicke Scout Shop While Ardi will join us in the USA this summer, what are you doing next 155 W. Roosevelt Road summer? Applications for BSA participation in the International Camp West Chicago, IL 60185 Staff Program are due next fall, but planning early never hurts. Phone: (630) 231-3192 Through the European Camp Staff program, young leaders from the Fax: (630) 231-3194 Boy Scouts of America have the opportunity to learn more about E-mail: Scouting in Europe by working at a European Scout center. [email protected] The aim of the European Camp Staff program is to assist young peo- ple in developing their leadership skills and to encourage intercultural Click Here to visit the learning. This is achieved by providing the individual with a residential experience as a volunteer staff member at a Scout center in another Council Scout Shop country. All participants in the European Camp Staff program must be online for valuable between 18 and 30 years of age and must be volunteers registered coupons and specials, with the Boy Scouts of America. To ensure that the experience is a schedule of hours, and worthwhile one, participants should be prepared to commit themselves other information. to work for a minimum of six weeks. See information at the BSA‘s In- ternational Department.

Are You Interested in an International Opportunity? Your international representatives are responsible for collecting and All major credit sending recommendations to the BSA‘s international committee. cards accepted! Local Contact Please contact your TFC International Representatives Joe Harrington (630) 707-0200 or Ken King (630) 513-0494, for questions and answers about this process. 13.