State Capitol Welcomes Local All-Girls Cub Scout Pack

August 2018 Issue

girl Cub Scout Pack. Thank you Cub Scout Pack 1920! Keep up the great work ladies!” Senator Jean Fuller commented, “These young ladies are extraordi- nary representatives of Visalia and it was my honor to make the historic introduction,” following her introduction of the Pack to the State Senate. The girls were each presented with a resolution from the State Assembly and State Senate and were able to gift both Devon Mathis and Jean Fuller with Scout pins and challenge coins as a thank you for their time and recognition.

Cub Scout Pack 1920 from Live Oak District in Visalia, CA was honored by the California State Senate and Assembly on Monday, April 23, 2018 as the first All-Girls Cub Scout Pack in the state. This group of trailblazing Cubs showed off their knowledge and Scout skills to our state representatives during their visit with their fantastic questions, polite demeanors and by saying the Scout Oath and Law on the State Assembly floor. State Assemblyman Devon Mathis was thrilled to give the girls a behind the scenes look at the state capitol and said, “I had a won- derful time honoring and showing around California’s first ever all- August Events/Dates September 6-8—Wood Badge Session I August 14—OA Chapter Meeting (TB) September 7—”Show & Sell” Popcorn Pickup August 14—District Committee Meeting (SJ/TB) September 11—OA Chapter Meeting (TB) August 15—OA Chapter Meeting (RB) September 11—District Committee Meeting (SJ /RB) August 16—OA Chapter Meeting (SJ/LO) September 13—District Roundtable (SJ/TB/LO) August 16—District Roundtable (RB) September 13—Commissioner Staff Meeting (LO) August 16—Commissioner Staff Meeting (TB) September 13—District Committee Meeting (RB) August 21—LAST DAY to place “Show & Sell” popcorn orders on trails-end.com September 14-15—Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS) and BALOO training August 23—District Committee Meeting (LO) September 19—OA Chapter Meeting (SJ) August 24-26—Club Chawanakee Session I September 20—OA Chapter Meeting (SJ/LO) August 25—BSA Lifeguard & Advanced CPR/First Aid September 20—District Roundtable (RB)

September 20—Commissioner Staff Meeting (TB) September Events/Dates September 20-22—Wood Badge Session II Aug 31-Sept 3—Club Chawanakee Session II September 27—District Committee Meeting (LO) September 3—LABOR DAY (Offices Closed) September 27—Executive Board Meeting September 6—YPT Training @ Visalia Office September 28-29—OA Fall Ordeal and Lodge Officer September 6—OA Lodge Meeting Elections September 6—Commissioner Staff Meeting (SJ/RB) September 29—Commissioner Basic Training Be Organized!

Many things need to be considered when planning your unit calendar, such as: 1. Your chartered organization’s regular events and special activities; events that might provide a unit service project opportunity. 2. Religious holidays and observances— your own and those of other faiths rep- resented in your unit as well. 3. School activities, vacations, sporting events, plays, graduations and community events as well. 4. Also of course, use the council planning guide as a guide when planning your unit calendar to include and plan to participate in as many council and district events in your unit calendar as you can.

Journey to Excellence Recognition program The Journey to Excellence (JTE) is the tool BSA provides us to measure the quality of the Scouting Program in our council. A unit that plans their program year, based on the goals and standards set forth in the Journey to Excellence, can be confident they’re delivering a quality program, sup- ported by a healthy unit with trained leaders.

How to Stay on the Journey to Excellence Path We all need to understand that Journey to Excellence makes Scouting stronger. Every time we are working on a Scouting project, activity, meeting, etc., we need to think back about how it relates to JTE. Remember, you are an essential part of the council and can help us have the strongest scouting program ever. Keep Your Unit Running Smoothly: Five Steps for Planning Success

1. Review last year’s program and build on the success. Analyze struggles and things that went wrong and try to solve and improve on them. 2. Use the Council Planning Guide (available at the Fresno and Visalia offices or from your district professional) and ask questions of your unit commissioner. 3. Take into consideration all the district and council activities that are scheduled and build your program around them while planning to participate in district and council events. 4. Don’t forget to include your Blue and Gold Banquet, your Court of Honor, your Family Friends of Scouting presentation, recruitment events, District Camporees and Klondikes into your unit plan, as well as Family Camp, Cub Scout Day Camp, Webelos Adventure Camp or Boy Scout Summer Camp at Camp Cha- wanakee! 5. Publish your unit plan to all your families and chartered organization leadership. Also make sure to dis- tribute your unit calendar to all the new families that are interested in joining!

Don’t forget to visit one of our Scout Shops to make sure you have your uniforms and handbooks ready for the new program year!

Fresno Scout Shop Visalia Trading Post

6005 N Tamera Ave 230 NW 3rd Ave

Fresno, CA 93711 Visalia, CA 93291

Phone: 559-436-1339 Phone: 559-732-3424

Fax: 559-436-1355 Fax: 559-732-0822

Hours of Operation Hours of Operation

M-F 10am-6pm M-F* 10am-5pm (closed for lunch 1pm-2pm)

Sat 10am-3pm *1st Thursday of the month open until 7pm Club Chawanakee

Calling all Scouting Families! Join us for a weekend of adventure at our beautiful Camp Chawanakee! Club Cha- wanakee is a weekend family camp designed for the entire family. Particiapnts not only get to enjoy a family program, but also have tents and bedding provided as well as meals prepared. Session I meals begin with breakfast on Saturday and conclude with lunch on Sunday. Session II meals begin with lunch on Saturday and conclude with lunch on Monday. Session I Friday, August 24-Sunday, August 26, 2018 $70.00/person age 15 and older. $55.00/child age 6-14. Children under age 6 are free. Session II Friday, August 31-Monday, September 3, 2018 $80.00/person age 15 and older. $60.00/child age 6-14. Children under age 6 are free

Contact: Michael Foster (559)320-2100 or at [email protected] Fall Explorer Camping Weekend

October 19-21, 2018 Camp Chawanakee, Shaver Lake

Enjoy the Archery Range, Shot Gun Range, Rifle Range & Climbing Wall

$75 Fee per Post

Please email Joseph for cabin/tent reservations at [email protected] Sequoia Council Camping and Outdoor Program Team invite you to High Adventure Weekends at Camp Cha- wanakee. This weekend is a perfect opportunity to experience some of the exciting activities high adventure has to offer. Events include shooting, the climbing wall, and kayaking. There will also be trainings for both adult and youth members. You can download the flyer and information packet here: https:// www.seqbsa.org/2018-adventure-weekend/

Friday, September 28th through Sunday, September 30th. Check in begins at 5:00 pm on Friday night. Register online: https://www.seqbsa.org/go/AdventureSept18

Friday, October 12th through Sunday, October 14th. Check in begins at 5:00 pm on Friday night. Register online: https://www.seqbsa.org/go/AdventureOct18

The cost is just $25.00 per person per weekend and includes all program supplies, lunch on Saturday, and an event patch. Registration is open to all Boy Scout Troops, Venture Crews, and Explorer Posts. Online registration is available click here: https://www.seqbsa.org/go/AdventureOct18.

Units must provide their own tents. Units are responsible for their own meals Friday night, Saturday breakfast, Saturday dinner, and Sunday breakfast. All minors wishing to participate in shooting activities must have a signed permission form with them at camp. That form is part of the information attached to this email. All participants must have a current BSA Medical Form (Parts A and B) completed and with them at camp. The medical form is available here: https:// www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/ahmr/.

For more information, consult the leaders guide or contact Council Camping and Outdoor Program Chair John Dufresne at (559) 287-1445 or at [email protected], or the Council Staff Advisor Michael Foster at (559) 917-4593 or at [email protected]. Volunteer opportunities are available. Contact the above indi- viduals for more information.

Since the inception of the Eagle Scout award in 1912,2.01% of eligible Scouts have earned Scouting’s highest honor. Even though the percentage has been trending upward over the years, the award is still incredibly rare. Congratulations to the following Scouts who earned the rank of Eagle in the months of April, May, June & July 2018!

San Joaquin District Riverbend District Thunderbird District Live Oak District John Thomas Brownell, Troop 35 Derrick Hirschfield, Troop 392 Conner Hiatt, Troop 331 Anthony Holmes, Troop 338 Daniel Hall, Troop 86 Garrett Pack, Troop 392 Chase Rindlisbacher, Troop 29 Jackson Abbott, Troop 344 Jack Luong. Troop 223 Carlos Lucero, Troop 172 Jarrod Mills, Crew 2249 Justin Mederano, Troop 321 Rory O’Keefe, Troop 223 John Myers, Troop 496 Harrison Caetano, Troop 118 Ryan Sasaki, Troop 317 Zachary Ritter, Troop 86 James LeGassick, Troop 466 Robert Niino, Troop 118 Diego Zamora, Troop 274 Stephen Vidales, Troop 223 Ian Conorich, Troop 396 Quade Kenison, Troop 341 Noah Case, Troop 251

Quinton Maukai, Troop 199 Luke Ford, Troop 480 David O’Brien, Troop 316 Carsen Crockett, Troop 340

Jared Clack, Troop 130 Connor Ford, Troop 480 Isaac Rumohr, Troop 316 Ryan Kalama, Troop 234 Noah Martorana, Troop 301 Ralph Luna III, Troop 390 Aiden Fiero, Troop 321 Timothy Lucey, Troop 60 Taylor Radcliff, Troop 390 Bailey Darnell, Troop 80 Patrick Lucey, Troop 60 Noah Aland, Troop 234 Izaac Smith, Troop 8110 Michael Roberts, Troop 317 Jared Lemon, Troop 61 Jacob Contreras, Troop 309 Colin Gray, Troop 2 Christopher Hornung, Troop 317

Matthew Forestiere, Troop 223 Evan Stewart, Troop 309

Joseph Larsen, Troop 33 Scott Bell, Troop 234 Brett Rayburn, Troop 301 Cody Arnold-Haro, Troop 301 Kyle Arnold-Haro, Troop 301 Micah Frampton, Troop 153

Scouting App for iPhone and Android helps Scouts track advancement on the go

Scouting adventures can happen anywhere. With the new Scouting app for iPhone and Android, you can track those adventures anywhere too.

The Scouting app, developed by the Boy Scouts of America, allows youth members and their parents to view and track advancement within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Venturing. Its free and available on iOS and Android devices. The BSA’s Information Technology Group, along with a throng of volunteer beta testers, wanted families to have an easier way to view and track a young person’s advancement, so they built the attractive, easy-to-use, official app. The Scouting app connects to Scoutbook.com to sync existing advancement data. Because this information is stored on your device, you can use the Scouting app offline. That means parents and youth (13 and older) can access their advancement data anywhere, at any time. How to begin

After downloading the Scouting app, parents and youth use their Scoutbook.com credentials to login. Don’t have a Scoutbook account? Visit Scoutbook.com to create one for free. Note: a youth and parent can set up an account for the new mobile app even if their pack, troop or crew doesn’t have a unit-level subscription to Scoutbook.com.

What the app can do What’s coming soon The initial release (version 1.0) of the app includes the Additional features will be introduced later in 2018, in- following functions: cluding:

• Track a Scout’s advancement • Scout community

• Track logs like service hours, hiking and camping • Notifications

• View parent and/or Scout profile • Positions of leadership/responsibility

• Submit feedback • Calendar

• Provide parent access to your Scout(s) account • Scout challenges

HAVE YOU TAKEN THE NEW YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING?

The BSA has announced bold, wide- child sexual abuse. ranging updates to its youth protec- The BSA is serious about fighting tion program as an ongoing effort to child abuse and keeping our Scouts protect young people from abuse. and Scouters safe. You are an im- This starts with an enhanced online portant part of that fight. Thank you Youth Protection Training course all to all of you for your vigilance and volunteers and professionals must dedication. complete. Even those Scout leaders

who took the previous version of Youth Protection Training must log into my.scouting.org and complete Upcoming YPT Dates: the updated course before October • Sept 6th 6:30pm, Visalia Scout 1, 2018. Office The updated course will take about • Sept 12th 6:30pm, Fresno Scout an hour to complete. It includes Office cutting-edge research from the top experts in the field of child abuse Training can also be completed Plan an in-person training with your prevention. It covers topics like bul- online at www.scouting.org/ unit by speaking with your District lying, neglect, exposure to violence, training/youth-protection/ Professional physical and emotional abuse and OR

Its Time for Fall Recruitment!

If you haven’t already, now is the time to reach out to your District Professional to start scheduling Fall Re- cruitments. Listed below are a few of the ways we can recruit new youth into your units with support that the council can provide to you through our professional staff. School Lunch Talks The school talk recruiting presentation is a three to five minute talk to students at local ele- mentary schools about the Scouting program during their lunch. Work with your District Pro- fessional to plan and schedule these talks with the schools and make sure to send a volunteer to assist during the actual presentations. BeAScout BeAScout.org provides a 24/7 resource for interested parents to learn more about Scouting and its programs, benefits and experience, all from any location with a web-connected device. Make sure your unit’s “pin” is up-to-date. If your unit does not currently have a pin, create one! Peer to Peer Recruitment Consider having a recruitment campaign within the pack and troop. Offer incentives to each Scout who brings in a friend as well as an overall prize for the top recruiter. The best testimo- nies of how awesome Scouting is comes from our Scouts themselves! Webelos to Scout Transition Boys joining troops from Webelos dens continue to be the best resource for growing troops and expanding patrols. Many thriving troops have a close working relationship with a Cub Scout pack that provides them with a new group of enthusiastic youth every year. Make sure to continue to foster the Pack & Troop relationship throughout the year (Boy Scouts make ex- cellent helpers during Pack recruitment events!) Its Popcorn Time! As we approach the Fall season, it is time to prepare for the biggest fundraiser of the year, Popcorn! Our kickoffs are taking place in just a few short weeks. Please make sure your unit is represent- ed. This meeting contributes greatly to the success of your unit this year! Don’t forget, attendance at a kick- off gets your unit an extra 2% commission!

Aug 11 Sat 9:00AM If you are the unit coordinator for this year, please go to the website at this link to confirm the date and lo- Fresno Service Center cation that you will be attending. All units attending 6005 N Tamera Ave, Fresno the kick-offs in August will receive a big vinyl popcorn banner for your booth sales. Confirm attendance at: https://www.seqbsa.org/ Aug 11 Sat 2:00PM go/18popcornkickoff Fresno Service Center 6005 N Tamera Ave, Fresno New Popcorn website for our council. Please check it regularly for updates. https://www.seqbsa.org/ support-scouting/popcorn/ Aug 16 Thurs 6:00-7:00 PM Kingsburg Community Church 1590 Smith St., Kingsburg

Don’t forget that our Friends of Scouting Campaign runs through December 31st. If you have not yet had an FOS presentation for your unit, please contact your district professional to schedule one for an upcoming Pack Meeting or Troop Court of Honor. Help us continue the important work of Scouting by supporting our council FOS campaign.

District FOS Goal Achievement: San Joaquin 62% of District Goal Thunderbird 43% of District Goal Riverbend 56% of District Goal Live Oak 37% of District Goal Awesome job Scouts of Troop 282 from Reedley that participated at the Riverbend District Camporee

KINGSBURG – Local Boy Scouts in Troop #392 were honored at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6152’s Award Night for outstanding work in their troop. VFW Commander Steve Nagle honored Eagle Scouts Derrick Hirschfield and Garret Pack with awards for their outstanding work as Eagle Scouts. Life Scout Jacob Phillips was voted as the All-Around Scout by his peers and received an award for that designation.

Great Job to Parker Carl of Pack 343 from Visalia who helped place flags on the graves of Veterans this past Memorial Day.

Congratulations to the Bear Patrol from Troop 413 in Hanford on winning the Riverbend District Camporee! Congratulations to Live Oak - Troop 309 Eagle Scouts: Everett Anez, Evan Blaney, Dane Carstens, Jacob Contreras, Christopher Hogan & Evan Stewart!

Live Oak Cub Scout Pack 309 from Exeter recently held a spring camp out at Camp Wortman. This was their first camp out since their recent bridging ceremony. All of the dens were excited with their new ranks and ready to go. Everyone learned new information, such as orienteer- ing, edible plant identification, first aid skills, fire safety, and animal track identification. A special thanks to the Boy Scouts who attended from Troop 309. The adult leaders were happy with the turn out and pleased to see all of the happy faces... CAMP ROCKS!! Scouting Families gathered for a camping retreat on April 13-15, 2018 on the Kings River in Reedley, CA. The event, hosted by the Catholic Committee on Scouting with support from the Diocese of Fresno, provided youth the opportunity to camp outdoors, participate in religious activities , roast marshmallows over a campfire and attend outdoor mass surrounded by trees. Congratulations to Lemoore Pack 402 Cub Scouts on your rank advancements! A huge thank you to Cubmaster Jim Kaukola and Assistant Cubmaster Erif Scheffel for your leadership in the pack!

Congratulations to all the Cub Scouts from Pack 301 in San Joaquin District on your rank advancements! Live Oak Pack 309 from Exeter attended the Visalia Rawhide Scout Night in June. There were several Scouts from each den in attendance. This was a great opportunity to spend time with family and pack members, to watch some baseball, and campout on the field that night! We are grateful to our local council for organizing this great event.

Boy Scouts from 1953 return to site of epic Jamboree: 'I’ve done nothing like it before or since'

“He appeared in one of Norman Rockwell’s 1940s Scout paintings as a young uniformed man pointing to the horizon. He attended the 1947 World Scout Jamboree in Moisson, France. In 1955, he helped stage a Scout show at the Los Angeles Coliseum under the supervision of Walt Disney. A scouting facility in Visalia, Calif., where he still volunteers, is named for him.” Read the full LA Times article that mentions Bob Lu- dekens at: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-scouts- jamboree-20180720-story.html#

Congrats to Live Oak District on an awesome Cub Scout Day Camp! Special thanks to Visalia PD for the drone photo! Congratulations to Live Oak - Troop 321 Eagle Scouts: Aiden Fierro, Nick Mavis, Justin Mudrano, Carter Nelson & Joseph Rozum!

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