The Tequesta Scouter Drumbeat October 2015

October 2015 Tequesta Drumbeat

Subject: October 2015 Tequesta Drumbeat From: Fred Kimball Date: 10/ 4/15 09:24 PM To: [email protected]

The Tequesta Scouter Drumbeat

October 2015

Key 3 NEXT ROUNDTABLE is Monday, October 5, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

District Executive: Denis Silva Roundtable Location 305-364-0020 ext. 233

District Chairman: Ken Lowenhaupt The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 305-301-7983 Saints

District Commissioner: Sharon Fischer 5291 NW 1st St 305-439-9935 Miami, FL 33126

Program: CALENDAR Join Scouting Night

October 5: Roundtable / OA Chapter What worked and what needs to be improved or October 9: Hispanic Heritage Awards Luncheon done diﬀerent October 10: Family Fun Day / IOLS Indoor training October 16-18: IOLS Outdoor training Successful units can tell what they did October 24: Haunted Forest Rechartering – Packages to be turned in and questions November 2: Roundtable / OA chapter answered November 6-8: Webelos Jamboree / OA Section Summit Popcorn Promotion – Carmen Hernandez November 7: Camp Everglades Mow Day Spring Camporee - Orlando Sosa November 9: District Committee meeting November 18: VOA / Catholic Committee November 20-22: Venturee Advancement: Connie Ryan asks that any unit that November 29: Jr. Orange Bowl Parade has done any advancement this year to bring a copy of the paperwork they submitted. Council records are December 7: Roundtable/OA chapter showing a lot of zeroes for advancement. December 12: Old Cutler Trail Hike Roundtable agenda, how to change unit pin on

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December 14: District Committee meeting beascout.org and how to ﬁnd a unit: http://tequesta.us December 16: VOA / Catholic Committee /pdf/TequestaDistrictRoundtable2015-10.pdf Age appropriate activities: http://tequesta.us /pdf/age_appropriate_activities.pdf

Hispanic Heritage Awards Family Fun Day

The Hispanic Heritage Awards Celebration occurs in October, The Cub Scout Family Fun Day/Campout is an opportunity for during Hispanic Heritage Month. Its purpose is to recognize boys and their families to start the Cub Scout year off with a fun respected Hispanic community leaders and organizations that outdoor event. exemplify the values of Scouting through their service and support of our community. When: Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Camp Elmore, Camp Sawyer and Homestead Air Friday, October 9, 2015 Reserve Park (27401 SW New York Ave, Homestead, 33032) Coral Gables Country Club Cost: $20 day pass per person (lunch is included for all pre-registered particpants). 990 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables $25 per person for one night camping at the camping locations. 11:30 a.m. - Reception and Silent Auction Noon - Luncheon and Program Register at https://events.sfcbsa.org/index.php/event Dress: Business or "Guayabera Chic" /138/2015-Family-Fun-Day---Homestead-Air-Reserve-Park by October 2nd. Individual tickets are $250. Tables and advertisement space are Go to https://events.sfcbsa.org/ to register for the Elmore and available. Ad artwork must be submitted by October 1st. Sawyer locations.

This year's recipients include Cesar Alvarez, Co-Chairman of Flier and paper registration form is at Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Obdulio Piedra, Managing Director of https://sfcbsa.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/2015-family- PSG Real Estate Advisors, Village Realty of South Florida; fun-day-flyer.pdf. Orlando Roche, Regional President of Sabadell United Bank; and Alexandera Villoch, President and Publisher of the Miami Herald Media Company.

For more information, contact Lee Popham 305-364-0020 X 218.

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Webelos Jamboree Haunted Forest "A New Adventure" O-Shot-Caw Lodge Presents November 6-8, 2015 Haunted Forest Camp Elmore October 24 at Camp Elmore

The Webelos Jamboree is an opportunity for all Webelos to camp at a fun competitive outdoor event geared only to Webelos. Activities have been changed to include a chance to practice the requirements for the new program skills. The theme is "A New Adventure." Cost is $15 if paid by Oct. 26, $20 after 10/26. Day visitors are $10 and $15. Online registration ends November 4th.

Jamboree booklet: https://sfcbsa.files.wordpress.com/2015/10 /2015-webelos-jamboree-leaders-guide.pdf

NYLT

National Youth Leadership Training is a national six-day course for Scouts and Venturers which gives our youth a Want the full Haunted Forest experience? Check out our toolbox of leadership skills. NYLT is camping package which includes weekend camping, Friday invaluable in that it develops night movie, Haunted Forest ticket, unlimited midway leadership potential of our youth. wristband, and patch! $20 for the weekend package. Requirements: Scouts must be First Class and 13 years old. Scouts and Presale tickets: $6. Walk-up: $10. Venturers must have completed introduction to Leadership Skills for Weekend registration: https://events.sfcbsa.org/index.php troops, crews or ships. Attendance at /event/142/2015-Haunted-Forest-Weekend-Package both weekends is required to complete the course. Trail Tickets and Family packs: https://events.sfcbsa.org Weekend 1: March 18, 2016 - 6 p.m. to March 20, 2016 - 5 p.m. /index.php/event/143/2015-Haunted-Forest-Trail Weekend 2: April 1, 2016 - 6 p.m. to April 3, 2016 - 4 p.m. Where: Camp Elmore and Troop 69 Hut in Homestead Cost: $225. Registration form: Online registration ends on October 21. https://sfcbsa.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/2016-nylt-flyer- and-registration.pdf For camping information, contact Cliff Freiwald 305-364-0020 X 213.

Boy Scout Leader Training Cub Leader Training

IOLS – Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills: required OWL – Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders for Boy Scout Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters, When: October 16-18 7:30 p.m. Friday to noon Sunday. recommended for all Boy Scout leaders. The course is taught in Where: Camp Elmore two parts: indoor (which must be taken first) and outdoor. You Fee: $10 may take the indoor at either location/date. The outdoor is Registration form: OWL registration form offered for one location and time. Contact: Jeanine Kinsey 954-778-0599

Cub Scout Leader Position Specific training Indoor South: Oct. 10 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.), Troop 7 Scout House (1107 S. Greenway Dr. Coral Gables, FL 33134) Contact: Frank Casco 305-726-1813. No pre-registration Thunderbird: October 17, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Includes Youth form; you may RSVP Frank Casco. There is a fee for lunch and Protection refreshments or bring your own.

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Where: Silver Palm United Methodist Church, 15855 SW 248 St., Homestead, FL 33031 Outdoor: Oct. 16-18 (7:30 p.m. Friday to noon Sunday) at Contact: Jeanie Canavan 786-255-8943 Camp Elmore. Fee: $10 Registration form: Boy Scout Outdoor registration form Contact: George Gilmore 954-465-5997

Sporting Clays Invitational Lincoln-Marti Camporee Thursday and Friday November 5-6, 2015 The 2016 Lincoln-Marti Camporee is on the weekend of January 22-24. The Campmaster is Maria Concepcion and the theme is "Scouting Goes to the Races."

Meeting Dates: October 8 - General meeting at council office November 12 - General meeting at council office November 14 - Pioneering training at Carlos Arboleya Park. December 10 - General meeting January 7, 2016 - General meeting

Scoutmasters Camporee

South Florida Council is pleased to announce that the 2015 Boy Scout Sporting Clays Invitational will be held on Thursday, November 5th and Friday, November 6th 2015. Over the years, this event has proven to be extremely popular because of the great fellowship, fabulous raffle items and good times had by all. This year’s proceeds will continue to fund SFC’s mission of leadership & character development programs for more than 40,000 youth in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. Please see the Sponsor Commitment section of the 2015 Sporting Clays Flyer. The 57th Annual Scoutmasters Camporee will be held on Experienced and novice shooters alike are encouraged to attend. February 12-14, 2016. Bring your colleagues, clients, family and friends out for a fun Theme for 2016 event of shooting and fundraising for a truly worthy cause. Scouting in a Digital World REGISTRATION: Chief: Jose Quintero Campsite registration for the 2016 camporee is open. To reserve Please download the 2015 Sporting Clays Flyer, complete a site, go to https://events.sfcbsa.org/index.php/event /134/2016-Scoutmaster-s-Camporee it and e-mail to Lee Popham, mail or fax to:

South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America 2016 Wood Badge Course S4-84-16-1 15255 NW 82nd Avenue, Miami Lakes, FL 33016 305-821-6222 (fax) Wood Badge is Scouting’s For more information contact: premier training course. Lee Popham at (305) 364-0020, ext. 218 Baden-Powell designed it so TOURNAMENT INFO: that Scouters could learn, in as Quail Creek Plantation practical a way possible, the 12399 NE 224th Street, Okeechobee, FL 34972 skills and methods of Scouting. It is first and foremost, learning by doing. Thursday, November 5th: The members of the course noon-5:00 PM-Arrive at hotel. are formed into patrols and 5:00PM – 10:00 PM-Reception, Dinner, Auction, these into a troop. The entire troop lives in the out-of-doors

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Games & Fun. for a week, camping, cooking their own meals, and practicing Scout skills. Friday, November 6th: Course Dates: 7:00AM – 2:00 PM-Breakfast, Shoot, Lunch, Awards & Auction. Week 1: March 18th to the 20th, 2016 (Required) Week 2: April 1st to the 3rd, 2016 (Required) Orientation Meeting: TBD (Optional)

Shooting Sports Merit Badges Participants are required to attend the entire Course – NO exceptions!!! Requirements: Current BSA medical forms (Sections A, B, and C) must be Rifle Shooting submitted at the Orientation Meeting at the South Florida Friday-Instructional & Safety Class, 7 PM- 9 Council office or you can email them to yamilet81 at me dot com PM in the Leader's Lodge at Camp Elmore Cost: and Saturday -Range- Shooting Class, 8:30 The cost of this course is $280 per person. A deposit of $100 is AM to 2:30 PM at the Hollywood Rifle & due with the reservation. Full payment is due by February 18th, Pistol Range. 2016. The cost of this course covers all materials, meals, program supplies, and recognition items. The course is limited Merit Badge Class size will be limited to 20 to 48 paid participants. Scouts A special Early Bird discount is being offered to scouters who Cost: $25.00 per Person; participation is limited to currently register and pay in full by January 17th, 2016. The cost to these registered Boy Scouts and Venturers ( Not a Cub Scout Program) Early Birds is $260.00, a savings of $20.00. Cancellation Policy: Deposits are transferrable, but NOT (Includes Lunch, ammo, range fees,rifle use,safety class and REFUNDABLE! All fees must be paid in full by February 18th, shooting instruction) 2016 (Class limited to 5 Scouts per Troop) Registration: Scouts will work on the Rifle Shooting Merit Badge using .22 Savage Rifles Registration flyer can be used to register for this class. Click on Online (Coming Soon) or the Flier to register HERE Download the 2016 Wood Badge Application

Safety instructional class: Oct. 9, Dec. 11. For More Information: Range shooting class: Oct. 17, Dec. 19.

Shotgun Shooting Course Director: Yamilet Torres – (305) 508-0229 – Friday-Instructional & Safety Class, 7 PM- 9 yamilet81 at me dot com PM in the Leader's Lodge at Camp Elmore Staff Advisor: Cliff Freiwald – (305) 364-0020 x-213 – and Saturday Range Qualification at Markham Park Target Range. Cliff.Freiwald at scouting dot org Cost: $35 per person For more detailed information about this training visit Instructional class: Nov. 13. the Wood Badge Official Website Range class: Nov. 21. Download the flier to register.

JOTA/JOTI June - September Eagle Scouts

6/9/2015 2015 Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) Eagle Scout: Oliver A Robles

Posted on October 1, 2015 in the Bryan On Scouting blog by Bryan Wendell in International Scouting.

What: Annual Scouting event that uses amateur radio to link Scouts around the world, across the country and in your own community.

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When: Third full weekend of October (this year it’s Oct. 16-18, 2015)

Who: Scouts of any age!

How: Once at the ham radio station, the communication typically requires speaking into a microphone and listening on the station speakers. However, many forms of specialized communication can also take place, such as video communication, digital communication using typed words on the computer screen transmitted by radio, communication through a satellite relay or an earth-based relay (called a repeater), and many others. Troop 76 Where to find help: Find a local American Radio Relay Scoutmaster: Alex Milton League club here. Beneficiary: Coral Gables Total Project Cost: $173.00 2015 Jamboree-on-the-Internet (JOTI) Total Man Hours: 156 7/14/2015 What: JOTA’s younger brother, JOTI is an annual Scouting Eagle Scout: Albert L Menendez event that uses the Internet and the numerous devices that are used to get online — home computers, iPads and more — to link Scouts from around the world.

When: Third full weekend of October (this year it’s Oct. 16-18, 2015)

Who: Scouts of any age!

How: Scouts can participate at home with the help of an adult (remember two-deep leadership!), or they can participate in a Scout group at a councilwide event. JOTI is an economical way of communicating around the world. The event allows Scouts to “meet” other Scouts from around the world through the Internet and share more information than just “Hi.”

Where to find help: Contact your local council. They may already have an event set up that your Scouts can attend. Troop 127 Learn more: Get resources, quick-start guides, patch order Scoutmaster: Jose Gomez forms and lots more at the JOTI website. Beneficiary: St. Kevin Catholic Church Chalet Prayer Area Total Project Cost: $12,717.00 Total Man Hours: 365 Scout's labor adds rosary garden to St. Kevin grounds This Is How We Will Grow 8/11/2015 Scouting Eagle Scout: Kevin MacNamara

Chief's Blog October 2, 2015

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Last month, I shared my belief that a comprehensive business plan would help ensure we achieve our objectives, reconcile our dollars and cents and grow our organization for future success. I explained that as part of that plan, we should have a dedicated growth component. Today, I’d like to go into a little more detail on what I think that growth plan should look like, based on many ideas from volunteers and staff from around the nation.

First, a little background: In 1972, the BSA had more than 4.8 million registered youth members. Last year, we had just 2.4 million. That’s a 50 percent decline in just over 40 years. Clearly, that’s not a trend that any of us want or can afford to see continue because it means fewer and fewer of our nation’s young people — our future — are benefiting from the character-building programs Scouting offers.

To reverse this decline, we need to develop a growth strategy that is based on achieving the objectives of our local councils, and I believe our first priority should be maintaining — and strengthening — our proven legacy programs. This means Troop 16 evolving the quality of our programs so that we are delivering a Scoutmaster: Matt Yurkon high-energy Scouting experience that reflects the interests of Beneficiary: A.D. Barnes Park (Humble Mini Garden) youth today while also representing our key Scouting values and Total Project Cost: $759.00 methods. The following areas of focus — designed to help us Total Man Hours: 78 achieve this evolution — are key components of the draft growth plan that our officers will be discussing next week at our board 8/11/2015 meeting: Eagle Scout: Conner J Yurkon

We must ignite an Exploring Explosion. This coming January, we intend to launch Exploring Explosion, a mission-driven, nationwide program that will provide youth with real-world, hands-on career experience in partnership with thousands of organizations in the public and private sectors. Delivered in conjunction with Learning for Life, the program has the potential to significantly attract more youth who are interested in career and leadership development, and engage more volunteers and professionals to support these new members. By actively participating in Exploring Explosion, councils stand to advance their local programs and attract new board members, financial resources and new capacity designed to help build traditional Scouting programs. We need to innovative — truly innovate — a more effective entry point for introducing families into Troop 16 Scouting. I think we can do a better job when it comes Scoutmaster: Matt Yurkon to making Scouting more inviting to our youngest Scouts Beneficiary: A.D. Barnes Fire Pit Renovation and their parents. By March, I’d like us to have Total Project Cost: $881.00 determined an ideal approach for introducing Scouting to Total Man Hours: 76 the whole family. As our demographics change, we know that recent immigrant communities do not have a generational involvement and we need to introduce them 8/11/2015 to our values proposition. As part of this approach, we Eagle Scout: Simon P Tsaoussis also need to consider how we help these young Scouts advance through their programs in a timely and meaningful way that keeps them interested. This means helping them feel accomplished and also continually challenged to reach achievable goals. Additionally, local councils have embarked on innovative programs to reach

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out to younger youth. We need to truly study this and determine if this is helpful or harmful to overall growth in the program. In every case, we want to innovate while not doing so at the expense of our powerful brand or the values component of Scouting. We should continue to develop and expand STEM Scouts. We have seen terrific results with recruitment and retention in the pilot program that was launched in the Great Smoky Mountain Council two years ago and we hope to see similar results from the 12 additional pilot councils we brought into the program this summer. Our initial metrics point toward a real hunger among youth and their parents for this type of intellectually challenging program that is designed to teach and create a passion for skills required of the next generation of scholars and industry leaders. We should continue our STEM Scouts beta test, fine tune the program as appropriate and take a strategic approach to expanding it across Scouting’s footprint. Troop 336 Finally, we must take a “rifle approach” to Scoutmaster: Tom Bales Beneficiary: Tropical Audubon Society Install WiFi Wireless growing our ranks. The BSA must be committed to extension giving all young people the opportunity to join Scouting, Total Project Cost: $807.00 regardless of their circumstances, neighborhood or ethnic Total Man Hours: 157 background. I’d like to see us strengthen our marketing efforts by adopting more of a rifle approach to community outreach, targeting more precisely the 9/9/2015 underserved markets we want to reach. We will be able to Eagle Scout: Michael Quintana do this in part through an enhanced ScoutReach program which we will use to help us achieve our goal of streamlining Cub Scouting. I also think we have tremendous opportunities to better engage with military families, and in markets with low participation, i.e. our largest cities. In many cases our current program works just fine; our delivery, however, will need to undergo some changes to make it easier for parents and youth to access what we offer.

Working closely with our board, I will continue to seek input as the goal of the National Service Center must be to provide the content and support that our councils feel will help them achieve their objectives. But the historical decline in Scouting’s membership is a trend that we must correct, and doing so will require strategic thinking, creativity and hard work. Although it will be challenging, I also think it will be a lot of fun to inject new life into our programs and processes — not to mention new faces into Scouting who are eager to absorb all the wonderful lessons Troop 744 and skills that our organization stands to teach them. Scoutmaster: Lester Montoya Beneficiary: Tombstones Identification Project in Miami I will keep you posted on the progress of our plan. Total Project Cost: $5,400.00 Total Man Hours: 172 Let’s grow.

Mike Surbaugh Chief Scout Executive http://scoutingwire.org/this-is-how-we-will-grow-scouting/ Remembering Yogi Berra, baseball legend who raised

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more than $1 million for Scouting

Posted on September 23, 2015 in the Bryan On Scouting Blog by Bryan Wendell in Scouting in the News

Yogi Berra, the baseball legend whose Scouting service earned him the Silver Buffalo Award, has died. He was 90.

While known worldwide as the New York Yankees catcher with an unmatched sense of humor, Berra was also a fervent supporter of Scouting.

He established the Yogi Berra Golf Classic in 1991, a tournament that went on to raise more than $1 million for Scouts with special needs in the Northern New Jersey Council. In that same tournament in 1998, Berra even hit a hole-in-one.

The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., continues to educate and inspire thousands of youth. And Berra and his wife, Carmen, established an endowment fund to support special-needs Scouting and other youth programs.

In 2003, this commitment to the community earned Berra the Silver Buffalo Award, the BSA’s highest honor for service to youth. In his acceptance speech, Berra offered up a classic Yogi-ism.

“It’s a real honor to receive the Silver Buffalo Award,” he said. “Kids are our future — even if the future isn’t what it used to be.”

As he presented Berra with the award, Chief Scout Executive Roy Williams took a moment to honor the Hall of Famer.

“[Berra] is a true American legend who believes in the basic values of hard work, common sense, fairness, integrity and commitment — and his good sense of humor has helped to make him an American icon. Yogi embodies the values of the Scout Oath and Law and all that’s great about America.”

Berra in Boys’ Life

Berra was on the cover of the April 1963 issue of Boys’ Life

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magazine.

View images of the story at http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org /2015/09/23/remembering-yogi-berra-baseball-legend-raised- 1-million-scouting/

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