September, 2018 Edition

Flaming Arrow District KEY Leadership

Ed Tucker………………………District Commissioner Harry Drew………………………………….District Chair Alice Hamilton Jeff Hammonds………,,,…….……..District Vice Chair D District Training Chair Candace Skinner……..……………..Sr. District Executive

There are times when we are confronted with a difficult situation. We need a little direction or maybe just a good listener. Training is a Journey, not a Destination

You are NOT alone...Unit Commissioners are here Online Youth Protection Training was given an to support your unit and provide a link to lots of update in February. If you have not taken the new resources throughout the district and version yet, your current Youth Protection council. Our unit commissioners are trained and Training will expire on September 30th. Make a prepared to assist you. Please reach out to your sandwich or get some popcorn and take the time unit commissioner to assist your unit. to learn about updates to Youth Protection Training today! (Visit http://my.scouting.org) If you don’t know your unit commissioner, please don’t hesitate to contact me to get their Upcoming training events... information. If you’d like to find out more about becoming a unit commissioner and be a part of *Saturday, September 29th - Flaming Arrow our great team, please contact me. District Training Day (Registration is up and running now... Visit http://flaming-arrow.shac.org/training for more information and for the registration link)

Ed Tucker *Saturday, October 13th - University of Scouting (Visit www.samhoustonbsa.org/university-of- District Commissioner scouting - The course catalog has been posted and registration should open soon.)

Do you have questions about training? Wondering what courses are the best to take?

Contact me at [email protected] - I would love RECHARTER TRAINING will take place at October to help you give the best Scouting program and November Round Table. Come learn all the possible to the youth in the Flaming Arrow secrets that make it easy! District!

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“Scout Me In campaign opens doors…” This was the headline from a recent article in The Examiner newspaper. How True!

Our fall campaign invited all young people from 5- 10 years old to participate in the adventure and fun of Cub Scouting. It is a doorway for young boys and girls to benefit from the aims and values of the scouting program.

But it is more…families can now have all their Cub age children involved in the same scouting events. Girls who have been coming to events with their brothers are no longer visitors.

Soon the door will open completely – allowing girls to join all scouting programs. Their time is now. Pack 3017 knows how to have FUN!

During the past 118 years, some BSA policies, procedures and names may have changed but not 2018 FAD School Night our Mission: WE AIM HIGH! The Mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Key 3 and District Commissioner Ed Tucker [email protected] Harry Drew [email protected] Jeff Hammonds [email protected]

Candace Skinner [email protected]

Pack 3603 does a show and tell about Cub Scout outdoor adventures like fishing, and canoeing. Showing a good-looking uniform creates a “Wow” factor . . .

2 The Cub Corner even though the emergency may be big, they can Be Prepared.

Familiarity is also important for preparation. To help with this, Pack 1292 is working with the Kingwood Medical Center to help Cubs become familiar with the Pediatric Emergency Center in our community. Their pack is setting up tours and service projects so that kids are comfortable in the center before they may arrive there under the stress of an emergency. Contact Cubmaster Patrick Snyder ([email protected]) for Jared Jensen more information. Cub Scout Round Table Commissioner Secondly, during the emergency focus on the

positive. Hope is powerful and can dispel the This month, instead of one more newsletter stress created by a threatening situation. If you article about re-chartering (although it is find yourself facing tough questions when your important, and I just know you will all get yours Cub Scouts are under stress—be it a hurricane in done on time) I thought we might focus on our the Gulf or a house fire down the block—reassure . them that it will be all right. One year ago, our community was hit by a natural disaster the likes of which we have not seen in Lastly, after the event, help your Cub Scouts many, many years. Thousands of people were cope. Each child will cope with the stress of an impacted, and just as many more stepped up to emergency differently. help recover and Do A Good Turn—whether they My personal favorite is a story from Ready.gov were Scouts or not. about a Wolf-age boy who was coping with the aftermath of local flooding: he had clothes stacked Hurricane Harvey and the flooding it caused on his dresser, slept with his favorite toys piled on taught us the importance of our motto “Be his bed, and had stashed a bag of candy in his Prepared.” Prepared for what, you say? Well, closet. His parents thought he was acting out, but anything! this boy was just coping with the stress of the disaster by being prepared to evacuate if his house Accidents and natural disasters affect everyone flooded again! differently, but the most normal response is stress. Kids will feel the stress of an emergency While every Cub Scout will cope with stress too and respond in their own way. We can do a differently, we can focus it constructively through lot to help them get through something as service to others, making an emergency kit, or monumental as major flooding or as small as a activities that emphasize a return to normal fender bender with a good plan. routines.

First, help your Cubs prepare. Talk about what Check out the kids section of Ready.gov for great to do in an emergency. This is a great opportunity tips on how you can help your Cub Scouts Be to teach Scouts skills like first aid, the Six Prepared for anything! Essentials (and why each item is important in an emergency), and how to communicate with If you have questions or need to reach me: emergency responders. Preparation up front [email protected] helps Cub Scouts know that

3 Kickerillo-Mischer Canoe Camp Meanwhile, T1377 Scouts are enjoying Summer Event for Cubs their High Adventure in Oregon

Those faces show a big WOW. . . definitely not couch potatoes! Looks like work, BUT. . .

The adult leaders could be home mowing the lawn, cleaning house, or other exciting chores, but they sacrificed “for the boys”.

it’s FUN!

4 Fall recruitment has begun and Meet the Teacher events were very successful!

Sign-Up Nights are now underway and we excited to see how many new families get to experience the joys of Scouting and being part of the Flaming Arrow family! Popcorn Time is Here!

Special thanks to our FAD Membership Great way to help a unit, help a Scout and foster a Coordinators and Team Leaders spirit of entrepreneurship with our youth!

Cindy Higgins Units should have their popcorn order forms and Kingwood, Huffman, Private Schools online sales have begun. Be sure to utilize the new

Trails End Scout App for accepting credit card Vanessa Farmer payments while order taking in person. New Caney, Splendora

Scouts may also create their online account, upload Gareth Young photos of themselves and write a brief bio. Then Humble, Atascocita, Summerwood, Fall Creek they can share the link on social media to promote

online sales. New this year is the Scout Kathleen Sison Champions: 2018 Top Seller Incentives Unit Lion Champion program which has replaced the unit top seller

recognition. Contact your unit or district Popcorn Candace Skinner Kernel if you do not have a copy of the program. Senior DE Extraordinaire Important popcorn dates to remember:

Popcorn Blitz Days:

September 29th – 20 order taking total items

October 13th – 40 order taking total items

October 27th – 60 order taking total items

Unit Popcorn Pick-Up Date: November 17th

For Blitz Day information, go to the following link http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/popcorn/#Blitz

For information popcorn sales, please contact one MARK YOUR CALENDAR of our District Popcorn Kernels: Rocket Day for New Scouts Lisa Munoz [email protected] Saturday, November 3rd, 9:30am

May Community Center, 2100 Wolf Road Janessa Tucker [email protected]

Huffman, TX 77336

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Fall Pow Wow

September 21 – 23, 2018 Bovay Scout Ranch 8,000 Arrowmen attended the 6-day 2018 National 3450 County Road 317 Order of the Arrow Conference in Bloomington, Navasota, TX 77868 Indiana. They had an opportunity to attend superior training sessions, evening shows, cool OA Fall Pow Wow is Colonneh Lodge's premier recreational opportunities and exciting programs. event. It is a combination of sports, games, expos, Make your plans now to attend the next NOAC in shows, ceremony competitions, Native American Michigan. crafts, Pow Wows, and so much more. OA Fall Pow Wow is held at Bovay Scout Ranch, and is three NOAC Arrowman Band rehearsed for one of the days of non-stop fun, food, fellowship and many shows. The drummer was AMAZING! celebration. Lodge officer elections will be held and Arrowmen will not want to miss the annual Vigil Honor call out following the Saturday evening show.

OA Day of Service September 29, 2018 Double Lake Recreation Area 301 FM 2025 Rd Coldspring, TX 77331

The Day of Service is sponsored by the SHAC Conservation Committee and led by Colonneh Lodge Order of the Arrow members in partnership with the US Forest Service on National Public Lands Day. This service opportunity is open to all Scouts in troops, crews and ships, Venturers, Scouters and their family members. Projects include clearing of underbrush, removing invasive species, and erosion control. Scouts can earn service hours and more. A friend of FAD, Kathleen White had a good time PLAN AHEAD . . . in the Trading Post. She hopes to see more of our Chapter members at the next NOAC. International July, 2019 National Jamboree July, 2021 For more OA information, visit www.samhoustonbsa.org

6 Calendar September “Will All the Servant Leaders in the Room ...... Please Remain Seated” 1 Order of the Arrow elections begin

© Nelson R. Block 2018 6 Commissioners meeting Nelson Block is a member of the Sam Houston Area Council Board of Directors, a Scouting scholar, 6 District committee meeting author and Vigil member. In his recent essay that focuses on Servant Leadership, Mr. Block uses the 7-8 Sea Scouts Minto Rendezvous following as an example of servant leadership at its best: 13 Roundtable

“. . .During the OA call-out or Ordeal, Scouts may 13 Order of the Arrow chapter meeting recognize their camp staff heroes behind the ceremonial clothing. Later in the week, when 14-16 training 18-2A (SHAC) the new member seeks to connect with the staffer by saying something about the OA 19 Bronze Wolf Reception: Brigitte Therivel experience where the elder Scout was a leader, 4:30-7pm the inductee is met with a question about his favorite camp activity that day. The elder Scout 21-23 OA Fall Pow Wow gets his satisfaction from his younger brother’s growth and happiness, not his admiration.” 29 Popcorn Blitz Day #1

During the introduction to his essay, Mr. Block 29 District Training Day quotes Robert K. Greenleaf, author of The Servant as Leader and The Power of Servant Leadership: October

“Humility is one of the distinguishing traits of 4 Commissioners meeting the true servant.” 4 District committee meeting 5-7 Wood Badge training, 18-2B (SHAC) The concepts of servant leadership and humility in 11 Recharter Training the service to others are important life-lessons. 11 Roundtable Both are learned and practiced by members of the 11 Order of the Arrow chapter meeting Scouting movement. 13 University of Scouting – Fall (SHAC) 13 First Aid Meet 13 Popcorn Blitz Day #2 18 Council Coordinated: for district committee (SHAC) 19-21 Fun with Family campout for new Scouts (SHAC) 27 Popcorn Blitz Day #3

Have questions? Contact a Key 3 member or District Executive See page 2 for contact information

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First member from Flaming Arrow...first from Sam Houston Area Council...only the 9th living recipient from Boy Scouts of America – BRIGITTE THERIVEL, an International Bronze Wolf !

SHAC will host a reception for Brigitte on September 19th at the Cockrell Scout Center. Guests will be welcomed from 4:30-7:00pm. Uniforming is optional. No gifts, please. Cards will be available for personal messages to Brigitte. Let’s congratulate one of our own!

Scoutbook is the BSA’s online unit management SCOUTBOOK tool and helps Scouts, parents and leaders track advancement and milestone achievements along FREE AS OF the Scouting trail. For details: JANUARY, 2019 [email protected]

HEROISM AWARD REINSTATED

The award honors youth members or adult leaders who demonstrate “heroism and skill in saving or attempting to save a life at minimal personal risk.”See application and details for qualification: [email protected]

TWO-DEEP LEADERSHIP – NEW DEFINITION

As of October 1, all Scout activities must have two adult leaders. Each leader must be a registered member of BSA and be 21 years of age. This includes all programs, including Cub Scout.

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