Santa Clara County Council, Boy Scouts of America 970 W. Julian Street, San Jose, CA 95126
July – August Santa Clarion Newsletter In This Issue: 970 W Julian Street San Jose, CA 95126 Page 2: www.scccbsa.org Day Camp Resident Camp Sleeves for Scouts The Training Tree A Message from our Scout Executive Page 3: National Jamboree Summer really is a premiere season for Scouting. Capitol March Scouts Make Commercials This time of year brings lazy and endless days for our kids and an opportunity to share 100 th Anniversary Awards adventures with family and friends. Each week, I have the opportunity to experience this firsthand during visits to our week-long summer camp at Hi-Sierra and our weekly Cub and Page 4: Webelos day camps across the county. The happy smiles and loud laughter, from often Bristlecone unwashed and sun burnt faces, are a testament to Scouting’s values. Page 5: These experiences are the lifelong memories that our youth will take from Scouting. Volunteering Soccer and Scouting I encourage each of you as leaders to come together with your fellow unit leaders this summer Learning for Life and develop a calendar of fun, outdoor programming for the upcoming year. After all, studies show this to be the #1 reason why boys join our programs! Page 6: Matching Gifts If you need help developing ideas of finding program that fit your pack, troops, or crews needs, 100 th Anniversary Plans please let us know so we can grow to fill your needs. Page 7: Best wishes and enjoy your summer! Scout Ranger Award Making Donations Living a Legacy Yours In Scouting, Boomerang Gift
Page 8: “Wills” Special Events Jason Stein Page 8-11: District Updates
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HOW THE WEST WAS FUN! SLEEVES FOR SCOUTS
There is still time for Cub Camp! Do you remember the first day you put on a Scout uniform? The feeling of pride in knowing you had earned the right to Day and Twilight camps are open to all Cubs entering the 2 nd th wear it and the excitement of looking forward to all the thru 5 grades in fall of 2009 as Wolves, Bears or Webelos. adventures your uniform promised? Most importantly, do you Those that will be entering as Tiger Cub in Fall of 2009 can remember the feeling of belonging, knowing you were part of participate at all twilight camps with an adult partner only. the largest youth movement in the world? Imagine that day if your family was unable to afford the price of even a used Don’t let your Cub Scout miss out on a summer filled of fun uniform shirt. That’s what many of our fellow Scouts around as they will hone on their archery skills, explore camp while the world are facing. To them, the Scout uniform is more than hiking, compete in sports activities with other Cub Scouts, and a shirt; it is a symbol that shows the world “I am a Scout”. much more! For more information please call 408-280-5088. We have the opportunity to give them that chance to feel that pride. Upcoming Camps include: • South County Twilight: 7/6 – 7/10 The Boy Scouts of America proudly announces the Sleeves for • Los Gatos Creek 2 Day Camp: 7/13 – 7/17 Scouts campaign. BSA is asking Scouts and Scouters to • Lake Cunningham 2 Day Camp: 7/13 – 7/17 gather up all the clean, wearable uniform shirts they have • History Park 1 Day Camp: 7/20 – 7/24 outgrown and no longer use. The shirts will be donated to • History Park Day 2 Camp: 7/27 – 7/31 Scouts in Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands and other places • Steven’s Creek 1 Day Camp: 7/27 – 7/31 around the world where young boys are waiting to put on a • Steven’s Creek Twilight: 7/27 – 7/31 uniform and feel that sense of pride you remember so well. • Steven’s Creek 2 Day Camp: 8/3 – 8/7 Santa Clara County Council is supporting this campaign. Please ask you Scouts, in your troop, pack and crew to bring For on-line registration please visit: their old, outgrown, and still wearable uniform shirts to Scout http://www.scccbsa.org/html/program/camping/2009CubCam Office. Or have someone in your unit to coordinate this effort. ps.html You can also ask the Scouts who have graduated from your unit to do the same. Contact them or their families. This is the ultimate Good Turn. It will provide two giant smiles – one on the face of that shirt’s new owner and a huge CUB ADVENTURE RESIDENT CAMP smile on YOUR face when you help a fellow international Scout in need!
Please join your Wolf or Bear for an unforgettable weekend in Please bring the uniforms to the scout office. We will like to the great outdoors at Camp Chesebrough! Designed to be a collect the uniforms by July 31, 2009. If you have any parent’child camping program, you and your Scout will leave question, please contact: Friday, July 17, 2009 and return home Sunday, July 19. The weekend will be filled with action-packed activities raninging Ed Chang – International Representative (408) 656-0652 from BB target practice, rock wall climbing, archery and fun Gary Varano – Program Director (408) 280-5088 with friends and family!
Registration deadline is July 12, 2009! THE TRAINING TREE For more information please call the Council office at 408-
280-5088. You can also register you and your child by Every boy deserves a trained leader. visiting: http://www.scccbsa.org/html/program/camping/2009CSReside The council training committee has several initiatives that are ntCamps.html in the process of planning in addition to our slate of current and future training courses. These initiatives are being planned in anticipation of mandatory training for direct contact Scouters. These initiatives include recruiting additional trainers, improved process for course entry, additional recognition for Scouters for supplementary training, unit recognition for being 100% trained, and training staff recognition.
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The BSA has concluded that units with trained leaders provide SCOUTS TO MAKE COMMERCIALS! better programs and have higher youth retention. As a result, they will begin 100% training of leaders in pilot councils and Do you love Scouting? Want your friends to join? Make a then expanding the program in 2011. commercial to encourage your friends to join Scouting, and you could win a great prize! Phase I will be to require top leaders such as Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, coach and advisors be trained. Phase II will be The Boy Scouts of America is engaging the creative energy of the next level leaders. Obviously earning your training now Scouts and the power of the Web to get youth excited about will eliminate the uncertainty of any modifications to the joining Scouting. We are asking Scouts to make Join Scouting course material. The training committee will keep abreast of commercials with their home video cameras and upload them the status of mandatory training. to BoysLife.org for the world to see!
For all upcoming training dates please visit: Viewers to the site can vote on their favorites. If their http://www.scccbsa.org/html/program/training.html videos are chosen, Scouts can win Mac Books, Apple iTouches, or iTunes gift cards.
Registered Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers can submit 2010 NATIONAL JAMBOREE their videos online at: http://contests.boyslife.org/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=5 Nestled in the rolling green hills of Virginia, close to our 452 through September 15. nation’s capital, Fort A.P. Hill lies near many historical Civil War landmarks. This 76,000 acre facility has hosted the Finalists will be determine by the number of votes received national Scout jamboree since 1981. between September 16 and September 30, 2009. For complete rules, visit Boyslife.org . The jamboress program reflects the skills of Scouting – physical fitness, environmental conservation, our national heritage, and the true spirit of Scouting. EARN SPECIAL 100 TH ANNIVERSARY If you would like more information or you are interested in attending, please visit: AWARDS http://www.scccbsa.org/html/2010NationalJamboree.html . A Year of Celebration – A Century of Making a Difference is th Please note that reigstration has been closed due to an an awards program developed specially for the 100 abundance of applications. However please feel free to join Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. There are five our wait list as spots may open up. awards, each based on one of five core values of the Boy Scouts of America: one for Leadership, Achievement, Community Service, Character and the Outdoors. The award is a uniquely designed patch of the 100 th Anniversary emblem with slots to hold special award markers for each pillar of the program. Individuals will be able to display all earned awards at the same time on their uniforms by attaching award makers to the patch.
Saturday, October 24 spend the day sharing Scouting history as we kick off the 100 th Anniversary of Boy Scouts of America. Join Scouts from across California as we march from Raley Field to the California State Capitol to present Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger a report on the impact of Scouting in our state. Also schedule are local elected and community leaders and Mr. Robert Mazzuca, Chief Scout Executive. Enjoy an afternoon of activities and entertainment. Register now for the lunch/goody backpack (see website for details). Register at: www.gec-bsa.org/program/capmarch
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Each award has different requirements depending upon age. course that walks the young, would-be leader through the Cub Scouts have a set of requirements, as do Boy Scouts, process of forming and organizing a group of peers into an Venturers, adult volunteers and alumni. Yes, even adults can effective team to achieve common goals. Participants will learn earn awards for a change. There are five requirements for these skills in a troop setting, working in assigned patrols made each age group for each award. All you have to do is up of top Scouts from throughout our council. accomplish at least three of the five requirements to earn the award. You may want to do all five requirements, but three is During the all that you’ll need to qualify for the award. week, the Scouts will Awards may be earned as of September 1, 2009 through live and work December 31, 2010. in patrols as part of a larger This program will provide every Scout, leader and alumnus a troop. The th fan and meaningful way to participate in the 100 week of Anniversary. Each individual participating will benefit, as Bristlecone will every unit and community in the country. Go to represents a www.scouting.org/100years for more information on this and “month” in the th many more 100 Anniversary programs. life of a troop. It consists of classes, team-building games, patrol challenges, opening campfire, Scout’s Own, an overnight “outing”, development of Personal Conference Goals (PCGs), the “Feast”, closing BRISTLECONE NATIONAL YOUTH campfire and closing ceremony. LEADERSHIP TRAINING CONFERENCE The Scouts who are selected for Bristlecone will represent some nd th of the finest in our council. They should be selected by their August 2 – August 8 , 2009 unit leaders as tenured Scouts, ideally 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th year Scouts Chesebrough Scout Reservation who show strong leadership potential. While fun is part of the program, this is not just another summer camp and should not be Bristlecone looked at in that way. NYLT is a weeklong, Scouts and Venturers who attend the course should be mature leadership- enough to be able to sit through several 30 to 45-minute classes training course daily, and to be able to comfortably interact, socialize, and for promising problem-solve with a diverse group of young men and women, youth leaders, most of whom they have not met before. both Boy Scouts and There is an implicit understanding that participants in Venturers, and Bristlecone NYLT will behave and perform to the highest ideals it is coed. To of scouting. be eligible, Scouts must be This year’s Bristlecone course will be held the week of August at least First Class or Venture equivalent, age 13 or older, have 2nd through August 8 th at Chesebrough Scout Reservation in attended Troop Leadership Training or Junior Leader Training the Santa Cruz Mountains. The cost per Scout is $230. within their home unit, and be recommended by his or her Scoutmaster or Crew Advisor as someone who is expected to Building on the past several years’ excellent courses, this hold positions of significant leadership within the troop or year’s course should be an exceptional one. This year’s crew in the future. Bristlecone staff is made up of top graduates from previous years’ Bristlecone NYLT courses, is not just another including: summer camp. It is Harrison a three year-old Oglesby, course, based on the Advisor (5 th Wood Badge for the year on 21st Century course course), Sean for adult leaders. It Lee, ASPL is a hands-on, Program (4 th advanced training year), Richard
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Chow, ASPL Administration (3 rd year), Larry Ha, ASPL include personal health and sanitation, emergency Scoutcraft (3 rd year), Eric Liaw, Quartermaster (4 th year), preparedness, community awareness, and household safety. Casey Larson, ASPL Troop Guides (3 rd year). Youth Head Cook, Billy Widmer (4 th year), Youth Asst. Cook, plus four If you are interested in being a leader by serving on the more assistant cooks and fourteen troop guides promoted from League Committee or Commissioner Team, please contact the last two years’ graduates. Phu Tran at 408-280-5088 x.21 or [email protected].
nd Adult leaders include: Art Wong, Course Director (2 year), Chris Denise, Scoutmaster (9 th year on course, SPL in 1999), Maria Guerra, ASM Administration (1 st year), Bill Flood, Quartermaster (5 th year), Woody Barrett, Head Cook (10 th year), Steven Liaw, Asst. Cook, Peter Koral, Asst. Cook, and Tree Nguyen, Asst. Cook.
If you have Scouts who are interested in attending, please have them complete and turn in the attached application to the Santa Clara County Council Office. Feel free to contact Maria Guerra, ASM Administration [email protected] .
Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers for supporting the
Exploring and Learning for Life Program!
Learning for Life Mission Statement: CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS It is the mission of Learning for Life to enable young people to become responsible individuals by teaching positive character traits, career development, leadership, and life skills If you are around this Fourth of July weekend and would like so they can make ethical choices and achieve their full to help a good cause, please consider “Operation Old Navy!” potential. Learning for Life offers seven programs that focus th on career and character education for grades K through 12 . “Operation Old Navy” began in April 2009, with a few San The program uses age-appropriate and grade specific lesson Francisco Bay Area stores collecting items for the Operation: plans to help make academic learning fun. Learning for Life Care and Comfort military package program. Starting July 1 – assists youth in our society with their character development, July 4, the Old Navy store located in Valley Fair Mall is establishing positive personal values, social and life skills. looking for volunteers to help man some of the following Exploring is Learning for Life’s career education program for stations in their store: men and women who are 14 years old (and have graduated • Coloring station for children shopping th from 8 grade) through 20 years old. Explorer posts specialize • Thank you note writing for customers to send to in a variety of career skills. Exploring programs are based on troops five areas of emphasis: career opportunities, life skills, • Donation barrels for customers to place donations citizenship, character education, and leadership experience. There are over 100 different types of Explorer Posts, ranging If you are able to help for an hour on any of the days, please from accounting to zoology. contact Debbie Garcia at 408-553-9970. Old Navy will provide all volunteers a 10% discount off your shopping for 2009 Learning for Life Groups and Posts: helping out! MACSA Academia Calmecac, Piedmont Hills H.S., Meyer Elementary School, Rogers Elementary School, South Valley YMCA, Mt. Madonna YMCA, Granada Islamic School, East Valley YMCA, Central YMCA, San Jose P.D. (P.A.L.), SOCCER AND SCOUTING Gilroy P.D., Sunnyvale D.P.S., Santa Clara P.D., Santa Clara Sheriff, Morgan Hill P.D., Evergreen Police Academy, Created in 2005, the Soccer and Scouting program is an Milpitas P.D., Los Gatos/Monte Sereno P.D., the San Jose Fire opportunity for first to fifth grade boys and girls, ages six to Dept., and Saratoga H.S. Safe Rides! eleven, to participate in structured, age appropriate Cub and Boy Scout programs, delivered by trained volunteers. The Exploring: program improves overall health for boys and girls by CONGRATULATIONS to the following Santa Clara County participating in weekly 1 ½ hour practices as well as weekend Explorers who were recently accepted into National Law soccer games. During practice and weekend games, they will Enforcement Exploring Leadership Academies: be introduced to traditional Scouting methods, such as outdoor programs, personal growth and physical fitness along with activities for youth to share with their families. Family topics
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your time and efforts. A “Dollar for Doers” program, for example, can fund a dollar per hour that you volunteer in Scouting. This adds up fast!
If you have any questions about these opportunities, please contact Debra Moreschini at 408-280-5088 x18 or [email protected].
Our 100 th Anniversary Celebration plan has been developed to be a true partnership between the national council and local Simrat Kaur, Milpitas P.D. Explorer who was selected to councils, districts, and units. Together, we can achieve attend the U.S. Marshall Service Leadership Academy in meaningful outcomes. We have five celebration activities and Washington D.C. projects for our council. We hope every Scout, Scouter, and unit will participate to some degree in all five activities. Ronimarie Apruebo, Santa Clara P.D. Explorer who was selected to attend the Drug Enforcement Administration 1. Our Good Turn for the Silicon Valley – September Leadership Academy in Washington D.C. 2009 to August 2010. Our good turn for the Silicon Valley will be service Margaret Campbell , Santa Clara P.D. Explorer who was projects in our city, county, state and federal parks. selected to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation A list of projects will be obtained from all Leadership Academy in Washington D.C. governmental agencies and shared with our Scout leaders. For more information, please contact Gary Again, congratulations to all the Explorers mentioned above at [email protected]. on achieving this high tribute! Only 30 Explorers in the U.S. 2. Eagle Scout Reunion and Hall of Leadership – May were accepted for each of the 5 National Law Enforcement 2009 to June 2010. Exploring Leadership Academies being held this summer! Our We held a reunion planning meeting during our 2009 own Law Enforcement Explorer Academy was held June 15 th st Scout-O-Rama and will hold a reunion in June 2010. thru July 1 at the South Bay Public Safety Training As a result of the reunion, we will re-engage Eagle Consortium this year! Some topics that were covered include: Scouts as well as raise money to underwrite the costs Driver and Force-Options Simulator Training, Criminal Law, for a young man to receive his Eagle badge and other Narcotics Investigation, Gangs, Crime Scene Investigation, worthy projects. For more information, please Search and Seizure, DUI’s, Defensive Tactics, Domestic contact Ron at [email protected]. Violence, Patrol Techniques, Radio Procedures, Report 3. Northern California Jamboree – April 15 - 18, 2010. Writing, and more! Councils from throughout Northern California will gather at the Alameda County Fairgrounds for what We are looking to connect with teachers, businesses and is expected to be the largest gathering of Scouts in administrators, and share with them the strength of our America. For more information, please contact Gary program. If you are active in a school or are interested in any at [email protected]. of our character education programs, please contact Sally at 4. Living and Giving – January 2009 to December 408.280.2154 ext. 23 or at [email protected] . 2010. ______To ensure that the values of Scouting endure and our program is well-funded, we will grow our endowment during the 100 th Anniversary celebration MATCHING GIFTS with a unique recognition program for those that donate to our trust fund. For more information, Every year, our local council benefits from over $20,000 in please contact Ron at [email protected]. matching funds from area businesses and companies. These 5. History of Scouting in the Santa Clara County funds make a dramatic difference in our programs! Council, Volume 2. In 1990, the council published The History of Please take five minutes in your workday to contact your Scouting in the Santa Clara County Council. For the human resources department to inquire about their matching past few months, editorial teams of Scouters have gift policies and whether your FOS gift is eligible for a match. been updating the book for a volume 2, to take us from 1990 to present. If you have photos, stories, Additionally, many companies will make gifts to recognize biographies, or other information that you want
Santa Clarion Newsletter pg. 7 JulyNewsletter – August Title 2009 Page 7 included, please contact Shannon at Whether you have stock, land, art work, antiques, vintage cars, [email protected] . or other types of appreciated property, contact Ron Schoenmehl at 408-280-5088 x25 or [email protected] about You may find more information on the council website at: the advantages of making these gifts to your local council. http://www.scccbsa.org/html/100thAnniversaryofScouting- SantaClaraCountyCouncilsParticipationPlans.html .
LIVING A LEGACY
Has Scouting made a difference in the life of a son, husband, friend, or even yourself?
One of the best ways to give back is through a legacy gift. A legacy gift is one that will make a difference for years to come and for generations to follow. We do this through our council endowment.
The most popular legacy gift is the James E. West Fellow gift. Individuals can make a gift of $1,000 or more in their own New Scout Ranger award from the National Park Service! name, to honor someone else, or in memory of a departed loved one. This gift can be made in one payment or as Please click here for more information: monthly payments. For example, $83/month for a year. http://www.nps.gov/gettinginvolved/youthprograms/scoutrang ers.htm Scouting invests all endowment gifts and uses 5% per year for programs. Ultimately, this allows your gift to keep giving The NPS/Boy Scouts of America Resource Stewardship Scout indefinitely. Range program is a new, NPS-tailored certificate/patch program for Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venturers. It is Our local Scouts could use your support through this program. designed to increase scout visitation to national parks, promote For more information, please contact Ron Schoenmehl at 408- a better understanding of the NPS mission among scouts and 280-5088 x25 or [email protected] . their families, educate young people about their responsibility in conserving our natural and cultural resources, encourage volunteer service and promote good citizenship. THE BOOMERANG GIFT
Imagine the reactions of some donors when they hear about GIFTS REALLY ARE APPRECIATED how they can make a gift to their local council then get that money back in a few years. “What kind of a gift is that?” These days, there are lots of ways for you to make gifts to “What’s the catch?” “What did you say that was called?” your local council. Most people, however, think only of cash gifts when they get ready to support Scouting. For many It’s the lead trust , and it is essentially the mirror image of the people, gifts of appreciated property may be more beneficial income trusts you hear so much about. You make a gift to the to given than cash. council and for a number of years that you specify, or for your lifetime, the income is paid to the council . At the end of the Many individuals have stocks, bonds, land and other assets trust term, the money or property is returned to you. Or, given that may have appreciated in value. If you sold on of these to other family members at significant tax savings over other items, you would owe capital gains tax on the difference ways used to pass property to other generations. between the fair market value and what you paid for the property. This means less money for you to contribute, The year the gift is made, you get a sizeable charitable tax reinvest, or spend. deduction for your gift. When the gift comes back to you, or your family, you receive it tax free at that time. It’s like By contributing the property directly to Scouting, however, loaning your council the use of the money for awhile—and you will receive a tax deduction for the fair market value of you can imagine the benefit to the council, being able to use the property you are contributing. If the property has your gift now , rather than waiting for years! appreciated in value, over what you paid for it, then you will not owe any capital gains tax on the gift. Even if you use For more information, please contact Ron Schoenmehl at 408- appreciated property to create a charitable income trust, you 280-5088 x25 or [email protected] . receive the same benefits.
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“WILLS” Creek bicycle trail. Each participant receives an event t-shirt and patch. This year, lunch will be provided by Fresh Choice. The night sky is clear and bright with stars as you sit in front of the embers of a dying fire. The Scouts and other dads have This years Cycling Classic will be at Model Aircraft Skypark turned in for the night, leaving you alone with your thoughts. in Morgan Hill. Registration begins at 8 am. Online You have been with the Scouting program for a long time now registration will be available within the next few weeks. and have seen the difference it can make in the lives of boys and families. Your thoughts now turn to what Scouting will For more information, contact Shannon Shaffer at 408-280- be like in the future. 2154 x31 or [email protected]
Distinguished Citizen Dinner The answer is clear as the night sky. With thoughtful planning th and commitment to the future of Scouting on your part and on The 35 Annual Distinguished Citizen Dinner is coming soon. the part of hundreds of other Scouting families, our programs can only grow and prosper. This year, San Jose native, Bert George will be honored for his phenomenal example to the business and philanthropic One way that you and your family can remember Scouting is communities in our area. by naming the trust fund of the Santa Clara County Council as the beneficiary in your will. Owner of Joseph George Wines, the company has been a well- known wholesaler in the valley for years, run by three This generous gift can take several forms. You could leave a generations of the George’s. specific item or amount of cash to the trust. A residual th bequest, on the other hand, gives the part of the estate to the The celebration will be held on Thursday, November 19 at council which remains after other specific and general the Santa Clara Convention Center. For more information, bequests have been distributed, or you may simply leave a contact Ron Schoenmehl at 408-280-5088 x25 or percentage of your estate to Scouting. [email protected] .
If you feel that a bequest to Scouting is a good idea and would like further information, please contact Ron Schoenmehl at 408-280-5088 x25 or [email protected] . District Updates
PIONEER http://www.scccbsa.org/html/districts/pioneer.html SPECIAL EVENTS NUTS – Looking for Experienced Adult Leaders Boy Scout Invitational Golf Tournament The Membership Committee is looking for experienced adult Time to tee it up, and help Scouting! leaders from all Scouting programs: Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venture, and Crew to assist in the formation of new units in Our annual Boy Scout Invitational Golf Tournament presented the Pioneer District. If you have had a leadership position in by Bridge Bank will be held on Thursday, September 24, 2009 the past and are looking for a role involving limited at beautiful Cinnabar Hills Golf Club. Costs are $350 per commitment and short duration, then this might be just the player or $1,400 per foursome which covers greens fees as opportunity for you! well as BBQ lunch, player bags, and dinner. On-line registration is now available at www.scccbsa.org . Members of the NUTS team provide a limited support service as new units are formed in the District. All levels of Please contact Shannon Shaffer at 408-280-5088 x31 or experience are welcome! For more information please contact [email protected] if you or your company can participate Cindy Smith, Pioneer Membership Chairperson at in this fun event. 408.378.2865 or email [email protected] .
Coyote Creek Cycling Classic Camp-o-ree Gear up for our annual Coyote Creek Cycling Classic! Pioneer Camporee has been postponed until later this Fall.
The Santa Clara County Council, Boy Scouts of America If you have any questions, please contact Alan White at invites you to join the 16 th annual Coyote Creek Cycling 408.257.6371 or [email protected] . If your troop is Classic to be held on Saturday, October 10, 2009. interested inattending or you need to re-schedule, please let us know. This community event provides families an opportunity to participate in 12, 25, or 50 mile fun rides along the Coyote
Santa Clarion Newsletter pg. 9 JulyNewsletter – August Title 2009 Page 9 Friends of Scouting Both camps offer the boys a chance to make their own public Thank you everyone, for your hard work and dedication to our service announcement from scratch. They will create a Friends of Scouting campaign! We were the only district to storyboard, act, and film the ad. This is a great experience that surpass 100% of our goal! In fact, we raised more than 110% shows How the West Was Fun—in Hollywood. For more of our goal! information, please call 408-280-5088.
Please don’t stop asking! Even though the campaign wrapped Fall Recruitment up the end of June, we will still accept more donations! For Late August is a great time to touch base with your local more information, you may contact Michael Wilson at the elementary school or middle school to set up a recruitment council service center at 408.280.5088. night. Having a positive relationship with the principal and front office staff is critical to making sure flyers go out into classrooms, getting a note on a school marquee, and securing QUICKSILVER time for a “boy talk”—the face-to-face reminder about recruitment night where boys get their stickers. July: 2 District Committee meeting, LDS Bernal building, 150 We are encouraging units to schedule their nights sometime Bernal Rd, San Jose, 7:30pm during the last two weeks of September to get the word out about our great program before the first month of school slips No Commissioner meeting for July away.
August: Popcorn 5 District Commissioners meeting, LDS Cherry building, Do you have enough money to do all of your planned 1336 Cherry Ave, San Jose, 7:30pm activities? Let us help take away a lot of the risk and 6 District Committee meeting, LDS Bernal building, 150 administrative work by participating in the council-sponsored Bernal Rd, San Jose, 7:30pm popcorn sale. Check the council calendar for dates and 11 District Roundtable and Order of the Arrow Chapter locations for training: meeting, LDS Bernal building, 7:30pm http://scccbsa.org/html/calendar.html . 25 Merit Badge Counselor training, Council Service Center, 7:30-9:00pm Orders for the Show and Sell (having product on-hand for direct sales) are due on September 2. Contact Kendra, our Friends of Scouting district Popcorn Chair at [email protected], to sign up The Quicksilver District Friends of Scouting goal is $103,000. for this great fundraiser. So far, $88,400 has been raised towards supporting programs for youth. Help Needed Our District is hosting three Cub Camps and we need some Packs 213, 232, 274, 281, and 719 have reached their unit help to host activity stations. Please see the link goals. Troops 200, 219, 220, 227, 232, 234, 271, and 799 http://www.scccbsa.org/files/2009_Cub_Staff_Application_v2 reached their goals. Crews 55 and 200 also joined the club. .pdf to apply to help. Boy Scouts and adults are needed.
Bernal Ward (237 units) in the Morgan Hill Stake and Dry Cub Scout participants may be signed up for camp at: Creek (1225), Cambrian Park (1312), Almaden (1221), Los http://www.scccbsa.org/files/Day_Camp_Registration_2009_v Alamitos (1228), and Santa Teresa wards of the San Jose 2.pdf . South Stake have reached their respective ward goals, and have completed that part of their Centennial Plus Award. Thanks to our Cub Camp Directors—Charlie Miller and Dion Ramirez—and our Cub Camp Program Directors—Paul Congratulations to all! Pesek, Victor Pantaleoni, and Vincent Freudig for volunteering to head up these great camps! There is still time for other packs, troops, and crews to help have a positive impact in providing resources for the Scouting Good bye program. To see how, please visit: Our District Director, Alan Young, has taken a promotion to http://scccbsa.org/html/donate/fos.html be the Program Director for the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council, based out of Pleasant Hill, California. We wish him well in Cub Camp his new assignment! His first day in that position will be st There is still time to get in on the fun at Cub Scout Day Camp! August 1 . A search for a new District Executive is in Quicksilver District is hosting a Twilight Camp between 5:00 process, and a DE will be announced soon. In the interim, and 8:30PM at Mt. Madonna County Park on July 6-10. We please contact Phu Tran at 280-5088 x21 for district-related also have San Jose History Park reserved for July 20-24 and questions. 27-31.
Santa Clarion Newsletter pg. 10 JulyPage – August10 2009 Newsletter Title POLARIS For our Cub Scouts, join us for one or more Cub Scout Summer Camp sessions, "How the west was FUN!" Polaris Friends of Scouting District is sponsoring week-long day camps (27-31 July and 3- We want to thank everyone for their contributions to the 2009 7 August) and a week-long twilight camp (27-31 July) near Friends of Scouting (FOS) campaign. While the official 2009 Stevens Creek Reservoir. Day camps are open to all Wolves, campaign wrapped up June 30, follow-up remains to be done. Bears and Webelos. Twilight camps are open to Tigers, We’ve made a lot of progress in the last month including a Wolves, Bears, and Webelos. You can sign up as a pack, den, phone night that generated $3500 in pledges. Campaign totals or as an individual Cub. All camps require a parent/guardian are still being tallied, but we are still short of our district goal. volunteer for each Cub. Please visit www.scccbsa.org for Even though the campaign is over, we encourage units to more information. continue to follow-up with people that may not have pledged but would like to contribute. Cub Camp Volunteers Opportunities remain for Scouts, Venturing Crew members, Remember that FOS is very important for the district and the and adults to help with the upcoming Stevens Creek Cub council to continue to put on quality programs for our youth. Camps.
The following units have earned recognition for achieving For youth, these three steps are all it takes to volunteer for the better than 100% of their 2009 FOS goal: Stevens Creek Cub Camps: 1. Call Gary Varano at 408-280-2154 X34 and let him know you're interested in helping at the Stevens Packs Troops Crews Creek camps. 127 127 127 2. Complete and submit an application to be a scout 408 400 479 volunteer: 436 407 494 http://www.scccbsa.org/files/2009_Cub_Staff_Applic 453 408 ation_v2.pdf 454 452 3. Based on an interview, your talents are matched 462 457 against open positions. 476 468 480 485 For adults interested in helping with any of the Stevens Creek 499 606 Cub camps, contact Jonathan Leder at 408-455-4868. We have the following stations: nature, scouting skills, sports and For any remaining questions about the FOS campaign, please games, BB & Archery, and Arts & Crafts. We also have some contact the Polaris District Finance Chair, Debbie Jancis. openings for overall management help. Here is the link to the Debbie can be reach by email at adult application: [email protected] or by phone 408-245-4745. http://www.scccbsa.org/files/adult_app_Cub_Camp_2009v3.p df Fall Recruiting Has your pack scheduled your recruitment night at each school that your pack draws boys from? Have you taken the COYOTE CREEK recruitment training and materials yet? Have you talked to your District Membership team or District Executive about Friends of Scouting your unit membership and your growth plan yet? Coyote Creek District is working hard on its Friends of Scouting (FOS) Campaign. This year’s goal is $88,000 and For more information on recruitment training and resources, we are just over $60,000. There are still some units who have please contact the Polaris Membership Chair, Steve Nguyen at not been visited yet and others who are finishing up their [email protected] . Or you can contact the Polaris District contributions. As a district we would like to give everyone the Executive, Dylan Hendrickson, at [email protected] or opportunity to contribute to FOS and invest in the future of 408-280-4088 x 41. our Scouts.
Summer Camp A goal for every troop should be to offer your Scouts an Spring Recruitment for Graduating Kindergarteners extended summer camping experience of a week or more. If Elementary school parents are looking for activities for their your unit hasn’t already made plans for summer camp, now is sons to do this summer; we should give them the chance to try the time to do so. Our week-long summer camp, Camp Hi out Cub Scouts. Just to name a few activities, there is Family Sierra is a great location! In addition to a regular residential Camp at Chesebrough and Day Camp at Lake Cunningham. camp experience, Camp Hi-Sierra also offers high adventure Packs could have a day at the park or have a BBQ. This gives trekking programs for older Scouts. Help keep the “outing” in boys a head start into the fall. Scouting and make your reservations for summer camp today. For more information, please call 408-280-5088.
Santa Clarion Newsletter pg. 11 JulyNewsletter – August Title 2009 Page 11 The Council can provide fliers for recruitment, yard signs, posters, and other supporting materials. Just let us know when and how many you need. The District Membership Chairman is Belinda Yamashiro, please give her a call if you need help with Spring Recruitment at 408.238.4939.
Cub Day Camps Camp is one of the best experiences for a Scout to attend! If your pack has not signed up for camp yet, there is still time. There is still room at all of the Lake Cunningham Day Camps. This location offers activities that can’t be found anywhere else! A Scout has the opportunity to spend time fishing, practicing archery and BB skills, and much more. The week is capped off with a family picnic and a trip to Raging Waters! August camp will focus on advancement requirements. Lake Cunningham 2, July 13-17 needs your help. We are still missing some station hosts and other support for the event to happen. If you like working with Cub Scouts and have some time to give, please give us a call at 408.280.5088. We have a job for everyone’s abilities.
Mentors Needed Coyote Creek needs mentors for new Cub Scout Packs. As a mentor, you become a coach. A mentor will lead a few meetings, but at the same time teaching new leaders the steps to Scouting. Do you have some time to help out a new unit? If this interests you or you just want some more information, please call Ken Schott at 408.280.5088 ext 28 or email [email protected].