Scout Sign A publication for and about Scouters in our Council July 2013 Vol.9 #7 http://ocscouts.org/newsletters/NewsLetters.html July-August Council Calendar New E-mail Address for the Scout Sign! 30 Jun-6 Jul Summer Camp Week 3 4th of July Independence Day - Office Closed Please note the new and improved (no “dot” 7-13 Jul Summer Camp Week 4 after “oc”) e-mail address for you to use in 14-20 Jul Summer Camp Week 5 sending all articles and correspondence to the 15-24 Jul National Jamboree editor of the Scout Sign. 21-24 Jul Cub/Webelos Resident Camp 7-Aug Properties Committee Meeting [email protected] 8-Aug Commissioners Cabinet Meeting 10-Aug Open Rifle No longer any excuse for not sending in your 12-Aug VSTS Committee Meeting terrific stories to share with the other Scouters 15-Aug Finance Committee Meeting 17-Aug Cub Scout Shooting Sports Day in the Council. 22-Aug Executive Committee Meeting Brilliant!! 24-Aug NFAA Basic Archery Instructor 24-Aug NRA Range Safety Officer Scoutmaster Thoughts For Upcoming Training “The great thing in Info on page 2 this world is not so Go to Upcoming Events at much where we http://www.ocscouts.org/VolunteerTrainingHR stand, but what direction we are moving." - Oliver Wendell Holmes awards on participation and campsite inspections. Troop 476’s Hawk patrol won for the second year in a row, they also won the campsite inspection by a narrow margin. Most of our units earned 99 out of a possible 100 points in the campsite inspection so it was very close. When the surveys were returned Sunday morning the top rated areas were the blindfolded "PBJ" sandwich making, monkey bridge, and the pancake relay. Unit leaders and youth from Orange and Mawat worked together as a team to staff the events and their efforts showed in the results on the survey. Mawat and Orange District held a joint Our next camporee is scheduled to take Camporee at Camp Campbell on the weekend place at Camp Campbell on the weekend of of May 3-5, 2013. The theme was THE October 11-13, 2013. It will be a Scout skills 13TH SCOUT LAW…A SCOUT IS camporee and the theme will be YOU CAN HUNGRY. Our host Troop was 411 and they DO IT II. did a great job by all accounts. Over 300 people attended the event and we had a feast where we all shared a dish on Saturday night. Many awards were given out for best recipes in several categories and we all had great food to share. A few of the events included a boiled egg relay (you had to cook the egg first) a pancake relay, "PBJ" blindfolded sandwich making, waterfront Upcoming Training Courses activities, ice cream making, and cooking without utensils. All the events were tied in to August 17: a compass course the Scouts had to follow to Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation reach the stations. https://www.doubleknot.com/event/1333200 It is good to see patrols compete for top Occoneechee Scout Sign July 2013 Vol. 9 # 7 2 September 6-9: Wood Badge Weekend 1 of 2 https://www.doubleknot.com/event/1018110 September 27-29: Wood Badge Weekend 2 of 2 https://www.doubleknot.com/event/1018111 Less than 1 in 3? Are you an adult or youth who loves to Check it out on page 11 & 12 participate in outdoor recreational activities such as mountain biking, motorized boating, riding personal watercrafts, hunting, or riding ATV’s in your personal life and within the BSA program areas? In an effort to expand its outdoor ethics program, the BSA has signed Memorandum of Mutual Support with the Tread Lightly!® organization to support each other’s program of enjoying outdoor recreational activities while maintaining a healthy environment. The Outdoor Ethics Training team is inviting all youth (14 and older) and adults who participate in mechanized and motorized recreation to join us for a Tread Trainer course. This is an 8-hour outdoor ethics course on land and water based Questions? Contact David Pederson at recreation, focusing on the Tread Lightly! [email protected] principles designed to minimize impacts on roads, trails, and wilderness areas. Upon completion of the course, participants are equipped to: • Identify possible environmental and social impacts resulting from irresponsible recreation on land and water. • Be able to describe the five Tread Lightly! minimum impact principles and how they can be applied to motorized recreation, mechanized recreation, camping, and Wood Badge hunting. S7-421-13 • Understand, demonstrate, and teach Tread “Lead with Passion” Lightly! minimum impact principles to your unit. September 6-8, 2013 • Lead a discussion on outdoor ethics and & help others explore their own personal September 27-29, 2013 outdoor ethic through teaching Awareness Workshops. Info on pages 15 & 16 The Trainer course is scheduled for Saturday, August 25th as part of the Mega Outdoor Skills Occoneechee Scout Sign July 2013 Vol. 9 # 7 3 Training weekend at Camp Durant. The course registration fee of $45 covers all food, an event t- shirt, and educational materials. Since this course starts early on Saturday morning, opportunities to camp on Friday night will be available. To register for this exciting new course, please visit the August calendar on the Council website. Do you want to receive ************** the Scout Sign newsletter via email? Check out this website for the brand new Email Veronica at: Outdoor Ethics Awards. [email protected] http://www.scouting.org/sitecore/content/Home/O utdoorProgram/OutdoorEthics/Awards.aspx Wake Week 2 7/1-5 “Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out- of-doors.” Sir Robert Baden-Powell Cub Scout Fun Starts Here! What Are Our Cub Scout Packs Doing? Tell us about your ceremonies, AOL, camping, community service, special activities, field trips, etc. Send us your Troop news Send us an article with pictures. and photos Share your STORY Occoneechee Scout Sign July 2013 Vol. 9 # 7 4 Send us your Venturing news and photos 2013 CONTEST! Occoneechee Council Venturing Crews only! What do YOU love about Venturing? Have your Crew or District create a video doing things you love this summer and share it! Send your DVD with your District Commissioner to Commissioner’s Cabinet, Eagle Count invite me out to visit your Crew, let me know when I can stop by your Roundtable or snail mail them to me at: NESA News Allison Green 33 London Drive Fort Bragg, NC 28307 Video submissions must be received by October 1st. The unit(s) submitting the winning video will earn a prize and be recognized at a future Council event! Dave Pederson Help us tell everyone why Council NESA Chairman VENTURING ROCKS! Powderhorn 2013 Flyer Go to page 17 Occoneechee Scout Sign July 2013 Vol. 9 # 7 5 A Few Facts About Venturing • We have 54 Crews in Occoneechee. • Venturing is part of the BSA. Exploring falls under Learning for Life and isn’t the same as Venturing. • Venturers get to do some pretty exciting things not available in other BSA programs! Venturing Awareness: • A young man can earn his Eagle Scout while in a Crew as long as he’s Occoneechee Council reached First Class with a Troop and Venturing Forums has not yet reached his 18th birthday. • Awesome changes are coming. Yes, I said AWESOME. It’s a fact. It Council Venturing Forum – Session 2, belongs on this list. J Northern is July 27th 9:30 – 12:30 @ the • Sea Scouts (which falls under Council Service Center. RSVP: Venturing) can earn BOTH the http://www.evite.com/event/0343NC2ZTL7R Venturing and Sea Scout awards… SYATAEPCYG22H5FKCY those lucky ducks. Pun intended. • Venturing is for young men and Session 3 women who are 13 (and completed the th August 24th (Southern) 8 grade) – 21. Sept 14th (Northern) • Have I said awesome yet? Because Venturing IS awesome. Session 4 Oct 26th (S) Alli Green Nov 9th (N) Asst. Council Commissioner – Venturing 443-340-0284 Wrap up [email protected] December 14th Twitter @VenturingRocks All sessions run from 9:30 - 12:30 Check out the latest issue of Alli Green Assistant Council Commissioner for at Venturing www.venturingmag.org Occoneechee Council 443-340-0284 [email protected] Follow me on Twitter! @VenturingRocks Info on page 14 Occoneechee Scout Sign July 2013 Vol. 9 # 7 6 Venturing… well as Boy Scout and Venturing leaders, who have completed the Sea Scout leader specific Challenge yourself. training. The focus on the course is leadership Challenge your world. and management for Sea Scout leaders. Seabadge is not a course in seamanship - Watch this YouTube this is covered by the basic leader training courses and seamanship courses offered by the Venturing video US Coast Guard Auxiliary and United States at: Power Squadron. Attending a Seabadge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4EGIw4UYy conference helps adult leaders hone w&feature=youtu.be management, leadership, and presentation skills and provides tools to these leaders so that they may use them and share them with others in their day-to-day activities as a way to reach the Aims of Scouting. Seabadge is a participatory experience. There is intensive individual involvement of both the participants and faculty in seminars, workshops, role playing and discussion. Any registered Sea Scout leader active in Seabadge Conference his/her Sea Scout Ship or Council is eligible for nomination provided the following Seabadge requirements have been met: (one word) 1. Completed Sea Scout Adult Leader Basic Training. Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a 2. Actively and effectively served in his tale of a fateful trip that started from this or her current registered position in tropic port ..