Scouts Canada – Chinook Council 2012-2013 Annual Report A Message from the Chinook Council Looking back on the 2012-13 Scouting year, Chinook Council can be proud of many accomplishments. We made a positive impact on the lives of more than 7,200 young people across Southern Alberta, supported by a dedicated team of more than 3,600 volunteers and a small corps of employees. For the fifth time in six years, we increased the number of youth who participated in Scouting. Chinook had almost 800 Scouts and Scouters participate in the Canadian Scout Jamboree at Camp Woods and hosted 169 pre and post-Jamboree visitors to Camp Gardner. We also supported the Senator Buchanan Winter Adventure and outdoor experiences like: • Iron Scout, • Cub-o-Rama, • Survivorman Challenge, • Tom Pratt Camp, • Great Escape, • Scoutrees, • Area soap box derbies. Members also participated in the 14th World Scout Moot. Thank you for all you have done and will continue to do to support Scouting in Southern Alberta. Yours in Scouting, Tracey Stock Spencer Janke Doug MacDonald Council Commissioner Council Youth Commissioner Council Executive Director To meet the rest of the Council Service Team, please visit www.chinook.scouts.ca 2013 Canadian Scout Jamboree – Camp Woods, Sylvan Lake, Alberta THE NUMBERS TELL THE STORY OF CJ 2013 7 Days of sunshine, 29 Challenging Programs 638 Patrols – 3708 Scouts, 1288 Scouters with Patrols 1,520 Jamboree volunteers (including 675 teenagers) Total participants = 6,516 - 37% from Alberta 600 Visitors, 450 Cub Scout Day attendees Fun Friends, Adventure, Challenge at the Bert Sheppard Scout Reservation 2,600 Scouts and 893 Scouters joined in adventures at Camps Apistotoke, Gardner and Impeesa 6,535 Scouting camper days Summer Scouting camper days - 1119 5,829 community group camper days. Bert Sheppard Scout Reservation Pre and Post-Jamboree Tours Organized for the fist time in Canada 169 Participants from across Canada experienced more of Alberta than just the Jamboree! Fun with a purpose Scouts of all ages have fun and learn at activities throughout the year Kids in Scouts have fun adventures discovering new things and experiences they wouldn’t have anywhere else. Soap Box Derbies, Kub Kar Rallies and activities like Survivorman also help Scouts of all ages learn skills that will help them throughout their lives. Do a Good Turn Every Day During Good Turn Week in April, thousands Of Scouts across Canada got together to do a good turn for someone else. Here, Council Youth Commissioner Spencer Janke and the Council Youth Network make sandwiches for the Mustard Seed in Calgary. A Commitment to Safety First Aid Training 74 Scouts and Scouts completed Standard and Wilderness First Aid Working with Inside Out Adventures, we are now able to provide affordable first aid training. Avalanche Safety Training 154 Scouts and Scouters learned about avalanche safety at the Senator Buchanan Winter Adventure at Camp Impeesa in February. Scouts Canada puts a youthful foot forward Hannah and Michael from Chinook Council represent Scouts Canada as Youth Spokesperson. Since the launch of the program in 2010, Scouts Canada youth from across the country have shared their passion for Scouting with the country through hundreds of media interviews and campaigns that focus on Registration, the Uniform Launch, Good Turn Week, Canadian Scout Jamboree and Camping Skills. You can read some of those stories here . Volunteer Support Scouters are the Narrators of the Journey. The Youth are the ones who decide to "Challenge the Dragon" or "Go for the Loot.“ • More than 3600 volunteers give their time every week • 1/3 of our Scouters are new volunteers every year • The 3 main reasons people become Scouters – they are parents of Scouts, they are former Scouters or the sponsors of their Scout group asked them • 766 volunteers completed basic training – 685 took advantage of our new on-line learning resources Volunteer Recognition 27% of Volunteers received an award for Outstanding Service in 2013 1264 Outstanding Service Awards – including 8 Silver Acorns (the highest award to a Canadian Scouter) In addition, Scouters were recognized for: • 2 Awards for Fortitude • 1 Certificate of Gallantry • 3 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medals • 372 long service pins • 75 Long Service Medals – for 10 years of faithful, effective service • 23 Other Awards We continue to grow! For the fifth time in 6 years, the Chinook Council grew. Participation grew in both year-round programs (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers) as well as our short term programs. Families agree, Scouting is the start of something great! We continue to grow! 2011-12 2012-13 Change Beavers, Cubs, 6,889 7,009 120 Scouts, Venturers, Rovers Scoutsabout, 196 221 25 Extreme Adventure, Schools & Scouting Scouters 3,167 3,603 436 TOTAL 10,227 10,969 742 Beaver Scout Colonies that grew 271st Copperfield-New Brighton 210th McKenzie 264th Somerset-Bridlewood “B” 401st Woodcreek 1st Standard 175th Whitehorn 242nd Rocky Ridge/Royal Oak 'A' Colony 31st St. Cyprian's 1st Crowsnest Colony 4th Elks Triwood 75th Calgary Fish Creek 20th Ogden 85th Lakeview United Church 253rd South Heritage 1st Bow Valley/Langdon 101st Glendale 251st Chaparral 'B' 239th Northern Hills 10th Calgary Sara Hall 1st Olds 169th Bowmont 2nd Airdrie 1st Crossfield 1st Banff 1st Oilfields/Turner Valley 1st Priddis 15th Lethbridge 108th St. Bernadette 1st Claresholm 148th Oakridge 1st Irricana 236th Penbrooke Meadows 257th Elbow Valley 719th NE Properties 245th Arbour Lake 1st Nanton 1st Brooks 86th Woodcliff United Church 273rd Al-Iman 159th Silver Springs - Scenic Acres Cub Scout Packs that grew 1st Crowsnest 8th Raymond LDS 44th Lethbridge 245th Arbour Lake 4th Elks Triwood 267th L.D.S. Chaparral 36th Lethbridge 18th ANAFV 1st Bow Island 1st Airdrie Ward 75th Calgary Fish Creek 1st Bow Valley/Langdon 7th Airdrie 1st Magrath 19th Medicine Hat 222nd LDS Richmond Ward 2nd Taber LDS 261st L.D.S. Tuscany 5th Raymond 73rd LDS 4th Ward 246th L D S Panorama 719th NE Properties 3rd Magrath 1st Barnwell LDS 2nd Brooks Ward 215th Strathcona Thursday 215th Strathcona Tuesday 4th Coaldale 1st Taber LDS 1st Cardston 242nd Rocky Ridge/Royal 86th Woodcliff United 144th Lake Bonavista 1st Vauxhall LDS 3rd Taber LDS Oak Church 4th Magrath 1st Brooks 167th Parkland 2nd Barnwell LDS 4th Airdrie 46th Lethbridge Heritage 4th Raymond 6th Cardston 1st DeWinton LDS 1st Olds LDS 264th Somerset- 7th Raymond LDS 206th L.D.S. Sunridge 108th St. Bernadette's 1st Cochrane Bridlewood 26th Lethbridge Henderson 159th Silver Springs - 101st Glendale 263rd L.D.S. Cranston LDS Scenic Acres Cub Scout Packs that grew 273rd Al-Iman 2nd Fort Macleod 2nd High River L.D.S. 1st Mountain View 238th L.D.S. Crescent View 39th Lethbridge 288th Calgary Chinese 7th Cardston 239th Northern Hills 3rd Claresholm 211th LDS 5th Ward 2nd Coutts 1st Banff 48th Lethbridge LDS 1st Carstairs 268th LDS Evergreen 1st Nanton 181st L.D.S. Midnapore 1st Didsbury 175th Whitehorn 1st Oilfields/Turner 271st Copperfield-New Brighton 1st Okotoks 22nd LDS Heritage Ward 10th Calgary Sara Hall 2nd Okotoks L.D.S. 221st L.D.S. Rockyview Ward 38th Simons Creek 252nd Hon Viet 52nd L.D.S. Woodbine Ward 1st Spring Coulee 12th Lethbridge LDS Scout Troops that grew 267th L.D.S. Chaparral 245th Arbour Lake 1st Oilfields/Turner Valley 248th LDS Somerset Ward 1st Okotoks 3rd Raymond 14th Lethbridge 118th St. Andrew's Church 243rd Tuscany 1st Lethbridge Coulee Ridge LDS 1st Barnwell LDS 184th L.D.S. Chestermere 2nd Pincher Creek 210th McKenzie 191st L.D.S. Prairie Winds Ward 231st L.D.S. Sundance 2nd Stirling 10th Calgary Sara Hall 203rd Ismaili 1st Olds 216th L.D.S. Shawnessy Ward 288th Calgary Chinese 104th Centre Street Church 1st Canmore 401st Woodcreek 149th Dover 6th St Barnabas' Church 222nd LDS Richmond Ward 1st Crossfield 211th LDS 5th Ward 6th Cardston ' 1st Carstairs 1st Cochrane 'A' 31st St. Cyprian's 1st Welling 1st High River 84th L.D.S. Bow Valley Ward 1st Banff 2nd Raymond 2nd Strathmore LDS 18th Medicine Hat 255th LDS Royal Oak Ward 7th Raymond LDS 5th Okotoks LDS 2nd Brooks 1st Chestermere 24th Lethbridge Legacy LDS 224th Sandstone Valley 172nd Queensland 11th Medicine Hat 2nd Taber LDS Scout Troops that grew 2nd High River L.D.S. 4th Raymond ' 1st Didsbury 85th Lakeview United Church 5th Magrath 169th Bowmont 206th L.D.S. Sunridge Ward 12th Lethbridge LDS 221st L.D.S. Rockyview Ward 219th Portuguese Scouts 47th Lethbridge Chinook LDS 261st L.D.S. Tuscany Ward 19th L.D.S. 2nd Ward 207th St. Patrick's 1st Strathmore 238th L.D.S. Crescent View Spanish 20th Ogden 19th Medicine Hat 4th Elks Triwood 268th LDS Evergreen Ward 1st Aetna 6th Airdrie 1st Cardston 1st Balzac 2nd Cardston 1st Irricana 1st Spring Coulee ' 5th Airdrie Adventure 147th L.D.S. 8th Ward 2nd LDS Cochrane Ward Venturer Scout Companies that grew 1st FACES Extreme Adventure 214th Hawkwood 252nd Hon Viet 1st Aetna 1st Stirling 1st Bow Valley/Langdon 4th Airdrie 7th Cardston 2nd High River L.D.S. 186th Ranchlands/Crowchild 1st Spring Coulee 2nd Stirling 52nd L.D.S. Woodbine 20th Medicine Hat 4th Magrath 144th Lake Bonavista 85th Lakeview United Church 4th Cardston 13th Lethbridge LDS 101st Glendale 203rd Ismaili Scout Group 3rd Raymond 2nd Taber LDS 47th Lethbridge Chinook LDS 222nd LDS Richmond Ward 6th Magrath 46th Lethbridge Heritage LDS 5th Magrath 19th L.D.S. 2nd Ward 36th Lethbridge 251st Chaparral 264th Somerset-Bridlewood 262nd L.D.S. Coventry 216th L.D.S. Shawnessy 268th LDS Evergreen Ward 5th Okotoks LDS 1st Glenwood 73rd LDS 4th Ward 18th Army Navy Air Force Vets ' 215th Strathcona Venturer 2nd Magrath 127th Huntington Hills 165th LDS Valley View Ward 193rd Edgemont 192nd L.D.S.