SKC
VENTURING NEWSLETTER
MARCH
2008 EDITION
SEA
SCOUTS - BSA
SKC VENTURING NEWSLETTER
MARCH 2008 EDITION
SEA SCOUTS - BSA
Venturing
Administration for Volunteers
March 3-7, 2008
The national
Venturing Division invites you to participate in a Venturing
Administration
course just for volunteers. The course will open your eyes to the
unlimited
potential in Venturing! You will receive detailed information on how to
administer Venturing at the district and council levels. Subjects will
include
how to conduct crew open house training, new crew organization, serving
special
markets like religious organizations, Sea Scouting, how to make
Venturing
advancement pop, Venturing training, Venturing leadership development,
how to
plan and run exciting activities for teens, teen camping, how to get
the
expansive Venturing resources how to keep your crews alive and well,
and much
more! Contact Bill Evans at bevans@netbsa.org for more information.
Seabadge
CR-5
March 7-9, 2008
Seabadge training is a
national Sea Scout
training course designed to improve the leadership, management, and
training
skills of adult leaders in the Venturing Sea Scout program. Those who are trained are
expected to pass on
the knowledge and insight gained during the course to those in their
units and
councils so that the quality of Sea Scout programming will continue to
increase. Mark your calendars now. Registration forms are available on
the
Council website as well as the Central Region site crventuring.org.
Cost for
the course is $170 which includes meals, lodging and course materials.
A $35
dollar deposit is due with registration. The course is full but you
have till
next week to still get in your registration.
April 11-13, 2008
Training for
adults and youth make for a combined fun weekend of fellowship, service
and
sports. This will be the Simon Kenton Council’s sixth year
for Silver V and it
just keeps getting better and better every year. Registration form will
be
available soon on the Council web site. Meet the VOA and area officers.
Leave
No
Trace Training
April 11-13, 2008
Geneva Hills
Sponsored
by Crew 5 from
2008
Area 4 Venturing Quest
April 11-13, 2008
Moraine Trails
Slippery
The Area 4
Venturing Quest uses an exciting social atmosphere, including 2
parties, and a
wide variety of activity choices to create a fun environment for Venturers to get together and
make new friends, try new
things, and see some of the potential that the Venturing program has to
offer.
Our goal is for Quest participants to become energized and inspired. We
will
provide opportunities for them to take home new skill(s), useful
information,
and new connection(s) that they can use to help themselves, their crew,
or
>others in their community. The Area 4 Quest is for all Venturers
and Sea Scouts, not just outdoor-oriented crews. While the focus is on
the
young adults, there will also be fun, fellowship, and valuable
opportunities
for advisors too! We are working hard to hold cost at $45 per person
(this
includes
program, food, shelter, event patch, and event t-shirt). Please watch
the Area
4 AVOA web site for updates and to view the 2007Quest event at
www.ne4avoa.org.
Backpacking Master
Educator Course
Friday,
April 18 to Sunday, April 20, 2008
and
Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27, 2008
Participants
must be at least 18 years old by the end of the course and be
registered with
the Boy Scouts of America. Registration is available online at
skcbsa.org.
Kodiak and Kodiak
X Course Directors
Conference
April 25-27, 2008
Sponsored by
the Greater Cleveland Council this course is right in our own
backyards. Cost
for the three days is only $90. Contact Scott Strawn 440.349-2704 or
send an
email to sjstrawn@adelphia.net
Camp Falling Rock
May 16-18, 2008
This is your
chance to get the training to become an expert at rappelling and teach
others.
The clinic is run by the Council Rappel Masters. Registration will be
available
on the Council website.
May 16-18, 2008
This is your
chance to get the training to become an expert at canoeing and teach
others.
The clinic is run by the Council Canoe Experts. Registration will be
available
on the Council website.
B.O.S.S. (Basic
Outdoor Survival
Skills)
May 16-18, 2008
Great Sauk
Trail Council Venturing offers it's
3rd annual
B.O.S.S. (Basic Outdoor Survival Skill) weekend at
Email: campconnie@aol.com
Phone: 419-340-8022
Simon
Kenton Council Venturing Committee Meeting
June 10, 2008
The
next meeting for the Venturing Committee
is scheduled at this time. Meet the new VOA officers and more.
June 14, 2008
Attention all Venturers (adults can race also)
in the Simon Kenton
Council…we need your help. The SKC Venturing Committee would
like to sponsor
one or two crews or more for this race. Please let Nancy Peto
know if you are interested in racing. Great
prizes, food and
great shirts for all racers.
Kodiak Trek 2008
Little Sioux Scout Ranch
Loess Hills State
Forest of
June 15-21, 2008
Costs: $150 per youth participant and $100 for adults/Out of council
pay $200
per participant. This is a coed course for all Crew members, Troop
youth
Leaders, community youth (that are 14 yr old and have completed the 8th
grade).
Adult leaders (21 years and older) are invited to come out to
participate and
learn about the Nature of Leadership (NOL) program. Find out what this
course
has to offer your youth.
All
registrations must be received by May 16th through the Scout Office.
This Trek
has a lot of fun activities included: backpacking, camping, canoeing,
sailing,
fishing, shooting sports, Geo-caching, introduction to wilderness first
aid,
Leave no Trace, map and compass, GPS, volleyball, and much more. We
will be
finishing it all off with a beach party and BBQ for participants, their
families and Advisors. The participants will be on a challenging new
and unique
course filled with loads of fun and created to leave those participants
with a
better understanding of leadership skills and attitudes that will help
them
achieve greater success in living. Practicing and mastering these
skills will
help enable Venturers
to have positive leadership
experiences in every facet of Scouting and life. Contact information
Rich Hawes
(H) 402-455-6595 or Email rdhawes26@msn.com
Summer 2008
Adventure Camps
Oyo High
Adventures offers an exciting menu of overnight canoeing, cave
exploring,
white-water rafting,
backpacking, advanced
shooting sports, Shawnee
Indian culture, motor boating, and water skiing opportunities. All
Summer
Expeditions begin on Sunday afternoon with arrival and an equipment
shake down.
After dinner there is some additional time for crew planning and
preparations
before a fun opening campfire.
Ohio
Rivers Expedition. Monday and
Tuesday you will spend half days waterskiing
on the Ohio River and half days swimming, shooting and having fun at
Wild
Water Expedition. Monday morning
enjoy aquatic games and snorkeling before
heading to West
between waterskiing on
the Ohio River and
swimming and shooting at
Frontier
Expedition. Explore the
you head to
Lewis
& Clark Expedition.
Discover the
morning. With a brief
gear swap on Wednesday,
you are off on a two-night backpacking trek through the
Covert Op- erations
Expedition. Intelligence
does not allow us to tell you much about this one, except
that it is
action-packed! Covert operations
will include backpacking, Leave No Trace, waterskiing,
swimming and shooting.
Cost is $290 per person.
Native American Expedition.
After a morning of
Leave No Trace, you will depart for
explorations of
Oyo High
Adventures operates year-round, offering many of our summer programs
and
additional winter
opportunities. Our staff will
work with your group
to put together customized Expedition programs for
weekends or during school
breaks. Visit
www.skcbsa.org/summercamp or contact the Simon Kenton Council for more
information on Oyo High Adventure Expeditions. MORE INFORMATION
AVAILABLE AT
WWW.SKCBSA.ORG/SUMMERCAMP!
$150
to register which includes food, lodging, access to the sailboats and a
VIP
tour of the White House plus much more. Travel to and
from
July 18-20, 2008
Menominee,
For the past
sixty consecutive years, the Bay-Lakes Council, BSA and its Venturing
Program
have sponsored an event known nation-wide as Bay Jammer on the shores
of Green
Bay in historic downtown Menominee, Michigan. This year Bay Jammer will
celebrate its 60th anniversary, so plans are being made to make the
celebration
bigger and better than ever before. For those of you unfamiliar with
Bay
Jammer, the event began with an idea back in the cold winter of 1948.
The
original idea was to bring together Sea Scouts, Explorers, Boy Scouts,
and
Senior Girl Scouts for a weekend of competition, comraderie,
and fun on the shores of
July 27 to August
3, 2008
Northwoods
Scout Reservation
Hosted by the
Chief Okemos Council, is the largest council-run multinational Scouting
event
in
Phone:
517-321-9400.
2008
Conference Schedule
August
3-9, 2008
Venturing
will be the focus for
this week long session with such topics as How to Develop Crews That
Thrive and
Delivering Venturing to Your District and Council.
Please see the Philmont
Conference
Center Training schedule for prices and more information on cost and
process
for registration.
Area 4 Venturing
10 Year Celebration
Event
August 15-17, 2008
Do you enjoy
sailing, kayaking, canoeing, tubing and just about any other activity
that
involves water? Then this is for you. Loads
of fun and
fellowship for all. Boy scouts may attend but they must be
at least 14
years of age. Camping will be at the group camp area. Registration form
and
informational flyer will be available on the Venturing page at
skcbsa.org. Mark
your calendars now.
September 12-14,
2008
This is your
chance to get the training to become an expert at canoeing and teach
others.
The clinic is run by the Council Canoe Experts. Registration will be
available
on the Council website.
Camp Falling Rock
September 19-21,
2008
This is your
chance to get the training to become an expert at rappelling and teach
others.
The clinic is run by the Council Rappel Masters. Registration will be
available
on the Council website.
Leave No Trace
Instructor Training
September 14-16,
2008
Hosted
by Crew 5 of
Central Region 10th
Anniversary Celebration
Fall Fun Rally
September 19-21,
2008
Come
Celebrate!!! The Greater St. Louis Area Council would like to invite
all Venturers and Sea
Scouts to their annual Fall Fun Rally.
This year we will be hosting the Central Region's celebration
of the 10th
anniversary of Venturing. More information will be available at a later
date on
the council's website.
www.stlbsa.org.
For more information
Contact: Jessica Holland by email at nightshade1187@sbcglobal.net
October 3-5, 2008
This is the
fourth project presented by the SKC Conservation Committee and is open
to any
Boy Scout Troop or Venturing Crew/Ship. Pre registration is a must as
it will
be limited to only a certain number of participants. Camping is
available at
Camp Otter Run. You will be able to complete service hours for the
Conservation
Good Turn patch and qualify for the third patch in the Project
Soar series which will have an endangered species of
wildlife and plant life that is indigenous to the area we will be
serving. The
next project will be scheduled for the spring of 2009. An informational
flyer
and registration form is available on the Simon Kenton Council web
site.
Area
4 Venturing 10 Year Celebration
October
17 -19, 2008
All Venturers are invited to attend
the Area 4 celebration of Venturing's
10th anniversary in true pirate style! Mountain
rescue off climbing tower, Marksmanship contests, Slalom canoes, High
COPE,
Small sail boats, Power squadron demonstration, Concert/dance, Crew
skits,
Campfires, Ethics forum, JOTA (Jamboree on the Air) Hamm station, Low ropes, Armed forces
obstacle courses,
Orienteering, GPS,
Pumpkin launching, Outdoor skills challenges AND SO MUCH MORE. Tent
camping
will be the primary accommadations
but we will have
some cabins and indoor facilities for those Crews/Ships who do not
camp! The cost
is just $35.00 which includes ALL food, camping fees, program supplies,
and
t-shirt!
More information will be available soon!! Contact Katelyn Childs, the
Area 4
President, for more information by email at area4president@crventuring.org
or call at 937-232-7311.
October 25, 2008
If you have
never attended and you interested in finding out more about Council
activities
and how they relate to the Area, then this is for you. All program
areas
represented. Contact Area 4 Program Vice President Jim Kern at kern2@greenapple.com
for more information.
November 2, 2008
Elect
Venturing Officers Association (VOA) officers and honor the officers
from 2008.
Registration form and nomination forms will be available soon on the
SKC web
site under the Venturing tab. If your crew is interested in hosting the
dinner
please contact
Venturing
Artic Weekend (VAW)
January 16-18, 2009
For the past
six years we have had snow and more snow for this event. Activities will include
winter hiking, winter
sports, sledding, winter survival and shooting sports (weather
permitting).
Registration form is available on the Simon Kenton Council Web Site or
you can
register online.
Venturing
Midnight Ski Extravaganza
Mad
February 7-8, 2009
Skiing
will be on Saturday night around 10:00 PM till 2:00 AM .
We will be staying at Girl Scout Camp Myeerah.
More details available soon.
Maple
Syrup
Festival
Saturday, February
28, 2009
Saturday, March 7,
2009
This is the
ultimate activity for scouts and non scouters
of all
ages. All you can eat pancakes and sausage. Monkey bridge,
branding irons, shooting BB’s,
maple syrup making and
much, much more. Activities begin at
Camp Falling Rock
March 6-8, 2009 and
March 13-15, 2009
This Trek has
a lot of fun activities included: backpacking, camping, canoeing,
sailing,
fishing, shooting sports, Geo-caching, introduction to wilderness first
aid,
Leave no Trace, map and compass, GPS, volleyball, and much more.
March 27-29, 2009
Chief Logan
Reservation
Training for
adults and youth make for a combined fun weekend of fellowship, service
and
sports. This will be the Simon Kenton Council’s sevent
year for Silver V and it just keeps getting better and better every
year. More
details will be available after the November dinner when the new VOA
officers
are elected.
Simon Kenton
Council’s 100th
Anniversary Celebration
April 30-May 2,
2010
If you missed
the last council camporee
in May of 2007 you will not
want to miss this one. We had over 6,000 participants in 2007 and we
would like
to have over 10,000 for 2010, we need help on staff and if you are
interested
please let
July 26 through
August 4, 2010
National Jamboree
Ft AP Hill,
Virginia
If you want to
go there is a way. From staff as Venturers,
from
manning the National Venturing Display to the National Sea Scout
display. Girls
can go to the National Jamboree as staff but not as participants. Be
one of the
proud Venturers to
staff the Jamboree. More details
available soon.
August 14-16, 2009
Do you enjoy
sailing, kayaking, canoeing, tubing and just about any other activity
that
involves water? Then this is for you. Loads
of fun and
fellowship for all. Boy scouts may attend but they must be
at least 14
years of age. Camping will be at the group camp area. Registration form
and
informational flyer will be available on the Venturing page at
skcbsa.org. Mark
your calendars now.
Arrowhead
……………………………….Leanne
Lockhart, Jeff Lockhart
Buckeye
………….……………………….Stewart
Lewis, Blair McGininis
Chief Logan
……………………………...Barb
Wasmer, Debra Davis, Tom
Bain
Tri
Creek…………………………………..Todd
Harlan, Maia Briggs
SKC Sea Scout
Commodore…………..Leanne
Lockhart
SKC Venturing
Staff Advisor………….Melissa
Ford
SKC Venturing
Advisor, National and Central Region Venturing Committee
Member…Kerry Cheesman
Area 4 Sea
Scout
Boatswain…………………….Tim
Stanfill
Area 4 Sea
Scout
Commodore………………..…Tom
Ross
scoutingmagazine.org
bsafieldbook.org
skcbsa.org
usscouts.org
powderhorn-bsa.org
seascouts.org
venturing.info
srventuring-bsa.org
kodiak-bsa.org
crventuring.org
quartermasterstore.com
ships-stores.org
sageventure.com
nationalyouthcabinet.org
wrventuring.org
CENTRAL
REGION VENTURING WEBSITES…
Venturing
in the
Central Region is growing rapidly. Membership growth is increasing and
here are
several ways to keep up with what is happening:
CENTRAL
REGION
VENTURING and SEA SCOUTING WEBSITE
crventuring.org
FACEBOOK
FOR VENTURERS IN THE CENTRAL REGION
FACEBOOK
FOR SEA SCOUTS IN THE CENTRAL REGION
VISIT
FACEBOOK TODAY
AND JOIN THE REST OF THE VENTURERS IN THE CENTRAL REGION ON
FACEBOOK…its fun
and safe. If I can do it so can you.
NATIONAL
BSA……..REGIONAL
(Central Region)……..AREA (Area
4)…….
COUNCIL
(Simon Kenton
Council)……..DISTRICT………UNIT