January 9th, 2017

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Jamboree Update

University of Scouting

NESA

2017 Silver Beaver Council Recognition Dinner Committee

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Venturing

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Champ Camp

CHAMP CAMP is coming up January 14th. Bring your pack to come and enjoy a great time. Each cub can get their Pine Wood Derby car designed and cut at our Cut Station. After that we'll have a special Paint & Body Station where they can paint their car, add on weights, and add on some cool decals. Then, it will be off to the Weigh In Station and soon after, they are off to the Track Station where they will have fun testing their cars out with other Cubs. It's going to be a great day to have some Pine Wood Derby fun. Don't forget the new 2017 patches are in, along with participation ribbons, place ribbons, and trophies.

This will be an all-day event. 10:30am - 3:00pm.

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2017 Silver Beaver Council Recognition Dinner Committee

Attention all Scouts and Scouters:

The 2017 Silver Beaver Council Recognition Dinner Committee needs your help. Our theme this year Scouting Memories: Then & Now. As part of the program, we will be presenting a slide show of various pictures our scouts have participated in over the years since scouting first came to the Inland Empire.

Please send any pictures you have to Steve Bartel. Please include any information you may have on where the picture was taken place and when.

All photos are due by January 27 2017.

Yours in Scouting:

Steve Bartel

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Refugee Youths Find Safe Haven in Boy Scouts of America

EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) — Boy Scouts Jean Tuyishime and Moise Tuyikunde sit around a crackling campfire under a canopy of stars in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, joking and teasing each other as adolescent brothers tend to do. Only two and a half years ago, they were a world away living at the crowded Gihembe refugee camp, built on a sprawling and dusty expanse of land in northern Rwanda.

The brothers were born in the camp after their parents fled violence in 1996 in what was then known as Zaire. They relocated with their family to the Denver area in 2014, and they gradually assimilated into their new surroundings, learning to speak enough English to get by and signing up for a quintessential American experience — Boy Scouts.

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Jamboree Update

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JOIN THE CALIFORNIA INLAND EMPIRE COUNCIL CONTINGENT

2017 NATIONAL SCOUT JAMBOREE

Bechtel Summit Reserve – West Virginia - July 19-28, 2017

Contingent Pre-Jamboree Tour - July 17-18, 2017

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN ATTENDING TODAY!

The Jamboree and Tour Experience

•    12  Days
•    Hundreds of Adventures
•    Experience of a lifetime
•    Classic National Scout Jamboree Experience
•    Stadium Shows
•    Patch Trading
•    Adventure Sports
•    Aquatic Adventures
•    10 Days of Camping
•    The Summit Bechtel Reserve – West Virginia
•    Whitewater Rafting, Shooting and Archery Sports
•    Climbing, Zip Lines, Repelling, Canoeing, Swimming, BMX, War Canoes
•    Special Philadelphia & Washington DC Tour  - Traditional Troop

Still need to fill:

• Need 1 Scout for the LDS Troop
• Taking Applications for waiting list for Traditional troop
• 6 Open Slots for Venture Crew 2, attendance subject to filling a 9 Member Crew
• Adult Leader Advisor for Crew 2, attendance subject to filling a 9 Member Crew 

Sign up Today!

Jamboree Fundraiser – Country Meats – Sticks

Scouts we have a great opportunity for you to raise funds for your Jamboree experience!

• You make a 45% profit on each snack stick that we buy for $.55 and sell for $1!
• For every case you sell you make $65 profit
• Example:
  • 1 case = $65 profit
  • 5 cases = $325 profit
  • 12 cases = $780 profit
  • 20 cases = $1,300 profit

Sale Period – Begins January 21, 2017 to April 15, 2017 (roughly 75 days), possible extension if we are successful and we have demand from Scouts/Parents) 

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Primitive Camping & Good Turn Weekend

Service to Camp Helendade is open to all Friends of Helendade, Scouts, Troops, Teams and Crews

There are many work projects that need to be done. Letters will be given to youth who need service hours for school, church, or rank advancement.

COME PREPARED TO WORK: Bring gloves and wear old clothes! Projects will vary based on weather and available resources. If you have a special skill or tool that would be helpful at camp, please let us know.

BRING your own Food and Water: All trash must be taken with you when you leave. A Porta-potty is on site.

2017 DATES:  Jan. 14, Feb. 11, Mar. 11, Apr. 8, May 13, Jun. 10, Jul. 8, Aug. 12, Sep. 9, Oct. 14, Nov. 11, Dec. 9

Please plan to arrive by 9:00 A.M. on Saturday.

CAMPING COST: $5 per person to camp ONLY (FREE if working on Saturday).

PLEASE CHECK IN AND OUT WITH CAMPMASTER ON DUTY.

QUESTIONS? Contact Cynthia Blessum, Camping and Outdoor Program Chair, at blessumcr@pacbell.net or 714.612.1662

Work days may be canceled due to inclement weather – please call for status prior to your scheduled weekend.

CLICK HERE for Registration Form

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NESA

Download this flyer: .PDF

Download the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams NESA Project of the Year Award Form: .PDF

Download the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award Form: .PDF

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Gift Legacy

Personal Planner-Trusts to Protect Children

Trusts are an excellent way to provide for the support and care of children while protecting them. Two important reasons to create a trust are to care for minor children or for a special needs child.

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Savvy Living-How to Organize Your Affairs

My wife and I would like to get our personal and financial affairs in order so our kids will know what's going on if we get sick or die. What tips can you offer?

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Your Plan-Give it Twice Trust

While visiting the Wills Planner on her favorite charity's website, June, a surviving spouse, came across the idea of a Give it Twice Trust. 

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Washington News-Koskinen Launches Tax-Filing Season

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen held a public media conference on January 5, 2017 and officially launched the tax-filing season. Koskinen emphasized, "This tax season, it is more important than ever to plan ahead."

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Finances

Stocks - Sonic Seeks to Drive Up Sales Read more
Bonds - Treasury Yields Continue Decline Read more
CDs and Mortgages - Mortgage Rates Fall to Begin 2017 Read more

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USA Archery Level 1 Instructor Certification Course

As BSA Scouters, my wife, Jessie Andrews and I are proctoring another USA Archery Level ONE Instructor Certification Course. We offer this course first to the BSA community, then as vacancies arise, to the general public. The course is limited to just 12 students.

The BSA National Shooting Sports Manuel requires all BSA Archery Merit Badge Councilors to acquire the USA Archery Level ONE Instructor certification.

To quote the 2016 BSA Shooting Sports Manual:

"Archery Training-USA Archery/NFAA Level 1 Instructor.

This universal USA Archery Level 1 Instructor Certification course is administered by USA Archery, the official organization for Olympic archery. This training program is conducted in conjunction with the National Field Archery Association (NFAA).

Candidates for the Level 1 instructor certification are primarily camp counselors and those working with entry-level students. The eight-hour curriculum includes range setup and safety, steps of shooting, basic equipment repair, coaching positions, and testing.

USA Archery/NFAA Level 1 archery instructors may teach the Basic Archery course and the Archery merit badge. To serve as a merit badge counselor, he or she must hold current BSA registration as a merit badge counselor. In addition, the certified instructor may serve as a range master for a Cub Scout archery activity."

Please click here for the USA Archery Level ONE Instructor certification course that we are proctoring on Saturday 18 February 2017 at Cherry Valley Bowhunters Archery Club, in Cherry Valley, California.

In Scouting,

Christopher & Jessie Andrews
CIEC Shooting Sports Committee members
USA Archery / NFAA Level Two Instructor - Trainers

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University of Scouting

Greetings CIEC Scouters!  Welcome to the New Year! We have exciting things planned in 2017, one of which is the University of Scouting. The University offers the opportunity to receive supplemental training and is geared for all program levels. In this segment of the Monday Memo we will highlight the Course offerings for the College of Boy Scouting:

BS101 What We Can Do For You? A presentation on the Order of the Arrow
BS102 Do Your ISLT Justice.  How to effectively conduct, or improve your Troop Leadership Training in your unit.
BS103 Enjoy Scout Camp? Don't just survive scout camp, but prepare to enjoy and have fun during scout camp!
BS104 Planning for Success.  Effective annual calendar planning and using Journey to Excellence to implement a successful program.
BS105 Getting Back to Scouting.  Don't get bogged down with scouting...Learn how to keep your program simple, focused and fun.
BS106 Recruiting Parents for Help and Beyond.  Learn ways to motivate and inspire parent involvement in your troop, and develop them into troop leaders, committee members, and more!
BS107 Smart and Fun Camp Cooking (and Clean-Up).  To educate leaders on efficient ways to help scouts learn how to cook, eat well, and clean efficiently while camping and backpacking in the outdoors.
BS108 11 Year Old Leader Helps.  This Course will cover effectively bridging of boys from Cubs Scouts to Boy Scouts, different ways to plan out the year's Scouting activities to help ensure advancement of the boys, and the basic Skills and Tools you should have and will need to use.
BS109 Meaningful Ceremonies.  Ideas and resources for effective and meaningful recognition ceremonies.
BS111 Advancement - Scouting’s Secret Weapon.  A discussion about the importance of advancement and ways that you can use it to evaluate your scouting experience.
BS112 Program Networking.  How to make connections that will help you provide a wide range of program possibilities
BS113 Merit Badge Counseling.  Learning to be an affective Merit Badge counselor and to also effectively support the scouts in your unit that might be struggling to complete merit badges.
BS114 Excellence is a Journey.  Journey to Excellence is more than just an evaluation form; it can be a guide to help your unit along its path to a more excellent program!
BS116 Let’s go Backpacking!  Packing smartly can be the difference between a great trip and a horrible trip! Learn how to help make that backpacking trip memorable because it was great!
BS201 Boards of Review.  The do’s and don’ts of conducting a proper board of review.
BS202 The Aims and Methods of Scouting.  Understanding the difference between the 3 Aims and the 8 Methods of Scouting, and how to effectively utilize them.

So as you can see, whether you are a seasoned Scouter, a newly minted Scoutmaster, or other adult wanting to help your unit succeed, we have an array of interesting topics designed to better equip you.  All are welcome. Please CLICK HERE for online registration, detailed course description and application. Please mark down on your calendar, February 25, 2017; 8:00am – 5:00pm; Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland. Please take advantage of these terrific opportunities to get great training so that you can better serve our youth.

Geoff Kahan, Dean of the College of Boy Scouting

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Klondike & Polar Camp Availability

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Camp Use Update

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Thoughts from the Scout Executive:

Positive Prayer and Quote
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A SCOUT'S PRAYER

Lord, we thank you for this day. Help us to do our best every day, And forgive us when we slip. Teach us to be kind to other people and to help them at all times Bless our parents and teachers and leaders and all the members of Scouting Bless us, Lord in your love for us Help us to be a better Scouts and let us do our best for you

Amen

"Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best." 

Robert Baden-Powell

Joe Daniszewski
Scout Executive/CEO
California Inland Empire Council

California Inland Empire Council, BSA
PO Box 8910
1230 Indiana Court
Redlands, CA 92374
909.793.2463, Ext. 120
877.732.1450 FREE
909.793.0306 Fax

Monday Memo is from Scout Executive Joe Daniszewski and contains his reflection on what is happening within the Council. The purpose of Monday Memo is to communicate information about the week ahead, to acknowledge the good things happening around the Council and to address specific issues that the Scout Executive wants to bring to your attention. Joe welcomes any comments, suggestions or recommendations on how to make this memo as helpful as possible. If you have something you want publicized in the Monday Memo, please send it to his attention c/o Monday Memo: Joseph.Daniszewski@scouting.org for Monday Memo Archives Click Here