Welcome to our February 4th, 2013 Monday Memo

Council Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner

What a great Council Volunteer Recogntion Dinner last Saturday!
Kudos to our Silver Beaver recipients and Scout Law honorees.

Scout salute to Dinner Chair and MC Paul Foster.

Our theme was a patriotic one: God Bless America.

Here's how this special song and the BSA tie together:

... The song was originally written by Irving Berlin in 1918 while he served in the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York. It was later rewritten in 1938 as a peace song with "some alterations to reflect the different state of the world" during a time when Nazi Germany was threatening war with Europe.

"God Bless America" was originally introduced and performed live on Armistice Day, November 11, 1938 by Kate Smith on her radio program. It became an immediate hit resulting in the popular demand for the sheet music. Afterwards, Berlin established the God Bless America Fund where proceeds from royalties were donated to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.
 

2013 Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner & NESA Awards To celebrate and honor the accomplishments of the current Class of Eagle Scouts, the California Inland Empire Council is hosting the 2012 Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner & NESA Awards on Friday, March 15th, 2013, at 6:00pm at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside. This year, the event is not only reaching out to the current class of new Eagle Scouts, but to Eagle Scouts of all ages. For more Information and to Register Online Click Here

Pack 280 Arrow Of Light Ceremony

On January 29, 2013, The Webelos II Den of Pack 280 received their Arrow of Lights. The Ceremony was conducted by the Order of the Arrow Ceremony Team of the Wanakik Chapter.

Calling All Cub Scouts! Are You Ready For Summer Fun?

Don’t miss Day Camp 2013 “All American Heroes”

Scouts may attend any or all Day Camps. A scout is not limited to just the Day Camp in your District, pick the one that is most convenient for you! 
Click Here for Day Camp Placemat

‘Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?’ air date confirmed

Let the countdown officially begin. Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?, the National Geographic Channel reality show I first told you about early last year, finally has a confirmed air date. Mark your calendars for 8 p.m. Eastern (7 p.m. Central) on Monday, March 4. The six-episode series continues every Monday night until the season finale on April 8. A Monday night show seems tailor-made for Scouting, because many Scout units meet on Monday nights. Why not make watching the show a part of your weekly meeting? Scouts or Scouters could facilitate a discussion about the show during the commercial breaks and after it’s over. Now’s the time to check your provider’s programming guide to make sure you subscribe to a TV package with the National Geographic Channel. Here’s the channel number for a few major TV providers: DirecTV, 276; Dish, 186; Verizon FiOS, 121 (SD) 621 (HD); ATT U-Verse, 265 (SD) 1265 (HD). Need something to tide you over until March? First read Scouting magazine’s behind-the-scenes look at the show.

Foxfire Youth Leader Training

The new Foxfire Youth Leader Training is an exciting update of a unique program where young men enhance their leadership skills. Scouts will expand upon the team building and ethical decision making skills learned at National Youth Leadership Training.

Foxfire uses mountain man history as a theme on which the program is built upon. The three components of Foxfire – Foxfire skills, mountain man and leadership – teach leadership, teamwork and the lessons of selfless services. Foxfire offers Scouts an exciting experience based on American history, using the core elements of NYLT to make their leadership skills intuitive.

Foxfire will equip youth leaders to be better troop leaders, youth leader training staff members and/or superior camp staff. It will help guide their journey to become true “servant leaders,” able to develop all members of whichever team they lead. It provides life skills for now and the future.

At Foxfire, Scouts will hammer steel into tomahawks at a real forge, shoot black powder rifles, rappel off a climbing tower, bond as a team on an obstacle course, perform a conservation project and prepare themselves for the big leadership challenge: Planning and conducting a day of the course! Register Online

National Youth Leadership Training

NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) is advance leadership training for youth troop, team and crew leaders. NYLT is leadership training for young men and young women. National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action packed program designed to provide youth members of the Boy Scouts of America with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops, teams or crews. NYLT teaches life long leadership skills. NYLT uses the patrol method to teach team leadership. The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW and what a leader must DO. NYLT provides youth leaders with the HOW TO skills they need to be strong youth and strong youth leaders.

Two great courses for 2013; Course One will be June 10 to 15. Course one invites Scouts, Venturing young men and Venturing young women to attend. Course Two will be June 17 to 22. Course two invites Scouts and Venturing young men to attend Start your quest for the meaning of leadership by signing up for NYLT today. 

Junior Shoot Program

This program meets the requirements for the Boy Scouts of America’s Rifle merit badge and is run by trained and registered BSA merit badge counselors. Shooters can work on their shooting portion of the Rifle Merit Badge. (Due to time constraints, it is recommended that the non-shooting portions of the rifle merit badge be completed prior to the shoot.)

Shooters will have the opportunity to earn levels of competency in the NRA Marksmanship Program (light rifle category). This program provides incentive awards for developing and improving marksmanship skills. Performance is measured against standards established by the Marksmanship program and any shooter who meets or exceeds the standards receives corresponding recognition awards for that rating. Click Here for more Info

There are a couple of openings left for the 2013 National Scout Jamboree! 

Bechtel Summit Reserve – West Virginia The California Inland Empire Council Contingent Scout & Venturer's National Scout Jamboree - July 15-24, 2013 - Contingent Tour - July 10-14, 2013 OUR CONTINGENT   2 Scout troops-groups of 40 - 36 youth and 4 adults.   4 Venturing Patrols-groups of 10 – One all Male Crew and One Co-ed Crew of 4 Male and 4 Females We have a couple of openings left either in a Troop or Venture Crew - Contingent will be selected from applicants from throughout the Council area.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Philadelphia, Gettysburg and Washington DC  - Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell center, Constitution Hall, Gettysburg Museum and Battlefields, the Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Martin Luther King and Washington Memorials, Ford’s Theater, Arlington National Cemetery, Iwo Jima, World War II, Korean and Vietnam Memorials, Capitol Tour, Mount Vernon, the brand new Marine Corp National Museum – the White House!  

JAMBOREE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 36,000 Scouts and Venturer’s at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree to be held for the first time at the SUMMIT BECHTEL RESERVE in West Virginia – highlights include: rappelling, zip lines, white water rafting, BMX Cycle trails, shotgun, rifle, skeet and pistol shooting, archery ranges, SCUBA Diving, swimming, canoeing, rowing, merit badge midway, patch trading, skills events, arena shows, Order of the Arrow Village and a whole lot more!

SCOUT PARTICIPANT QUALIFICATIONS
· Scouts and team members must have a current BSA membership with a Boy Scout troop or Varsity Scout team.
· Must be at least First Class Scouts by July 15, 2013.
· Must be at least 12 years of age by the first day of the Jamboree or an 11 year old that has graduated the 6th grade, but has not reached their 18th birthday by the last day of the jamboree.
VENTURING PARTICIPANT QUALIFICATIONS
· Crew members must have a current BSA membership with a Venturing crew or willing to join
· Must have graduated the 8th grade or be at least 14 years of age by the first day of the jamboree, but have not reached their 21st birthday by the last day of the Jamboree.

For more information please contact: Contact Robert Camerota at racamerota@aol.com

USA Archery Coach Courses Basic (Level 1) and Intermediate (Level 2)

March 9 (Level 1 only) and April 5-7, 2013, Cherry Valley Bowhunters Club, California

Level 1 is for teachers of beginners, and for people who are on duty at a range but not necessarily "in charge" of the whole program. No prior experience necessary for this level.

Level 2 is for teachers of intermediate archers, and people in charge of a program at a camp or recreation center. It is also for people teaching and monitoring Level 1 coaches. It assumes some experience. It covers equipment maintenance too. It can be overwhelming unless you have prior experience. Get some lessons if you are self-taught, to correct any bad habits, and shoot regularly if you can.

Contact Carolyn Morehouse (Level 3 Community Coach) to register or for more information: cell 909-649-4659, email: morehice@hotmail.com also http://usarchery.org/
For directions to the club: www.cherryvalleybowhunters.com

  

Western Region Area 4 Training Calendar

CIEC/BSA 2012Top 10 Stories

10) 93,137 Community Service Hours & Scouting for Food Collected 74,162 pounds of food

9) 530 Eagle Scouts - all time record

8) Highest percentage of Master Trainers  Leave No Trace   

7) High Youth Protection Training 99%

6) Full Staff, added 2 more Unit Serving Executive 

5) Strong District Distinguished Citizen Dinners in all 10 Districts

4) Balanced budget for 3 of 4 years

3) More campers at Boy Scout Summer Camp Emerson and Day Camps

2) Retention of 76.2% Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venture’s

1) Membership growth .5% 

2013 Friends Of Scouting Campaign

The annual Friends of Scouting Campaign supports the current operations of the CA Inland Empire Council. A successful Scouting program is made possible by the generosity of families, business community, and individuals believing in the Scouting Mission. You can help today by supporting the Annual Friends of Scouting Campaign. Donate Now

The Giving & Recognition levels are: Click Here to View

Friends Of Scouting Report

Positive Quote & Prayer
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"No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness."

    ~ Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop
 

"May we all remain fast and firm in faith, that the glory of glories may rest upon us. Thou art the Gracious, the Bountiful, the Merciful, the Compassionate."

    ~ From the Baha'i Writings
 

Joe Daniszewski Scout Executive/CEO California Inland Empire Council, BSA PO Box 8910 1230 Indiana Court Redlands, CA 92374 909.793.2463, Ext. 120 877.732.1450 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