Monday Memo
 | Joseph Daniszewski
Scout Executive |  |
Good day and welcome to our May 10th, 2010 Monday Memo
Earth Day Cleanup
By Kurt Wochholz
BSA Temescal District 100th Anniversary Chair
On the morning of April 24, almost 500 people came together to perform one of the largest environmental clean-up operations in the history of the Temescal District Boy Scouts of America. The clean-up was carried out along the Tin Mine Creek from Chase Avenue to the National Forest boundary on Skyline Drive in Corona at the base of the Santa Ana Mountain Range. Additionally, debris was removed from over 60 acres of land between the creek bed and the adjacent foothills.
Those who joined in the effort were approximately 450 scouts, leaders, parents, and siblings who worked to bring in the large amount of debris to roll-off containers supplied by the events co-sponsor Waste Management.
The Corona Fire Department had paramedics standing by for any possible mishaps as well as its Explorer Scouts, who cooked up a great lunch for all of the volunteers. The Corona Police Department's CSV radio unit provided 7 volunteers to aide with communications over the ½ mile long stretch of land. Planning for the effort also included Corona's Parks and Community Services.
To kick off the event, Corona's Mayor Karen Spiegel spoke to the crowd, thanking them for their volunteering to clean-up what had become a trash ridden region of otherwise beautiful landscape at the base of the local wilderness.
Scouts removed furniture, beds, tires, a refrigerator, an exercise machine, abandon pieces of steel and concrete, and even the remains of a suspected former drug growing encampment. A contingent of volunteers was lead by Debra Clarke of the National Forest Service to work within the NFS boundary on a specially planned project. The total weight of the removal reached 5 ½ tons.
This area is heavily used by joggers, bicyclists, hikers, and cyclists as they enjoy the out-of-doors in their own ways. The passers-by were giving thumbs-up and heaps of thanks for the scouts' efforts in helping to restore what they come to enjoy. By the end of the day, a slow drive along Skyline Drive to examine the results provided an almost pristine view of a once heavily fouled area.
Yet the greatest reward of all came in seeing the faces of the volunteers as they smiled with satisfaction over their involvement in being a part of such a magnificent effort. If one thing could be said for this event it would be that they truly Did Their Best.
The leaders of this organized effort would like to give a heartfelt thanks to all that participated.
Coming Soon: Recruiting on the Web
Put Scouting on the map with the new BeAScout campaign. BeAScout will use the Web and Google Maps to recruit members. Packs, troops, and crews will appear as "pins" on Google maps nationwide. Easy as 1-2-3-4 . . . based on a successful campaign by councils in the Northeast Region, the national BeAScout program gives leaders a Web-based tool to manage recruitment.
- Unit leaders publish information about their unit to a pin icon on a Google map.
- Parents go to the Web site, submit their address, and find units in their neighborhood.
- Leaders gather information from visits to their pins and compile "leads" that they can manage through MyScouting.
*A later phase of this process (coming in 2011) will allow online registration.
The California Inland Empire Council, Boy Scouts of America proudly presents: "The Special Edition 2010 Jamboree Framed Patch Collection" The 2010 Jamboree Committee has only authorized 100 of these beautifully framed sets. Your donation of $250.00 will help send all 4 of our Jamboree Troops to this year's 100th Anniversary Jamboree at Fort A.P.Hill, Virginia Contact Marcell Vargas 909-793-2463 Ext. 102 or mvargas@bsamail.org Click Here to View Larger Image |  |
CIEC/BSA Venturing Weekend at Camp Emerson
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| Regional Venturing Meeting | Area 4 Officers Melissa Morgan, Joyce Flores & Dale Parker | Dale, Mackenzie (Regional President) Matthew(National Venturing President) Melissa & Joyce |
News & Tidbits
Wildlife Awarness Week Kudos to Ryan Foley on a great Eagle Scout Service Project. Ryan and Troop 351 members created a new fire awareness sign on Highway 2 one-quarter mile west of Wright Mountain Road in Wrightwood. Read More..... | Kudos to Eagle Scout and Hornaday Badge recipient Patrick Baker Patrick Baker and his mother were reading the Boy Scout Handbook when they came across the Hornaday Silver Medal. While they didn't know what the award represented, they read that only about 1,000 medals had been earned in its 90 years of existence. So, they figured, it must be something special. Read More..... | Kudos to Eagle Scout David Pletka David Pletka of Murrieta is one of the youngest members of Boy Scout Troop 148 to complete his Eagle Scout project, which entailed putting up trail markers in a city park. Pletka is 13 and has been a Scout since he was 6. He has earned a large number of merit badges Read More..... |
Recently Completed Eagles
| Name | District | Unit | Name | District | Unit | Name | District | Unit |
| Jared Himes | TM | Troop 210 | Bryce Stringer | MR | Crew 360 | Joshua Gordon | GB | Troop 9 |
| Daniel Robbins | TM | Troop 201 | McKay Palmer | 5N | Team 595 | Sean Kamrani | GB | Troop 19 |
| Alexander Mayer | HD | Troop 557 | Brendon Graves | 3P | Team 824 | Joseph Moreno | GB | Troop 16 |
| Andrew Meddles | HD | Troop 454 | Brandon West | GB | Crew 17 | Joshua Hjelmstad | TQ | Crew 633 |
| Caleb Pomar | TQ | Troop 536 | Jordan Freestone | GB | Crew 17 | Maxwell Stohler | GB | Troop 3 |
| Christopher Schreiber | TQ | Troop 301 | Ashton Christensen | GB | Crew 17 | Adam Duncan | HD | Crew 559 |
| Spencer Rushton | TQ | Crew 524 | Cody Christensen | GB | Team 17 | Kevin Clift | HD | Troop 152 |
| Seth Patula | TQ | Crew 912 | Matthew Goodson | GB | Crew 17 | Robert Cicero | TQ | Troop 304 |
| Cameron Engelhart | TQ | Troop 430 | Kyle Martinez | OB | Troop 2000 | Brandon Tuley | TQ | Troop 384 |
| Ernesto Martinez | HD | Troop 557 | Matthew Jones | OB | Team 66 | Jeffrey Fujii | TQ | Troop 318 |
| Grant Rigby | GB | Troop 423 | Trevor Van Hook | TM | Troop 125 | Micheal Martin | 3P | Crew 195 |
| Austin Reeves | GB | Troop 423 | Todd Fenn | Tm | Crew 233 | Brenden Miller | 3P | Crew 310 |
| Ryan Olson | GB | Troop 11 | Matthew Mena | GB | Troop 19 | Mitchell Van Dien | 3P | Troop 310 |
| Evan Jones | GB | Troop 794 | Harris Rowan | HD | Team 161 | | | |
FOS Report
| May 5, 2010 | | Goal | Actual | % of Goal | Cash to Date | 2009 Actual | 5/10/10 Projection |
| Tahquitz | Donna Baker | $144,000 | $117,887 | 81.9% | $97,767 | $112,482 | $124,000 |
| 3 Peaks | Joe Wilson | $73,000 | $57,442 | 78.7% | $54,709 | $56,163 | $58,500 |
| High Desert | Bruce Ebmeyer | $102,000 | $72,847 | 71.4% | $61,450 | $56,848 | $73,000 |
| Mt. Rubidoux | Kathleen Hartman | $122,000 | $86,023 | 70.5% | $71,999 | $95,012 | $92,182 |
| Sunrise | Mike Lindley | $62,000 | $42,357 | 68.3% | $36,594 | $37,760 | $43,000 |
| Grayback | Paul Foster | $105,000 | $68,150 | 64.9% | $61,228 | $61,376 | $73,000 |
| Old Baldy | John Sitar | $134,000 | $78,522 | 58.6% | $51,072 | $57,347 | $84,500 |
| Temescal | Grant Clark | $128,000 | $73,284 | 57.3% | $62,419 | $94,315 | $80,000 |
| 5 Nations | Aaron Knox | $51,500 | $29,396 | 57.1% | $22,721 | $24,291 | $32,000 |
| Arrowhead | Major Fritz | $80,000 | $38,653 | 48.3% | $28,647 | $47,019 | $45,000 |
| TOTAL |
$1,001,500 |
$664,561 |
66.4% |
$548,606 |
$642,613 |
$705,182 |
Click Here for LDS & Family Campaign FOS Report
Positive Quote
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"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."
Albert Schweitzer
Have a great Scouting week!
Yours in the Spirit of Scouting,
Joe Daniszewski
Scout Executive/CEO
California Inland Empire Council, BSA
1230 Indiana Court
Redlands, CA 92374
909.793.2463, Ext. 120
877.732.1450
909.793.0306 Fax
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