Monday Memo
 | Joseph Daniszewski
Scout Executive |  |
Good day and welcome to our May 11th Monday Memo
1. Job One - The Health and Safety of our scouts and scouters
The BSA's top priority is the health, safety, and well-being of our participants, their families, and our staff. The BSA's Health and Safety Support Committee, comprised of volunteers from around the country in the health and safety field, created the new Annual Health and Medical Record requirements as part of its continuous efforts to improve the safety of our youth members and adult leadership.
The BSA also incorporated input and review from volunteer den leaders, Scoutmasters, council professionals, and additional staff who use the records to insure the health and safety of our participants.
The new policies, which affect high-adventure activities only - when travels take members more than 30 minutes from an accessible point for emergency responders - are the same as those the BSA has successfully used for a number of years at its high-adventure bases. The policies will take effect on January 1, 2010, and do not restrict a person's ability to volunteer in the Scouting program or participate in regular Scouting activities.
While the BSA realizes this policy may affect volunteers and leaders - those who make the Scouting movement what it is - our goal is to help ensure health and safety in all of our programs.
Key messages
- The BSA's top priority is the health, safety, and well-being of our participants, their families, and our staff.
- These new requirements are a part of our continuous efforts to improve the safety of our youth members and adult leadership.
- The requirements were created by the BSA's Health and Safety Support Committee, comprised of volunteers from around the country in the health and safety field, including members of the medical community.
- The BSA also incorporated input and review from volunteer den leaders, Scoutmasters, council professionals, and additional staff who use the records to insure the health and safety of our participants.
- These policies do not restrict a person's ability to volunteer in the Scouting program, and are not meant to make it difficult to participate in Scouting activities; rather, they are meant to ensure the health and safety of those who participate in high-adventure activities.
- There are two primary areas that these new standards will affect:
1.The standards we've successfully used for our high-adventure bases will now be applied to all high-adventure activities, such as: when travels take members more than 30 minutes from an accessible roadway, fire lane, camp road, etc., and go into the backcountry; most BSA high-adventure camps that include a backcountry component; and when a local lodge, unit, district, or council requires it as part of a program.
2.BSA activities that require a physical exam (resident camps or high-adventure activities) will need to be renewed annually, regardless of age.
Suggested letter for volunteers
As a member of our Scouting family, we want to take a moment to provide you with an update regarding the BSA's Annual Health and Medical Record.
The BSA's top priority is the health, safety, and well-being of our participants, their families, and our staff. The BSA's national Health and Safety Support Committee, comprised of volunteers from around the country in the health and safety field, created these new health requirements as part of its continuous efforts to improve the safety of our youth members and adult leadership.
The BSA also incorporated input and review from volunteer den leaders, Scoutmasters, council professionals, and additional staff who use the records to insure the health and safety of our participants.
The new policies, which affect high-adventure activities only - when travels take members more than 30 minutes from an accessible point - are the same as those the BSA has successfully used for a number of years at our high-adventure camps and do not restrict a person's ability to volunteer in the Scouting program or participate in regular Scouting activities.
While the BSA realizes this policy may affect volunteers and leaders - those who make the Scouting movement what it is - our goal is to help ensure health and safety in all of our programs.
More information is available online at Annual Health and Medical Record .
2. Come See What's New
Next time you are doing business at the Council Service Center, be sure to see the new Eagle Honor Wall. Bill Hodge, portrait artist, generously donated and installed the wall to showcase our Eagle Scouts.
The 2009 Eagle Scouts will receive information on how they can be featured too!
3. Temecula/Murrieta Troop recognizes Eagles
Five members of Temecula/Murrieta Boy Scout Troop #337 were recognized for their Eagle Scout projects at a recent Temecula City Council meeting. To earn the rank of Eagle, a Scout must earn a number of merit badges and complete a project approved by a committee. "Each scout has an adult mentor to help guide him," said Richard Aldersley, scoutmaster and father of one of the Eagle Scouts. Projects take a minimum of 100 hours to complete. He said the troop has had 39 Eagle Scouts in 16 years.
Special Thanks to The Press-Enterprise
From left, Ian Shaw, Chris Clark, Richard Aldersley and Tim Avery are recognized by presenter Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone at an awards ceremony for Boy Scout Troop 337 at the Temecula City Council meeting on Feb. 10. |
Richard Aldersley, 18, of Murrieta, built 10 owl boxes for burrowing owls near Lake Skinner. "We built the boxes and then dug trenches in the ground with the help of the Riverside County Western Conservation Agency," the elder Aldersley said. "The owls go there to nest."
Tim Avery, 18,of Temecula, installed garden planter boxes at the Mary Phillips Senior Center in Temecula. "The boxes are wheelchair accessible," Aldersley said. "He built the boxes and filled them with flowers and plants." Avery's mentor was Andy Craig and his father, assistant scoutmaster John Avery.
Chris Clark, 17,of Murrieta, a senior patrol leader, built and installed an information kiosk at Lake Skinner. The project was completed in conjunction with the Riverside County Western Conservation Agency. His mentor was Shannon Files and his father, Don Clark.
Ian Shaw, 14, of Temecula, worked on cleaning up bike and walkway paths and replaced signage on the walkways with the help of city of Temecula workers. His mentor was assistant scoutmaster Tom Axline.
Davin Caswell, 18, of Temecula, built bookshelves and supplied them with books at Hope Lutheran Church in Temecula. He was not able to attend the City Council recognition award ceremony because he is away at college. His mentor was Don Clark.
4. FOS Report
Congratulations to Jim Nelson of Mt. Rubidoux, Donna Baker of Tahquitz, And Bill Marshall of Three peaks as well as their entire team for being the top three Districts this week.
Sucess Story: Troop 8 Grayback District had 100% participation with a 40% increase in donations
| May 8, 2009 | | Goal | Actual | % of Goal | # of Prospects | Prospects Personally Contacted | % of Prospects |
Mt. Rubidoux |
Jim Nelson |
$115,000 |
$108,947 |
94.7% |
3435 |
638 |
18.6% |
| Tahquitz | Donna Baker | $160,000 | $117,267 | 73.3% | 3354 | 877 | 26.1% |
| 3 Peaks | Bill Marshall | $85,000 | $57,093 | 67.2% | 1589 | 484 | 30.5% |
| Temescal | Grant Clark | $142,000 | $91,565 | 64.5% | 2784 | 765 | 27.5% |
| High Desert | Owen Spencer | $115,000 | $69,605 | 60.5% | 2458 | 563 | 22.9% |
| Sunrise | Ron Miller | $70,000 | $41,706 | 59.6% | 1542 | 251 | 16.3% |
| Grayback | Paul Foster | $115,000 | $63,931 | 55.6% | 2347 | 428 | 18.2% |
| Arrowhead | Maj. Russell Fritz | $95,000 | $51,151 | 53.8% | 2043 | 442 | 21.6% |
| Old Baldy | Lynn Anderson-Castillo | $140,000 | $73,683 | 52.6% | 1552 | 471 | 30.3% |
| Scoutreach | Tony Hayes | $35,000 | $17,764 | 50.8% | 139 | 37 | 26.6% |
| 5 Nations | Carolyn Bailey | $60,000 | $28,908 | 48.2% | 898 | 163 | 18.2% |
| Learning for life | Andrea Mitchell | $40,000 | $16,946 | 42.4% | 255 | 54 | 21.2% |
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$1,172,000 |
$738,566 |
63.0% |
22396 |
5173 |
23.1% |
| Last week | $1,172,000 | $716,555 | 61.1% | 22396 | 5059 | 22.6% |
| one week increase | | $22,011 | 1.9% | | 114 | .5% |
Click Here for LDS FOS Report5. High Desert Rain Regatta
Congratulations to the High Desert District for a successful event! District Executive Brad Triska would like to thank the Spring Valley Lake Association for sponsoring this event. The Cub Scouts enjoyed it and we had a 108 Youth and 120 Adults participate representing 9 Cub Scout Units including two outside of the district. We would like to do it again next year.
POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a
new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be
released and channeled toward some great good".
-- Brian Tracy
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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