California Inland Empire Council Monday Memo |
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Welcome to our August 22nd, 2011 Monday Memo |
Mt. Rubidoux Districts Philmont Expedition
During July, 23 scouts and 7 adults from the Mt Rubidoux district participated in a Philmont expedition near Cimarron NM. This was the first time for everyone and all had a tremendous experience. The Philmont staff taught the scouts leadership concepts that were key in helping them take ownership of their hard-earned success. A great program, a beautiful wilderness and excellent staff combined to create memories that will last a lifetime! Many have expressed interest in going back again.
Mike Biggs, Greg Palmer and Jim Nelson
Jamboree-On-The-Air 2011
This year JOTA (Jamboree-on-the-Air) and JOTI (Jamboree-on-the-Internet)will be held from midnight October 15 to midnight October 16, and will include Amateur Radio Operators and Scouts and leaders from around the world.
For JOTA, you should begin by looking at the JOTA website (http://www.scouting.org/jota) and see what information is available to guide the council, districts and local units as they prepare for Jamboree-on-the-Air 2011. If your council is not an active participant in JOTA, then plan on a council JOTA station at your council camp or at the council office. Contact your local Amateur Radio Club and have one or more stations set up for the event.
For JOTI information, please visit http://www.scouting.org/filestore/intl/pdf/130-883.pdf.
This is the 54th year of JOTA and the 15th year of JOTI. Please do your part to make JOTA and JOTI a great day of international Scouting in your council. Promote the events at roundtables, e-mail, on the council website, and in your council’s newsletter. Join the adventure of international Scouting!
If you have any questions or need additional insight regarding JOTA, please contact the National JOTA Organizer, Jim Wilson, K5ND, at jim.wilson@scouting.org or 972-580-2010
Scout Surge 9.11 Scouts are encouraged to serve in their communities September 1-10, 2011, using the suggested service projects and posting them to web and social media channels. In addition, these activities should be recorded in the Journey to Excellence service program. On September 11, Scouts are encouraged to gather as groups and invite non-Scout friends to watch the movie, New York Says Thank You, which tells the story of the first responders to the New York City terrorist attacks and which features Scouts from the Little Sioux tornado tragedy. |  |
Things to do: - Select, plan, and schedule your service project between September 1 and September 10.
- Use Twitter, texting, email, and Facebook to spread the word.
- Post your service project ideas and event pictures on www.scoutsurge911.org, your council's Facebook page, or other social media.
- Use the Scout Surge graphics available on www.scoutsurge911.org.
- Gather as a group on September 11 (invite non-Scout friends) to watch the movie, New York Says Thank You.
- Purchase the Scout Surge 9/11 patch
Ideas for the event:
- Hold a ceremony to properly retire an American flag.
- Visit a local fire, police, or EMT facility and present them with a Flag of Honor or another appropriate expression of thanks.
- Conduct a service project in honor of or memory of 9/11/01 first responders.
Stampede 2011
Come out to the 2011 Stampede & Scout Show at Glen Helen Park for a great event for the whole family.
- Camping
- Scout Show & Exhibits
- Dutch Oven Cookoff
- Cubmobile Competition
- Boy Scout Pushcart Racing
- BB Gun & Arcery Shooting
- Canoeing
- Pinewood Derby
- Fishing
- Rockwall Climbing
Plus the Cool & Wet Water Park! |  |
Scouts in uniform can attend the Friday Night Sheriff's Rodeo for Free! Fun for New Scouts - The Stampede is a great first campout for new Scouts. Plus they can get a special Stampede Patch!
Register by August 31st to secure you T-Shirt in time for the even! Click Here to Register
Scouting's Barriers To Abuse
1) Two-deep leadership required.
2) One–on-one contact between adults and Scouts prohibited.
3) Separate accommodations for adults and Scouts required.
4) Privacy of youth respected
5) Inappropriate use of cameras,imaging, or digital devices prohibited
6) No secret organizations | 7) No hazing / No bullying
8) Youth leadership monitored by adult leaders
9) Appropriate attire for all activities
10) Members are responsible to act according to Scout Oath and Law
11) Units are responsible to act according to Scout Oath and Law
12) Units are responsible to enforce Youth Protection Policies |
http://www.scouting.org/youthprotection.aspx
BeAScout.org Simplified
by Gretchen on August 19, 2011
 | Now, when a friend of your son or daughter—or even a fellow adult—asks, “How can I get involved in Scouting?” your answer just got easier: BeAScout.org. While the recruitment Web site isn’t new, the BSA has simplified its searchability, making it a breeze for new Scouts or Venturers to get plugged into their local Scouting community. All that’s needed is a ZIP code and a few clicks of a mouse. The search bar isn’t the only new addition. A series of “Matrix”-like videos showcase what it means to be a Scout or Venturer. (Hint: lots of high-adventure fun.) If you haven’t seen the videos, check them out here. The next time someone asks you about Scouting, you can be sure this easy-to-remember answer will make a lasting impression. |
BSA Launches SCOUTStrong Fitness Program for Youth
Goal Set to Have 500,000 Youth Earn Presidential Active Lifestyle Award
San Antonio, TEXAS (August 18, 2011) —“To keep myself physically strong” has been part of the oath that Boy Scouts have followed for more than 100 years. Even with fitness and wellness already one of its aims, the Boy Scouts of America is making a formal commitment to do even more to address the major health concerns facing today’s youth. Today in San Antonio, at its Top Hands Conference of Scouting professionals, the organization launched a new healthy-living initiative called SCOUTStrong.
SCOUTStrong was kicked off by announcing a collaboration with the President’s Challenge, the premier program of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition (PCFSN), resulting in a Scout-specific Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) challenge. The organization hopes more than 500,000 youth will achieve the SCOUTStrong PALA by 2013, the year of the BSA’s next national Scout jamboree. PCFSN members, including council co-chair Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, and Cornell McClellan, trainer to the First Family, congratulate the BSA on this initiative and will share fitness and health tips in the BSA youth publication Boys’ Life.
“The Boy Scouts are a perfect example of an organization that teaches the importance of physical activity at an early age,” said Shellie Pfohl, executive director of the President’s Council. “We believe that the SCOUTStrong program will help enable Scouts, as well as their families, to adopt active, healthy lifestyles. The skills they’re learning from this program will last them a lifetime.”
Research shows that children today spend less time outdoors and more time engaged in sedentary activity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The SCOUTStrong program is designed to be a starting point for creating regular, active lifestyle habits and teaching young people to make healthier choices. The SCOUTStrong PALA Challenge award can be earned by Scouts as well as families, volunteers, staff, and scouting alumni.
To earn the SCOUTStrong PALA, children need to be active 60 minutes a day, five days a week for six weeks; adults need 30 minutes a day. In the spirit of promoting a more active lifestyle among its professional staff, the BSA has organized a Sunrise Fun Run/Walk as part of its Top Hands meeting.
“We have an opportunity—and importantly, a responsibility—to shape young lives,” BSA Chief Scout Executive Bob Mazzuca said. “Because of our reach, our programs, and our mission, Scouting is uniquely positioned to make a real difference on the health front. During our next 100 years of service, one of our top priorities will be to advocate for the health of all children.”
Preceding the launch of the SCOUTStrong PALA Challenge, 16 BSA adult leaders agreed to participate in their own PALA Challenge to show they are “walking the walk” when it comes to being more active. During the BSA Adult Leadership Walk-the-Walk Activity Challenge, participants committed to earning their PALA, as well as publicly blogging about their journey to a healthier lifestyle. The Walk-the-Walk Challenge participants’ blogs can be found at www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BSAFit/walkthewalk.aspx.
Participants in the Walk-the-Walk Challenge include BSA National Commissioner Tico Perez, who has announced he plans to meet the BSA’s high-adventure height and weight requirements by the 2013 National Scout Jamboree—and he’s well on his way after already losing more than 100 pounds.
“The SCOUTStrong program was an opportunity to look at our organization, and ourselves as individuals, and recognize that we can be doing even more,” Perez said. “I knew that personally, I could be a better role model for other Scouting volunteers and the youth we serve. Improving the health of today’s kids is a huge challenge that no single organization can tackle alone, but the BSA is prepared to step up and be a partner with local communities in the solution.”
This year, following its 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2010, the BSA is rolling out its new brand identity: Prepared. For Life.™ It recognizes that participation in Scouting prepares youth for a lifetime of good citizenship, personal achievement, character, and service. Encouraging the physical, mental, and emotional health of its members is one important way the BSA is fulfilling the promise of Prepared. For Life.™
About the Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America provides the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, which helps young people be Prepared. For Life.™ The Scouting organization is composed of 2.7 million youth members between the ages of 7 and 21 and more than a million volunteers in nearly 300 local councils throughout the United States and its territories. For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, please visit www.scouting.org.
About the President's Challenge
The President’s Challenge is the premier program of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. The President's Challenge helps people of all ages and abilities increase their physical activity and improve their fitness through research-based information, easy-to-use tools, and friendly motivation. For more information about the President’s Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Awards Program or the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, visit www.presidentschallenge.org 
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We are having a Sewing Day at the California Inland Empire Scout Shop!
The Scout Shop has procured the services of a seamstress who will come in to sew uniforms at our location for 1 day only. Scouts who want their shirts completed on the day of purchase can take them over to a seamstress and pay her to sew the patches on the same day. Listed below are her rates to be paid in cash to her directly on that day.
CSP, Position patches (youth & adult), Unit #’s (the all in one patch), OA Flap, $2.00
World Brotherhood Crest, rank patches, numbers (single), trained patches, any knots and any smaller patches - $1.00 ea.
Hemming pants - $8.00 (maybe not same day though would depend on how busy)
Come get your uniform “inspection ready” for all your Fall Advancement Ceremony events! See you there Saturday September 17, 2011 from 10 AM – 2 PM.
Can’t make that date? That’s OK. Plan to attend the next one on October 15, 2011 from 10AM – 2 PM. |  |
Silver Beaver Award Nominations Due November 15th, 2011
 | Nominate an outstanding Scouter for the Silver Beaver Award. The Silver Beaver Award is the highest award that a council can present to a volunteer. This award is for outstanding service to youth at the council level or for outstanding longtime service to youth by a registered Scouter residing within the California Inland Empire Council. To nominate an outstanding Scouter for this prestigious award, please complete the 2011 Silver Beaver Nomination form and submit it to the California Inland Empire Council. Nomination forms are due no later than November 15, 2011. The 2011 Silver Beaver Awards will be presented at the Council Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner on February 4, 2012. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE NOMINATION FORM |
Death of Sagamore Council Assistant Scoutmaster Arthur L. Anderson
As you probably know Scouting lost a long-time, 76 year old Assistant Scoutmaster named Arthur L. Anderson yesterday during a Scout hike in Bunker Hill, Indiana when a crazed lunatic stabbed him in the neck, without provocation. The story is currently being displayed on the MSN.com website.
I have sent a message of sympathy to the Sagamore Council on behalf of our Troop. I am hopeful that other units in our Council would like to express similar sentiments to the Sagamore Council. The Sagamore Council e-mail is: sagamore@sagmorebsa.org
Yours in Scouting,
Steven Pesante, Scoutmaster Troop 322 Beaumont
Boy Scout safe after cold night in Utah wilderness The 12-year-old Boy Scout was scared but he still knew what to do when he got lost during a Utah wilderness outing: He built a shelter made of tree branches and wood to get through a cold night and he also covered himself in dirt to stay warm. Jared Ropelato's lean-to — a crude structure the Boy Scout manual advises Scouts to build if they become lost — kept him warm enough so he could sleep after the overnight low in Ashley National Forest dipped to 31 degrees in the area, said Daggett County sheriff's spokeswoman Karen Peterson. The boy was wearing only jeans and a shirt, and had no food or water, when he went missing around noon Friday. He had gotten lost while making his way by himself back to camp from a nearby lake, walking a total of eight or nine miles before searchers on ATVs found him Saturday morning some four miles from where he started, Peterson said. "He did everything right last night," his mother, Dawn, said. "We said he was smart, and he's smart." Peterson also praised the boy, saying that building the lean-to was "good thinking" and it saved him from the elements. He told the Deseret News of Salt Lake City that he had learned to build the structure last year at Scout camp. "We're just so glad that this story has a happy ending," Peterson told The Associated Press. Jared's mother told the Deseret News that her son's biggest scare came when he encountered a bull moose. He got cold during the night, but not too cold. He fell in a river Saturday morning, "but he's still dirty," she said. Jared resumed walking Saturday morning before he was found at 8:40 a.m. in good health, ending a search effort that included about 200 people. "There were a lot of tears not only from family members, but from searchers as well," Peterson said. "Up to that point, Jared had been missing for 20 hours and 40 minutes." Nicole Ropelato of Roy, a third cousin of Jared's, said the family was thankful for searchers and that the boy remembered the instruction about lean-tos. "At such a young age to be calm enough to think like that is something," she said. "That's incredible what he did. We're just elated that he was found in good condition. We were worried for him and very scared." The boy earlier had been advised by a Scoutmaster to walk with another Scout from the lake back to camp, Peterson said. The Scoutmaster gave him the advice after finding him going in the wrong direction while returning to camp. "He never got a buddy before heading back to camp," Peterson said. Asked if he would still go camping after his overnight ordeal, Jared simply said "yeah." | 
Boy Scout Jared Ropelato is hugged by his brother Kevin Ropelato at the Sheriff's … 
After spending the night lost in the Uinta Mountains, Boy Scout Jared Ropelato is … |
P.R.A.Y. Boy Scout News BulletinThe latest edition of P.R.A.Y.'s Boy Scout e-bulletin is now available on the P.R.A.Y. website!
Click here to view the entire e-bulletin: http://www.praypub.org/publications/BS_Aug_2011.pdf.
Here are some of the topics that are included in this edition:
- Religious Relationships Responds to Journey to Excellence
- Faith Based Initiative (FBI) & Religious Emblems Coordinator (REC) Resource Center
- Council Honor Roll for Religious Emblems Usage
- Newsbriefs from Faith Based Organizations and Scouting
- Ten Commandment Hikes...Another Useful Tool
- Religious Emblems / New Units & Retention
- Religious Emblems Camps & Retreats Supplement
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Friends of Scouting Weekly Report
| 8/22/2011 | | 2011 Goal | 2011 Pledged (Year To Date) | % of Goal | # of Donors | Donors Asked | % | 8/26/2010 Pledged |
| Temescal | Gary DeFraene | $108,400 | $109,878 | 101.36% | 3,064 | 913 | 29.80% | $89,892 |
| Mt. Rubidoux | John Kantola | $120,000 | $120,160 | 100.13% | 1,875 | 756 | 40.32% | $127,193 |
| Arrowhead | Michael Bentley | $63,000 | $57,754 | 91.67% | 1,174 | 631 | 53.75% | $53,453 |
| Tahquitz | Wayne Chase | $137,000 | $122,756 | 89.60% | 2,062 | 1,105 | 53.59% | $127,712 |
| High Desert | Greg Lundeen | $100,250 | $89,505 | 89.28% | 1,860 | 818 | 43.98% | $88,370 |
| Grayback | Dr. Michael Kuhn | $106,000 | $93,376 | 88.09% | 1,171 | 657 | 56.11% | $86,118 |
| Old Baldy | Greg Risser | $131,250 | $105,441 | 80.34% | 1,650 | 723 | 43.82% | $109,413 |
| 3 Peaks | Andrew Kotyuk | $70,000 | $55,755 | 79.65% | 1,687 | 595 | 35.27% | $64,726 |
| Sunrise | Scott Evans | $59,500 | $44,096 | 74.11% | 733 | 283 | 38.61% | $49,516 |
| 5 Nations | Robin Hastings | $45,500 | $23,210 | 51.01% | 460 | 187 | 40.65% | $36,925 |
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$940,900 |
$821,931 |
87.36% |
15,736 |
6,668 |
42.37% |
$833,318 |
Positive Quote
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"Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth."
~Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. Clemente played his entire 18-year baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1955–72). He was awarded the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 1966. Clemente was selected to participate in the league's All Star Game on 12 occasions. He won 12 Gold Glove Awards and he led the league in batting average in four different seasons. He was also involved in humanitarian work in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to them. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, thus becoming the first Latin American to be selected and the only current Hall of Famer for whom the mandatory five-year waiting period has been waived since the wait was instituted in 1954. Clemente is also the first Hispanic player to win a World Series as a starter (1960), win a league MVP award (1966) and win a World Series MVP award (1971).
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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