BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

APRIL 2010

As I See It

Boy Scout Summer Camp

2010 Camp Baker/Camp Melakwa

Cub Scout Summer Camps

Camp Baker
   Employment Opportunities

Cub Scout Day Camps

Friends of Scouting Campaign

Eagle Scout Reception

Candy Sale

Clay Shoot

Good Will Good Turn Day

National Scout Jamboree

Jamboree Tents

Eagle Scout Reception

Order of the Arrow

Philmont Contingent 2011

Space Limited for 2010 Woodbadge

10 Things You Didn’t Know About
Scouting

New Eagles

Tributes

As I See It.........

I appreciate the calls and letters of support from our Scouting friends once they learned of the United Way of Lane County's decision to no longer fund Scouting after June 30th.  It's still a tough pill to swallow because of the long standing and mutually beneficial partnership between the United Way of Lane County and Oregon Trail Council.
I try to remind our friends that our mission is more important than money and that they can spread the word to their friends during the United Way campaign next fall to designate Boy Scouts and their gifts will come directly to us (less a small administrative fee). This is a great way to support both the United Way as well as remind them that the public appreciates the good work Scouting is doing in our community.

April is Youth Protection month and I hope you take advantage of the wonderful resources we have to train and keep our youth and adult membership safe.  Award winning and age appropriate DVD's are available to share with our youth membership and we encourage all Scouting units to allocate enough time in April to show the most appropriate DVD to their youth members—together, let's make every effort to keep our Scouts safe.

Word is out that Camp Baker is the place to camp this summer.  Troops as far away as Southern California are camping with us this summer and we have a few more campsites available later in the summer to accommodate your troop or team (the first two weeks are sold out!) Great food, flexible program and outstanding and experienced camp staff make Camp Baker the place to camp this summer.  Click here to download a reservation form.

MICHAEL QUIRK
Scout Executive 

Boy Scout Summer Camp.  I’m going, are you?

Camps Baker and Melakwa are filling up fast.  If you haven’t made your unit reservation, click here to get one started.  It’s going to be a great camping season!

Summer Camp remains a bargain and when boys attend summer camp at either Camp Baker or Camp Melakwa, they are entitled to apply for camp scholarships when their parent or Scout leader completes an application.  Click here for a camp reservation form and return it to the Scout Service Center and save your spot. A campership form is available by clicking here.  Please note the campership deadline of June 1, 2010.

It’s going to be a great summer.  Boy Scout summer camp.  I’m going, are you?

  2010 CAMP BAKER

2010 CAMP MELAKWA

Cub Scout Summer Camp

Where:  Camp Baker, Florence OR

When:  August 15th - 18th (Session 1)

And August 19th - 22nd (Session 2)

Come join us for a great Cub Scout camping experience on the Oregon coast.  Camp Baker is the best place for fun, friends and adventure!  The camp offers a safe environment with sleeping, swimming, program, dining, shower and restroom facilities.  Eight (8) great meals prepared by an outstanding kitchen staff are included.  Program opportunities led by qualified staff include: boating, swimming, BB gun and archery, hiking, fishing, crafts, campfires, sports, advancement and a well stocked trading post.
All campers are assigned to a campsite by den and pack.  Each campsite has several roomy 2-3 person canvas wall tents built on wood platforms or three-sided Adirondack structures.  Campers bring their own sleeping bag, pad, pillow, and personal items. 
Registration is available for individuals or pack/den.  Click here.

Camp Baker Employment Opportunities

Camp Baker, located just six miles south of Florence on beautiful Siltcoos Lake, is a fully functional Boy Scout Resident Camp.  The season of operation is from June 23th through August 17th.  The season includes one staff development week, five weekly sessions for Boy Scouts, and two four-day Cub Scout sessions.  Program areas range from Aquatics, nature/ecology, C.O.P.E./climbing, shooting sports, handicrafts, and scouting skills. 

Listed below are specific positions available.  In some circumstances certification at a BSA National camp school will be provided and required.  All camp employment positions require a person to be involved with additional duties that are consistent with a summer camp operation such as participation in camp-wide games and activities, campfire, songs and skits, and other duties as requested by the Camp Director or his duly appointed managers.  

Please determine in which area of employment your or one of your Scout's interest may lie and click here for an application.  Once you have completed the application you may e-mail Chris Grooms, Camp Program Director, at groomsc@onid.orst.edu and schedule an interview.  If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call 541-740-1845.

Our Spring FUNdraiser is winding down now, the mid-sale restock orders have been filled and the next 2 weeks will be the final push to wrap up a GREAT sale for your boys.  If you need additional product, please contact your District Sale Coordinators who are working to accommodate all unit product demands. 

Our goal for the sale is to SELL OUT!!!  So don’t back off now, the FINISH Line is in sight. 

Un-opened product, full payment and all prize orders turn in date is Friday, April 16th or earlier.  You may come to the Council office or your District Roundtables for turn in.  Please refer to the Leaders' Guide for full details.  Don’t forget the Scout Incentive and Prize programs.

 2010 Sporting Clay Shootout

The date for our 2010 Sporting Clay Shootout has been set for Friday, June 18th at the Cottage Grove/Eugene Sportsman’s Club.  We want to expand our entries this year so even more guys & gals can have FUN and Support Scouting in our Council.  Spread the word and invite all your shooting buddies.  2010 will be the inaugural year for the OTC Shootout Corporate Cup competition.  The top corporate team will earn their place on a new perpetual trophy and the right to defend their accomplishment next year.  They will be able to proudly display the trophy in their business and have all the bragging rights that go along with it for the next year.

Mark your calendars now to reserve the date, more details will be coming soon.  Contact Rex Starr, 541-284-4394 with questions or for registration information.

GOODWILL GOOD TURN DAY

Oregon Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America and Goodwill Industries of Lane and South Coast Counties would like to offer you and your Scouts an opportunity to participate in Lane County’s Goodwill Good Turn Day community service project.

Imagine your Scouts traveling in pairs, placing bags on neighbor’s doorsteps with instructions on how to donate used goods to help people with disabilities. That’s the kind of task that builds character, social skills and caring – qualities that Scouting is all about.

Your neighbors will meet local Scouts and see that Scouting continues to prosper. Your Scouts will earn patches, serve their community, and most importantly, they’ll have fun!

When you collect donated clothing and other items on Goodwill Good Turn Day you provide the lifeblood for training and employment for people with disabilities in your community. In just one day, you can provide a lifetime of dignity and independence for fellow citizens.         

Here’s How it works:
Help Scouts distribute bags on a Saturday of your choice. Help Scouts pick up filled bags on the following Saturday and deliver donations to the nearest Goodwill Donation Center.

Donation Sites Include:

For  information, bags and flyers, please call Rufina Saiz, Goodwill Industries, at 541-431-3316 or 541-501-1207 (cell)

 2010 National Scout Jamboree

The 2010 National Scout Jamboree, celebrating 100 years of Scouting, will be an exciting event reflecting the skills of Scouting - physical fitness, environmental conservation, our national heritage, and the true spirit of Scouting.  Scouts will have the opportunity to try rappelling, discovering scuba, experience trap shooting & archery, bike-a-thons, confidence courses, and much more.  The Jamboree is Scouting at its very best!  All Boy Scouts meeting the age requirements are invited to attend this once-in-a-lifetime event.

To read more about the Jamboree, click here.

 Jamboree Tents Made Available

A small quantity (16) of Eureka Tetragon 8 2-person tents are available after the National Scout Jamboree.  These are the tents our Jamboree troop will be using and will have very little use. The cost of each of these is just $90—a savings of more than $50.  You can reserve your tent by e-mailing Sue White at swhite@otcbsa.org  .  We cannot guarantee tents will be available but we are establishing a waiting list of interested people.  Payment will be needed at the time of pickup—sometime after August 5th.

Order  Of The Arrow:  Service Weekend

“SERVICE WEEKEND”,  April 30, May 1 & 2, is the weekend to provide SERVICE to our Council and fellow Scouts at Camp Baker.  This year we will be concentrating on the re-building of the TYEE CAMPSITE.   On Workshop weekend we had a ‘blast of a time’ sacking the old site.  Fantastic fun was had by all that participated in the event.  BUT, now is the time to re-build from the ground- up and provide an all-weather camping facility for all Scouts and campers.
 
Ranger Brian is looking for our Loyal TSISQAN Order of the Arrow members to come prepared to rebuild and bring your hammers, nail guns, socket sets, screwdrivers, portable air-compressors, and generators to use at the construction site.  Pre-cut materials will be on hand and a grand time is promised for all that appear.  Most of our efforts will take place SERVICE weekend and we hope to finish up last minute details at Spring Ordeal for the camping season. 

So, ‘see you all’ there.  If you have questions, please give me a call, Jim Vitus, advisor, at 541-424-3078.

2011 PHILMONT COUNCIL CONTINGENT

Oregon Trail Council is now taking reservations for two crews to attend Philmont Scout Ranch in the summer of 2011 as part of our council contingent.  Each crew will consist of 12 Scouts and adults.  This is a great opportunity for those Scouts who would like to experience Philmont and may not get the opportunity otherwise.

The cost of the trek is $725 per person.  Travel costs totaling $400-500 will be determined by each crew during the planning process.  The minimum age required to attend Philmont is 14 years by January 1, 2011, or completed the eighth grade prior to participation and be at least 13 years of age.  A non-refundable deposit of $100 per person is required to reserve a spot.   Reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis.  

For more information, click here or contact Debbie Knechtel at the Council Service Center, 541-284-4389.

Space Limited for 2010 Wood Badge

Our 2010 Wood Badge course is now at near capacity with only a few reservations available. To secure your place in this year’s “ultimate leadership development experience,” please submit your application right away.

An application and information about the centennial course can be found at www.otcbsa.org/woodbadge.

Course Director Mark Stueve promises a memorable experience. “In addition to the outstanding course curriculum, this year we are celebrating the BSA centennial with our ‘Footsteps of the Founders’ theme. We’ll be learning about Scouting’s colorful past and, in turn, preparing a bright future for today’s Scouts. I’m very proud of our dedicated staff who are eager to give you an experience you won’t forget.”

Time is of the essence. Besides submitting the application and fee, all attendants to the course must 1) submit a current BSA Annual Health and Medical Record, and 2) have completed basic training for their current Scouting position.

10 THINGS You Didn’t Know About Scouting

1. In May 1964, 29 of America’s 30 astronauts visited Philmont for a two-week training trip to learn geological mapping and seismographic studies in preparation for the Apollo programs.
2. After eating candy when he had promised not to, a repentant Howard Hughes returned his Buckskin Badge to Daniel Carter Beard with a note that read, “With love, from Howard.”
3.  By the BSA’s centennial in February 2010, more than 102 billion Boys’ Life magazines will have been printed.
4.  On February 8, 1910, William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America.  He personally donated $1,000 per month to keep the organization afloat – on the condition that boys of all races and creeds be admitted.
5.  In 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt requested the Boy Scouts’ service in collecting 1.8 million items of clothing, household furnishings, foodstuffs, and supplies for victims of the Great Depression.
6.  In a nationwide nonpartisan get-out-the-vote campaign in 1956, Scouts distributed more than a million posters and 36 million Liberty Bell doorknob hangers.
7.  The Soviet Union turned to the BSA in 1993 for help in producing the first Russian Scout handbook; 20,000 copies were distributed.
8.  The first Scouts to live in the White House were the sons of 30th U.S. President Calvin Coolidge:  John and Calvin Jr.
9.  The first African American Boy Scout troop was organized in 1911 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
10. Norman Rockwell designed the first 12 Scout medals for the BSA.

 **** NEW EAGLE SCOUTS **** 

~~~~ Tributes ~~~~

In Memory of: Bob Gehrman

 From: Oregon Society of American Foresters
Emerald Chapter
          

Oregon Trail Council
2525 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Eugene, OR 97401
Telephone: (541) 485-4433
Scoutshop: (541) 284-4381
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