Dear Schenectady Scouters,
I had a scout meeting last night (Tues. 9/24/02) and learned the following:
The earlybird deadline for the camp-o-ree was extended a week, until 9/27.
While our count and unit participation is down, the overall council-wide
pre-registration is not down that much.
I did not hear of any Sch'dy units having problems placing popcorn orders, but
several other districts have. The biggest problems seem to be units that
do not have access to a computer, and computers that required software
upgrading, to handle the process.
Some districts are/have looked into finding sites, such as a branch of the
public library, for these units. Let me know if this is something Sch'dy
District needs to do?
Sarah
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Schenectady District 2003 Spring Camporee COMMITTEE Meeting
Next Roundtable October 9th, 7PM
All WELCOME!!
John
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Mel Oliveira is the leader
for Tiger Cub Fun Day, Scouters can reach him at
Troop
Scout Masters - please let me know if you have any Boy Scouts who would be
available to help out as Assistants and Guides.
Pack Cub Masters - likewise for any Webelos. This is a great
opportunity for them to hone their leadership skills.
Please
let me know if you have any thoughts.
Whats There !
Archery
Campfire
Story Telling
Scavenger Hunt
Other Cool
Stuff
Fun is the Plan !
Come join
us for some Tiger fun and roaring laughter.
All tigers and their families are welcome.
When October 19th at
Camp Boyhaven, from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
Cost is $5.00 per Tiger, and will include lunch and a patch.
Packs - Please submit reservations
with payment by October 11, 2002, to:
Rob Zack Twin Rivers Boy Scout Council, 252 Washington
Ave Ext., Albany, NY 12205
Meet at Camp Boyhaven Rt. 29,
Middle Grove at 10:00am. All
tigers must have an adult partner present.
For directions go to
www.campboyhaven.org.
For other information contact Mel Oliveira 370-1006.
Welcome to Tiger Fun Day
You can do each
activity as many or as few times as you like in any order.
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Activity
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Description
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Location
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Archery
|
Try
your hand at bow and arrow
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Archery
Range across sport fields
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Bread
on a Stick
|
Learn
how to make bread over a campfire with just a stick
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Campfire
area
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Nature
Walk
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What is
Nature about. Can you
identify the different trees, plants, wildlife.
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Nature
area across dam and up hill
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Camp
Fire Story Telling
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Check
out the White house and learn about camp boyhaven
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White
House
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Natural
Boat Making
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Can you
make a miniature boat out of things you find in the woods
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Boating
area
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Scavenger
Bingo
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How
many things can you find
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Trading
Post
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Schedule
9:00
registration at the Trading Post
9:15
Opening and Welcome at the parade grounds
9:30
Activity Period
12:00
Lunch at the dining hall
12:30
Activity period
1:00
Games at the parade grounds note:
activities will stay open if everyone has not had a chance to
complete them
1:30
assemble at flag pole
1:40
Campfire and Closing
2:00
go home and thank your parents for letting you be in Cub Scouts
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I have been asked to extend an invitation to all
Scouts and Scouters.
An invitation to attend the Annual Birthday Celebration of the Statue of
Liberty in Schenectady. Every year the Schenectady-Schoharie Counties Ladies
Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars has a program. The program has been
going on for the past 45 years. We would appreciate your participation, bring
your flags and enjoy the program.
ALL SCOUTS, CUB SCOUTS &
LEADERS REQUESTED to attend.
It is the Schenectady Scouts from 1952 who
purchased and originally dedicated this statue, it is now our honor to
attend the yearly services, especially since this is the 50th
ANNIVERSARY of our Schenectady Scouts ORIGINAL Donation. PLEASE
place this important ceremony on your unit calenders!!
The date is Saturday, October 26, at 10 AM,
Liberty Park (across from the Downtown Schenectady YMCA and
Schenectady County Community College).
Sincerely yours,
Grace Tangerone
Schenectady-Schoharie County Council
Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Passed along to you all as requested by Grace at the Schenectady County
Council of Veterans Organizations meeting this evening.
Hope to see many of you there. Thanking you in advance for your attendance.
Yours in Scouting,
Kurt
von Maucher
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Pack 59 Webelos just did a bus accident simulation with the
Thomas Corners Fire Dept. (they are the fire department for their
school). This was done at the school.
Each of the kids were assigned an injury. I was told everything
went wonderful. We are hoping to make this an annual event.
Jean
"Great Job Pack 59!"
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ATTENTION ALL BOY SCOUT UNIT LEADERS
The monthly roundtable is your forum and as such we solicit
your needs with regard to monthly program training. Our mission is to
present material that will enhance your troop program as to enable your Scouts
to Advance to First Class. We are also concerned with membership
retention as well as growth. Please address this at the October
roundtable. John Papp has graciously accepted to serve on our Scout
Roundtable staff and will be responsible for coordinating this as well as
taking charge of the closing ceremony. John and I look forward to
continue to serve you as in the past.
Herb Roes, Scout Roundtable Commissioner
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WE REMEMBER
We remember where we
were on that fateful day
We remember how we
gathered as a nation just to pray
We remember how we
watched as our people were destroyed
We remember a Great
tragedy we could do nothing to avoid
We remember how our
nation was intruded and deceived
We remember a great loss
that can barely be believed
We remember months of
mourning and our growing fears
We remember all our
losses and our FLOWING bitter tears.
We remember all the
heros who stepped forward on that day
We remember all of this,
again we stop and pray.
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Nationwide Collaboration
with Boy Scouts of America is Now in Development
American Red Cross National Headquarters is working with the National
Office of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to establish a national Health
and Safety collaboration between the two organizations.
This will be a great opportunity for local units of both organizations to
take their
existing relationship to a higher level, with both gaining significant
benefits in return. Affected Programs As a part of this relationship,
BSA
is adopting the Red Cross Lifeguarding Program for meeting their core
lifeguard training requirements. Currently, BSA has its own separate
lifeguard program.
BSA seeks to establish the capacity in all their local councils to develop
their own instructors and conduct training in Red Cross programs that
include: Lifeguard Training; Waterfront Lifeguarding; First
Aid/CPR and AED programs; Emergency Response; Wilderness First
Aid (offered through the Transylvania County Chapter, NC); and
Babysitter's Training. Part of this effort is the development of a
Nationwide
Multi-Jurisdictional Authorized Provider contract. Nationwide BSA involves
more than 3.3 million youth in traditional scouting programs (Cub Scouts,
Boy Scouts, Venturing) and more than 1.2 million adult scouting volunteers.
Benefits
Major benefits to the Red Cross from the relationship are:
Increased opportunities to reach and serve a major market for youth and
adults who will be taking Red Cross training - representing a potential of
more than 250,000 trained in Red Cross courses annually; Major current
and
potential source for instructors to teach Red Cross courses, not only
within scouting but also to the community at large; Actual and
potential
significant source of volunteers for Red Cross, not only in Health and
Safety, but also in Disaster and Biomedical; Significant potential
source of Red Cross career staff, especially when the
character-building, community-service experience within scouting is combined
with an association with Red Cross; and Potential relationships
through BSA to the nation's major corporate and government leaders - at both
a local and national level.
Benefits to BSA include:
Meeting training requirements for youth and adults, in first aid and first
responder (including CPR), aquatics and caregiving; Increased ability
to recruit and retrain
lifeguards nationwide, sufficient to meeting the growing needs and in face
of a growing shortage; Successfully addressing concerns about risk
management and loss control through use of the high quality Red Cross
programs;
Ability to take advantage of the Red Cross standardized and
regularly revised training, to maintain on the cutting edge with the
standards of care; Ability to develop and maintain their own
instructor
and instructor trainer capacity within each of their more than 300 councils
nationwide;
Ability to develop Venturers as instructors in vital Health
and Safety skills; and Gaining synergy with the Red Cross to
effectively
meet needs in the community.
As the collaboration and related agreements
develop, national headquarters will contact chapters to provide updates.
Last Modified: 07/29/2002 12:42:17 ET
Mark C. Butler
Emergency Services Specialist
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Yours in Scouting Spirit,
John
John M. Papp
"Nendawen" ~The Torch Carrier "He who
shows the Way."
Eagle Scout Class of 1977
Scoutmaster of Troop 357 Rotterdam-Schenectady, New York
2001 National Jamboree "Jambo TODAY" Newspaper
Photo Editor
Schenectady District Email Administrator
Schenectady District Webmaster
Schenectady District Scout Roundtable Assistant Commissioner
Award of Merit '01
Scoutmaster's Key '02
National Distinguished Scoutmaster's Award of Merit '02
"Since 9-11, America
is coming back to the values that scouting
has never left!"
~J.M. Papp
"WINNERS NEVER
QUIT . . . . .and QUITTERS NEVER
WIN!!"
Words of Wisdom
"ATTITUDE
IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS!"
David Bournazian~Music Director of the Mohonasen Marching
Band
& Mentor