Important Camporee Information

Outdoor Channel will be shooting an episode of its series, Scouting Adventure, next week at the Bill Hart Camporee. This is a joint project of The Outdoor Channel and Boys Life Magazine. Film will be also used for promoting scouting at the National, Council and District level.

Please have one form completed and signed for every Scout and adult that will be attending Camporee. Bring the forms with you when you check in.

>>> Download the release form here < <<

Students (Eagle Scouts) volunteer time for free football camp – abc7.com

CANYON COUNTRY, Calif. (KABC) — A strong community can help people make it through the rough times of a recession. Local high-school athletes decided to use their spring break to train younger kids and give them pointers about their favorite sport: football.

Football is a sport of skills. Skills that are best learned from people who play the game. That is why camps like the one at Canyon High School attract such large crowds.

But in today’s economy, many families can’t afford to send their kids to camps like this one. So Canyon High sophomore Taylor Kozak put his camp together for a very affordable price: free.

Click on the link below to read the entire story on ABC7.com

People Helping People: Students volunteer time for free football camp – 4/09/09 – Los Angeles-Southern California-LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports – abc7.com.

SCVTV Boy Scout Moment #5

Campree Update

Camporee is just ONE week away. Are you ready? Registration ends April 29th and campsites will be assigned the following day so be sure to get all your paperwork turned in ASAP.

The theme of this year’s event is Brownsea Island.

What is Brownsea Island, you ask?  The Brownsea Island Scout camp was a boys camping event on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, southern England, organized by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell to test his ideas for the book Scouting for Boys.  Twenty boys from different social backgrounds participated from August 1 to August 8, 1907 in activities around camping, observation, woodcraft, chivalry, lifesaving and patriotism.  The boys were arranged into four patrols: Wolves, Ravens, Bulls and Curlews.  Recognized as the world’s first Scout camp, the event is regarded as the real origin of the worldwide Scout movement.

If you have any questions contact:

Chairman: Manny Valls mannyv@aemf.org
Registration/Scoring: John Noonan jmnoonan@gmail.com

Cub Scout Cup Update

Less than a month to go. Events finalized, two new events. Here is the lo down.

Event – Cub Scout Cup
When – Saturday, May 16, check in starts at 7:30am, flag ceremony at 8:30 / This is a all day event.
Where – Valley Trails, Castaic
Who – Any cub scout registered in the Western Los Angeles Council
What – Cub Scout team event, teams of 3 to 8 cub scouts of the same rank competing against the same ranked scouts
Cost – $15 per scout, leaders are FREE. With each entry scouts get a patch, medal, team participation ribbon, Leave No Trace ethics card, free golf at Mountsia Fun Center.
Registration – ASAP!!, 32 teams and 190 scouts are already registered, registration stops at 250 or May 9th, whichever comes first!
How – Register online with the link below and to find out more about the event.
Going to get Wet? – We hope so. NEW event is the Splat Launch!
Events – BB Gun, Obstacle Course, Lava Escape, Path Advance, Splat Launch, Water Relay, Ice Canyon, Mowgli’s Swing, Pack for Camp, Leave No Trace, Fold a Flag, Navigation for Webelos teams and everyone’s favorite the Scavenger Hunt! Did we mention the parent/cub events of balloon toss and three legged race!

go to www.cubscoutcup.org now to sign up

Boy Scout Leader Training

Bill Hart District
Boy Scout
Adult Leadership Training
Spring Training 2009

April 18 & 25
May 8 & 9

NOTE: The pre-requisite training will start at 9:00 AM (not 8:30)

Boy Scout Leadership Training is the first level of training for adult leaders in the Boy Scout organization. This course is in 2 parts with a prerequisite. The prerequisite is needed if you have not been through New Leaders Essentials and Youth Protection. If you have done this you must make sure your Youth Protection card is valid (good for 2 years) otherwise you can renew it online. Both parts are required and a current Youth Protection Card is required for Leader Certification. You must attend all day in each session to be registered at council as a “trained leader”.

Who Should Attend: Adults seeking to participate in any way with a Boy Scout troop.
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Cub Leader Basic Training – April 18 2009

April 18, 2009

WHO needs this training:  Cub Masters, Assistant Cub Masters, Pack Committee  Members, Tiger, Wolf, Bear and Webelos Den Leaders and assistant leaders

WHERE is the training: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints    27405 Bouquet Canyon (and Centurion) Saugus

TIME: From 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

NOTE: The training will start at 9:00 AM (not 8:30)

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Interview with Jim Rushton – Part 4