Dodger Tickets

Attached is the group ticket flyer for the 2009 season. It has the pricing information and schedule for all the Dodger home games this year. We really want to get your group out to Dodger Stadium this year! I’ve also attached you our Save the Date for our Scout Egg Drop Night at Dodger Stadium.

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Job Opening

The Santa Clarita Valley Service Center is now accepting applications for the position of Customer Service Specialist. This position is part-time and the salary is $8.50/hr. Please submit your application to the Santa Clarita Valley Service Center.

Memorial Day Flag Placement

Help us honor our Veterans by placing flags on their graves prior to the Memorial Day Ceremony.  This is a great pack or troop activity.

When: Saturday, May 23rd
Check-in: 9 A.M.
Where: Eternal Valley Memorial Park, just off Sierra Hwy, west of Newhall Ave (formerly San Fernando Rd.)

Please come in uniform
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Twilight Camp

The Bill Hart District presents
CSI Camp
The Twilight Camp has a mystery and needs your help in solving it!

When: July 27-31 Monday-Friday
At the North Hollywood Sportsman Club
30769 San Francisquito Canyon Rd. (3.5 miles north of Copperhill)
3:00 P.M till 9:00 P.M.
Expect fun and adventure
Register on line at www.bsa-la.org (look for day camps)
The cost is $125.00 per Scout

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Stamp Out Hunger – Sat. May 9th

The SCV Food Pantry is asking local residents to help eliminate hunger by participating in the nation’s largest single-day food drive Saturday.

Donors can leave a sturdy bag of non-perishable foods such as canned soup, canned vegetables or meat, peanut butter, pasta, rice or cereal next to their mailboxes prior to the time of regular mail delivery on Saturday. Food items should be in non-breakable containers such as boxes and cans. Local letter carriers will collect donations and deliver them to the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry.

“In these difficult economic times, hunger is an issue that must be addressed in every community across our country,” said William H. Young, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. “We see it daily on our routes. That’s why now more than ever before, we need everybody’s help to make a real difference.”

SCV Food Pantry Executive Director Belinda Crawford said all food collected in the Santa Clarita Valley will stay in the valley. “This food that’s collected helps the food pantry through the most difficult two months out of the year,” Crawford said. “Summer months are the months (that) donations are the lowest and the need is the highest.”

Kids on summer break lose the benefit of the National School Lunch Program and must eat at home over summer. That puts a stretch on the budget of lower-income families, she said.

Last year, the pantry collected 26 tons of food through the drive, Crawford said.

“At the SCV Food Pantry we distribute about a ton each day,” she said.

The pantry saw a 48-percent increase in families requesting services in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the first quarter of 2008.

“There are a lot of hurting families out there right now,” she said.

More than 36 million Americans live in food-insecure households and approximately one in every three of these Americans is a child, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry distributed food to more than 5,500 individuals in 2008 – half of them were children, according to a pantry press release.

The Stamp Out Hunger effort’s Web site is www.helpstampouthunger.com. SCV Food Pantry’s phone number is (661) 255-9078.

Cub Scout and Webelos Resident Camp

Just eight miles from the 405 freeway in the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains lies Camp Josepho, a 110-acre facility located in the Pacific Palisades and offering all the advantages of the wilderness with the ease and convenience of the city.

Cub Scout and Webelos Resident Camp is the centerpiece of this summer’s Cub activities and an opportunity not to be missed. The four-day, three-night program offers an excellent first time camping experience as well as a bridge for Webelos looking forward to next summer’s Scout camp.

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Camporee Results

Here are the official Camporee results. Congratulations to everyone for a job well done and to the staff for a successful event. If you have any questions regarding the results please contact the camporee committee.

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

>>> Download the results here <<<

Congratulations Troop 228 Bake Sale Patrol

Troop 228 of Santa Clarita – Bake Sale Patrol

2009 Spirit Stick and Buckhorn winners!!

May Roundtable

May Roundtable for the Bill Hart District will be on Thursday, May 7, 7:30 PM, at the LDS building on the corner of Bouquet Canyon and Centurion Way.

Come early to sign in and have a chance to chat with fellow scouters before it starts. That way you won’t miss anything at the beginning. Leaders for Cubs, Boy Scouts, Varsity, and Venturing will meet in the gym promptly at 7:30 for the opening and announcements that apply to all scouting age groups. If you have an item you would like to announce or have announced, please call Chuck Byers at 661-645-1013.

At 7:45 the breakout sessions will begin with the following featured themes:

• Cubbing will have separate sessions for both den leaders and pack administrators. For den leaders, the session will focus on the program themes for the months of May and June, which are “Leave Nothing But Footprints” for May and “Camping We Will Go” for June.
• The Scoutmasters session will focus on camping – the “outing” in scouting The Varsity/venture leaders breakout is primarily attended by the LDS leaders of programs for boys 14 and older, but all leaders of this age group are welcome and encouraged to bring their experience into the session.
• A one-time session for LDS leaders in the 11 year-old scout program will feature Larry Amelang giving specific training and guidance drawing on his long experience as a scouter, specifically with the 11 year-olds.

The breakout sessions will end anywhere from 8:30 to 8:45 followed by an informal crackerbarrel get-together. Please come for the information and network with fellow scouters. The goal of your Roundtable staff is to help you become a more effective leader.

Jamboree Information

2010 National Scout Jamboree

Ft. A.P. Hill, Virginia

July 26 – August 4, 2010 plus pre-jamboree tour

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UPDATE 12/09/2008

Here is the latest Jamboree information from WLACC. This document contains all the tour information as well. Download the Brochure

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Reserve your spot now with the Western Los Angeles County Council Contingent! WLACC will be sending a contingent of 164 scouts and 20 leaders to celebrate BSA largest birthday party.

What is Jamboree? This is a get-together of more than 35,000 scouts for amazing and fun activities, getting to meet and know other scouts from all over the USA and even other countries, participate in dynamite arena shows (maybe even the President will visit), having fun while experiencing the true brotherhood spirit of scouting. National Jamborees occur once every 4 years — this one has been delayed by a year to 2010 so it coincides with our 100th anniversary.

Who can go? Scouts who are at least 12 but not older than 18 and at least First Class rank at the time of Jamboree who are registered and active in their troops, have been interviewed and selected to represent our council, participated in the pre-jamboree meetings, paid their own way and agreed to the Code of Conduct. Since we are limited to sending 164 scouts from our council, signing up now is important! Complete the pre-registration form, and get it into our council office with your $200 (refundable) deposit to be included in the early interview and selection process. Scouts from many troops in our council are assigned to one of the 5 contingent troops, formed just for the purpose of going to Jamboree. Each contingent troop elects its Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol leaders and other leaders.

Cost is yet to be determined, and will be a function of the jamboree fees, and travel dates and arrangements. We are estimating the cost to be between $3100 and $5200, depending on the length and location of the pre and post jamboree tours.

Tours Pre and post jamboree tours are being planned. Each contingent troop will attend the jamboree, and each troop visit some fun and very exciting places on the way to or from the jamboree. Some of the tours will include visits to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Gettysburg, Amish country, Baltimore, Washington DC, Norfolk, Fredericksburg, Cape Canaveral, and even a Disney Cruise! Tour details will be released very shortly.

How do I sign up?

Complete the preregistration form and send in a $200 refundable deposit. Priority Reservation is based upon date deposit received. Participation is also pending on your selection by the national scout jamboree selection committee and your completion of the jamboree application and code of conduct.

Don’t wait to sign up. Assignment to Jamboree troops will be done on a first-come, first-served basis. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime experience.