December Trail Smoke

December 2011 Trail Smoke

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Executive Board Member Ted Baker with Scouts from Pack 175
Scouting For Food

Troop 22 participates in the Rotary Duck Race

Happy Holidays!

1913 Boy's Life Cover

Oregon Trail Council would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!

Popcorn Money Due

at December Roundtable

As our Fall Popcorn Sale comes to a close, we would like to thank all of our participating units, Unit Kernels and District Kernels. Pleas note the next important dates below:

All payments are due at your December Roundtables so commission checks can be presented at the January 2012 Roundtable meetings.

We have scheduled our "Top Producers" recognition event (formerly Fill It Up event) for Saturday December 10^th. We will be attending a UO vs. Fresno State Basketball game at the NEW Matt Knight Arena, preceded by a Pizza dinner and a tour of the Arena facilities.

On another note we have added an additional incentive for all new Online sales between November 1^st and December 31^st. The top salesman with a total above $250 will receive a $50 Wal-Mart gift card. So please encourage your Scouts to get back on line for one more opportunity. All sales will count for potential new Trail's End Scholarship program qualification ($2,500 in sales in one year).

Volunteer Recognition Dinner

Join us Saturday, February 4th for our Annual Recognition Dinner. We will be honoring our Silver Beaver recepients, and Scoutmaster of the year. The Silver Beaver is the highest award a Council can bestow on a volunteer.
Our dinner will be at the Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, and the cost is $25.

Please click here for a nomination form. Forms can be filled in and printed or submitted online. Thank you for taking the time to nominate a worthy volunteer.

New Eagles Eagle Medal

Benton

Troop 170

Nathaniel Robert Brew

Robert Bernhard S/M

Troop 186

Sean Devon Pomeroy

Blair Pomeroy S/M

Chinook

Troop 70

Joshua Thomas Carpenter

Donald Lambson S/M

Team 6721

Adison Dane Roylance

Brian Lacouture V/C

Doug Fir

Troop 109

Alexander Darren Johnson
Joseph Eric Richardson

Ron Brown S/M

Troop 127

Micah David Jocoy

Kevin VanAtta S/M

Crew 2109

Austin John Reber

Ronald Adams N/L

Greenwood

Troop 22

Brett Moffatt

Robert Perrier S/M

Troop 100

Ethan Raymond DeBono Mirabella

Jordan James Weinkauf

Rush Hoag S/M

Troop 177

Matthew Stephan Baker

Randy Purdy S/M

Troop 182

Andrew j. Tupper

Bryan Burch S/M

Team 6183

Benjamin Blair Goodman

Daryn Hicks V/C

Crew 2381

Christian Charles Nilsen

Jeff Robinson N/L

Crew 6579

Tyler Karl Barnes

Paul Heiner N/L

Community Service Willamette River Clean Up Troop 22

Troop 22 teamed up with R.E.I and the Eugene stream team, to clean up the Willamette River with about 200 other volunteers from the area.

What a great event. The boys had a blast and had a great feeling of accomplishment knowing their help prevented the "garbage" from being washed into our local river!

Send us info on your unit's service projects! Send a brief description and photos to:cotto@otcbsa.org

To log community service hours, units need to establish their account on the Journey to Excellence service hours website:

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/JourneyToExcellence. Here you will find good information about logging service hours and also about the Journey to Excellence award. Part of the log in process for unit leaders involves knowing the unit's id number. This number is available by contacting the council office at 541-485-4433. Units should identify one leader or parent to be in charge of logging hours.

Get Outdoors! hiking in the woods

We would love to hear your ideas for getting your unit outdoors!

Visit us at www.otcbsa.org/getoutdoors

Trained Leaders

Direct Contact Leaders Trained
District	# Units	# Leaders	# Trained	% Trained
Benton	46	248	50	21%
Cascade	47	151	40	27%
Chinook	31	101	27	27%
Doug Fir	49	146	33	23%
Greenwood	116	429	105	25%
Yaquina	12	33	5	16%
Wacoma	9	29	3	11%
LFL	4	4	0	0%
Council Total	314	1141	263	23%

Tributes December

In Memory of: Reed Philip Storm

From: Steve Strom

Journey to Excellence Bold Goals

JTE November

Friends of Scouting

Klondike Derby snow cave

Register now for this great event January 20-22, 2012!

Click here for the general information page.

Click here for the patrol information sheet.

Don't miss this opportunity to play in the snow, and learn valuable skills too!

For questions, contact

Stu Carlson at riversong@cdwisp.net

2012 Summer Camp Baker Flags 2011

Space is filling up for our 2012 camping season.

Click here for the fillible registration form. You may either mail your completed form to the council with payment, or submit the form online and send your deposit directly to the council.

Check out our camping page at www.otcbsa.org

In This Issue

Volunteer Recognision

New Eagles

Community Service

Get Outdoors

Trained Leders

Tributes

Journey To Excellence Bold Goals

Friends of Scouting

Article Headline

2012 Summer Camp

2013 National Jamboree

Get Ready!

The 2013 National Scout Jamboree is coming and it ain't your father's jamboree. We're talking seriously high adventure, people! Whitewater rafting, zip-lining, rappelling, mountain biking, hiking, and more - with 50,000 of your closest friends at the brand new Summit Bechtel Reserve in the wilds of West Virginia.

Check out the key dates below and start planning now to be a part of history at the very first jamboree at The Summit.

The Scout Office will be closed December 24th and 26th for the Christmas Holiday

The Scout Shop will also be closed December 29th, 30th and 31st for Inventory

The 2013 Jamboree is looking for Adult Volunteers to help with the Biggest, Coolest, most High Adventure camp Ever!

Click here to register

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