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NYLT is a six day outdoor experience conducted by the Glacier's Edge Council. It is designed to provide each youth with a meaningful Scouting experience intended to enhance their knowledge and create a deeper understanding of his role and responsibilities as a leader, teacher, and role model in his or her troop or crew as well as in their personal life.

Registration has now started for both courses. You may download them at the council website.

In response to increasing demand, Glacier's Edge Council has made available a second NYLT course week. Space will be limited to the first 48 qualified participants that sign up for each course week and both courses will be offered at Camp Indian Trails. Qualification requirements may be found on the registration materials. The program is designed for both participants from Troops and Venture crews. The course will benefit those that are currently the top leaders in their unit or ones that may be holding those positions in the near future.

Course 1: Monday, June 11th to Saturday, June 16th, 2012

Course 2: Monday, June 25th to Saturday June 30th, 2012

May 1, 2012
Dear Unit Leaders:
2013 Jamboree Update!
Thanks again for all of your efforts to recruit scouts to attend the 1st Jamboree at the new
Bechtel Summit. I HAVE GREAT NEWS! First, we have filled the first troop and all but 2 slots on the
Venture Crew. In even more good news, the national office has recognized that we need more time to
recruit scouts so they have EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR RETURNING UNITS to the end of May, 2012.
That means we need to keep recruiting scouts for the second troop.
Currently we have 16 scouts registered for the second troop so we need to sign up 20 more
scouts in the next month. Please continue your efforts to help us recruit the needed scouts. I don't
want to return the second troop and I certainly don't want to have to tell the 16 scouts who are in the
second troop that they won't be able to attend.
Information about the jamboree, the Bechtel Summit, and scholarship applications are available
on the web. The council web site has a link and you just need to click on it. In addition, if you have any
questions, or if any parents have questions I would be happy to help. People can contact me by cell
phone (608) 217-5299 or by email crbrandt@wisc.edu.
PLEASE HELP US IN OUR FINAL PUSH TO RECRUIT 20 MORE SCOUTS IN
THE NEXT MONTH
THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY
Yours in Scouting,
Curtis R. Brandt
Chair, GEC National Jamboree Committee
Scoutmaster, Troop 164  

The Baraboo Circus Heritage event will be held May 18, 19, & 20, 2012 at the Sauk County Fairgrounds and the Circus World Museum, both in Baraboo, Wisconsin.  Be sure to register and take advantage of this great opportunity to enjoy the Circus, Scout Museum, Wild West Show, Lumberjack Show, and Scouting activities that are offered to include BB guns, archery, Trout Pond, games, music, Pinewood Derby, Dutch Oven Dessert Bakeoff, Funnel Cake Eating Contest, pedal pullers, chess, kickball, etc.  Saturday Night Entertainment will be Dale Brown (ventriloquist) and Friends, followed by a Teen Dance.  If you have attended this event in the past, you know that "a good time is had by all".  If not, give it a try and have a lot of fun.  Come for the weekend (camp at the Fairgrounds) or for Saturday only.  See you at the Circus! 

Baraboo Circus Heritage 2011 Recap.m4v

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Once again the Glacier's Edge Council has committed to canvassing the crowd to help collect funds for the Rhythm & Booms celebration and their charities. We need approximately 300 people (as many in uniform as possible) to do our job right.
Here is how you can help: Have your unit commit to participating by filling out the sign-up form and estimate the number of people from your unit who will help. (This is a great activity for the whole family and we need the estimates to accurately order buses.)
NOTE: The Madison Fireworks Fund (Rhythm & Booms) and private contributors, made several substantial contributions to worthy charities (including our Council) from the results of our participation in 2011.

Rhythm & Booms takes place on Saturday, June 30th, 2012; the buses will leave the Scout Service Center at approximately 4:00 p.m. and we return after the conclusion of the fireworks around 11:00 p.m.
**Please make a note that our rain date is Sunday, July 1st.

The Provisional Troop (formerly the "Old Grizzly Troop") is made up of Scouts that can't attend summer camp with their troop or those who would like to spend an additional week at camp.Scouts attending this program offered in Week Five (July 23-30) at EBSR form the Provisional Troop under leadership of a youth Senior Patrol Leader with Nation Youth Leadership Training. Adult leaders will be Scott Johnson, Mike Hietke, and other members of the EBSR Commissioner Corps. Scouts can choose from about 35 different merit badge skills or activities and can participate in open programs such as swimming, boating, canoeing, rifle shooting and archery. Scouts can also join in any of the camp-wide activities such as the "Iron Man" race.

For more information and registration forms: http://glaciersedge.org/?p=4016.

The pre-camp swim checks have been a popular option for Glaciers Edge Troops camping at the council camps. The cadre of volunteers providing this service spent over 80 hours of their time to provide this option to units. First thanks for their dedication to the council camps. Second if this option is to expand, more trained volunteers will be needed for the council program. As the Swimming Supervisor manual indicates "Swim test conducted by council personnel during or just before summer camp..." To volunteer for 2013 please take a Swimming Supervisor course this summer, and after completion contact the council aquatics committee. For additional information you may call Don Derengowski at 608 798 4773.

Do you have Cub or Webelos Scouts that cannot attend summer camp with their Pack? Is your pack not attending a summer camp as a group? Does your Cub Scout want to attend more than one camp? The solution to any of the these scenarios in is to attend one or more of the Cub Scout or Webelos Scout options at Camp Indian Trails or Ed Bryant Scout Reservation. The Cub Scout and Webelos Camps at these two locations the program is delivered by the summer staff and therefore can easily accommodate individual Scouts accompanied by an adult partner. Choose from Day Camp at Camp Indian Trails or Resident Camp options at Camp Indian Trails or Ed Bryant Scout Reservation. Check out the Cub Scout Camp program page http://glaciersedge.org/camping/camping-program-information/cub-scout-camp/.

Don't Let Your Youth Protection Training Expire

It has been just about two years ago since the Boy Scouts of American mandated youth protection training for all volunteers. At that time many leaders had to complete the training because they had either not taken it previously or the two year time limit had passed. Please check the expiration date of your Youth Protection training. If almost two years has passed, please complete the training. Training can be taken online or in person with a training facilitator.

Be Sure to Edit Your Personal Profile on "myscouting.org"

To better serve the training needs of our Scouters, it is important that your personal information in your "my scouting" account be accurate. Most importantly update your profile with your Member ID number and your email address.

Please follow these simple steps:

1. Go to http://www.myscouting.org and sign in. On the left go to the top and click "Update My Profile"
2. On this page you will find your name, email address, and address. At the bottom of the page you will find the council name and your Member ID number. If it is not there, please enter it.
3. Click "add" and "save profile" boxes. This will link your on-line training records with the BSA training records. Use the training validation process described in last month's e-news to check your training status.
4. If you need to find your member ID number, it is on your BSA membership card, and can be found on your unit roster which, your unit leader should have. You can also obtain your ID number by calling the Council Service Center.

Be sure to read the Journey to Excellence requirements for training. To see the BSA "What Makes a Trained Leader" document visit: http://scouting.org/filestore/training/pdf/What_makes_a_trained_leader.pdf 

If the Council training committee can help you to make your goals, we would love to hear from you.

Many of the districts in our council do not have representation on the training committee. To make the position responsibility easier, we have a district training chair for each of the programs- Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturing. If you would be interested is serving for a one year commitment, please talk to your district chair or district executive. The Council Training Committee meets the 4th Tuesday of the month. Our next meeting will be April 24th beginning at 7:00 PM at the Janesville Service Center. We always need trainers and if you have completed a course, you may volunteer to staff. If you do not know who to contact, email council training chair Luann Rece at orchidscout@gmail.com and your name will be forwarded to the appropriate course director.

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