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Friends of Scouting is the Colonial Virginia Council's annual giving campaign and is the largest and most important source of funding. Your support enables Scouting's programs and outdoor adventures to prepare young people for a lifetime of character and leadership.
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In this Issue... Scouts from Fredericksburg enjoy a hike at Bayport.
Cub Scout Program Updates Q&A Session
 The Colonial Virginia Council will host a Q&A session on the new Cub Scout program on May 9th at the Training Fair (please note the new location of Graft High School) from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
By the end of this session, we'll cover...
The Scout Strong Challenge is underway again! Back by popular demand, we will hold a spring and a fall edition - annually. Walk, run, swim or get moving in your own unique way. This virtual distance race covers 1 mile to 50 miles! Your choice. Open to Scouts, Scouters, and the general public. You will be rewarded with a custom medal - different for each season we hold the event.
Medals from the 2014 Scout Strong Challenge are in the Scout Shop available for pickup!
Order of the Arrow Beaver Days
All Scouts and Scouters of the CVC! Bayport needs your help in preparing for the summer camp season! Come up and help us with preparing campsites, painting, plumbing, automotive work, and landscaping our roads and program areas. The event is sponsored by the Order of the Arrow and lunch is provided. Please RSVP by calling Ranger Joe at 804-695-6882 and let him know what your team can assist with and how many hungry volunteers you are bringing so he can tell our lunch chef!
Webelos and Cub Scout Resident Camp
  We have a new blog post up this week! Check it out!
The following local units have signed up to camp at Bayport Scout Reservation in the summer of 2015:
Troop: 10, 11, 16, 17, 27, 29, 37, 43, 75, 94, 96, 99, 103, 124, 125, 132, 158, 232, 333, 414, 501
Pack: 28, 38, 143, 358
To register your unit for 2015 Summer Camp or High Adventure Programs, click here.
Information in our newsletter is organized geographically.
Although events across the Council are open to all units, most units participate in events close to home. Each local territory has a specific service area and a name. Find your District below:
- Chesapeake Bay: Mathews, Gloucester, and York Counties and the City of Poquoson
- Colonial Trail: Surry and Isle of Wight Counties and the City of Suffolk
- First Colony: James City County and the City of Williamsburg.
- Heritage: The City of Hampton
- James River: The City of Newport News
- Siouan Rivers: Sussex, Southampton, Greenville and Brunswick Counties as well as the Cities of Franklin and Emporia
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Scouting for Food
Save the Date! April 25th from 9 am to 5pm at Food Lion in Poquoson, Tabb, Grafton, York, Gloucester, and Hayes.
Chesapeake Bay District Cub Scout Roundtable
Chesapeake Bay Cub Scout Roundtable! The New Cub Scout Program startingsoon. Get all the new information here.
- When? Every first Thursday of the month.
- Where? Yorkminster Presbyterian Church
- In Grafton on Route 17.
- Who? All leaders, Cub Masters, Committee Chairs/Members,
- Parents- everyone that has an interest in Scouting
 Pack 200's Show and Tell at the Roundtable.
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Colonial Trail District Cub Scout Roundatable
We would like to invite you to the monthly Colonial Trail District Cub Scout Roundtable. A Cub Scout roundtable is a form of commissioner service and supplemental training for volunteers at the unit level. The objectives of the roundtable are to provide leaders with program ideas, information on policy and events, and training opportunities. The roundtable is a forum for sharing experiences and enjoying fun and fellowship with other Scout leaders. The roundtable experience will inspire, motivate, and enable all types of unit leaders to provide a stronger program for their Cub Scouts. Come join us every second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm at Oakland Christian United Church of Christ located at 5641 Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk, VA. We'll see you there! Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner: Eric Landreth (eclclandreth@gmail.com)
Did You Know?
Did you know that that about 70 percent of BSA units nationwide are chartered by faith-based organizations? The various Religious Emblems (RE) programs encourage a stronger relationship with your unit's Charter Organization (CO) and helps develop more of a two-way street with regard to involvement and communication. Research also shows that Scouts that work on their religious emblems remain in Scouting longer. In fact, use of the RE programs can also be used as a recruitment tool for your Unit.
Consider the number of kids that may be new to your CO that aren't in Scouts! Think of the kids in your unit and all of the possible different faiths that are assembled there that may not even know about the various RE programs available to them. RE programs are available for Baha'i to Baptist, Morovian to Methodist, and many more in between. You don't have to teach all of them, you just need to let the Scouts know that they are there for them to use! Additionally, use of the RE program by those Scouts who do not claim a particular faith may just spark an interest in learning more about their Creator. Remember, Lord Baden Powell said, "No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys his law. So every Scout should have a religion." Use of the RE programs could help those Scouts grow into one.
Unit RECs (RE Coordinators), as well as the District RECs, help educate, motivate, evaluate, and facilitate the RE program. Does your Unit have a REC? Need help getting a RE program started? Plenty of good help can be found at www.praypub.org. Want to know if there is a REC for your District and how to contact them; talk to your District Program Coordinator or the Council REC (Yep! We got one of them too!). I would also be willing to assist by answering questions, sharing Lessons Learned or making a presentation to your Unit or CO, regardless of district. I can be reached via email at d.j.willis533@gmail.com.
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James River and Heritage Districts
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District Merger and Name the District Contest
The Colonial Virginia Council, along with the leadership of the Heritage and James River District, has made the decision to merge the two districts. This merger will increase efficiency and the effectiveness of BSA services to our area youth. The merger will enhance service delivery to the units, e.g., even better programs, training, and other Scouting activities.
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Peninsula Scout Fishing Derby
Date: May 2nd
Location: Bass Pro in Hampton
Cost: $5.50
Open to all Cub, Boy, Venture, and Girl Scouts
James River District Pinewood Derby
1st Place - Ruger J., Webelos I, Pack 143
2nd Place - Jared L., Webelos I, Pack 143
3rd Place - Parker W., Webelos II, Pack 242
Click here to see all the participants!
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Service Academy Day 2015
Date: Saturday, May 2nd
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Christopher Newport University
Once again this year I'm seeking your assistance to disseminate and post the attached invite from Congressmen Rob Wittman, Bobby Scott, and Scott Rigell to their Service Academy Day 2015, May 2, 2015, 9-11:30 am, at Christopher Newport University, the Gaines Theater in the Freeman Center, Newport News, VA. The event will be hosted by Representatives Wittman (VA District 1), Rigell (VA District 2) and Scott (VA District 3). The target audience is high school and middle school students, parents and guidance counselors seeking information and opportunities about the service academies. All of the service academies offer a cost-free education valued at more than $415,000. The student will earn a Bachelor of Science degree in their choice of more than 30 majors. The event is strictly informative and set-up to answer students, parents & school counselor's questions regarding preparation and qualifications required to be eligible to compete for a selective service academy nomination. There will also be a representative present who will address Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship application procedures.
Individuals sitting on Senators or Congressmen's service academy advisory boards are always looking for leadership opportunties in candidate's records, such as the Boy Scouts. In 2014, 413 Eagle Scouts graduated from military academies. http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2014/07/03/413-eagle-scouts-graduated-military-academies-2014/
Staff from each congressman's office along with all of service academies will be represented and available to answer questions. To RSVP click on the link at the bottom of the flyer or contact via phone either representative's office. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.Click here to learn more.
Annual Yard Sale
Date: May 2nd
Time: 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Be a vendor or customer.
Click here to learn more.
Walk in the Forest Event
Date: March 21-22
Walk in the Forest Event at the New Kent Forestry Center 21-22 March 2015. Bird Walks in the morning with the Williamsburg Bird Club, Guided Walks in the Forest with Foresters from the Virginia Department of Forestry, free tree seedlings, and a huge bon fire for Scouts from Heart of Virginia Council, Boy Scouts of America Battlefield District Klondike Derby. Pack 11 Camped out both nights and Pack 38 camped out Saturday night. Great weekend. Many thanks to Lisa Deaton and the Virginia Department of Forestry for another great weekend.
Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time
Date: April 21
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Hampton
"Green Fire" is a production of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the US Forest Service, and the Center for Humans and Nature. This presentation of the film is hosted by the Hampton Clean City Commission & Hampton Parks & Recreation, with special thanks to David Lauthers. The film shares highlights from Leopold's life and extraordinary career, explaining how he shaped conservation in the twentieth century and still inspires people today. Although probably best known as the author of the conservation classic "A Sand County Almanac," Leopold is also renowned for his work as an educator, philosopher, forester, ecologist, and wilderness advocate. This inspirational film is a perfect celebration of Earth Day (April 22) and offers an opportunity for viewers to learn about local efforts to encourage a land ethic. For more information, contact the Hampton Clean City Commission at 727-1130 or hccc@hampton.gov. Click here to view the flyer.
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Highland Games
Leave No Trace Trainer Course
Date: June 6, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. until June 7, 2015, at 3:00 p.m.
Location: New Kent Forestry Center
Audience: Scouts and Scouters 14 years and older
Fee: $55.00 (includes meals and materials).
Click here to view the flyer.
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)
As you all know, the weather was not good to us or Bayport this spring. We have had to postpone the NYLT course. With our busy Bayport schedule we will have to reschedule NYLT for Oct 30-Nov 1, 2015 and Nov 6-8, 2015. This will mean we will need to restart with a new/revised staff so we will be taking applications of Scouts to be considered for staff. For anyone registered for the March course who cannot make the new date, refunds will be done on a case-by-case basis. Please notify Dennis Camp at bczoo@cox.net. Training Fair
Date: May 9th
Location: Grafton High School in Yorktown, Virginia
Cost: $20/$30 (Cub Scout Program Updates is Free)
Training that will help you deliver the promise.
The Adventure Begins....
Basic training opportunities in all program areas (Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, or Venture Scouts).
For Some It Continues....
Supplemental training to broaden a person's understanding and knowledge of the Scouting program.
COPE Instructor Training
Date: May 29-31
Location: Bayport Scout Reservation
Cost: $35.00
Contact: Bill Spence, Council COPE/Climbing Chairman, (W) 757-865-7781 (H) 757-225-0846 or email: spencewt@aol.com
Training Awards
Your youth work hard to earn advancements and awards AND so do your adult leaders. Be sure they are recognized appropriately. Please remember to use the Progress Record Forms with the 2012 requirements for the Adult Leader Training Awards. The old forms will no longer be accepted.
CPR and Basic First Aid
This course covers adult and child/infant CPR with AED, how to respond in an emergency, and render basic first aid. This meets and exceeds the requirements for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Level 1 Provider.
Click here to view dates, times, and locations.
Contact: Al Materia, sales@emta.net or toll free at 1-877-235-3682
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Advancement and Registration
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Monday through Friday: 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Sunday: Closed
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Next Newsletter Deadline: April 23rd
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