In this Issue...  
This week the Colonial Virginia Council and Scouting community lost a long-time and dedicated volunteer. Herb Smith served in a variety of roles, including Council Commissioner. Herb was an active member of the Order of the Arrow with Wahunsenakah Lodge and SR7A. Herb was never without his smile, his sense of humor or his camera. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him. Details of the arrangements are forthcoming.
 The Council Service Center will be closed on Friday, July 3rd. The Scout Shop will be OPEN on Friday, July 3rd and CLOSED on Saturday, July 4th.
Popcorn Kickoff - SAVE THE DATE
July 21st, 6:30pm at Hidenwood Presbyterian Church, 414 Hiden Blvd, Newport News, VA.
July 22nd, 6:30pm at Larry Willis Scout House, 14 Community Drive, Windsor, VA.
Is Woodbadge for You
 If any of these statements describe you, you could benefit from the Wood Badge experience: - You have a busy life outside Scouting, and you have plenty do in Scouting
- You're a leader in your profession. You've attended military or private sector leadership training
- You're a successful Scout leader; your unit is doing great
- You work with youth in youth development programs outside Scouting
Surprised? These statements describe most Scouters in one way or another.
Everyone can benefit from the Wood Badge experience. We can all do better, and we can all know more; that's how we become more. And becoming more is how we contribute more - how we make sure we leave this world a little better than we found it.
What we contribute through our roles in our families, work, and Scouting adds meaning to our lives.
Wood Badge Can Help You Become More and Contribute More in all Aspects of Your Life
Through the Wood Badge experience you will have the opportunity to enjoy more success with less stress.
There are two reasons why Wood Badge will help you contribute more with less stress:
1. Scouting is a profession
2. It's a profession unlike any profession we are involved in outside of Scouting
There's a lot to learn to be successful in Scouting; so much so it's really a profession. There's Boy Scout philosophy, vision, mission, and values, and there's plenty of processes, procedures, policies and methods. Like any other profession you need the knowledge, skills, and experience gained through practice to do well in the Scouting profession.
But the Scouting profession is not like any work you do outside of Scouting. Being an experienced parent or a success in your work outside Scouting is not enough. You need new skills. And much of what you learned outside Scouting must be adapted to work well in Scouting.
Wood Badge is professional development for Scouters designed to help you fill the gap between what you know and can do already and what you need to know and must be able to do in Scouting.
Through the Wood Badge experience you can gain new skills and learn how to adapt what you already know to work well in Scouting.
But how you learn is different; one of the key strengths of Wood Badge is that you learn by doing. Wood Badge is not like any other training or leadership development. You spend most of your time learning by doing a variety of activities including games (with a purpose, of course), exercises, patrol activities, and troop activities.
Wood Badge is the best professional development deal going; what you can gain from Wood Badge will help you in all aspects of your life.
But Wood Badge is just an opportunity; there's no guarantee you will be a better a Scouter as a result of Wood Badge. What you get out of the experience is entirely up to you.
Family Friends of Scouting Patches
The Colonial Virginia Council, Boy Scouts of America has a limited number of patches from the 15 patch set - "12 Points of the Scout Law" to rerelease. Each individual patch is available for a $75 donation and a limited number of 6 full sets are available for a donation of $1,000 (includes 15 patches). You may shop our online storefront and pay online or contact Amanda Wroten at 757-595-3356, ext. 209 to pay via cash, check, or credit card over the phone. We ask that all donations be above and beyond your current Friends of Scouting gift.
Webelos and Cub Scout Resident Camp
Know Your District
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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Ben L. of Troop 151, based at First Foxhill UMC in Hampton, built two handicapped accessible garden beds as his Eagle Scout project for Buckroe Community Gardens. Both beds were beautiful and much appreciated by the gardeners! Thank you Ben and Troop 151 for supporting the Buckroe Community Gardens!
