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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...
Troop 29 Serves over 10,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now!
 If your unit needs more popcorn please email Amanda.Wroten@Scouting.org prior to noon on Wednesday. Popcorn will be available for pickup at the Council office or by coordination with Zach Oman (southside) by noon Friday.
Colonial Williamsburg Partnership
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and their immediate family members can take advantage of a special discount from Colonial Williamsburg running through Aug. 31.
The special offer allows scouts with active membership cards access to $9.50 single-day tickets, which is a significant discount from the normal single-day ticket price of $40.99 for adults and $20.49 for children 6 to 12, to be used on the date of issue.
"Scouting and Colonial Williamsburg both offer young people opportunities to explore what it means to be a good citizen," Skip Ferebee, director of consumer strategy and sales, said in a news release. "From the interactive spy game, 'RevQuest: The King's Advance,' to the historic trades and rare breeds of animals to the archaeological program 'Dig! Kids, Dirt and Discovery,' Scouts are sure to enjoy all that a visit to the Revolutionary City offers."
The special ticket discount is available at the Colonial Williamsburg Regional Visitor Center and Group Arrivals Building at 101 Visitor Center Drive. The ticket counter is open from 8:45 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily.
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.
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.
- Monitor Merrimac: The City of Hampton and 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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Chesapeake Bay District Roundtable
We want to thank you for a great season . We will see you on September 3. 2015.
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Send us your news! Email amanda.wroten@scouting.org so we can feature the great things your units, Scouts and Scouters are doing!
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Send us your news! Email amanda.wroten@scouting.org so we can feature the great things your units, Scouts and Scouters are doing!
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Monitor Merrimac District
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Monitor Merrimac Patch Design Contest
It is time to design a Monitor Merrimac District patch! Adults and Scouts alike, send in your ideas, concepts, and sketches for consideration. Submit a detailed written description of what the patch should look like, or submit an image in .JPG or .PDF format before October 16th. Send submissions to Dennis Camp at bczoo@cox.net. On October 28th, the district committee will vote on which design to use. The Scout or adult with the winning idea will receive special recognition and the very first of the patches to be produced, and of course, the honor of having his or her patch design worn on the uniforms of Scouts and leaders across the district!
The Patch Must Include: A solid BSA Fleur-de-lis as well as the text "Monitor Merrimac District" and "Colonial Virginia Council". Please do not use any more than nine colors.
Limited to Scouts and Scouters of Monitor Merrimac District
Denbigh Day 2015
Calling all Pack, Troops, and Crews. The Denbigh Day parade is September 19th, 2015. Let's come together once again under one Banner and show that the scouting spirit is still alive. Contact Ron Feracho at 757-589-1870 or rferacho13@gmail.com to sign up. Line up starts at 9:30am.
Rifle Merit Badge
Superior Pawn and Gun is excited to offer the opportunity for Boy Scouts to earn their rifle shooting merit badge. Our professionally trained staff includes several former scouts, Eagle Scouts, scout leaders, and merit badge counselors that love helping the scouting community. For more information or to set up a class contact Steve at 757-723-6033 or HamptonSuperior@gmail.com
Bass Pro Shops Merit Badge Clinics
Bass Pro Shops will be hosting Merit Badge Classes every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm. You must register your group by calling (757) 262-5200 and speaking with the operator. Class size is limited to ten people and is first come, first served.
The two Merit Badge Classes are "Fishing" and "Rifle Shooting." The Counselor will NOT be testing for all the requirements and will choose a select few to test Scouts on.
September: 1, 10, 15, 24, 29 - Fishing Classes
September: 3, 8, 17, 22, - Rifle Shooting Class
Bass Pro Shops in Hampton welcomes Scouts throughout the month of September to solicit donations on behalf of the Council. Please contact Alyssa David at amdavid@basspro.com or (757) 262-5217 at least 5 days prior to when you would like to be present in the store. Keep in mind that you will not be able to sell any items while at our store. Unfortunately all of our Exit Door dates are completely booked for the year and we cannot accept groups selling inside the store.
Lee Hall Drain Depot Shoe Drive
The Lee Hall Train Station Foundation is beginning a shoe drive to raise additional funds for the interior restoration of the Lee Hall Depot. They are collecting unwanted, used (they have to be in one piece!) shoes, boots, slippers, flip flops, (men, women's children's) etc. A bag of 25 pairs of shoes will reap approximately a $10 donation to their Capital Fund . The shoes are being purchased from the LHTSF by a non-profit that helps cottage industries in developing countries to refurbish the shoes for resale in their country. Needed are groups and individuals who will help them collect shoes! They will pick them up at any time by calling Madeline at 757-877-7618 or the shoes can be dropped off at the Warwick County Courthouse on Old Courthouse Way, Newport News. Any number of shoes would be welcomed. It is going to take quite an effort to get 300 bags of shoes. If a troop needs to have their efforts signed off as a service project or a photo op, that can be arranged!
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Send us your news! Email amanda.wroten@scouting.org so we can feature the great things your units, Scouts and Scouters are doing!
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Every Scout Deserves a Trained Leader!
If you had a magic wand, would you use it to make the Scouting program better and more fun for youth so they stayed in Scouting longer, so it had a larger impact on their lives? What if the same magic wand made leadership roles easier, more rewarding, and led to better retention among adult leaders? Would using that magic wand be a top priority?
Well, such a magic wand does exist-in the form of the learning programs for leaders in the Boy Scouts of America. The Colonial Virginia Council has a policy that all direct contact leaders must be trained in their position. If you still require any training to be considered "Trained" in your position, we encourage you to complete the training as soon as possible.
Common sense tells us training is important, and research shows the importance of trained leaders. A trained leader is knowledgeable and more confident in the role being performed. Trained leaders exhibit a knowledge and confidence that is picked up by people around them. Trained leaders impact the quality of programs, leader tenure, youth tenure, safety, and a whole lot more. A trained leader is better prepared to make the Scouting program all it can be!
Training Awards Update
Effective August 17th a new policy concerning training awards will be implemented. Any request for a training award will be checked by the council office for completion of all requirements. If all requirements are met, the council will issue a certificate but it will be up to the unit to buy the medal, device, and knot. Currently the cost for all three is $13.99. Please see the attached document for the current prices for the various training awards. A copy of the certificate will need to be presented to Scout Shop to buy the items.
Any training award that does not meet the requirements will be returned to the unit, through the District Executive, with a note of which requirement(s) have not been met.
As a reminder, the Scout Shop does not keep a large number of awards on hand and they may need to be ordered.
Woodbadge
Tidewater Council of the Boy Scouts of America will host a cluster course for both Councils this fall. They have developed an extensive website with information. Please learn more by clicking here.
What Can I Learn At Wood Badge?
There's a lot we must know and be able to do as a volunteer Scout leader; so much so volunteering Scouting really rises to the level of a profession. There's Scouting philosophy (vision, mission, and values), policies, procedures, program, organization, and methods. And there's the knowledge and skills we need to be effective leaders and followers in our volunteer youth development organization. But the volunteer Scouting "profession" is not like any work we do outside of Scouting, so what we know from our work outside Scouting doesn't always work well in Scouting. One example of this difference is how we work with and lead volunteers; the most important volunteers being the youth. Wood Badge is leadership development for Scouters and focuses on the knowledge and skills we need to add to what we already know so we can work effectively with volunteers and lead them to achieve our mission of youth development.
Here's a sample of what you can learn at Wood Badge:
What comes to mind when you think about the word communication: writing, speaking, email, Twitter?
How about listening? Listening is the key to effective communication; without it communication is just a one-way broadcast.
Consider the graphic below.
If the receiver is not really listening then the sender's message won't get through or could be misunderstood. And if the sender is not listening for feedback the sender can't know the message got through and was interpreted as intended, relationship in which we can have far more influence than we would by just talking at them. Empathetic: understanding and sharing another's feelings. If you want someone to listen to you, you must first listen to him or her. Get your fellow Scouts' and Scouters' attention by listening, then you are in a good position to educate, inform, or influence.
Effective listening is one of many useful tools you will learn through instruction AND lots of practice during Wood Badge. If you are interested in learning more so you can contribute more in all aspects of your life- Scouts, work, and home-visit http://training.tidewaterbsa.com/wood-badge-2015/ to learn more.
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills
Date: Date: Sept 25-27, 2015
Contact: John Sly (Coordinator) 757-344-5570 or slyj36198@aol.com
BALOO
The next BALOO will be held on October 3rd, location to be determined. A big thank you to Zach Struhs who had over 30 people attend our most recent BALOO in Heritage District. Great job Zach and many thanks!
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)
We 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.
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.
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The next service weekend has been moved to September 18-20 at Pipsico.
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Advancement and Registration
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The Council has created a new email address for Advancements. If you need to email us you can reach us at advancement@cvcboyscouts.org.
For general questions about advancement, please contact your district advancement chair:
Internet Advancement Reporting UNIT Advancements and Awards Coordinators - Myscouting.org has changed. Internet Advancement Reporting- IAR is no longer accessible through the myscouting.org website. IAR is now located on my.Scouting.org website. Log in using your same user id and password; you will be asked to update your profile. Do so. Then click Home to view a drop down menu. Click on Legacy Web Tools. Click on Internet Advancement. Continue as normal for some. OR start using itfor other units. Great News - The supported browsers are Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer 9, 10, and 11. In Internet Advancement, units may choose to upload advancement files generated from PackMasterİ, TroopMasterİ, or ScoutSoftİ, or enter information manually. You need to have your Unit ID and your unit number handy. (The number you use for recharter IS NOT the same number you use to set up your internet advancement profile.) Be sure you follow the instructions in red regarding Compatibility Mode. Your session is not complete and will not update into council's Scoutnet System until you confirm your entries by clicking "Submit to Council". Please print your copy and a copy to turn into Council to enable you to purchase the awards. Log on. Try it out. Start using it. Your unit will benefit over time as the records are more accurate.
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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: August 26th
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