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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...
New Blog Post
9th Annual Punkin' Chunkin'
Date: November 13-15
Location: Endview Plantation, Newport News, Virginia
The Colonial Virginia Council is in need of a volunteer to help with lawn maintenance on a routine basis. This will help to reduce our operational expenses. Your support is greatly appreciated. Please email Amanda.Wroten@Scouting.org if you can assist.
Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award
The Colonial Virginia Council is now accepting applications for the Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year. The form must be completed by January 1, 2016
American Legion Eagle Scout Scholarship
The American Legion Nation Eagle Scout Of The Year Scholarship
This is a annual program put on by The American Legion where a Eagle Scout can earn a $10,000 scholarship towards the college of his choice. All that has to be done is complete the attached application and submit to your local American Legion Post no later than February 1, 2016. Please read nomination form carefully as there are several requirements that have to be met. You can contact Ronald Feracho Sr. at 757-589-1870 or at rferacho13@gmail.com for more information. Click here to view the form.
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 - Served by Eric Smith, District Executive
- Colonial Trail: Surry and Isle of Wight Counties and the City of Suffolk - Served by Zach Oman, District Executive
- First Colony: James City County and the City of Williamsburg - Served by Eric Smith, District Executive
- Monitor Merrimac: The City of Hampton and The City of Newport News - Served by Amanda Wroten, Field Director
- Siouan Rivers: Sussex, Southampton, Greenville and Brunswick Counties as well as the Cities of Franklin and Emporia - Served by Zach Oman, District Executive
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Quilt Fundraiser
Measures 60 inches by 80 inches. For more information email mattox4xboys@hughes.net. Other units can help by selling tickets.
Chesapeake Bay Cub Scout Roundtable
New Ches. Bay Cub Scout Roundtable with new starting time 7 pm.  Pictured are Cub Scout Leaders playing x game that can be used in their Pack or Den Meeting.  Also pictured the Ches. Bay Roundtable staff from left: Claudia Clifton, Sonya Boyd, Tyrone Simmons and Libby Perdue. Agenda for November 5, 2015, at new time, 7:00 pm:
- Info on Youth Protection plus how to handle a "Situation"
- Recharter
- Samples of a game/ ceremony/opening and closing to be used at your Pack Meetings
- Breakout sessions: Den Leaders: Tigers: Sky is the Limit, Wolves: Germs Alive, Bears: Fellowship on Duty to God, Webelos: Duty to God in Action; And for all Leaders : Den Discipline.
- Cub masters and Committee: Pack Annual Program Meeting and Maintain Order at your Pack Meeting. We will have 3 door prizes. Also if you have any scouting item you no longer want or need please bring it to our trading table. You can have any item for free but need to bring something "to the table!" We will have the Salvation Army Christmas Stockings for you to fill available. This is a great community service for the holidays. Everybody will get a raffle ticket for attending but if you bring a new person you will get an additional ticket, so double your chances to win!
Also please come and pick up your Recharter Packets they will be available at your local Ches. Bay Cub Scout Roundtable! We hope to see you on the 5th! Gobble gobble, Claudia Clifton Ches. Bay Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner
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How are your Scouts learning the Scout Law? With wood supplied by Web I Den Leader Dan Boehning and under the craftsmanship of Web II Den Leader John Lassiter Pack 73's Webelos II Den put together this great sign to help everyone in the Pack with the Scout Law. Peer-to-Peer Recruiting Opportunity
Religious Emblems Program
My name is David Willis and I am the Colonial Trail District Religious Emblems Coordinator (REC). My job is to ensure all Units are aware of the opportunities within the District for Scouts and Scouters to earn the Religious Emblem (RE) of their faith, recruit Unit RECs, and to enable others to promote classes of their own.
My vision is for all Scouts to truly understand what "Duty to God" means in order to fulfill the Scouting Values and "prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes". "Duty to God" is the basis for Scouting's Mission Statement and is the foundation upon which Scouting was built. All Scouts and Scouters need to understand that there are boys with different faiths and beliefs. However, instead of focusing on the differences we can unite in our similarities since we share the same Scouting Values. For when we focus on our similarities and work together, we all win in the game of life.
Over the course of the year I will be working to educate everyone at District Roundtable on the ways Scouts and Scouters can earn the RE of their faith, through displays, presentations, and handouts. In the meantime, if you want more information or if you would like me to make a presentation to your unit or charter organization about the various Faith Based Initiatives available, please email me at d.j.willis533@gmail.com. Perhaps you currently have scheduled your own classes that others might be able to attend? Please let me know that, too, so that I can get that information out to everyone! I am organizing a Religious Emblems (non-denominational) program to assist those of various protestant faiths in earning the RE of their faith, as well as meet rank advancement requirements. The goal is to be completed by Scout Sunday (February 7th, 2016). The classes are set to begin at 4 pm on Sunday, November 1st at Beech Grove UMC in Driver and are open to Scouts and Scouters in the BSA and GSUSA; non-scouting siblings are also welcome! Deadline to register is Wednesday, October 28th. Other RE programs are also available for Roman Catholics, Muslims, Mormons, and many others. I would also be willing to help you or your charter organization promote your own class. I look forward to working with you and assisting you in the future!
Colonial Trail District Cub Scout Roundtable
We would like to invite you to the monthly Colonial Trail District Cub Scout Roundtable!
Roundtable is exactly what it implies - an equal opportunity for Scouters (leaders and other interested adults), as a group, to exchange ideas and discuss relevant issues in our packs today. 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 various training opportunities.
- To provide a forum for sharing experiences and enjoying fun and fellowship with other Scout leaders, fostering a great deal of camaraderie.
- To inspire, motivate, and enable all types of unit leaders to provide a stronger program for their Cub Scouts through their roundtable experience.
We meet the second Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm at Oakland Christian United Church of Christ, located at 5641 Godwin Boulevard (Rt. 10) in Suffolk, VA. The Cub Scout program change is here! Are you working the new program without problem? Need help? Join us as we do our best to help each other be prepared to deliver the best program we can! We hope to see you there!
Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner: David Willis (d.j.willis533@gmail.com)
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Troop 414 sent a crew to Philmont this summer. One of the attendees, Geo M., assembled the attached video that captures the Philmont experience quite nicely.
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Monitor Merrimac District
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Recharter The Council Recharter Packets are now available at the Service Center/Scout Shop. We will also bring them to the next Committee Meeting and Roundtable. The turn in date will be December 5th at the Council Service Center.
13th Annual Archery Day
Date: Saturday, December 13th
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Wilcox, Newport News
Click here to view the flyer
Click here to sign the waiver
Holiday in the Woods
Southeast Community Fest
Date: Saturday, October 31
Time: 1:00 -3:00 p.m.
Monitor Merrimac Patch Design Contest - DEADLINE EXTENDED
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 November 1st. Send submissions to Dennis Camp at bczoo@cox.net.
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he 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
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
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First Place at the Peanut Festival
At this year's Virginia Peanut Festival in Emporia Pack 209, Chartered to Monumental United Methodist Church, won First Place in the Parade Float Competition. Congratulations Scouts!
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Sons of the American Revolution Essay Contest
The Gathering - Merit Badge Clinic
There are 29 of the 100 Boy Scout merit badges available to work on during The Gathering Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville, Va. This is one of those 'once in a life-time' opportunities for youth in our community.
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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!
University of Scouting
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.
BALOO/OWL - RESCHEDULED TO NOVEMBER 7th, NOW TAKING NEW REGISTRATIONS 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. Contact: Al Materia, sales@emta.net or toll free at 1-877-235-3682
Commissioner Basic
Date: November 7th
Location: Emporia Airport
Time: 9:00 am
Cost: Free
Using the new syllabus
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Wahunsenakah Lodge is actively working to schedule an opportunity for our Ordeal brothers to seal their membership with a Brotherhood ceremony. When a date, time and location are set, we will let all Brotherhood eligible members know.
Pipsico Fall Fellowship
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Advancement and Registration
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For general questions about advancement, please contact your district advancement chair:
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Chesapeake Bay
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Vacant
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Colonial Trail
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Jim O'Briant
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First Colony
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G Riesbeck
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Heritage
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Gary Bergtholdt
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James River
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Tim Ewing
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Siouan Rivers
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Mark Drumheller
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Council Advancement Chair
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Rob Kutz
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Internet Advancement Reporting - Which option are you using?
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 https://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 Option 1: Enter information manually or Option 2: Upload advancement files generated from PackMasterİ, TroopMasterİ, or ScoutSoftİ.
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.) email your DE or advancement@cvcboyscouts.org if you don't know what your number is.
Option 1. Click download council files from scoutnet.
This temporarily allows you access to your unit file while you are logged onto this site. The data you'll see is what is currently in scoutnet. It either has been input manually at the office or it was previously "submitted" to scoutnet by your unit advancement processor. Awards are entered manually by your processor with this option.
What this option doesn't do by clicking download: it does NOT download the scoutnet records to your unit's program whether it be troopmaster, packmaster or scoutbook. It does not track camping nights, service hours, nor individual requirements toward ranks and merit badges.
Option 2.Click upload from your browser.
Before doing this, you MUST input new advancement data into your unit's program - troopmaster, packmaster or scoutbook. Then generate your normal advancement report; but instead of just printing it, you need to additionally save it on your computer. It MUST be saved as an ADVxxxx.cvs file. (The xxxxs are your unit.) You can find instructions on how to save a troopmaster file at http://www.troopmaster.com/scoutnet.html . View your report.If a scout does not upload, enter his data manually then find out why - his name, birthdate, etc. must match exactly with what was on the application when he/she registered. Avoid using nicknames. One wrong entry with personal information fromeither side of the fence will cause a mismatch.
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. If your printout has "DRAFT"on ityou have not completed the process.
Please remember required signatures.
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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: October 28th
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