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All new CUB SCOUT PROGRAM COMMITTEE!!
You are invited to help make the future of Cub Scouting in Glaciers Edge Council GREAT. The Cub Scout Program Committee is looking for your input in creating the best calendar of activities, marketed properly and executed with the most FUN!!
All are welcome to provide input, and more importantly, to help make top notch Cub Programming a reality in the Glaciers Edge Council.
What are we talking about? How about this fun: Council and District Camporees, Introduction to Scouting Campouts, Mom and Me Weekend, Dad and Lad Weekend, Winterfests, Zoo Camps, Drive in Camps, Traveling Day Camps, Tiger Camps, Webelos Expedition and Webelos Badge Workshop.
What's missing: YOU AND YOUR IDEAS!!
We got the Cubs, now we have the chance to take a BIG STEP and really make Cub Scouting memorable for our boys.
Contact me to get more information and help out!
Tim Kreft
Chair, Cub Scout Program Committee
cubcamping@gmail.com
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Fee Change to take effect in 2014
The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America announced that the Boy Scouts of America is increasing its membership fee from $15 to $24 per year for all registered Scouts and adults effective January 1, 2014. For those who join after the beginning of the year, the fee will be prorated at $2 per month. This does include units with a December 31, 2013, expiration date. As always, our focus is to build the future leaders of this country by combining adventure, educational activities, and lifelong values. The fee increase is a step we must take in order to continue providing the services you and our members expect and need. With your help and that of each of our volunteers and Scouting parents, we will continue accomplishing incredible things for young people and the communities we serve.
To learn more-please check HERE
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Cub Scout Summer Camp
Summer Camp at Camp Indian Trails (CAMP IT!) is just around the corner and the Camp Director, Kyle Kaczmarek, along with the Leadership Team have been busy gathering the best possible staff members to ensure a quality program for the 2014 Summer Camp Season. In preparation for all of the updates and improvements to the program, Kyle or a member of his team will be giving a presentation at your February Roundtable and answering any questions you may have. Please reference the Council Calendar to see when and where your Roundtable is held and plan on having a representative from your unit in attendance (http://www.glaciersedge.org/council-calendar/).
Along with the Roundtable presentations, CAMP IT! will be hosting a pancake breakfast and open house in Allen Hall at Camp Indian Trails on March 30, 2014 and all are invited to attend. The breakfast will consist of all you can eat pancakes and registration forms will be available shortly. Please check out the Camp Indian Trails Facebook Page to ensure that you have the most up to date information regarding CAMP IT! and while you are there, please reply to the Pancake Breakfast/Open House event (https://www.facebook.com/events/644211075636086/) .
The Glacier's Edge Council and Camp Indian Trails are launching a new Council Camping Website which will be ready by the middle of February. The website is intended to focus specifically on Ed Bryant Scout Reservation and Camp Indian Trails and their improved programs. Please feel free to check out the landing page at www.glaciersedgecamps.com and check back regularly for updates.
AMPing up the Cub Scout program at Camp Indian Trails is the ultimate goal but it is up to you, the leader to help us. With your commitment to the Boy Scouts of America and our commitment to providing a quality program, we will be prepared to have a great year at CAMP IT! |
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Adult Recognition
District Dinners and the Council Dinner are right around the corner. Time to think of all the great scouters you work with and nominate them for either the District Award of Merit or the Silver Beaver. Also be sure to contact your District Executives about other awards offered through the District.
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Training Opportunities
Wood Badge Course C7-620-14 will be held at Camp Indian Trails near Janesville, Wisconsin on the weekends of September 12-14 and October 10-12, 2014. Attendance at both weekends is required for completion of the course. Participants will camp in cabins the first weekend, and camp in their tents the second weekend. A pre-course meeting will be held on August 13 at the Janesville Service Center to answer any last-minute questions.
Wood Badge is the BSA's premier adult leader training course, while teaching principles of leadership and team development that are just as useful for the non-scouting part of our lives(work, church, other volunteer organizations). For more information on the upcoming Woodbadge click HERE
Check our ever growing list of in person trainings offered for the 2013/2014 program year. Click here to get all the info!
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Commish Corner
Introducing the Cub Hub!
The Cub Hub is the new online gateway into the world of Cub Scouting.
Cub Scouting goes beyond the uniform. It's about fun and doing your best. And the Cub Hub is all about showing that through vivid pictures, videos, and stories. We're always searching far and wide for the best of Cub Scouting on the Web and elsewhere.
Think of it like a giant idea factory! Here, you'll find amazing and creative ideas to bring more fun to your pack.
- Ideas to put a little zing in your meetings
- Sweet contests
- Super fun projects for parents and Cub Scouts
- Amazing images and videos sure to get you and your Scout fired up
- And some just plain cool Cub Scout-related content from all over the Web
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- Links to everywhere Cub Scouts are on the Web! You can connect with your fellow Scout leaders and parents on the Cub Scout social channel of your choice - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, or Pinterest.
- Basic information including guidelines and how-tos to help parents and leaders do their best.
The new home of the Cub Scouts. It's online at http://cubscouts.org. Check it out now!
Don't forget to tell family and friends so they can join in the fun, too!
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COUNCIL WIDE CUB SCOUT ACTIVITIES
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Good News Contest
Could your Pack, Troop, or Crew use $300?? The Glacier's Edge Council is pleased to announce the inaugural Good News Contest for 2013-2014.
Scouting has a great story to share! We are looking for pictures and stories about Scouting that appear in your local newspapers. To find out more-go HERE
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Polar Prowl
Saturday February 1st 2014
Join Wisconsin River District out at Blackhawk Lake in Cobb WI for our annual Winter Outdoor Day! Boy Scouts will be helping with Fire Building, Curling, Wrist Rockets, Winter Camping and many more! For more info and to register please click HERE
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Yahara Winterfest
Saturday February 8th
Join us out at the Deerfield Rod and Gun Club again this year. Activities include: Outdoor Cooking, BB's, Lunch, Outdoor Hike, Broom Ball, Great Sledding Hill
Things each scout will need to bring: Warm clothes, Hats and Gloves, Boots, Sled, 1 can of non-cream soup, Sack lunch - soup, crackers and hot chocolate will be provided. For more information on how to register click HERE
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Arctic Expedition to Siberia
Saturday February 15th
Plan early to attend the Mohawk Arctic Expedition to Siberia. BB's, Dog Sled Pulls, Reindeer Round Up and more! Things to bring: Winter clothes, Boots, Extra dry socks , Extra dry mittens Back pack or carry bag for extra clothes, Plastic bag for wet clothes, Pack sleds for pulling backpacks on , Water bottles (with water), Can of non-cream soup, Broom for broom hockey (3-4 per pack) labeled, Please label items brought to camp
For more information click HERE
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Mad City Modal Railroad Show
Scouts, Parents, and Leaders!!!
Are you looking for something new and different for an afternoon outing that could also fulfill some advancement requirements?
Check out http://nmra-scwd.org/ to see more information on the "Mad City Model Railroad Show" being held at the Alliant Energy Expo Center on February 15 and 16.
For Cub Scouts - plan a trip, learn how to read a map (vendor and exhibit map inside the building), see model railroads in action, talk to people about model railroading, history of railroads, model building, electricity, and other aspects of the model railroading hobby.
Scouts wearing a Class A uniform will enjoy FREE ADMISSION to the event. Parking is still the standard fee.
Opens at 9:00 am each day and closes at 5:00 pm each day.
Questions - send an email message with "Model Railroad Show" in the subject to wjmitchell@hotmail.com
Hope to see you there!
Bill Mitchell - Charter Organization Representative to McFarland Cub Scout Pack 53
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STEM & NOVA
We wanted to take a moment to update you on the requirements for the STEM program NOVA Counselors and SuperNova Mentors:
- Nova Counselors-A Nova Awards counselor must be age 21 or older. Nova counselors and now must be registered under the Nova Awards counselor position code 58. This is a non-unit position and requires no fee. Unit leadership approves the Nova counselor applications. (New - change Nov. 2013)
- Supernova Mentor-A Supernova Awards mentor must be age 21 or older, be a subject matter expert in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) field, and be registered under the Supernova Awards mentor position code 52. This is a non-unit position and requires no fee. In addition to the BSA Adult Registration form, a mentor must complete the Supernova Awards Mentor Information application. Our council STEM committee will review and approve Supernova Mentor applications.
Here is the link to the GEC web page: http://www.glaciersedge.org/2013/02/help-wanted-adult-volunteers-stem-committee-and-mentors/
If you have any questions on the STEM program feel free to contact Greg Marconnet at gmarconnet@gmail.com or Aaron Ware at aaron.ware@scouting.org or see the GEC STEM information page at: http://www.glaciersedge.org/youth/stem/
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Scout Shop Visit www.ScoutStuff.org Stop in and see the new items that are arriving weekly.
Don't forget to stop in and check out the great deals we are offering for the New Year!!
Please e-mail Nancy.Woolley@scouting.org if you would like a specific item brought to check out
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