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EVENTS
"A
boy carries out suggestions more
wholeheartedly when he
understands their aim." Sir
Robert
Baden-Powell
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 Ski/Snowboard
Treks
Bear Mountain
Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010
Venturers - join us for
winter fun as we hit the
slopes of Bear Mountain on
February 21!
Treks include deluxe bus
transportation and lift
tickets.
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 Philmont
and
Northern Tier Canoe Trek
Northern Tier Canoe Trek and
Philmont contingents are
being organized for summer
2011. Learn more about the
Philmont and
Northern Tier treks. |
 2010
International Camporee
Mataguay
May 14-16, 2010
Participate in the FUN and
EXCITEMENT of the
2010 International Camporee
May 14-16 at the Mataguay
Scout Ranch. Meet Scouts and
Scouters from other BSA
Councils and from Mexico.
Experience the culture of
another country. |
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 Philmont
Training Center
Philmont Scout Ranch,
Cimarron, NM
What better place to spend
part of the 100th
Anniversary of the Boy
Scouts of America than at
the Philmont Training
Center! Great volunteer
leaders have guided this
organization for one hundred
years and are central to the
success of the next 100
years. The PTC is the place
where outstanding volunteer
leaders are shaped. We
invite you to build on your
leadership skills by
attending one of the many
specialized courses offered
during the summer of our
100th year. Take some time
to look through the great
selection of courses being
offered. Don't forget! A
week at the PTC is a great
way for the
family to spend some
quality time under the
beautiful blue skies of New
Mexico.
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 Get
in the Game! with Geocaching
For our 100th Anniversary
Celebration, the BSA is
tapping into the outdoor fun
and excitement of geocaching
and inviting you along for
the adventure! Through Get
in the Game! geocaching
events, Scouts and
non-Scouts alike will search
for prizes in this
fast-paced, outdoor quest.
It's a great way to share
interesting and useful
Scouting skills — and
outdoor adventure — with
today's tech savvy kids.
Put simply, it's a high-tech
treasure hunt. Players hide
containers, called "caches"
or "geocaches," outdoors and
then share the coordinates.
Then, other players seek
them out using GPS
navigation devices. It's
fun, challenging, and
interesting for individuals,
families, and groups. |
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Interested in Scouting?
BSA offers scouting programs
for Boys ages 7 through 20,
and for young women ages 14
to 20.
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Tiger Cubs, a part of
Cub Scouts, is a
year-round family- and
home-centered program that
encourages the ethical
decision-making skills for
first-grade (or
7-year-old) boys. These
boys participate in the
program with their adult
partners. The program
emphasizes shared
leadership, learning about
the community, and family
understanding.
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Cub Scouts is a
year-round family- and
home-centered program that
develops ethical
decision-making skills for
boys in the second through
fifth grade (or who are 8,
9, and 10 years old).
Activities emphasize
character development,
citizenship training, and
personal fitness.
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Webelos Scouts, a part
of Cub Scouts, is a
year-round family- and
home-centered program that
develops ethical
decision-making skills for
fourth- and fifth-grade
(or 10-year-old) boys.
Webelos Scouts participate
in more advanced
activities that begin to
prepare them to become Boy
Scouts. |
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Boy Scouting. A
year-round program for
boys 11 through 17
designed to achieve the
aims of Scouting through a
vigorous outdoor program
and peer group leadership
with the counsel of an
adult Scoutmaster. (Boys
also may become Boy Scouts
if they have earned the
Cub Scouting Arrow of
Light Award and are at
least 10 years old or have
completed the fifth grade
and are at least 10 years
old.) |
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Venturing. A
year-round program for
young men and women who
are 14 (and have completed
the eighth grade) through
20 years of age to provide
positive experiences
through exciting and
meaningful youth-run
activities that help them
pursue their special
interests, grow by
teaching others, and
develop leadership skills.
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Join at any time of year by
contacting the local
Pack,
Troop, or
Crew. Most scouting
programs are based on grade
or age and do not require
prior scouting experience.
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Join any Pack, Troop, or
Crew. You do not need to
be a member of the school,
parish, religion,
or organization that
provides the facilities
used by a Pack, Troop, or
Crew. |
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Scripps-Mesa District has
several active scouting
units within the Scripps
Ranch and Mira Mesa
area. Choose a Pack,
Troop, or Crew based on:
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Convenience.
Make sure the location
and meeting times are
convenient, especially
for units that meet
weekly. Note that
weekly meetings are
often at a different
location and time than
the monthly meetings of
the entire Pack, Troop,
or Crew, which are
listed on our
website. |
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Friends.
Consider a Pack, Troop,
or Crew whose members
are friends or have
compatible
personalities. |
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Interests. Learn
about the Pack, Troop,
or Crew you are
considering. Many focus
some of their activities
on special interests,
such as camping,
backpacking, high
adventure, and more. |
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Visitation.
Visit with a Pack,
Troop, or Crew you are
considering. Attend one
of their meetings, and
speak to one of the
leaders. Find the Pack,
Troop, or Crew that is
right for you. |
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NEWS
"The spirit is there in
every boy; it has to be
discovered and brought to
light.” Sir Robert
Baden-Powell |
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 From
the District Committee Chair
(Dec 29,
2009)
Pat and I just spent our
Christmas holidays in
Yosemite National Park. It
was majestic; as first time
visitors our breathe was
taken away with the beauty
that surrounded us
everywhere we looked. The
snow, the snowing as we
drove away, the deer, the
friendliness of everyone we
met, the trust and service.
It was a memory to cherish.
As the new year begins for
Scripps-Mesa District, I
hope we can all see the
majesty and beauty of what
we do, the trust and service
we bring to the scouting
program and to the scouts
themselves. I hope we can
inspire them to reach new
heights, as we work together
to do the same.
Adventure Base 100 is close
at hand, and we are still in
need of volunteers to
help man the museum. We can
use help on all three days,
but Friday and Sunday are in
the most need. Older scouts
(at least 14 years old) are
welcome to help (in full
uniform with a buddy) if
units want to do a combined
service project type
thing. Time slots are 2 1/2
hour increments beginning at
10 AM Friday, 9:30 AM on
Saturday and 10:30 AM on
Sunday. Please give Pat and
I a call if you are able or
willing to help out at
868-566-5481. The dates for
this event are January 8, 9,
and 10th.
There will be our Annual
Training and Planning
meeting on January 30th. It
will begin at 9AM until we
are done with the training
segment. A break for lunch
which Pat and I will host,
and then planning will begin
at 1PM and we'll work until
we are finished. Please plan
on attending, and begin now,
pulling thoughts and ideas
together to make us a
Quality District again.
Webelos Day will be on
Saturday, January 9th. The
event has been organized by
Bev Jatczak so units please
contact her with any
questions. This is a day
scout units and Webelos
don't want to miss.
I wish everyone a healthy,
happy New Year. As we march
into 2010, I thank you for
your support, and I
appreciate everything you
all do to make us a success.
Yours in Scouting,
Pam |
 From
the District Commissioner,
(Nov 30, 2009)
Greetings to all. Pam and I
hope your Thanksgiving was
happy and everybody got
enough Turkey to last a
while.
Here it is- the last day
of November. Tomorrow starts
the last month of our
scouting year for 2009 and
we as a District have plenty
to do.
First- our monthly
meeting is on as usual for
this Thursday- December 3rd
at 7PM at the LDS Stake on
Pegasus followed on December
10th by our District
Commissioner Meeting and
Roundtable. Pam, Jeff, and I
hope all of you can be
there. Personally I have
noticed a drop-off in
Committee attendance lately
from 20+ earlier this year
to only a dozen or so more
recently. We need you there
to make sure we keep the
information flow going and
also have plenty of folks to
step up and share the load
of keeping our District as
good as we can make it for
all our scouts.
Commissioners- I really
need a good update report on
the 10th regarding your
unit's recharter and CQA
status so I have the latest
info to bounce off the
reports from the Scout
Office.
Now- what about December?
It's time to wrap up a
number of tasks and set
ourselves up for an even
better BSA Centennial
year-2010!!!
- Re-charter. We
definitely want to have
that process done and done
before Christmas for
everybody. After all- it
is a mandatory item for
CQA.
- Speaking of CQA... for
2009 if it hasn't been
successfully achieved
there is still a full
month to reach CQA status.
Don't quit now. Work with
the Commissioner staff to
achieve those 2009
commitments. Then make
some good strong
commitments for a quality
unit program for our
scouts for 2010.
- Centennial Quality
District- Same story; we
have a month to hit our
usual last two shortfalls,
membership and new units.
We have one new unit, Crew
1203, and would really
like to get at least one
more. As far as membership
goes, that's a challenge
but we can do it. Nobody
should have any
unsubmitted applications-
everything needs to be
turned in. If you have or
know of some applications
that are waiting to be
turned in- bring them
Thursday night and Jeff
will take care of it.
There should not be a unit
out there that should rest
on its laurels yet. We
know there are lots more
kids out there that can
benefit from the Scouting
Program than we have
signed up. Let's all beat
the bushes and get those
kids into the program. If
just 12% of our scouts
each had a non-scouting
friend join with them we
would bust right through
our CQD goal. That sets us
up for a real bang-up
start to 2010.
- 2010 FOS- For the
Leadership- if you haven't
made your 2010 FOS
commitment yet, we would
really like to wrap the
Leadership Campaign up
this week. If you have
already made your
commitment- many thanks,
we are off to a good start
with nearly $4000 already
toward our 2010 FOS goal.
If you haven't, please
come prepared to make the
commitment to scouting.
- 2010 Planning- Pam and
I have discussed it and
would like all of you to
"Save The Day" for
Saturday, January 30th so
we can do our annual
District Committee
Training and Planning
meeting. For right now
please put the date on
your calendar and save it.
Time, place etc. details
to follow.
Thanks again for
everything you do and see
you all on Thursday!!!
Yours in Scouting
Pat |
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Council Tour Permit Policy
(Dec
2, 2009) Tour permits
are required when you take
your unit on an outing, and
you have youth riding with
adults other than their
parents. When you are
traveling with parent/child
in separate vehicles with
everyone meeting at a
destination, there is no
need for a tour permit, but
if any child is traveling
with an adult other then
their parent, a tour permit
should encompass everyone on
the trip. All overnights,
events that include water or
high adventure activities
require tour permits.
Events over 500 miles in
distance requires a National
Tour Permit. Read the entire
council policy
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 Merit
Badge
Counselors
(Oct 2, 2009) If you have been a merit
badge counselor in the past,
and desire to continue,
please be sure you have
submitted an application to
do so. Counselors are
re-certified each calendar
year. If you have not
submitted an application
this year, you cannot act as
a counselor.
Those who wish to either
continue as a counselor, or
who wish to become one,
should go to the council web
site at
http://sdicbsa.org/advancement/mbadges/mbadges.asp
and fill out the
application. But please also
remember that all
registrations expire at the
end of the calendar year,
and you will need to
re-apply to continue in
2010.
All counselors, please
remember to watch for
changes to your merit badge
requirements. Every year
some requirements change.
Don't be caught by surprise!
One more item for merit
badge counselors: Again, as
of 1 January 2010, merit
badge counselors will no
longer have the option to
act as "unit only"
counselors, who are a
resource only to a
particular unit or group of
units. You should be
prepared to accept requests
from any scouts within the
San Diego-Imperial Council.
Please look at this as an
opportunity to extend your
service. |
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Advancement
(Oct 2, 2009) A gentle reminder: If you
aren't already using the
online advancement program,
now is the time to make the
change and become adept at
using it. As of
January 1, 2010, all
units MUST use
the online system. The old
advancement forms will no
longer be accepted. If you
have questions about using
the online system, please
contact me at the number
below.
S-M District Advancement
Chair
858.578.7549 |
 100
Yeas of Scouting
For 100
years, the Boy Scouts of
America has created a strong
foundation of leadership,
service, and community for
millions of America's youth.
Through A Year of
Celebration, A Century of
Making a Difference, we will
demonstrate the incredible
impact of a century of
living the Scout Law.
Program
participants will earn
recognition for making a
difference in their
communities due to their
dedication to five of
Scouting's core values:
Leadership, Character,
Community Service,
Achievement, and the
Outdoors. Through that
commitment, participants can
earn each of five award
ribbons to display from our
100th Anniversary
commemorative patch.
A Year of
Celebration will take place
from September 1, 2009
through December 31, 2010.
The program is open to all
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
Venturers, adult leaders,
and Scouting alumni.
Read the patch requirements
to learn more.
For 100
years, the Boy Scouts of
America has created a strong
foundation of leadership,
service, and community for
America's youth. Through A
Year of Celebration, we
celebrate this legacy and
commit ourselves to inspire
and prepare future
generations. |
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