April 2011 - Vernon Taylor III's Eagle project

Calling on all Scouts

Volunteers needed

Food drive benefiting the Food Pantry program

Volunteer opportunities and credit available!

April 14, 16, and 23, 2011

Volunteers needed to

• prepare collection bags
• staff donation collection stations
• assist in door-to-door distribution of flyers and collection of donations
• sort donations once collected

Donation collection stations:

• Pavilions, Culver City
• Lindberg Park, Culver City
• Trinity Baptist Church, Los Angeles

Please contact Vernon Taylor III (323) 375-8496 or VTeck3@aol.com

September 25, 2010 - Backpacking class

Experienced backpackers, and those who want to learn about backpacking.

Learn from a seasoned veteran, an expert backpacker, and an excellent teacher.

Bring equipment if you have it, or come to learn about equipment before you buy.

Share experiences and compare equipment, learn about cooking on the trail, and more...

Saturday, September 25, 2010
Camp Josepho
Pacific Palisades, CA
10:00 AM until approximately 12:00 noon
Cost: $5.00

• Register online

Questions: email Ron Fitzgerald ronfitzgerald@verizon.net

See you there!

September through November 2010 - Crescent Bay Cub Leader Specific Training

This includes training for Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Den Leaders.

But wait, there's more-- how about training for Cubmaster, Pack Committee Chairs and Committee Members, and Pack Trainers?  That means that everybody and anybody can get trained, there is something for everybody.

Then cap your classroom training off with BALOO, Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation at Camp Josepho.  (October 9th, registration to be available later)  This is required for at least one adult in order for a pack to do an overnight campout.  Are you scoffing at the basic level of this training?  Bump up your skills a notch and take the Webelos Outdoor Leader Training.  (Overnight, October 8th and 9th, registration available later.)

The really crazy part of this whole thing is that we are offering the classroom training six different times over the next three months.  You have two chances a month to get the training that you have always needed and wanted,  but have never been able to put on the front burner.

Is Sunday your family day?  Do the training on Saturday.  Is Saturday your Sabbath?  Do the training on Sunday.  Are weekends the worst possible time to take the training?  Split it up over one weeknight for two weeks.  All told, we are giving up six weeknights and three weekends over the next three months to bring you this training.

Don't make us hang out by ourselves; we tend to get into mischief.  Join the fun, silliness, excitement, and wisdom of training.

Training dates with registration links:

• Thursdays, Sept. 16th and Sept. 23rd, 6:30pm-9:00pm, Westside Service Center 
• Sunday, Sept. 19th, 1:00pm-5:00pm, Westside Service Center
• Mondays, Oct. 11th and Oct. 18th, 6:30pm-9:00pm, Westside Service Center 
• Saturday, Oct. 23rd, 9:00am-3:00pm, LDS Stake Center-Sawtelle Blvd. 
• Wednesdays, Nov. 10th & Nov. 17th, 6:30pm-9:00pm, Westside Service Center 
• Sunday, Nov. 14th, 1:00pm-5:00pm, Westside Service Center

Questions:

• Andrew Sisolak at asisolak@bsa-la.org
• Ron Fitzgerald at ronfitzgerald@verizon.net
• Faith Denis at fdenis@bsamail.org or (310) 839-9905

See you there!

May 29, 2010 - Memorial Day Flag Placement (Venturing assistance needed)

Attention all Venturing Crews or Patrols

I am Robin Stekkinger, with Troop/Crew 1, from Crescent Bay District.  I was asked to assist with this very special event and I am honored to do so.

I am in need of your assistance on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at the Memorial Day Flag Placement ceremony.  I am in need of youth wearing the green Venturing shirts.  I will need Venturing youth as Ambassadors, assisting in the front of the Cemetery, for special inside parking enforcement, and then when the flag placement begins, walking throughout the grounds as Ambassadors, assisting with the volunteers and Cub Scouts.

We well be meeting in front of the Cemetery at 6:45 a.m, since sign up starts at 7:00 a.m.

If you are a Crew or Patrol who can assist me with these responsibilities, I would like for you to please e-mail me at venturing4life@yahoo.com or call me at (310) 339-1977.

This is a very special day and event.  I would like to thank you in advance for any and all assistance that I can be given.

Yours In Scouting and Venturing For Life,

Robin Stekkinger
Troop/Crew 1
Crescent Bay District

May 15, 2010 - Den chief training

For those Boy Scouts who are, or are planning to become, den chiefs...

Den Chief Training

Saturday, May 15, 2010
1:00PM - 3:00PM

Training will be held at:
LDS Stake Center
3400 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90066

Cost: free!

Register... no later than Wednesday, May 12th

To register:  Send an email to Ron Fitzgerald: ronfitzgerald@verizon.net

Wear your Class A uniform, please

Cub Day Camp dates

2010 Cub Day Camp dates are as follows:

• Bill Hart (Day): June 21-25, Verdugo Oaks
• Bill Hart (Twilight): June 28 - July 2, Castaic Lake
• Antelope Valley: June 28 - July 2, McAdam Park, Palmdale
  
• Crescent Bay: July 5-9, Camp Josepho
• Las Colinas: July 12-16, LDS Church, 4501 Deseret Dr., Woodland Hills
• Balboa Oaks: August 2-6, Woodley Park, Van Nuys

January 10, 2010 - Los Angeles Half-Marathon

Good day Scouters -

Here's an opportunity to follow up on the positive exposure of the first ever Boy Scout Parade Float in the 2010 Rose Parade.

We can continue to show that Scouting is alive, well, and serving the community by participating in the first ever Los Angeles Half-Marathon. This seems to be open to all levels of Scouting and activities involved will be age appropriate.

The inaugural run of the 13.1 Marathon Los Angeles takes place right here in our backyard. This is a half-marathon - I guess that means 13 miles rather then 26, but it is all within Crescent Bay. Starting at Venice Beach Blvd., south to Venice Blvd., east on Venice Blvd. to just east of Motor Avenue, 180 degree turn and back west along Venice Blvd. to Main Street, and finishing at Rose Avenue.

The Half-Marathon starts at 7:15 am, on Sunday, January 10th - they want volunteers along the way starting at 6:15 a.m. The course is to be open for about 3 ½ hours which means that the whole thing is over before noon.

Depending on the number of interested volunteers - and Scout units - Scouting can claim one or more water stations along the way. There may be assistance that can be provided at the start and at the finish as well - up to each unit to make the contact, claim a spot.

Scout uniforms are the order of the day.

Your contact is:

Karen van de Laat
karen@aceride.com
(888) 598-6669

• Half-Marathon web site
• World Vision web site (the Half-Marathon benefits this charity)
  

This looks like a great way to show Scout Spirit, a service to the community, and positive exposure for Scouting.

Give it a thought - and then go for it.

Bob Clinco
Crescent Bay Communications

Jamboree on the Air 2009 update

The Western Los Angeles County Council invites you to participate in the 52nd Annual Jamboree on the Air
Saturday and Sunday October 17-18th, 2009

Two locations on different days!

Saturday October 17th
Las Colinas District Operating W9LQI
Sage Ranch Park (moved from McGrath State Beach) 11am-4pm
Contact Robert Hutchinson for exact details
(818) 888-8175 or r.f.hutchinson-cpa@sbcglobal.net

Sunday October 18th, 2009 12pm – 4pm
Crescent Bay District Operating WE6BSA
Hosted by Loyola Marymount University
Westchester, CA (Use LMU Drive Entrance)
Contact Sanford Weinberg (323) 937-1165 or sanford@bhtroop360.org for more info
Cost $8 per scout (Includes Patch) and $3 parents / siblings
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive (use LMU Drive entrance; between Pereira Engineering Hall and Doolan)
Westchester, CA 90045
More details and map on the Crescent Bay web site
Special SoCal Scout Communication on 28.450 (10 meters) 147.270 (2 meters)

What is JOTA?

When Scouts want to meet young people from another country, they usually think of attending a World Jamboree. But few people realize that each year more than 400,000 Scouts and Guides "get together" over the airwaves for the annual Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA). Modern technology offers Scouts the exciting opportunity to make friends in other countries without leaving home.

JOTA is an annual event in which Boy and Girl Scouts and Guides from all over the world speak to each other by means of Amateur (ham) Radio. Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared via radio waves. Since 1958 when the first Jamboree-on-the-Air was held, millions of Scouts have met each other through this event. Many contacts made during JOTA have resulted in pen pals and links between Scout troops that have lasted many years.

With no restrictions on age or on the number of participants, and at little or no expense, JOTA allows Scouts to contact each other by ham radio. The radio stations are operated by licensed amateur radio operators. Many Scouts and leaders hold licenses and have their own stations, but the majority participates in JOTA through stations operated by local radio clubs and individual radio amateurs. Some operators use television or computer-linked communications.

For more information or questions see the JOTA webpage or contact Sanford Weinberg at sanford@bhtroop360.org or (323) 937-1165. Talk in and Local Coordination on 147.270+ PL100.0