Scouting In The News

"Your Weekly Scouting News Periodical for the Canadian Valley District"

Council Coordinated Meeting Its time again for our quarterly Council Coordinated Meeting. What‟s that, you say? The Coordinated Meeting is an opportunity for volunteers from every district in the Council to gather and discuss upcoming events and help map out a vision for the future of Last Frontier Council. In structure, these meetings function like a district Roundtable, whereby leaders are updated on upcoming events in the first half of the meeting, followed by breakout sessions in the areas of membership, commissioner service, advancement, camping, activities, etc. Leadership from our commissioner corps as well as our district committee will be there but you don‟t have to hold a position on one of these Scouting bodies to attend. The meeting will be held at 7pm on August 21st at the Gaylord Service Center in OKC. Please come and learn how you can help further impact Scouting!

Popcorn already? You bet! With the deadline for Show N‟ Sell orders due before our August Roundtable, this year our District Popcorn Kickoff will have to be moved to before then. For this, the Kickoff will be held August 2nd at 9:00am at the Bailey Business Center at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. At that time there will also be a Popcorn training to show units how to boost sales during the popcorn campaign. By attending this training your unit will be able to earn an additional 2% commission on sales from the standard base of 30%. This training is a commission boosting opportunity that is replacing the IYOS budget requirement for additional 2% from previous years. Please come prepared to win door prizes, eat some free popcorn, commit to selling for 2008, and have some fun! Contact our District Popcorn Kernal, Barbara Garlington for further details at (405) 639-5604 or via email at oilovehats2@yahoo.com. Additional Popcorn Info from Council The orderpopcorn.com website will turn on Sept. 13 (date the sale starts) and will end Oct. 17 (the date the sale ends). Money earned by units from the orderpopcorn.com site will be deducted from your bill at the end of the sale. Example: Your bill to the council is $1,000. Your unit (various youth) had sales online of $200. This will be included as a credit and reflected on your statment and the bill to the Council will be $800. Show -N-Sell popcorn Orders must be done by "Whole cases" no individual tins can be ordered (just like last year). Take Order popcorn Orders will be able to be ordered by individual tins (just like last year).

Information on 2010 Jamboree As you may be aware great plans are in the works for BSA‟s centennial 2010 celebration. The highlight for our 100th anniversary will be the 17th National Scout Jamboree. This event promises to be the biggest jamboree ever. LFCJambo.org is the place to get the most up-to-date announcements for scouts, leaders and families in the Last Frontier Council. The newest of the council related websites will be using the latest content management software. This will allow you to subscribe to be notified of the latest information. These announcements arrive automatically in your email the minute they are posted. It will also allow you to use RSS feeds to stay up to date on Jamboree news, get news, field reports and pictures direct from the event from Jamboree contingent leaders. Check it out!

Don‟t forget to attend the sign-up for the 2009 Philmont Contingent which will be on September 9, 2008 at the Council office. The time will be at 7:00 pm. Available spots on the trek is limited so remember that it‟s „first come first serve‟ when debating on whether or not you want to come to the meeting and sign up. Fill out a Philmont Application form online and return it to the address provided on the form. Print a copy and take to the office. Beat the Sept. 9 date and get a spot! $50.00 deposit and start payments. Date of trek is June 8-19, 2009. The bus will leave on June 7 and return on June 20, 2009.   Go to our download page to download a registration form.

Get Your Leaders Trained..VERY Last Call!

The Canadian Valley District takes pride in the quality of leaders we generate for our youth. Part of this comes from the pre-existing sense of Scouting values, respect for Scouting‟s message, and hometown proud characteristics known to exist in our part of the state, but part of this also comes from the extensive amount of training our leaders have taken in Scouting to prepare them to be the best Scouting leaders they can be. To help facilitate this training, we have a District Training Chairman named Steven Phillips, who has already done a great job in this role. To continue to do such fine work however, he needs your involvement. Please spread the word and get your leaders trained! This month we have already had one training event, but in case you missed out, Steven will be offering Cub Specific Training and New Leader Essentials on August 2nd. Please contact him at stevenengr@aol.com or steven.phillips@okbu.edu for further details.

"Your Weekly Scouting News Periodical for the Canadian Valley District"

Popcorn Items You Need to Know!!!

Popcorn already? You bet! With the deadline for Show N‟ Sell orders due before our August Roundtable, this year our District Popcorn Kickoff will have to be moved to before then. For this, the Kickoff will be held August 2nd from 3:30pm to 4:30pm at the Bailey Business Center at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. At that time there will also be a Popcorn training to show units how to boost sales during the popcorn campaign. By attending this training your unit will be able to earn an additional 2% commission on sales from the standard base of 30%. This training is a commission boosting opportunity that is replacing the IYOS budget requirement for additional 2% from previous years. Please come prepared to win door prizes, eat some free popcorn, commit to selling for 2008, and have some fun! Contact our District Popcorn Kernal, Barbara Garlington for further details at (405) 639-5604 or via email at oilovehats2@yahoo.com.

The Shawnee Police Department with the assistance of the Boy Scouts of America will hold a "First Nighters Meeting" on July the 29 2008. The meeting is scheduled as this month‟s City Wide Neighborhood Watch meetings on the Gordon Cooper Campus at 06:30pm. The Exploring is a Learning for Life‟s career education program for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) or 15 to 21 years old. Adults are selected for advisors by the participating organization for involvement in the program. Color, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic background, economic status, or citizenship is not criteria for participation. The purpose of the explorer program is to provide experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults. Exploring is based on a unique and dynamic relationship between youth and the organizations in their communities. The Shawnee police department will initiate the explorer post by matching officers and program resources to the interests of young people in the community. The result will be a program of activities that helps youth pursue their special interests, grow, and develop. With Cpl. Freeland Wood coordinating the program, Officers Vivian White and Aaron Laster will act as the first advisors to help set up the program in Shawnee. "The selected applicants will attend an academy and learn about a career in law enforcement. As time goes on, the kids will start leading the meetings and the adults will be advisors and just assisting the youth," said Cpl. Freeland Wood. The five area of emphasis of the exploring program is leadership experience, career opportunities, life skills, citizenship and character education. "This is a great opportunity for the young adults to make and develop contacts that may potently help with employment options and success at school", said Shumaker.

The first orientation Explorer meeting will be held at Gordon Copper 06:30pm July the 29th in room sky lab #1. Applications and advisors will be available at the meeting. Anyone interested in the program or would like more information please contact Cpl. Wood or Cpl. Shumaker Shawnee Police Department, 405-273-2121.

Don‟t forget to attend the sign-up for the 2009 Philmont Contingent which will be on September 9, 2008 at the Council office. The time will be at 7:00 pm. Available spots on the trek is limited so remember that it‟s „first come first serve‟ when debating on whether or not you want to come to the meeting and sign up. Fill out a Philmont Application form online and return it to the address provided on the form. Print a copy and take to the office. Beat the Sept. 9 date and get a spot! $50.00 deposit and start payments. Date of trek is June 8-19, 2009. The bus will leave on June 7 and return on June 20, 2009.

Get Your Leaders Trained..Last Call!

August Roundtable 08/14 Popcorn Kickoff 08/02 Cub/New Leader Training 08/02