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Odawa Area – All Volunteers Meeting

When: April 22, 2020 7 PM to 9 PM

Where: Orleans United Church

Please mark the date! We’ll have a number of things for you to learn, and some awards to hand out. This is a great chance to network with your Area team, and fellow Scouters.

Please lug a mug! and if you want to bring something to share, please do, but do remember to label what is in it if it’s home made!

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ODAWA AREA “SUB-ZERO” WINTER CAMP

Apple Hill Scout Reserve

January 25-26, 2020

This camp focuses on Odawa Troops practicing basic winter camping skills and
participating in the Odawa “Sub Zero Club”, if we are lucky enough to get conditions that allow us to meet the requirements.

For those Troops and Members that have never attended this camp, or need a
refresher, here is a bit of a description of the area. The camp is in a wooded area with several large clearings which should give an adequate amount of snow for building quinzhees. Troops are also required to carry or sled in all their gear from the parking lot to their camping area.

For more information and registration, click here

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Odawa White-Tail and Howler Camp at Apple Hill Scout Reserve

May 8 to 10, 2020 (Friday night optional)

Calling all White-Tail Beavers and Howler Cubs! 

Come for a taste of youth-led activities you can enjoy in Cubs or Scouts next fall. 

Separate activities for Beavers and Cubs are planned and run by Scouts (supported by Scouters).

Ratio

At the camp, you only need to BRING 1 Scouter per 8 youth. Yes, ONE Scouter can bring up to 8 youth without needing a second Scouter BECAUSE at the White Tail / Howler camp, we all camp together. We thus provide two deep to each other.

Where

Apple Hill Scout Reserve (http://applehillscoutreserve.ca/) 

18739 Concession 2 Road (Hughie Munro Street), North Glengarry, Ontario. Use the main south entrance. 

When

  • Arrive: Friday, May 8, after supper (or Saturday morning by 8:30 a.m., before programming) 
  • Depart: Sunday, May 10, 11:30 a.m. (before lunch)

Cost

  • $45 for Beaver and Cub Scouts; $35 for Scouters, parents and youth helpers. 
  • Fee covers food (Friday snack, Saturday meals and snacks, Sunday breakfast), camp fees and crests; the fee is the same if you arrive Friday night or Saturday morning.

Registration and payment

  • Fill out the registration sheet and email it to Nicole Washington at nwashington @ Rogers (dot) com by 17:00 on Friday, April 26.
  • Bring payment to camp with you. We must ask you to pay for the number of attendees listed on your group’s form even if you have late cancellations (we buy groceries for those numbers). 
  • Make cheques payable to Scouts Canada, Odawa Area. 

Emergency information, training and paperwork

  • Bring to camp all emergency/contact info for the Group’s youth, Scouters and parents.
  • Ensure that the relevant members of your Group know where to find that info at camp.
  • Before coming, read the Apple Hill Scout Reserve (AHSR) rules, which are posted at camp. 
  • AHSR emergency plan
  • Adults at camp must be current on training/paperwork. If in doubt, ask your Group Commissioner. 

Food, equipment, garbage, parking

  • Bring your own tents and sleeping gear. No kitchen equipment is necessary.
  • Bring your dishes and water bottles — we’ll feed and water you!
  • Helpers needed: People to bring home garbage/recycling, to direct traffic on Friday evening/Saturday morning, to act as registrar and to assist youth running stations as requested.
  • Parents dropping off and picking up youth are to park in the lot near the entrance to the camp and walk gear in/out. Youth should try to carry their own gear. Each Group may designate one emergency vehicle/gear hauler and park it in the lot just past the lodge (decide ahead of time). Please inform parents before camp about parking. 

Need info? Want to help? Send an email to tombreuer3@gmail.com. See registration form, Apple Hill Emergency Plan and a kit list .

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Odawa 2020 Kub Kar Rally/Scout Truck Rodeo

The long awaited registration packages for the Odawa Kub Kar Rally, Scout Truck Rodeo and the new Kybo Run event can be found at these links:

Registration Due Date: Sunday Feb. 23, 2020

Race Day: March 28, 2020

Doors Open for setup 9 AM

All events should finish by 2:30 PM

Where:  Jean-Marc Lalonde Arena, Rockland, ON (Google Map Link)

Don’t forget your important papers (fees), and we’ll see you on Race Day!

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Odawa Fall Cubaree – 2019 Edition

With activities like building fires, archery, a ninja line and baking cookies this is sure to be a can’t miss event. Wait – Baking Cookies!! – but how – we only have open fire!!! You will have to join the Fall Cubaree to find out!

  • Where: Apple Hill Scout Reserve
  • When: October 18 – 20 2019
  • Who: Open to all Odawa area cubs
  • Why: After building a fire, hitting a bullseye and completing a ninja line who wouldn’t want a cookie

Clearly this is a can’t miss event that needs to be added to your calendar now! Full camp details to be released by September 13 2019.

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Odawa Area Night Owl 2019

All the info you need to know about this year’s Night Owl is in the document below, but in short:

When: April 27-28, 2019

NOTE: Do not arrive before 3 PM, esp. if you have sr. Cubs joning you, as April 27 is the also the annual spring work weekend, and there will be heavy equipment onsite. If your group is helping with the work weekend and has Cub aged youth coming for night owl, please have them arrive after 3 PM on Sat.

Everyone needs to be offsite by 10:30 on Sunday the 28th.

Registration package is here.

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2019 Odawa Howler and White Tail Camp

Calling all White-Tail Beavers and Howler Cubs!

Come for a taste of the youth-led activities you can enjoy in Cubs or Scouts next fall. Activities (separate for Beavers and Cubs) are planned and run by Scouts (supported by Scouters).

Where

When

  • Arrive: Friday, May 10, after supper (or Saturday morning by 8:30 a.m., before programming)
  • Depart: Sunday, May 12, 11:30 a.m. (before lunch)

Cost

  • $45 for Beaver and Cub Scouts; $35 for Scouters, parents and youth helpers.
  • Fee covers food (Friday snack, Saturday meals and snacks, Sunday breakfast), camp fees and crests; same fee if you come Friday night or Saturday morning.

Registration and payment

  • Fill out the registration form (page 2 in the information package and email it to liddlesj [at] gmail.com on or before Friday, April 26.

Included in information package

  • Kit list for youth
  • Registration form
  • Link to Apple Hill Scout Reserve (AHSR) rules
  • AHSR emergency plan
  • Important info for attendees and parents

What you need to bring

  • Tents and sleeping gear. No kitchen equipment needed.
  • Dishes and water bottles.
  • A few large jugs of drinking water to help out the kitchen crew.
  • Helpers to
    • bring home garbage/recycling
    • direct traffic on Friday evening/Saturday morning
    • assist youth running stations as requested
    • provide first aid

Need info? Want to help? Send an email to liddlesj@gmail.com.

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Winter Cubaree

January 19, 2018

Seeking crest designs! Cubs, have your Scouter or a parent send your design by November 25, 2018, to liddlesj at gmail.com. Must fit in a 3-inch circle.

Location: RJ Kennedy Community Centre, 1115 Dunning Rd., Cumberland, ON K4C 1P6

Registration: Email the registration form to Scouter Susan at liddlesj at gmail.com by Friday January 11, 2019.

Cost: $15 for all Cub Scouts; $7 for Scouters/parents.

  • Pay by cash or cheque (payable to “SCOUTS CANADA ODAWA AREA”).
  • Payment due at the event for the total number of attendees listed on registration form (sorry, no discount for cancellations on the day).

Check-in and payment:

  • 9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m., inside the community centre (one Scouter per Pack).
  • Gather your Pack outside at the front of the community centre with a designated Scouter.
  • Once all expected youth are present, have one Scouter check in at the table inside the gym.

Lunch is included:

  • Each participant will receive 2 hot dogs, 1 juice box, 1 bag of chips
  • Lunch orders will be prepared for your group. When lunch pick-up is called, please have ONLY 1 Scouter come to pick your Group’s box of food.
  • Special requirements: On the registration form, mention food requirements (allergies, vegetarian, no-pork, etc.) and how many of each type.

Be prepared: Programming takes place indoors and outdoors, so dress for the weather! Bring a water bottle.

Opening: 9:30 a.m. in the field behind the community centre.

Closing: 2 p.m.;pick-up immediately afterwards.

Who can attend:

Desperately seeking Scouters to  help plan and run stations, cook, and just about everything else! Can you help? Have questions? Email Scouter Susan, liddlesj at gmail.com.