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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

Howler and White Tail Camp

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May 10 to 12 at Apple Hill Scout Reserve

Join us at Apple Hill Scout Reserve (near Maxville, about an hour from east Ottawa) for a weekend camp that prepares White Tail Beavers for Cub Scouts, and Howlers for Scouts.  

Calling Odawa youth and Scouters!

If you’re a Scout, Venturer or Rover who’d like to come and play for the weekend and show some youth leadership, let us know. We’re recruiting the camp committee now. It’s a great way to earn volunteer hours. Planning and running a camp looks great on your resume, too.

If you’rea Howler Cub Scout or White Tail BeaverScout, ask your Scouters to plan to come to this camp so you can preparefor advancement to your next section.

Scouters, worried about ratio? Never fear! You can bring a group of youth even if you have only one Scouter. We’ll be camping close to one another, and the other Scouters at camp will be able to help ensure that the two-deep rule is followed. 

Where

When

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

Cost

  • $45 for Beaver and Cub Scouts; $35 for Scouters, parents and youth helpers.
  • Camp committee: free.
  • 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

  • Registration form and kit list will be available in February 2019.
  • Registration will be due April 10, 2019
  • Payment will be due at camp upon arrival.

Seeking crest designs

  • Send your crest ideas for this joint camp to liddlesj at gmail.com by February 15, 2019.
  • Theme ideas: basic skills, advancing to next section, growing in Scouts… come up with your own

Need more info? Want to help? Send an email to Scouter Susan at liddlesj at gmail.com.

2018 Odawa BP Skills – Medic Alert Camp – Camp Opemikon

Medic Alert & BP Skills 2018

Our annual BP Skills and Medic Alert Camp will be held:

When:  Oct. 12-14, 2018

Where: Camp Opemikon

See registration package for more details!  The schedule will be posted at a later date.

Also, this is a call for volunteers – Scouters, Sr. Scouts, Venturers, and Rovers, who would like to help us run this camp and make it the success it is each year.  Please see the Activity sign up sheet and send your info back to Scouter David Kerrivan – Odawa DAC Program and Scouter Charlene Martens (Area Commissioner)  (ma-bpskills[at]odawa-scouting.ca)

Parent-Leader Info

Opemikon Emergency Plan for Users

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