All things Scouting in the Odawa Area
Welcome Odawa Racers!
Once again, we’ll be holding our Cub Car and Scout Truck Rodeo for your racing pleasure.
When: Mar. 3, 2018, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Where: Jean-Marc Lalonde Arena, Rockland
Registration deadline: Sunday, Feb 25, 2017
All of the information you are looking for should be in the document links below.
KubKar_Procedures_Specs_Rules_2018 Odawa_Kub_Kar_Scout Truck_Registration_and_Info_2018 ScoutTrucks_Procedures_Specs_Rules_2018
Attention all Odawa Scouters!
The 1st Maxville Scouting group is hosting a Standard First Aid course on March 17 and 18th at the Maxville United Church. ( 28 Main St. S., Maxville, Ontario)
Course hours are: Saturday from 9 am – 8 pm, and Sunday 12 noon til 6 pm.
Cost is $80 per participant.
There is an option to order lunch from a local pub, or you can bring your own lunch.
Grace Breuer has been volunteering for years at school and with Scouts Canada, including helping younger youth, planning a camp to promote leadership, and helping with fundraising at school.
Grace joined Scouting to follow her big brother — and stayed for the fun and friendships. Little did she know that the things she was doing for fun would lead to an award. On December 1, 2017, MPP for Ottawa-Orléans Marie-France Lalonde recognized Grace’s hard work over the years and presented her with the Orléans150 Award at École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges.
Grace relishes her camping adventures: among her favourites were the team-building camp she planned with fellow Scouts and a high-adventure canoe trip to the rock slides in Algonquin Park. Recently, she and a few other Scouts planned every aspect of a camp for Cub Scouts (who are aged 8 to 10) graduating to Scouts (which is for ages 11 to 14). Planning included meals, campsite setup, safety precautions, activities and schedule.
Grace has been in Scouting for 8 years and as a member of 8th Orleans Scout Troop, she helps out with the 8th Orleans Beavers (kids aged 5 to 7). She has planned and led meeting nights, and helped Beavers make friends and enjoy the outdoors. The younger members look to her as a role model, leader and mentor.
Even with the many hours of volunteering, Grace maintains that the fun and opportunities she gets in Scouting far outweigh the effort she puts in.
Want to give Scouts a try? Visit www.scouts.ca to find out where and when.
This year’s Subzero camp will be on Jan 27th at Apple Hill Scout Reserve. The registration deadline has been extended to Jan 25th. All other details are in the PDF linked below. See you there!
Our annual BP Skills and Medic Alert Camp will be held:
When: Oct. 13-15, 2017
Where: Camp Opemikon
See registration package for more details!
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 (gc[at]1stgreenwoodscouting.ca or dkerrivan[at]gmail.com)
MEDIC ALERT and BP Woodsman 2017 Flyer and Registration final
Medic Alert Activity Sign up Sheet 2017
Date: Saturday, November 4, 2017
Location: RJ Kennedy Community Centre, 1115 Dunning Rd., Cumberland, ON K4C 1P6
Registration: Email rainbow.beavers at gmail.com no later than Wednesday, October 25, 2017.
Registration form: Odawa_Fall_Winter_Beaveree_2017_Info_Registration
Cost: $15 for all Beaver Scouts; $7 for Scouters/parents.
Check-in and payment:
Lunch is included:
Be prepared: It is November. Programming takes place indoors and outdoors, so dress for the weather!
Opening: 10:00 a.m. in the field behind the community centre.
Closing: 2:00 p.m.; pick-up immediately afterwards.
Who can attend:
Odawa Scouters,
The PDF below is the current calendar of events for the 2017-2018 Scouting year. This is a living document, and will be updated as things change.
Event Calendar as of Aug 13 2017
Please note that we’re still looking for groups to take on some events, or the events will be in danger of cancellation.
Congratulations to the Odawa Area Scouting youth who earned their top section awards in 2017.
1st Blackburn: Maggie Berube, Ethan Campbell, Logan Ingram, Keira Laskoski, Nicholas Marberl, Douglas Shepherd, Duncan Stiles
1st Greenwood: Joy Holbrook
4th Orleans: Aidan Blake, Aidan Calder, Emma Linzmayer, Maria McKiel, Marianne Lessard, Rohnan Frei
8th Orleans: Liam Breuer, Kallen O’Donnell
14th Gloucester: Brigitte Quesnel, Daniel Burns, Elliot Wall, Hayden Kobner, Isabella Filby, Kiernan Lalande
Note to all Scouters: If you have youth who earned their top section awards in any section but they aren’t listed here, but you’d like them to be listed, please get in touch with the AC, AYC, DAC Recognition or the DAC Program. If you have photos that you’d like posted send them along as well.
2017_Fall_Cubaree_Registration_Form
Calling Odawa Area Cubs, Scouters and helpers! Come launch your Scouting year at camp. Program (under development) to include the following and more:
–FLEX (leadership training for Howlers)
–Basic dragon-training skills (coincidentally, similar to Cub Scout skills!)
–Outdoor Activity Skills (Camping, Trail Skills, Scoutcraft)
Registration deadline: September 19
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Volunteers needed!
To make this a success, we need volunteers to help with all aspects of the camp: planning, running stations, registration, first aid, cooking for camp committee, campfire and anything else you can think of. Please email me if you will help out, at liddlesj at gmail.com.
Not to be confused with the Council event a couple of weeks later!
The Odawa Area Chief Scout Award/Queen’s Venturer Award Ceremony will be held:
Date: June 9, 2017
Time: Dusk – arrive by 8:15 and gather in Kitchener field to be escorted into the Chapel Area
Where: Apple Hill Scout Reserve
Details:
Groups are to obtain the certificates through normal Council processes (applications submitted to Lynn Levitan – llevitan@scouts.ca).
Bring Certificates to Apple Hill
If your Scout wants to receive his\her Chief Scout\Queen’s Venturer Award at the Odawa Area June Camp, please email Susan Lepine at scoutersue@4thorleans.com with your group name and the youth names BY JUNE 7 so programs can be printed.
Parents\family welcome. Bring chairs and bug spray.