Elizabeth River District
Last updated 6/29/09

Where to Get Help

District Chairman: Daniel Plante, 436-4600, dplante@towneinsurance.com

District Commissioner: Willie Adams, 482-1264, ScoutR@verizon.net

Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner:  Joe Branco, joebranco@cox.net

Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner: Bruce Bodge, kbodge@cox.net
Advancement Chairman: Jimmy Gwinn; 482-6801 jamesrgwin@cox.net
Membership Chairman: David Chase, 204-4338 david.chase@cox.net

Order of the Arrow Chapter Advisor: Robbie Henderson, 421-3637, rahender@hotmail.com
Finance Chairman: Steven Schools, 482-6736, 5schools@cox.net
Camping Chairman: Currently Recruiting
Activities Chairman: Currently Recruiting
Training Chairman: Doug Montgomery, 647-3467, doug.montgomery@cox.net
District Executive: Lorraine Flippin, 497-2688, lorraine.flippin@scouting.org

 *Please note the change in the District Committee Meeting date. It has been moved from the first Tuesday to the second Tuesday of each month.

Dates to Remember 

July 14^th          Unit Budget Training

Notes from the District  

A Message from Doug Montgomery, E-River Training Chair 

E-River Leaders, 

You'll soon get tired of hearing me say, "Our district's Scouts deserve trained & competent adult leaders." 

Pending the release of Council's consolidated calendar, the attached list is E-River District's tentative training schedule for your review & unit planning.  As we continue to verify and validate leader BASIC training shortfalls, we need to deliberately schedule those leaders to complete the training each person needs (online or in class).  Remember, to continue an adult's "Trained" status, online youth protection training is now required every TWO years.

Fortunately, leaders can attend training in ANY district.  We've strived to select training dates that offer additional opportunities & options to complete classroom courses.  Registration fliers are posted on the Council web site & available at the Council store as the convening dates approach.

We'll also continue providing reminders at Roundtable each month.  (Thanks, Joe & Bruce!!) 

PLEASE NOTE:  Required BASIC classroom training is currently free within 90 days of a leader's initial registration.  To help you avoid training fees, E-River Leader-Specific classes are planned for every calendar quarter. 

Many thanks to the experienced and successful leaders who have already

stepped forward to volunteer as trainers.  More quality, volunteer trainers are needed to execute this aggressive schedule.  Just contact me to volunteer for teaching the course(s) you're interested in.  We'll select training teams who've been trained for and successfully performed the tasks they're teaching.  Identifying sufficient qualified trainers is essential for E-River to get our fellow leaders trained for their CURRENT registered positions.  We have many active and experienced leaders.  Now we need them to help our newer adults by passing on their insight, wisdom, & Scouter skills. 

Lastly, properly documenting training completions is ESSENTIAL.  Every class that leaders attend must have an official BSA roster that's submitted to Council by the trainers.  Every graduate must also receive a signed, wallet-sized completion card to keep.  Get the instructor's name & complete contact info (so you can follow up), if completion cards aren't issued in class.  When completing courses online, ALWAYS PROVIDE your BSA membership number (printed on your registration card, unit charter roster, or available from Council). Print and keep your online completion certificates.  Any of these documents is accepted by Council as proof of training. 

We've got much work to do. 

"Our district's Scouts deserve trained & competent adult leaders." 

Regards,

Doug Montgomery

E-River District Training

doug.montgomery@cox.net

(c) 757-647-3467

Cub Scout Day Camp

Elizabeth River District,

   From 15-19 June, 2009 Izaak Walton League Park was transformed into Elizabeth Riverton. 172 Cub Scouts and over 65 staff members made for a wonderful week. The boys solved the case of the Missing Cub Scout Hat using Clues Books and some deductive reasoning. On Thursday the boys had the opportunity to make a line up of suspects. They had to stand up, state the name of the suspect and three facts that implicated the suspect to the case. Chesapeake Police Dept Forensics was on hand to finger print the suspects and talk about how to handle evidence. The suspects were Arts and Crafts Station leader Anna Smith from Pack 57, Corner Store Operator Janell Paugh from Pack 42, Dr Brian Alexander Science and Nature Leader from Pack 55, Brennen Ogletree BB Gun Range Master from Pack 6, Jesse Alvarado Camp Medic from Pack 42 and Chris Arnaud Precinct (Den) 15  Leader . All were great sports!!!

  The boys participated in flag ceremonies, performed skits, and lots of cheers. We had many sharpshooters on the BB and Archery Ranges. Mr. O and Super Dave said it was some of the best shooting they had seen in quite some time.  Dr. A at Science and Nature helped the boys discover clues. Also Ross Tenny from Pack 6 shared a pet Dove with the boys on Tuesday. Wednesday was very exciting JB Rattles brought out a few of his friends to teach the boys about reptiles.

    I want to thank the following people:  Michelle Bentley from Pack 42 without her administrative organizing skills camp definitely would not have run a smoothly as it did. Rick Campbell from Pack 828 sprayed for bugs on the grounds and delivered the bales of hay.  Mike Bentley Pack 42 cut out 70 bird houses for the Webelos project and Robbie Henderson the Order of the Arrow advisor for E. River provided the wood. I could go on and on with the things folks did to make it a great week.

I would like to ask you all to do me a favor please talk with the boys that attended camp find out one thing they did not like about the week and one thing they thought was awesome. I have many critiques to read over but I want to know what the boys thought. Please email (riffler@cox.net) those to me by 30 June.

Finally, I want to say thanks to Lorraine Flippin, our E River District Executive, she worked tirelessly to ensure camp was ready on time. Without her efforts the fun meter for the adults would have been much lower.

If there is anyone that is interested in assisting with next years Day Camp please email (riffler@cox.net ) or phone 757-228-7538 me. I will be contacting folks in the next couple of weeks to start working on a theme for the 100th anniversary next year.

For the Boys,

Ron Riffle

Elizabeth River District Day Camp Director

Pack 42 Committee Chairman

 Notes from the District Executive

William D. Boyce Award

The William D. Boyce New-Unit Organizer Award is presented to recognize volunteers who organize one or more traditional Scouting units. The award may be worn on the adult uniform. The award is a square knot placed over the three colors representing the three phases of our program – Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing.

A volunteer can earn the knot by organizing one traditional unit, and a program device can be earned for up to three additional units organized. Elizabeth River district has several chartered organizations that have committed to starting new units. The district needs your help in organizing these units. Contact Lorraine Flippin at 407-5056 or lorraine.flippin@scouting.org if you would like to volunteer to be an organizer for a unit.

Elizabeth River has several Organizations that would like to have a scouting unit for their youth program. If you or your unit is interested in helping to create an opportunity for boys to join a unit in their area, you can contact Lorraine at lorraine.flippin@scouting.org.

Thanks to Jeff Bobrow for helping to start a unit at Grace Lutheran, Jim Capasso for helping to start a unit at St Pauls UMC, Brennen Ogletree and Pack 6 for volunteering to start a unit at Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Chuck Cima and Troop 703 to start a Pack out of Apostles Lutheran, and Steven Weekley and Troop 320 for helping to start a Pack out of Messiah UMC.

 Jamboree 2010

2010 Jamboree is July 26, 2010-August 4, 2010 at Fort A.P.Hill, Virginia. Tidewater Council has a limited number of slots left! Sign up today to claim your spot. To submit an application for the 2010 National Jamboree go to www.MyScouting.org and log in. The contingent is now forming and spots are filling up quickly. For more information, visit www.tidewaterbsa.com . There are Scoutmaster positions open for Jamboree staff. If you are or were a Scoutmaster and would like to volunteer to be on staff log on to My Scouting and submit an application today.

 Popcorn

This years popcorn is expected to arrive at the end of July. There are some new items that will be available for a limited time. To get ready for the pocorn season, now is the time to select your popcorn “Kernel”. Once you have selected who will be your leader you need to notify Linda Boyce at linda.boyce@scouting.org or Donna Bennet at ERiverPopcorn@aol.com

 BLITZ WEEKEND

This program is being used to help rev up some sales quickly in your unit. A unit holds a
concentrated weekend sale at the beginning of their unit’s sale. The period of your sale should be
between a weekend and an entire week. For the time period measured, the youth with the
highest amount of sales will receive a blitz prize from the popcorn company. Your unit will also
get some samples. Your unit conducts it, your unit picks the time, your unit sets the rules, and as
long as it fits the above description…you’ll get the blitz kickoff package. The package also
includes a t-shirt for your unit chair. 

For more information on selling popcorn in your unit look for the popcorn manual on the front page of the tidewater Council Boy Scouts website.

Bounce House

Summer can be a great time to recruit. There are many boys that would love the chance to join now. Have each boy invite a friend to come play in the inflatable Bounce House. It is available for unit recruiting events. The Bounce House has been used successfully in conjunction with community events that have been held at churches, recreation centers, and community centers. If you would like the use of the Bounce House or would like help in scheduling a recruiting event contact Lorraine at lorraine.flippin@scouting.org

Training

These trained charts below are what the ScoutNET records indicate. In some cases you will note that the person is "Trained" but that they have not completed the component parts i.e. This is Scouting (New Leader Essentials) or Leader Specific of the "new" training courses for their position. These people are grandfathered in under the old training codes which were in effect before the current training courses came into being.
If the person listed in a position is different from your records, then the application for that person has probably not been processed or has not been submitted.
The training status is updated when  a class roster for a traditional "classroom" course is turned in, These official records are updated by volunteers in the Council Service Center. If the training status shown conflicts with your unit records it can be corrected if you will send a copy of the "training completed" card to the council office. In the case of on-line training records that conflict with your records this is usually, but not always, the result of not using your ID # when a person takes the course. If this has occurred, please contact the Council Service Center.

As of March 15, 2009 "New Leader Essentials" training is replaced with "This is Scouting". Currently "This is Scouting" training is available only online through the national website.

Please check the date on the chart to see when it was last updated.