February’s FORUM will feature Dr. John Bowen, the Wilderness First Aid instructor for the 2009 Kodiak Whitewater Xpedition on the Salmon River in Idaho. This month, FORUM meets at the Gaylord Scout Center at 7 PM. This trip has been featured on Venturing District News on a previous post. Remember, FORUM is held on the [...]
Entries from January 2009
February Forum Features Kodiak Whitewater Xpedition
January 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Events & Activities · High Adventure
Climb On Safely / Rappeling-Climbing Training
January 20th, 2009 · No Comments
April 3 – 4, 2009 Class times: Friday 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Bring your lunch) Location: Camp Kickapoo, meeting at Eagle Lodge Cost: $20.00 (includes some supplies, tower use and BSA publication “Topping Out”) Class Size: maximum of 15 Requirements: Registered with BSA, 18 years or older, and [...]
Tags: Training
Wilderness First Aid – 2009
January 20th, 2009 · No Comments
An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure when you are in the wilderness. Wilderness First Aid is an American Red Cross program that focuses on prevention of accidents as well as handling the unique first aid care skills necessary when help is more than an hour away. This training is required [...]
Tags: Training
January Venturing District Committee
January 15th, 2009 · No Comments
This is your reminder that the next Venturing District Committee meeting is Thursday, January 29th at 7 PM at the Gaylord Scout Center (last Thursday of each month). Committee Chairs need to be prepared to bring the committee up tp date on their committee’s plans for the next 12 months. Have you nominated someone for [...]
Tags: Events & Activities
Southern Region Venturing President Application
January 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Applications for the 2009-2010 Regional Venturing Presidents are out. The application is accessible via the Southern Region Venturing Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/srventuring/ Councils are allowed to nominate only one youth, and those applications must be into the Southern Region office by March 2nd. Age limit for applicants has changed! They can now run as long as [...]
Tags: Events & Activities
Southern Region Venturing Newsletter
January 7th, 2009 · No Comments
Click Here for the latest Southern Region Venturing Newsletter. SR Venturing Newsletter 2008 12
Tags: Awards & Recognition · Events & Activities
Venturing What Knot
January 4th, 2009 · No Comments
Several adult BSA issued awards appear as knots that leaders can wear on their uniforms. All of these come with a Khaki background. Some Venturing leaders have the knot with a spruce green background that contrasts better with the Venturing uniform top. At one time, the BSA was producing the green background knots. This was discontinued [...]
Tags: Awards & Recognition