May 2018 Newsletter
We are so excited to see that Spring is finally here with some nice weather. You may be starting to think about your summer plans. See below for Adventurous Journey Opportunities available this Spring, Summer and Fall.
Also, we just wanted to make everyone is aware that there will be a price change to $50 for the registration fee starting on July 1. We encourage you to get your award completed before the end of June so that you can register for the next level and save a bit of money. 
Awards Earned - March and April 2018

Congratulations to all of our recent Award achievers!

Gold

Emily Hunt

Silver

Samantha Gevers
Erin Rogowsky
Harmandeep Singh

Bronze

Malik Ahmed
Brenstin D.
Alex Gordon
Lionel H.
Darin Ng
Ryan Spence
Aayush Vij
Kadin Y


FRAME YOUR CERTIFICATES PERFECTLY!   

We have frames for sale that will fit your Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award Certificates and make them stand out!  Call the office for these great frames at $30 per frame.
Adventurous Journey Opportunities

FULL 
- Bronze Trip - May 25 - 27, 2018  with Twin River Travel 

CANCELLED - Silver Trip - June 24-27, 2018 with Twin River Travel - CANCELLED

Bronze Trip - June 29 - July 1, 2018 with Wilderland Adventure Company - Hiking Trip - Cost: $360 plus GST. For more information about this trips go to:  https://www.wilderland.ca/duke-of-ed-award

Gold Trip - July 6-10, 2018 with B'Nai Brith Camp Cost: $423.75 taxes included -
Kenora and Lake of the Woods Canoe Trip. To register for this trip send us an email -  manitoba@dukeofed.org  and ask for the forms.
More information available at:  https://bbcamp.ca/rentals-events/duke-of-edinburgh

Bronze Trip - July 13-15, 2018 with Wilderland Adventure Company - Hiking Trip - Cost: $360 plus GST. For more information about this trips go to:  https://www.wilderland.ca/duke-of-ed-award

Silver Trip - July 16-19, 2018 with B'Nai Brith Camp Cost: $367.25 taxes included.
Kenora and Lake of the Woods area Canoe Trip. To register for this trip send us an email -  manitoba@dukeofed.org  and ask for the forms.
More information available at:  https://bbcamp.ca/rentals-events/duke-of-edinburgh

Bronze Trip - July 27-29, 2018 with Wilderland Adventure Company - Hiking Trip - Cost: $360 plus GST. For more information about this trips go to: https://www.wilderland.ca/duke-of-ed-award

Gold Trip  - August 30 - September 3, 2018 with Twin River Travel - Cost: $525 plus GST - Bird River Canoe Trip.  For more information or to register for this trip go to:  https://www.twinrivertravel.com/specialty-trips/2018doetrips

Silver Trip - Sept. 14-17, 2018 with Wilderland Adventure Company - Hiking Trip - Cost: $425 plus GST. For more information about this trips go to: https://www.wilderland.ca/duke-of-ed-award

Bronze Trip - September 21 -23, 2018 with Twin River Travel - Cost $375 plus GST - Bird River Canoe Trip.  For more information or to register for this trip go to:  https://www.twinrivertravel.com/specialty-trips/2018doetrips

Bronze Trip - Sept. 21-23, 2018 with Wilderland Adventure Company - Hiking Trip - Cost: $360 plus GST. For more information about this trips go to:  https://www.wilderland.ca/duke-of-ed-award

If you have questions about any of these trips, please feel free to contact us by phone 204-988-3016 or by email manitoba@dukeofed.org.
Completing your Award in the Online Record Book

There are many steps to completing your Award in the Online Record Book. The usual issues are:
- the adventurous journey section
- assessor's reports
The adventurous journey section requires that you do 3 parts: Preparation and Training, Practice Journey and Qualifying Journey. For each of these parts you have to go in and set up the activity to say what you are going to do. Then you have to go and do that activity. Then you have to log back into the practice journey and qualifying journey parts and fill in the REPORT section. This is a tab at the top of the page when you click on Practice Journey or Qualifying Journey. It will ask you to fill in your Journey Observations before you send it to your assessor for approval. For your Practice Journey you can fill in what you did for your practice journey in this box. However, for the Qualifying Journey we highly recommend that you create a separate document for your adventurous journey write up so that you can share what you did for your whole trip. There must be an adventurous journey write up done in order for your award level to be approved. Make sure your write up has all the details about what you did on your trip.

Assessor's reports are another common issue. Once you send a section to your assessor for approval it is important to follow up with them to make sure they got it and actually fill it out. Sometimes it will go to their Spam mailbox so they will need to check. If you need your assessor report re-sent, we can do that for you from our office, just give us a call or send us an email manitoba@dukeofed.org
For the Adventurous Journey section, you need two assessors reports. One for the practice journey and one for the qualifying journey. It is two separate assessors reports. Make sure your assessors understand they will need to do it twice if they went with you on both trips. One assessor's report will not count for the adventurous journey section.

June is a busy time of year for award approvals. Make sure you get your submission in well in advance of any award presentations or graduation ceremonies so that we can have it approved in time. Please give at least 2 weeks for any approval of an award to occur. 

Everyone has a passion. What's yours?
 
At the Duke of Ed, we equip young people with the confidence and skills to be change makers in their communities. This summer, we are challenging Canadian youth from 16-24 to turn their passion into purpose in meaningful ways. An initiative under the Canada Service Corps, funded by the Federal Government - link here.
 
Passion to Purpose is a 5-day youth forum developed for 100 Canadians aged 16-24. Taking place at the University of Regina this August 13-17th, youth will participate in workshops, team building exercises and outdoor activities that will develop their passion into an action plan that creates lasting impacts within their communities.
 
At the Duke of Ed, we believe that education comes in many forms and that the objective of learning is self-growth. With our Passion to Purpose forum, participants will gain different perspectives by challenging each other with myriad insights that will evolve their understanding of the world.
 
The cost to attend the event is $200 and all meals and accommodations are included for the length of the event. Transportation from the Regina Airport to the University of Regina is included.  Transportation to and from Regina Airport is not included. However travel bursaries are available. 
 
Participants will start each morning inspired by our Duke of Ed alumni keynote speakers who have become change-makers in their own communities. The workshops, in combination with the outdoor activities throughout the day are designed to take participants from inspiration to realization. This is a great Gold/Residential project opportunity for participants working on their Gold level.
 
Visit us at  www.dukeofed.org/passiontopurpose   to apply, and email p2p@dukeofed.org with any further inquiries.
Volunteer with Local Health Involvement Groups!

The WRHA is looking for youth to get involved in their Local Health Involvement Groups. There are six groups throughout the city and they meet to address important issues that impact the health of communities in Winnipeg. 

If you are 16 years or older and are interested in this unique Community Service opportunity, find out more info and how to apply here.

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