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Voyageur Council Trail Guide
September 22, 2023 - REVISED
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Hello Scouters, Rovers and Venturers: Welcome to your latest Trail Guide. A few items were missed on the original email, and are highlighted below.
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New and updated information this week: Additional Pride neckers, Scoutcraft update, MedicAlert/ScoutCraft, Amateur (HAM) Radio operator course, BP Guild, SENS Scout Day, RoVent, JOTA/JOTI, Beavers' 50th, and more.
Have you checked out the News and Events section on Scouts.ca? You can find great updates there along with new ideas, new resources, and much more!
Cut off for this issue was September 20. Deadline for the next issue is October 4. If you have something you would like included in an upcoming Trail Guide, click here to provide the information. Questions? Comments? Contact dave.stremes@scouts.ca.
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Additional Pride Neckers!
As we had a lot of interest regarding the Pride neckers, Council has ordered another batch! In light of celebrating the success, we will be covering some of the cost again. They will be $6 each and the cost (plus shipping if applicable), will be billed to the group. There are limited quantities of both youth and adult sizes so it will be first come, first served.
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SCOUT CAMP OTTER LAKE QC WORK WEEKEND
14 October 2023 from 09:00 to 16:30
We are looking for the assistance of Scouters and Senior Sections’ Youth to join us to do a number of projects and help prepare the camp for the winter. Lunch and Dinner will be provided, e.g., Hotdogs and hamburgers. The cost is $5 per person to cover food. Money will be collected at the camp.
Some of the projects require tools such as axes, hammers, saws, cordless drills, drill bits for wood and steel, screwdrivers, cordless skill saws, reciprocating saws, rakes and shovels, etc. – No chainsaws Permitted! Please bring Personal Protection Equipment such as safety glasses and work gloves. A few of the projects are a) Construct Shelves in the new storage container, b) Finish the Axe Throwing Backstop Wall, c) Take apart the old Canoe Storage Rack, d) Building Picnic Tables, e) Splitting Firewood, etc. Also, if there are any photographers out there, we would like to document all the artwork and graffiti in the cabin that has accumulated over the years before it is repainted.
Participants are invited to stay over Friday night to Sunday if they want but must come self-contained and the cabin is not available.
- Group Name and Section
- Contact Name
- Contact Email
- Contact Cellular Phone No.
- Number of Scouters
- Number of Youth
- Number of Other Persons - Groups are responsible for properly approving any other persons attending.
- Any Food Allergies in the Group
See you at Scout Camp Otter Lake QC on 14 October!
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Scoutcraft & Medic Alert Camp!
Apple Hill Scout Reserve will be the site and the October 13-15 weekend will be a great chance to learn new skills, refresh your skills for a new scouting year and have a blast!
- Scoutcraft - Scouts will be introduced to a series of activities such as use of knives, axes, saws, compasses, cooking, lanterns, stoves, camp set-up, knots and lashing. This is an ideal program for new and first-year Scouts. Earn your permits and be ready for the camp season.
- Pioneering – This is the program for those who already have their permits. They will be building large-scale projects such as a bridge (using staves, lashing, etc.), oriented toward the more experienced woodfolk!
- First Aid – for senior youth and leaders: Canadian Red Cross Standard First Aid Training (Cost for this program is an additional $140 and includes a certificate and badge.)
Bring your songs, skits, and cheers for the all-group campfire!
Registration is $20/youth, and $10/scouter * additional fees for the first aid course. Fees include camp badge too! Deadline for Registration is October 6th, 2023
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Scoutcraft update - Winter Skills coming!
Wow! We had a great training weekend at Camp Sheldrick, Sept. 15-17, for our annual Scoutcraft 1&2 course. The weather was perfect, the program was jam-packed, and the training team was very well received. It was our biggest outdoor skills course yet with 37 participants!!! We had scouters from Montreal to London, and a couple of Guiders too. It was so much fun meeting scouters from all sections and experience, fairly even representation of male and female scouters, great information, great discussions, and good practical sessions. Scouters were in patrols and got to know each other over the course of the weekend. Lots to be excited for in the coming scouting year. We met our new Council Commissioner, Leo Caisse, who came for Saturday morning and "worked" the crowd getting to know what they do and what they need. He gave us encouragement and left encouraged by what he saw. Many thanks to Eric Hansen and his team for the ongoing prep and improvements to Camp Sheldrick, great support.
For many, this was their first formal in-person training experience and they are hungry for more! On that note, SAVE THE DATE for our annual WINTER OUTDOOR SKILLS Course, to be confirmed, January 5-7, 2024. Watch for details in November.
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DONATION FOR SCOUTING GROUPS/SECTIONS/PROPERTIES
Cadillac Fairview is donating to the local Scouting Groups, Sections, and Properties the new unused items listed below. These items were originally purchased in 2019 for Cafeterias they planned to open in their shopping centres. Due to the Pandemic, the cafeterias never opened, and they have since changed their plans. This has resulted in all the items they previously purchased not being required.
Tableware Setting includes:
o 6" Plate, Square
o 8" x 10" Plate, Rectangular
o 10" x 12" Plate, Rectangular
o 2.5" Diameter x 1.25" Deep Condiments Dish
o 4.5" Diameter x 2.25" Deep Bowl
o 6" Diameter x 3" Deep Bowl
o 8" Diameter x 3.5" Deep Bowl
o 10" Diameter x 3" Deep Bowl
· Drinkware:
o 3.75" Diameter x 4" Tall Coffee Cups
o 3.25" Diameter x 5.5" Tall Glass, made of Scientific Glass so they are extremely durable.
o If I’m correct, there are also teacups and saucers – I just did not get a sample of them.
· Utensils, Metal:
o Knives: Bread & Butter (standard knife), steak knives,
o Forks: Dinner, Dessert
o Spoons: Dinner, Soup
· Tableware Accessories - For Properties only:
In addition to the above tableware, the following is also available:
o Pickup Dish bins,
o Cutlery Holders for the industrial dishwashers,
o Trays for the glasses and cups for the industrial dishwashers
o Stacking Carts for moving and storing the tableware
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SENS Scouts Day 2023
This year SENS Scouts Day is Saturday October 21; 13:00 at the Canadian Tire Centre 1000 Palladium Dr Ottawa, Ontario K2V 1A5.
Come see the Sens vs. Detroit Red Wings. Scouts Day 2023 is open to family and friends. All scouting members will receive a commemorative badge!
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RoVent 2023
We are pleased to announce that RoVent 2023 will be happening this year! It will take place at Camp Opemikon from 6pm Friday, October 27 to 12pm Sunday, Oct 29. The camp is open to all members of Scouting and Guiding ages 14 and up. RoVent is a youth planned and run, medieval/fantasy themed award camp.
Join us and try your hand at the games in our Faire, use your camp craft skills to build and test a catapult and get your creative juices flowing as you attempt to solve our Quest, based around this year's theme - "Robin Hood".
Registration will be posted to the Facebook page shortly.
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Save the date for Beavers' 50th
For half a century, Beavers has been fostering a sense of adventure, camaraderie, and personal growth among our youngest members. This journey has been marked by countless memories, friendships, and moments of learning and fun.
To commemorate this significant occasion, Voyageur Council has planned an unforgettable celebration June 1, 2024 and we want you to be a part of it. Save the date!!! More details coming soon!
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Calling all Colony Scouters!
Join us in celebrating a remarkable milestone - the 50th anniversary of Scouts Canada Beavers! 🌟
We're on the lookout for passionate volunteers to help us plan an unforgettable event for June 1st. Whether you have event planning expertise or simply a love for scouting, your contribution can make a difference. Together, we can create lasting memories and continue the spirit of adventure.
Together, we'll make this anniversary unforgettable! 🙌 #ScoutsCanadaBeavers50th
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CQ CQ CQ calling all Scouts and Scouters interested in becoming an Amateur (HAM) Radio operator
Getting your Amateur Radio license opens the door to radio enabled science. Learn about electricity, electronics, astronomy, geography, and meteorology. Get introduced to new sports like radio orienteering, Parks on the air, mountain Summits on the Air, and things like Radio Field Day camping. Learn new skills like using hand tools, measuring with multi-meters and how to solder. This is the original social media with Youth on the Air, public service and emergency preparedness being part of it. They say Amateur Radio is a thousand hobbies in one. Open the door to your inner technologist
Our next course will be starting October 1st, cost is $80 for Scouts or full time students, $100 for Moms and Dads. Classes will be held in-person at the National Office, 1345 Baseline Road, Ottawa (Home of Scout Radio station VE3SHQ) Sunday afternoons. A Zoom session will be hosted for those who can't make it to the in-person class. More details at oarc.net/courses or contact VE3SHQ@Scouts.ca
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Jamboree of the Air / Jamboree on the Internet
JOTA-JOTI is an international jamboree taking place around the world simultaneously October 21 and 22. It is organized by WOSM, the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Scouts from all over the world communicate over the Air on amateur radio and over the Internet using a variety of technologies. The Scouts Canada Museum will be hosting an advanced technology setup specifically for this event. There are loads of different ways to communicate, including text-based chat, voice chat, video chat, emails, blogs, and social media networks. JOTA-JOTI allows you to meet Scouts from around the world and to find out more about their culture and scouting life. https://www.jotajoti.info/
This is exciting news for Scout Groups in the Ottawa area. The National Office (1345 Baseline Rd) National Museum of Scouting, home of Amateur Radio Station VE3SHQ will be hosting a wide variety of activities from 10am to 4pm Saturday October 21 and Sunday 22, 2023. There will be licensed Amateur Radio Scouters on hand to help get youth on the air for JOTA. The radio setup is enhanced over previous years and this will make talking to remote Scouts even better.
This year we have added additional program activities, including computers for JOTI access, a Museum Treasure Hunt featuring different challenge levels from Beavers to Venturers. Participate in a quest and explore our collection with via games and other activities. JOTA/JOTI is all about communicating and that includes some other communications technologies to learn about and try. Advanced Registration details will be provided in the next issue of the Trail Guide. In the meantime, if you wanted to learn something about a Scout from far away, what three questions would you ask them? For more information, contact Scouts Canada Museum via email: museum@scouts.ca
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BP Guild
The 7th BP Guild (Bytown) is growing and accepting new members. It’s ideal for Scouters who want to stay involved, but don’t have the time or energy to be active with the youth. If you have left Scouting, but would like to enjoy the fellowship in a relaxed environment, you are welcome to join us as well. We do welcome active leaders as well.
The Guild meets monthly from September to June at Scout HQ in Ottawa. We help out the Scouts Canada National Museum, and are looking to plan new activities for the future. We have members with ages ranging from 26 to 90; you must be 18 or older to join.
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