Venturing

Venturing Voice – News from your Venturing Officers Association (VOA)

VOA Meetings

(the monthly planning & support meeting for all Venturing Crews & upcoming events & trainings)

Thursday, November 12, 7:00 p.m.

Scout Service Center, 1555 E. Second St., Wichita

Thursday, December 10, 7:00 p.m.

Scout Service Center, 1555 E. Second St., Wichita

Venturing Key 3

 

Venturing Officer’s Association President

Dakota Bass / contact via Advisors

Venturing Advisor

Julie Dalton / 316 841-0036 / buffalogal1@cox.net

Venturing Staff Advisor

Alan Lepard / 316-491-2225 / alan.lepard@scouting.org

Venturing Forum

 

1^st Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m., White Buffalo District Roundtable

Riverlawn Christian Church, 4243 N. Meridian, Wichita

Mike Covey / unclemikie01@yahoo.com

This is a monthly social & resourcing event for youth & adults from any and all crews.

Watch this link for more information on:

 

Kanik (Feb. 12-15 @ Philmont, New Mexico)

Lock-in (March 5-6)

Kodiak (Summer 2010)

White Buffalo

November 5       7:00 p.m.          Roundtable for all unit leaders

Riverlawn Christian Church, 4243 N. Meridian

*** Recharter packets will be distributed ***

November 7                               Popcorn Sale begins!

                                                Make sure your Scouts are helping to fund their program

November 7                               Pow Wow Training for all Cub Scout leaders

                                                See promotion & registration materials at www.quivira.org

November 11     7:00 p.m.          Commissioner Staff Meeting

Scout Service Center, 1555 E. Second St.

November 19     7:00 p.m.          District Committee Meeting

Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 7901 W. 21^st St.

December 3       7:00 p.m.          Roundtable for all unit leaders

Riverlawn Christian Church, 4243 N. Meridian

December 9       7:00 p.m.          Commissioner Staff Meeting

Scout Service Center, 1555 E. Second St.

December 11                             Popcorn pick-up

                                                (see below)

December 17     7:00 p.m.          District Annual Meeting

Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 7901 W. 21^st St.

Scouting for Food

Our community service project to collect food for the hungry happened primarily in September and October.  Thanks to the many units who collected food, gave it to local food banks, and reported results. 

Fund your ideal year of Scouting with Trail’s End Popcorn Sales

Contact District Kernel Jackie Wilkerson at 214-8748 or wbpopcorn@hotmail.com.

            November 7                               Popcorn Sale begins!

            November 29     10:00 p.m.         Take Order info must be entered online

                                                            Show & Sell returns must be entered online

            December 2       5:00-8:00 p.m.   Return all unsold popcorn to Jackie’s garage

                                                            482 S. Limuel Ct., Wichita

            December 11     per schedule      Pick up Take Orders at United Warehouse

                                                            Bring your unit check with you

                                                            901 E. 45^th St. N., Wichita

            December 21                             Unit checks will be cashed.

            Year-round                                Online popcorn sales

Webelos Woods

What an event!  Over 350 Webelos, plus Boy Scouts on staff & adults, totaled over 800 people at Camp Kanza for a weekend of fun Scouting activities.  The weekend was geared toward introducing your Webelos Scouts to what awaits them as Boy Scouts. Many thanks to the adult leaders, youth & adult staff, and great weather afforded for the weekend.

Commissioner Staff

Unit Commissioners and unit leaders should be in contact with each other once each month.  This relationship is designed for guidance and ideas, and an opportunity to learn more details and share information.  If your unit hasn’t had contact from a Commissioner lately, please contact District Commissioner Brent Jensen be_jensen@yahoo.com

Trappers’ Rendezvous

Are you planning to go to the 33^rd annual Trappers’ Rendezvous?  It will be January 15-17, 2010, at Harvey County West Park.  More info soon at www.quivira.org.

South Winds

District Notes

South Winds District Golf Tournament will be held November 21, 2009 at Quail Ridge Golf Course in WInfield Kansas.  Registration and lunchwill begin at 12: 00 p.m. with a 1:00 p.m. Shotgun start.  The format is a 4 person scramble.  Click here  for registration flyer.

Roundtable
The next Roundtable meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on November 3 at First United Methodist Church in Wellington.

Scouting for Food
Call or E-mail your Unit’s food weight, # of youth, and # of adults that participated to Bruce Carlson, Chairperson at 316-777-4062 or bkskcarlson@aol.com.

Training
Email Tina Coffey the training dates you have scheduled thus far so we can get you on the calender. Training will start back up in September 2009.  Please take in consideration camps, District, and Council activities that will be going on.  Make sure you indicate Cub Scout Training on the memo line of your email.  Unidentified emails will be deleted.  tcoffey1@maaauction.com

 

Photos

Camporee Photos can be found under Photo Albums.  Use password 895.

Popcorn
The Public Popcorn sale begins November 7.  Click on the popcorn tab under fundrasing for all of your popcorn needs.

Pawnee

Scouting for Food
Our community service project to collect food for the hungry happened primarily in September and October.  Thanks to the many units who collected food, gave it to local food banks, and reported results. 

POPCORN!  POPCORN!  POPCORN!
Can you smell it?  It’s the smell of Popcorn popping!  The annual popcorn sale begins November 7!  Our district is very fortunate to have a terrific popcorn Kernel, Georgia Henderson ghpopcorn@cox.net who assisted with a great sale last year, and she is back and ready to help your boys to go out there and sell, sell, sell!!!.

Georgia is working closely with your unit kernel to insure successful popcorn sales to benefit the youth in your unit. 

Commissioner Staff
Unit Commissioners and unit leaders should be in contact with each other at least once a month.  This relationship is designed for guidance and ideas, and an opportunity to learn more details and share information.  If your unit hasn’t had contact from a Commissioner lately, please contact District Commissioner Joe McCarville joseph.mccarville@renogov.org or District Commissioner Bob Good rgood@southwind.net .

Trappers’ Rendezvous
Are you planning to go to the 33^rd annual Trappers’ Rendezvous?  It will be January 15-17, 2010, at Harvey County West Park.  There will be more info soon at www.quivira.org.

Osage Nation

Scouting for Food
Osage Nation is right in the thick of the Scouting for Food season with units starting to report the amount of food they have collected this season to turn in to the local food pantries.  It should be another great year for Osage Nation. 

Roundtable
Roundtable will be Thursday November 5^th at 7:30pm at the First Christian Church, with a special guest, Scout Executive, Mike Johnson.  We will be having a new leader essential training this roundtable starting at 7:00pm for all of the new leaders that have joined the Scouting family during our Sign up for Scouting Campaign.  It will be held November 5^th at the First Christian Church in Independence Kansas. 

Fall Camporee/Webelos Woods
What a fantastic time everyone had at this event!  There were a lot of great activities, and a chance for everyone to catch up with all of their Scouting friends.  Many thanks go out to Jimmy Wolgmott and his staff for putting on such a great event!

Kanza

Kanza District is starting this camping season off on a high note.   So far the year is going well with success achieved during Sign up for Scouting.  The District continues great momentum with the national Good Turn for America project - Scouting for Food.  Kanza District achieved its goals on schedule and looks to keep this momentum going into the rest of the activities for the year including FOS and continuing getting kids involved with our program.

Other up coming events include:

Popcorn Public Sale begins November 7
District Round Table and District Committee Meeting – November 3, 2009

High Plains

High Plains – As we move into the fall and a seemingly early winter, everyone needs to be aware of all the activities that are going on, Please forward this on to anyone who might find any of this information useful.  I am trying to reach as many people as possible, so if you would like to join the email list please email ryan.heikes@scouting,org and I will add you to the list. 

 

Pow Wow classes are filling up fast, so if you want to ensure you are in the classes you want to take, please send in your registration ASAP.  Did you know that you can complete your registration online?  it’s easy, just go to www.quivira.org and click on the Pow Wow icon, fill in your info and your done!  No need to travel to the office to register!  If you have any questions about classes, please contact Tina Coffey 529-3995 or Mike Smith 650-0116 and they can answer all your questions.   

 

Scouting For Food – We have had a few packs and troops report in what they have collected and so far it has shown that the communities we live in are very generous.  Please continue to collect food for the less fortunate in our communities, as it will help many families get through these tough economic times.  If your unit has collected food already and have not reported it, or if you collect food in the next few weeks, please reply to this email and let me know how you did.

 

Roundtable Training – We have a host of trainings for your adult leadership at every roundtable.  This is the best opportunity for your adults to be trained and many of you are not taking advantage of it.  The training staff for the district are volunteers just like yourself, and they have volunteered their time to train others so you can be as successful as possible in the scouting world.  These are great opportunities for your leadership to take advantage of, so please review the attached training schedule and send your leaders to be trained.  It will make a world of difference in your program!!! 

 

Recharter is right around the corner!  Your unit commissioner should be coming around with your recharter packet here in about a month.  Your Unit Commissioner should also be conducting unit inventories with your unit’s leadership.  This will make recharter much easier for you and make the process much faster.  I will also be holding two trainings on the recharter process at our December 3rd and January 7th roundtables beginning at 7:30.  If you are new to the process or want a refresher course please be in attendance. 

In addition to the Recharter trainings, I am wanting to hold trainings of your choosing at Roundtables.  I will be following the recharter training with Online Advancement training, and Online Tour Permit training in the following months.  If there is something that you are having difficulty with, please let me know and I will hold a training on the subject.  This is up to you, if there is something that you would like to know, I will be available to train anyone on it, but I need to know what is giving you trouble, please let me know and I will schedule it.

 

Commissioner’s should be conducting unit inventories with all cubmasters and scoutmasters in the next few months.  Unit Inventories are a way of ensuring everyone taking part in scouting is registered.  It should only take a few minutes and can be done over the phone.  If you do not know who your commissioner is or you have not completed your unit inventory yet, please let us know and we can help you.  Units that complete these have a much easier time with advancements, recharter, and become better organized.  If you would like to conduct your unit inventory early, please contact John Davis at dav1229@sbcglobal.net

 

End of Year Awards – We have had some fantastic volunteers over the course of the year, and if you think they should be recognized for their outstanding work, then you need to nominate them for one or more of these awards!  Remember, if you do not nominate them, they might not get nominated at all!

Silver Beaver – Given to an outstanding volunteer that has served at the unit, district, and council levels for a number of years.  Shows an outstanding commitment to scouting at all levels.  Highest award a Council can bestow, and is awarded at Council Dinner in February.

District Award of Merit – Awarded to a volunteer who has shown an outstanding dedication to scouting at the Unit level and the District Level.  Highest award a District can bestow, and is awarded at District Dinner in January. 

In addition to the awards above, there are many other awards that are available at all levels of leadership, such as Cubmaster and Scoutmaster award of Merit, Den Leader awards, etc..  Please recognize the outstanding volunteers that you see in you units, they deserve it.

 

Opportunity – We are looking for a District Webmaster.  We have an adult who will help train and mentor but we wanted to offer this to an older scout who would like to opportunity to get some experience and add this to a college application.  If there are any scouts interested, (must currently be at least 18 years old, and registered in the BSA) please email ryan.heikes@scouting.org and we can discuss further.  We have only one spot available so if you are interested, it will be first come first served.

 

Thank you for what you do in scouting, it makes a huge difference in our communities.  Scouting can be an overwhelming organization, That is why I am here to help with whatever you need.  If you need more kids in a certain den, let me know and we can do a special recruitment for that age group, or if you just need answers or advice, I’m here to help.  Please feel free to contact me with any issue or suggestion regarding scouting and I will make myself available.  Remember, if I don’t hear about a problem or a need, I cannot do anything about it. 

 

As always, thank you for what you do for Scouting.

Dodgeball Tournament

November 14 at Garvey Sports Center
1410 S. Glendale in Wichita

Youth Division
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Teams of 6 – Adult Supervision Required
Free of Charge – Open to ALL (Scouts and non-Scouts)

Adult Division
3:00 p.m. until the last team is standing
$200 entry fee – Cash Prize for the #1 Team!
6 per team – Guaranteed 3 match minimum
After party at Larry Buds Sports Bar

All proceeds benefit Quivira Council

Register youth and adult teams at www.quivira.org.   Click on the dodgeball logo and sign up today!

Popcorn

Fall Sale promises to be a ‘Poppin’ Good Time!

The Quivira Popcorn Sale begins Saturday, November 7, 2009. All units have had an opportunity to attend a Popcorn Chair (Kernel) training and units will be picking up their pre-ordered ‘Show and Sell’ orders the weekend of October 16/17 – only 2 weeks away!

Don’t forget to plan a Military Sale and ‘Support Our Troops’ the week of Veteran’s Day, November 9th – 14th. No product needed, and this year we have dedicated order forms just for the Military Sale – and don’t forget to order some receipts! Two levels of giving are available this year: Gold at $40 and Silver at $25 – both great ways to support our men and women worldwide with some tasty treats to say “thanks for all you do”.

We hope you have all started securing your favorite retail spots to set up your table sales beginning November 7th – it’s not too early to plan for them now!

Pre Orders are due on the Trail’s End System under ‘Show and Deliver’ no later than 5 pm on Monday, October 5, 2009. Questions? Contact your District Kernel now!

As always, we are here to help your unit fund your Ideal Year of Scouting…let us know how we can help!

Council Contact: Kim Manor | kmanor@bsamail.org | Office: (316) 491-7770

Memorials

IN LOVIING MEMORY OF JAY VINCENT DUNN

Donald & Susan Neckita
Carl D. & Maryann Smith
Fayeann Sandstrum
George & Sadie Martin
Wilma A. Brandes Trust
Duane & Aletha Van Camp
Frank H. Bush Family Trust
Roger Zerener
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Offutt
Hugh K. & Lavera Leopard
Jack & Kathy Hermsen
Kenneth & Bonnie Rudeen
Steven Dunn

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ORVILLE ESHELMAN

Tara Mooreman

IN LOVING MEMORY OF BETTY HANKINS

Hal & Jeanne Dick