The Longhorn Times - January 2018

Friends of Scouting, Strategic Planning, Texas High Adventure, Fundraising, and More! FRIENDS OF SCOUTING KICKS OFF The 2018 Friends of Scouting Campaign kicked off with the Council's Executive Board on January 16th and then the Longhorn Council's Staff conducting their Friends of Scouting campaigns. This annual Friends of Scouting campaign has a goal for 2018 of $1,400,000.  It is a significant piece of the 6.8 million dollar Council budget, therefore we call your attention to your opportunity to provide for monthly services, facilities, and potential for growth through a contribution to the Friends of Scouting Campaign. Individual Scouting units—Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Venturing Crews, and Explorer Posts—all may earn their free Rank Advancements by conducting a successful FOS campaign to hit their goal. Once that is done the Goal Completion Form is returned to the Council Service Center. Other donors may wish to attend one of the 20 community FOS events held at breakfasts or lunches across the Council. Call the Council Service Center to locate the event closes to you. Thank You for your past support, and for what you will do this year. Kick off your Friends of Scouting Campaign COME TO THE LONGHORN COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION! Recently, the Longhorn Council Executive Board approved a strategic plan covering the years 2018 to 2022. You may read a copy of the Plan and goals for the next five years. The next steps are to roll out the Plan for all to be familiar with, and to establish interim goals with by-dates so that we can track our progress. Any Scouters interested in being part of the planning process are invited to attend a strategic planning session which will take place on Saturday, February 3 rd from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Council Service Center in Hurst. All you need to do is to RSVP to Linda Presley at lpresley@bsamail.org so that we can plan to have enough food for lunch. We will begin the day with each of our four main sub-committees presenting the five-year goals that they established. We will then have breakout sessions so that each committee may focus on timelines to accomplish shorter-term goals that will lead to the overall accomplishment of the longer-term goals. Anyone attending will be invited to join the breakout session that most interests them. We are hoping for a great representation from Scouters from throughout the entire Longhorn Council, and we hope that you will consider participating. In appreciation for all that you do for Scouting in the Longhorn Council, Jim Hamilton, Council President Joe Burnett, Council Commissioner Michael Cawood, Executive Vice President John Coyle, Scout Executive View the Plan and Goals for the next five years RECOGNIZE YOUR VOLUNTEER LEADERS The Silver Beaver Award is the highest award a local Council may present to a volunteer. MARCH 1 is the deadline for nominations for the 2018 Silver Beavers. Those nominated last year will be automatically rolled over for consideration again this year. If it has been two years since you nominated someone, please update the application and resubmit your entry. The Longhorn Council has so many truly exceptional volunteers, we want them all to be considered with the most up to date information.  Your nomination form is attached. 2018 Silver Beavers will be awarded at the Tuesday, April 24th Longhorn Council Awards Banquet. Lean about Silver Beaver Nominations LONGHORN COUNCIL, HOME OF THE TEXAS HIGH ADVENTURE BASE You need to try our flagship high adventure program, Chisolm Trail! Be a viking warrior, a cavalry soldier, a Texas ranger! Fire canons, fight outlaws, dual English Knights! Ride horses & ATVs, go tubing, sailing, wakeboarding & more! Spend a week learning to wakeboard! You'll be on the water almost 8 hours a day on our Steele Island Wakeboarding High Adventure! Canoe 50 miles on the Brazos River Canoe Trip, a Worth Ranch High Adventure tradition! Spend a week sea kayaking and camping with a caving trip at the end of your adventure on our Tahuaya Sea Kayaking & Caving Trek! Lean about the TEXAS HIGH ADVENTURE BASE! NEW THIS SPRING A scout is thrifty!  A scout earns their own way.  A vital part of the scouting program are these two value statements. To help facilitate the attainment of these goals, the Longhorn Council coordinates a Spring Product Sale.  Previously units had only one option---Camp Cards.  Now, you have two! Longhorn Council is providing an opportunity to raise funds for the unit's and individual youth's program options by selling Trash Bags.  These are durable, environmentally friendly, economical bags that fit perfectly with the Scouting movement.  Everyone uses trash bags; induviduals and businesses will purchase rolls of bags each month. For units that had success selling Camp Cards, please continue. The program is very easy and it works.  For those units outside of the metroplex or those wish to substitute or add to their campaign, the Trash Bag campaign is a perfect option.  Both campaigns can be explored by going to www.scoutfund.net. Find more at ScoutFund.net Eagle Scout of the Month Samuel Vanhoozer The project at the zoo's Brazos River shorebird aviary included hauling fresh sand to the beach in the exhibit and building "shipwrecked" shipping crates to cover pipes. Read More Trout Tournaments & Trout-O-Rees Boy Scout and Venturing Trout Tournaments or Cub Scout Trout-O-Rees at Camp Tahuaya. Each December the lake at Camp Tahuaya is stocked with a truckload of Rainbow Trout from Missouri. Register for Trout Tournaments Register for Trout-O-Rees (Cubs) A Scout is Reverent! Scout Sunday is February 4th, 2018 and is the primary date to recognize the contributions of young people and adults to Scouting More Information Klondike Derby! Patrols/teams will load the wagons/sleds with their personal and patrol equipment and pull them through the competition course using a map and compass to find each station. Register Online Spring Break STEM camp is a week long camp that has fun engaging STEM Activities for youth (boys and girls) in Kindergarten through 6th grade. Register Longhorn Council Ft. Worth Clay Shoot May 17th, 2018 Longhorn Council Ft. Worth Clay Shoot organizing committee invites you to participate in the 4th annual event on May 17, 2018 at Alpine Shooting Range.  Please see details on the attached flyer, and direct any questions to Renee Horton at 817-231-8518 or rhorton@bsamail.org Read More on Twitter Are you Trained? Find our about upcoming training opportunities available at the council level from COR Training, Fundamentals of Training, Committee Training, Scoutmaster Basics, Visual Storytelling, NRA Muzzle Loading Instructor, CPR and Wilderness First Aid Courses and more! View the LHC Training Calendar   Longhorn Council, Boy Scouts of America Longhorn Council eNewsletter Volume V, Issue 1 January 2018  Trouble viewing this email? View as Web Page.

Alumni Alive! - Winter 2018 e-Magazine

Read Alumni Alive! as a webpage, pdf, e-magazine Quick Links Directors Message Alumni News Happenings Program Alumni Profiles Survival Hacks Winter Issue Highlights Find the Answer to Everything at a Summer Conference In his "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" books, British writer Douglas Adams famously proclaimed that the answer to... Read More How Exploring Can Strengthen Your Company In a 2017 survey, just 18% of respondents said volunteering can enhance their career opportunities. That's presumably because the... Read More Meet Joe Weishaarl During his teen and college years, Joe Weishaar figures he spent more than a year of his life living in a tent... Read More Survival Hacks with CR///EK Snow blindness (photokeratitis) is a very real phenomenon. Imagine sunburn-like symptoms... Read More Follow on Twitter   Friend on Facebook Copyright © 2017 Boy Scouts of America, All rights reserved.  Our mailing address is:  Scouting Alumni and Friends 1325 W. Walnut Hill Lane P.O. Box 152079 Irving, TX 75015-2079 Telephone Number: (972) 580-2000 You're receiving this message because of your affiliation with (SAF) Scouting Alumni and Friends.To prevent mailbox filters from deleting mailings from (SAF) Scouting Alumni and Friends, add noreply@scouting.org to your address book.

Flag Retirement Pictures

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If you were a Cub Scout...

If you were a Cub Scout in Arlington in the 1950's in Pack 57, can you identify

any of the Cub Scouts or leader in this photo?  Boy in wheelchair is identified.

2018 Feb newsletter

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LONGHORN ACTIVITY CENTER NEWS

It's Alive

Spring STEM Adventure March 12-16, 2018

Longhorn Activity Center

Spring Break Adventure is a STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math adventure for boys and girls in Kindergarten – 6th grade

Cost: $275.00

Time: 9 am – 4 pm

Location: 5350 Basswood Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76137

Themes:

• Nature
• Electricity
• Circuits
  
  
  Early arrival: 7:00 am – 8:30 am - $25.00 fee Late pickup: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm - $25.00 fee
  
  
  For more information: LAC@longhorn.org Email: camping@longhorn.org
  Phone: 817-231-8537
  For more information: LAC@longhorn.org Email: camping@longhorn.org
  Phone: 817-231-8537
  
  
  Swim Lessons @ LAC
  Swim lessons from 6 months and older will Begin in June. All instructors are Water Safety Instructors in addition to certified lifeguards.
  
  
  Parent/child classes and 3-5-year-old Classes consist of eight 30 minute sessions for $75.00.
  
  
  School Age Children 6 and older have eight 45 minute sessions for $75.00.
  
  
  Sign-ups begin soon.
  Council Pinewood Derby
  Will your car be the Council champion this year?
  
  
  Register for the Council's Pinewood Derby to find out. The event will be held on February 24th & 25st at the Longhorn Activity Center. If you wish to participate, you need to preregister for the race. Racers pick their race times.
  Winners will be announced by Monday February 26th.
  
  
  For more information or to register, visit the website at:
  http://www.longhorncouncil.org/event/council- pinewood-derby/
  
  
  
  Passport to adenture day camp
  Your summer destination for outdoor adventures and Cub Scout FUN. A week of outdoor fun for Cub Scout & parent
  District: .................Town: .....................Dates:

  June 4th Week

  Chisholm Trail* .. Temple ....................June 4-8 T Frontier Trails Denton Hills and Hollows ...June 4-8 T Leon Valley ........ Killeen ...................June 4-8 T
  Mustang ............. Keller .....................June 4-8
  Roadrunner......... Euless ....................June 4-8 T
  
  

  June 11th week

  Cross Timbers ... Arlington .…...........June 11-15 T
  Brazos Valley…….Weatherford………June 11-15
  Lakeview*………..Grapevine…………June 12-15
  Tejas .................. Kennedale ..............June 11-15
  Tonkawa ............ Hills and Hollows ..June 11-15
  Topsanah........... Argyle ....................June 11-15 T
  Trinity Trails …….South F/W………..June 11-15
  
  

  June 18th Week

  Santa Fe ............ Cleburne.................June 18-22 T
  Silver Star (North) Azle ……………....June 18-22 Trailblazer .......... N. Richland Hills ..June 18-22 Indian Nations……Waco……………..June 18-22 ("T" designates twilight camp)
  
  
  (Fees, Dates, Times and Locations subject to change)
  
  

  Dinosaur Hunters

  Become a Dinosaur Hunter at this year's Cub Scout & Webelos Resident Camp!
  
  
  Four Webelos and Cub Scout sessions are available. Cub Scout and Webelos Camps help you bring outdoor fun and learning to your Cub Scout's summer at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch (SR2) near Bridgeport or Camp Tahuaya near Belton.
  
  
  Activities include shooting sports, kayaking, canoeing, climbing and of course swimming. Cubs and Webelos will also have opportunities to earn achievements and/or electives for their rank.
  
  
  June 24 – 27 & June 27 – 30 @ Camp Tahuaya
  July 8-11 & July 11 – 14 @ SR2
  
  
  $125 for Youth and $50 for Adults
  
  
  http://www.longhorncouncil.org/camps- properties/cub-scout-day-camp/cub-scout- webelos-resident-camp/
  CONTACT INFO 
  
  

  Programs

  Program Executive Sandi Bertocci
  Sandi.Bertocci@scouting.org 817-231-8572
  Program Executive Charity Drabik
  Charity.Drabik@scouting.org 817-231-8514
  Program Executive Brian Estler
  Brian.Estler@scouting.org 817-231-8515
  
  

  Longhorn Activity Center

  Klondike Derby
  Winter Outdoor Skills Competition! Saturday, February 17, 2018.
  Each patrol/crew must build and bring a wheeled Klondike sled or a wheeled miniature Conestoga or Prairie Schooner Wagon with their trademark canvas bonnets! Participants can serve as the draft animal of their choice: dogs, horses, oxen, or mules - depending on the vehicle they bring! Patrols/teams will load the wagons/sleds with their personal and patrol equipment and pull them through the competition course using a map and compass to find each station. Competition Stations are named after famous Gold Rush towns. Patrols/teams will receive "gold" nuggets for their score at each station.
  LAC Director Charity Drabik
  LAC@longhorn.org 817-231-8514
  LAC Program Director Sandi Bertocci
  Sandi.Bertocci@scouting.org 817-231-8572
  
  

  Camps

  SR2 Ranger Brian Holt
  sr2ranger2@yahoo.com 940-575-4160
  Worth Ranger Tim Leggett
  timleggett72@gmail.com 940-659-2195
  Tahuaya Ranger Dennis Elliott
  tahuayaranger@yahoo.com 254-947-5525
  Lakeview Lodge & Conference Ctr. Alan Holt
  lakeview.lodge.lhc@gmail.com 940-575-4160
  
  
  Registrar Jane Narvaez
  camping@longhorn.org 817-231-8537
  Dir. of Support Services Jeff Peters
  Jeff.Peters@scouting.org c: 817-706-1526
  
  
  
  
  
  Coming Up . . .
  The Outdoor Link
  
  
  "Delivering the outdoor experience"
  February 2018

  Boy Scouts/Venturing Cub Scouts

  
  

  VOA 3Trout Tournament Klondike Derby	SR2 Tahuaya Tahuaya	Feb Feb 10,11 Feb 17	Trout-O-Ree Council Pinewood Derby Webelos Woods	Tahuaya LAC Tahuaya	Feb 24, 25 Feb 24,25 Mar 10
  Spring-O	Sr2	Mar 24	Spring Break Camp	LAC	Mar 12 – 16
  Canoe Races	Worth	April 21 & 28	Rocket Academy	SR2	Mar 17
  			Webelos Woods	Worth	Mar 24
  			Family Adventure	SR2	April 7
  			Family Adventure	Tahuaya	April 14

  
  
  

  Summer Camp Interviews

  
  
  Chisholm Trail, Sid Richardson Scout Ranch & Worth Ranch @ LHC Hurst Office; Camp Tahuaya @ Camp Tahuaya February 11 & March 18 – 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  IN THIS ISSUE

  Upcoming Events......................................................Page 1
  
  
  Camp Staff Interviews ..............................................Page 1
  
  
  Webelos Woods .......................................................Page 1
  
  
  Summer Camp News ................................................Page 2
  
  
  Volunteer News.........................................................Page2
  
  
  Spring Break Camp @ LAC........................................Page 3
  
  
  Summer STEM Camp @ LAC ....................................Page 3
  
  
  Swim Lessons @ LAC ................................................Page 3
  
  
  Council Pinewood Derby ..........................................Page 3
  
  
  Resident Camp .........................................................Page 4
  
  
  Klondike Derby .........................................................Page 4
  
  
  Day Camp .................................................................Page 4
  
  
  Contact Info..............................................................Page 4
  Webelos Woods
  March 10 @ Camp Tahuaya March 24 @ Worth Ranch
  
  
  Webelos Woods is designed specifically for Cubs who will soon be moving into the Boy Scout Program. This weekend introduces Webelos Scouts and their parents to some of the exciting adventures of Boy Scouting with fun activities, intriguing Scoutcraft demonstrations, outdoor adventures, ceremonies, and a bridging crossover for Arrow of Light Scouts and their parents.
  Webelos may participate as individuals or with their Dens.
  For more Information visit our website
  http://www.longhorncouncil.org/event/web elos-woods/
  

  Summer Camp NEWS

  If your troop is planning on attending a LHC Camp dates are filling up fast and you should get your reservations in soon.
  
  

  Camp 2017	Worth Ranch	Tahuaya	SR2	Chisholm Trail	BRCT	Sea Kayak & Caving	Steele Island Wakeboard Camp
  June 10-16	Week 1	Week 1	Week 1	Week 1	Week 1	Week 1	Week 1
  June 17-23	Week 2	Week 2	Week 2	Week 2	Week 2	Week 2	Week 2
  Jun 24 – 30	Week 3	Cub Week	Week 3	Week 3	Week 3	Week 3	Week 3
  July 1 – 7	- - -	- - -	Week 4	Week 4	Week 4	- - -	Week 4
  July 8 – 14	Aquatic School	- - -	Cub Week. Tech Week	- - -	- -	- - -	- - -

  
  

  Earn Free Boat and Equipment Rentals for your Unit

  
  
  
  
  VOLUNTEER HELP NEEDED
  
  
  • Council Pinewood Derby February 24 & 25
  • Klondik Derby February 17
  • Webelos Woods March 10 & 24
  • Rocket Academy March 17
  • Family Adventure April 7 & 14
  • Canoe Races April 21 & 28

Activity	Points Earned		Equipment Rental	Point Cost
Run Shooting Sports Range	200		½ Day Climbing (Day time)	400
Run Mobile Climbing Wall	200		½ Day Climbing (night time)	500
Run kitchen including prepping, cooking & cleaning (min 5 people)	200		Rifle (50 shots/boy)	600
10+ volunteers who help with an event	100		Shotgun (bring own shells/clays)	400
Be a Host Troop (event planning, recruiting volunteers, running the event)	600		Trailer of Canoes (10 each)	600
Mountain Bike trail building – 8 hour service project on a Saturday	600

Contact Camping@longhorn.org for a list of volunteer opportunities.

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