October 2009 Update

Hope your Scouting year is off to a great start! I just wanted to let you know of a couple news items and upcoming events:

Voyageur Council Food Drive (November 7, 2009): Chapel Hill Troop is participating in the Council Food drive, and is wondering if any other groups are.

Stake Scout Winter Camp: There will be no Stake Winter Scout camp this year. Traditionally this is held around New Years Day, which falls on a Friday this year. We've picked this day usually because Scouts are out of school and leaders usually are available. The camp has got to be two nights in order to get the winter camping requirement out of the way. With New Years' Eve on the Thursday, I just don't think it will work on that particular weekend.

Scout Klondike Derby (February 13, 2010): This is the 45th year for this fantastic day-long activity run by Heritage Area. For the last few years Champlain and Riverside Scouts have participated and really enjoyed themselves (Champlain ward is the reigning intermediate division champion!). For more information, here's a link to the 2007 version. The location is generally the only thing that changes.


Stake Chief Scout Days: As a result of a conversation at August's LDS International Camp, I'm planning for two Stake "Chief Scout Days" in 2010. Tentative dates are May 15 and either November 13 or 20 (I don't recall). The idea is to have a day-long activity where we can get together for a fun and knock off some Chief Scout requirements. My early thoughts are:

May - "Amazing Race" themed activity to fulfill Citizenship Award
November - World Conservation Badge activity. Completely open to suggestions, but it's often a tough requirement.

I will start a separate thread for comments and ideas.