VOYAGEUR VISION, June
2005
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I N T H I S I S S U E
From the Desk of
the Council Commissioner
Honours and Awards
What's New
Chief Scout's
and Queen's Venturer Award Ceremony
Beaver Birthday Bash
Membership Management
System
Volunteer Development and Training
Membership
Development and Growth
Communications and
Public Relations
Upcoming Events
OPE Update
Scout Shop
Canada Aviation Museum
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FROM THE DESK OF THE COMMISSIONER
Thanks for all your hard work this year in
your groups. I know that some sections do continue through the summer and some
will be going to CCJam 05. I wish you
great weather and a wonderful time. Because of you, the communities that we live
in are all a little better. Thanks again and see you in the Fall.
Sincerely Yours in Scouting,
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HONOURS AND AWARDS
"The best thing to do
behind a person's back is to pat it " - Franklin P. Jones
The Council Honours and Awards Committee extends
congratulations to the following individuals for receiving awards:
Guy Morgan, 1st
North Grenville Oxford Mills; Medal for Good Service;
Sheila Murphy, 1st
Chelsea, Medal for Good Service;
David Rowe, 92nd
Ottawa, Medal for Good Service;
Todd Eaman, 2nd
Cornwall, Certificate of Commendation; and
Heather McCleary, 2nd Cornwall,
Certificate of Commendation.
Michelle Niefer, Honours and Awards Chair,
awards@voyageur.scouts.ca
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WHATS NEW
LOST CHILDREN'S SERVICES needs
your help! Canada Day is fast approaching and Scouts Canada will be doing
Lost Children's Services at Parliament Hill and Confederation Square. Any
individuals or groups who are available to participate are asked to sign up so
we can make this another successful year. This activity is perfect for
anyone who requires those last few community service hours for school, badge
challenges, Chief Scout or Queen's Venturer awards requirements
etc.
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CHIEF SCOUT'S AND QUEEN'S VENTURER AWARD CEREMONY took
place on Saturday, June 4th, 2005 at Emmanuel United Church, Ottawa. The
Council would like to express their sincere thanks to Dave McOnie, Event
Organizer and the 104th Ottawa Venturers for hosting the very successful
event.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
FOLLOWING 2005 CHIEF SCOUT'S AND QUEEN'S VENTURER AWARD
RECIPIENTS:
Chief Scouts
1st Renfrew
Jesse Gale
1st Kanata
Douglas Carson
Gordon Stephen
1st Richmond
Tyler Blackwell
24th Ottawa
Jack McShane
96th Ottawa
Jennifer Laughton
1st Amherstview
Mathew Davies
1st Glenburnie
Johnathan
Morgan
1st Joyceville
Gregory Anderson
Thomas Jackson Hanson
Taylor McKenzie Houghton
Tyler Miller
Luke Oomen
23rd Nepean
Ross Fitzgerald
Brendan McCarthy
John Valley
Colin Venus
27th Nepean
Matthew Helps
Neal Rice
Keith Murray Sutcliffe
117th Ottawa
Thomas Ladouceur
Kerri Weir
123rd Ottawa
Alexander Couturier
14th Gloucester Sea Scouts
Jordan Marcellus
Chao Lin
3rd Orleans
Dylan Facey
Jason Raymond Prowse
4th Orleans
Zachary Langille
Kyle Trudel
1st Vars-Navan
Bryan Ladds
Tyler Schaffler
2nd Alexandria
Nicholas Thomas
2nd Smiths Falls
Monica Taylor
3rd Carleton Place
Genevieve Stalker
1st Elmsley
Sage Jahn
Jordan Trudel
Queen's
Venturers
14th Gloucester
Martin
Gougeon
1st
Kingston West
Andrew
Cunningham
Edward Kenney
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BEAVER BIRTHDAY BASH WAS A BLAST
One Group Commissioner said “All the reports from my Beavers indicate
it was a very successful event” and a Leader attending said “This is the
type of event that will create a lifetime of memories for all who participated.
Three days later and I still have two children spouting off song verses and
recounting their experiences from the weekend…these are two children with a
collective attention span of about 30 seconds!!!”
306 youth and 241 leaders and parents from 41 colonies representing
all ten Areas took part in the Beaver
Birthday Bash, Voyageur Council’s first council wide Beaver sleepover on May
14-15th at Canadian Forces Base
Petawawa.
On Saturday the Beavers
began by checking out military vehicles, fire trucks, a Tae Kwon Do
demonstration, and creating a mural. After Opening saw a performance by Mary
Lambert, crafts, parachute games, a wet
sponge toss activity, Leader dunk,
the military pipe band, campfire, birthday cupcakes, and a bedtime movie. Sunday brought a treasure hunt, bowling,
obstacle course, presentation by Mad Science, Scouts Own, and Closing before
having lunch and heading home.
Everyone left with a loot bag with one Leader saying his child "didn’t finish exploring all the goodies in
it until we were almost home in Ottawa".
Special THANKS go to the amazing organizing team of Steve Bernique,
Joan Smith, Ken Fisher, Debra Hull, Don Spicer, Eva Bandla, Dave Parker, Mary
Cooke, Joel Vansnick, Susie Page, Roland Gravel, and Pat Osborne, Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, the Base kitchen
and everyone who lent a hand to make it all possible.
Yours in Scouting,
Grace Jones, Council Beaveree Chair
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MEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
The days are counting down to June 30th to enable
groups the Early Registration Fee of $95.
According to MMS many groups have taken advantage
of this 'deal' and renewed registrations on existing members returning
next year in MMS. New members can be
entered as 'prospective' and confirmation
will be done by the office once the registration forms are received
along with the interview, reference check
and Police Records Check documentation
also due by June 30th.
Please note: if a member has missed a year and not
been registered for the 2004-2005 season
the system will treat them as new (except for the PRC). If you try and register the member now the
2004-2005 season will be entered. Simply
send those members' paperwork in and we
will treat them as new members and
registration will be completed by the Council office.
To review in full the procedure for the Early
Registration Fee:
1. one cheque (made out to Scouts Canada Voyageur
Council) for the membership fees of all
members whose registration paperwork is in the
package (no cheques may be post-dated beyond June 30th;
2. a summary sheet (either produced through
use of the MMS, or manually written)
listing all the members whose registration paperwork is included in the package;
and
3. signed
Scouts Canada documentation for those members being registered (registration form, VRAD screening form,
completed original PRC form). If you are
unable to get a PRC by June 30th simply attach a note produced by the police services indicating that the PRC is
in process.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any
questions or concerns you may have. June 30th is closer than you
think.
Lynn
Levitan, Council Registrar, llevitan@scouts.ca, ext
502
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VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
Congratulations to the following individuals for
successfully completing training qualifications:
Woodbadge
Basic Colony - Lisa Kennedy, 3rd Carleton
Place; Amanda Boudreau, 1st Greely; Martin
Damus, 1st Greely; Todd Dempsey, 1st
Stittsville; Sandra Thomson, 4th Perth; Derek Clancy, 1st Perth
Road; Paul Green, 1st Perth Road; Titania Guterson, 1st Pittsburgh; Kenneth
Kyle, 1st Pittsburg;
Woodbadge
Basic Pack - Jonathan Hagerman, 1st Greely;
Gary Woodworth, 1st Greely; Warren Downing, 1st Greely; John Staff, 1st Greely;
Marianne Savourin, 1st Greely; Wendy Branson, 1st North
Gower; Derek Ellwood, 4th Kanata; Tom Crockett, 1st North Gower;
Sylvie Alves, 1st
Rockland; Ron Dearing, 1st
Stittsville; Martin Cassels, 1st Stittsville; Alanna Jorgensen, 1st Stittsville;
Marc Myers, 1st Sydenham; William (Bill) O'Donnell, 1st Sydenham;
Woodbadge Advanced Pack - Herbert Catt, 1st Greely;
Robert Lamontagne, 3rd Orleans; Nolan Smith, 3rd Orleans; and Christopher Young,
3rd Orleans.
Tony van Muyden, DCC Volunteer Development and
Training, dcc-training@voyageur.scouts.ca
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MEMBERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
Displays: the Council office has several display boards,
table top displays and other materials available to help you out with your
registration nights. To ensure
availability of materials for your display, please give us a call and book in advance of
your event.
Retention Incentive: remember,
to be eligible for the retention incentive you need to have your retention numbers verified by your Council
Field Executive and have the accompanying approval letter attached to your
registrations. If you feel you have reached your retention registration goal of
70% or are close, please contact your
Field Executive to have it confirmed and to receive your letter of approval.
Sharon Thomson, DCC Membership Development and Growth, dcc-growth@voyageur.scouts.ca;
Jeff Benson, Field Executive, jbenson@scouts.ca; and
Guy Latour,
Field Executive, glatour@scouts.ca
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COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
As I am now finishing my three-year term as
your Council Communications and Public Relations Volunteer, I would like to
thank you for your support. Let's continue to "Accentuate the Positive" in
Scouting and carry on the Scouting Spirit!
Until the next Scouting challenge and opportunty....
Yours in Scouting,
David Wray,
Communications and Public Relations Chair
UPCOMING EVENTS
Please read the Calendar of
Events and Training Calendar e-newsletter or visit the Voyageur Council web site
at http://www.voyageur.scouts.ca for details of other upcoming
events.
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OPE
UPDATE
Thanks!!! As the
Scouting year draws to a close, we would like to extend our most sincere thanks
to two special groups for their support to the camp during the past 10 months.
Firstly to the dedicated and hardworking members of the OPE Rover Crew and
Venturer Company who so generously volunteer their weekends to provide catering
services to our user groups … thanks for a job very well done! Secondly, to all the groups who have used
the camp since September, thanks for the tremendous support to YOUR camp. The
past year has seen a significant increase in bookings – a large number of long
time users were back and an encouraging number of first time users was also
noticeable. We hope to see you all back at OPE during the 2005/6 Scouting
year.
Fall Bookings: The increased numbers mentioned above are already evident in the fall bookings, so if
you wish to guarantee your group the dates and facilities you want, it is
suggested that you book your fall and winter camps
soon!
Summer “Composite Camp”:
The summer camp brochure is now available on the camp website. The camp offers a wide variety of great
programs, so check the brochure for
details and sign up
soon.
Website address: You can
reach us at www.opemikon.ca.
Camp
Bookings: through Pamela at the Council
office, 225-2770 (ext 503) or by e-mail at pbazinet@scouts.ca.
Camp Operations and Summer
Camp: contact Marilyn Johnson at
225-2770 (ext 506) or mjohnson@scouts.ca.
Participation in Opemikon Scouting
Group: contact Darrell
Bartraw (825-8886) or Tim Taylor (561-1613) or email opegroupcommittee@voyageur.scouts.ca
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SCOUT SHOP
Store
Hours: Monday to Thursday 9-6pm / Friday 9-7pm / Saturday 9-5pm /Sunday
11-4pm.
Thank you for your past, present, and future
support.
scoutshop@scouts.ca Tel: 613-224-0139
Fax: 613-224-3571
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T
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**CANADA AVIATION MUSEUM - NIGHT FLIGHT SLEEPOVER
PROGRAM
How about a night of total fun at the Canada Aviation Museum! All you
need is a sleeping bag, pillow, toothbrush, and a taste for extraordinary fun.
We supply the adventure. An evening program is also available. For more
information: 613 993-4264 or www.aviation.technomuses.ca
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SCOUTS CANADA, EASTERN ONTARIO ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE
1345 Baseline
Road, Suite 200
Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 0A7
tel. (613) 225-2770 /
1-888-SCOUTS NOW (726-8876) / fax (613) 225-2802
e-mail:
easternontario@scouts.ca
web site: http://www.voyageur.scouts.caOFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
SUMMER HOURS: (July 1st-September 6th), 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
OFFICE CLOSED: July 1st, August
1st and September 5th.
Questions? Comments or concerns about this
e-newsletter? We welcome constructive feedback! Please e-mail us at
easternontario@scouts.ca Thank you.
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Deadline for August issue, August 08,
2005.
