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| Training - Expanded High Adventure Web Site |
Posted Apr. 7, 2008 |
 Looking for new activities & skills for your Scouts or Venturers? How about wilderness canoe camping in a remote spring fed lake? How about making your own backpacking stoves, snowshoes or a compound pulley bear bag? Maybe a 50 miler on the Bizz Johnson or Tri-Trek Trails? Want to learn about Cold Weather Camping or Wilderness First Aid? How about backcountry water treatment techniques or selecting & fitting that new expedition size pack?
You'll find all this and more at the newly expended, better than ever, can't live without (etc., etc., ...) High Adventure Training (HAT) Team web site! With over 100 pages, and growing, you'll find the schedules for the latest HAT courses, online registration info, links to over 100 HAT reviewed outdoor web sites, plans for making your own gear, and tips on just about everything outdoors.
To take a look at the HAT site, go to the Council's home page and go to PROGRAM>HIGH ADVENTURE. Be sure to take a look at the 'Welcome to High Adventure Scouting' slide show! |
| Training - SCOUTMASTER/ASSISTANT SCOUTMASTER |
Posted Apr. 6, 2008 |
 Dont miss out on your chance to become a trained leader!!!
We will be offering Scoutmaster/assistant Scoutmaster Specific Training
Bethel Lutheran Church
1200 Alamos Av sacramento Ca 95815
The cost is $7
Please bring a sack lunch
Remember...Every boy deserves a trained leader!! |
| Training - 2008 Day Camp Rangemaster Training |
Posted Mar. 29, 2008 |
 The 2008 Cub Day Camp Rangemaster training will be conducted on Saturday May 10 and May 24 at Camp Pollock, Sacramento.
This training is required for any person serving as a Cub Scout Rangemaster and to supervise an Archery and/or a BB gun range at a Boy Scout’s of America, Cub Scout Day Camp. The training is also required for anyone supervising a Wrist Rocket, Slingshot, Large Catapult or Rocket range. Archery and BB gun rangemasters must attend the course specific to their sport, but all other rangemasters can attend either course.
The BB gun course will start at 9:00 AM and finish at noon; with the Archery course starting at 12:30 PM and ending by 3:30 PM. This will allow a person to attend both trainings and have a short break for lunch. Lunch will not be provided!
The trainer for the BB gun course is Mr. Steve Shumway from the Sierra Gateway District. Steve is a National Rifle Association certified instructor, long time scouter and the BB Gun Rangemaster for Scout Expo at Beale AFB.
Mr. Spruce Patalon from the Buttes Ares District will conduct the Archery course. Spruce is a National Archery Association certified instructor, long time scouter and part of the Field Sports staff for Camp Lassen for the pasted 4 years.
Both courses will include: range safety, setting up a range, handling and storage of the equipment and how to teach boys to shoot.
The cost of the training is $5 per course. If you are serving as a rangemaster for a 2008 Council/District Day Camp the cost will be charged to your district’s day camp account. To ensure that your fees are paid by you Day Camp, PLEASE PRINT A PAYMENT TICKET AND MARK CHARGE TO YOUR UNIT ACCOUNT, WRITING IN THE NAME OF YOUR DISTRICT. If you are taking the training for some other reason and will not be part of a council/district 2008 Day Camp staff, you will need to pay the fees yourself.
The following information will be required when you registern on-line: name, phone number, email address, if you are a 2008 Day Camp Staff Member, the name of the district for which you will be on staff, your BSA ID number (all Day Camp staff members must be a registered member of Boy Scout's of America) and which course or courses you are taking.
All registrations for these courses will be on-line.
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| Training - NYLT Registration for 2008 |
Posted Mar. 28, 2008 |
 The Golden Empire Council is pleased to announce the dates for the 2008 National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) courses.
The NYLT course is run by a youth staff of troop leaders and instructors, who work closely with their adult staff advisors. Scouts and their patrols will have the opportunity to practice and experience enhanced leadership skills firsthand, guided by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law. NYLT is also designed to strengthen the critical relationship between the Scoutmaster and his youth leaders.
Results indicate that Scouts who have completed NYLT return to their troops with a toolbox of specific skills that enable them to understand better their roles as leaders. They can shape the direction of their troops. Each Scout returns to his home troop knowing not only how the troop functions, but why. He is better equipped to communicate with boys and with adults, to plan, to guide, and to help the troop to function as a high-performance unit.
To participate, a Scout must be at least a First Class Scout, 13 years old, and currently filling a leadership position in your Troop, or be eligible for a leadership position. Each candidate, along with his Scoutmaster, will be required to attend an orientation session prior to the course.
The SPRING course will be held in May at Camp Pollock. This offering is a TWO weekend course being held the weekends of May 2nd and May 16th. The course starts on Friday evening with check-in at the Council Service Center beginning at 5:00PM and finishes Sunday evening at 5:30PM at Camp Pollock.
The summer course is at Camp Lassen. This course starts Monday, August 11th with check-in at noon and finishes on Saturday, August 16th.
The cost for either course is $200.00 per participant. There is $50.00 non-refundable deposit due at registration. The balance of the fee MUST be paid in full no later than ten (10) days before the course starts (April 22, 2008 for the spring course and August 1, 2008 for the summer course).
Watch here for the availability of on line registration!
Registration is first come, first served with no limits on the number of youth a unit may send.
To access the GEC NYLT home page follow these steps: On the Council’s main page, click Program, select Training, then on the left side of the Training page, select Youth Training, then click on NYLT. This will take you to the NYLT home page.
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