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Welcome to the �Arrohattoc District Roundtable
Please remember to sign in on the attendance sheets by the entrance.
Please see Rob Kelley with any questions.
When signing in please include at a minimum.
This is critical to tracking your unit attendance properly!
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Adult Shooting Sports Training
When: Choose one of the following dates
9/15/24, 9/29/24
Time: 8:00AM to 5:00PM�Where: Camp T. Brady Saunders� 1723 Maidens Rd� Maidens, VA 23102
Please contact John Allen at john.allen602@scouting.org to get more information and to register
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Scouts BSA�Scoutmaster / Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific Training
Saturday, September 21, 2024��Class: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm�Check-in begins at 11:30 am
T. Brady Saunders�STEM Center
Walk-ins are accepted if space is available.�
Provided: Water, light refreshments, and Trained patches for leaders who have completed all training requirements for their registered position.
Attire: Class "A"/Field Uniform preferred
Please bring a current copy of The Scout Handbook and The Scoutmaster Handbook.
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Trainer’s EDGE is an experiential-based learning and sharing experience.
Who: EDGE is required for all District and Council-level trainers, and is highly recommended for all leaders involved in Packs, Troops, Crews, Posts, Ships, Districts, and Heart of Virginia Council.
When: Saturday, September 28th, 2023. Check-in 7:45 AM, Program 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Where: Camp T. Brady Saunders S.T.E.M. Center
Cost: FREE Please bring your own lunch.
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Scouts BSA Scoutmaster/ Assistant Scoutmaster Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills
When: October 5th-6th OR
November 2nd-3rd
Where: Camp T Brady Saunders
For more information see the sign up on Black Pug via hovc.org
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Cub Scout Leader
Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation
When: October 5th-6th 2024 OR
November 2nd-3rd 2024
Where: Camp T Brady Saunders
Arrive no later than 8:15am Saturday and training will end around noon on Sunday.
For more information see the sign up on Black Pug via hovc.org
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Den Chief Training
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Camp T. Brady Saunders OA Pavilion
9:00 AM – Noon (Registrations opens at 8:30 AM)
The Den Chief Training Conference combines fun and enjoyment with an excellent character-building experience. Participants will learn leadership, organization, and most importantly, how to work with Cub Scouts. This training is for youth who are or want to be a Den Chief to a Cub Scout, Webelos to Arrow of Light Den. It is also for registered adult leaders who want to learn the duties and roles of Den Chiefs and who will be working with Den Chiefs. We recommend youth be at least First-Class Rank (or close to advancing to 1st Class or similar). Den Chiefs need this training to be considered “trained”.
Who: Youth planning to become Den Chiefs and Cub Scout Den Leaders planning to work with Den Chiefs.
Cost: FREE
Registration: Preregistration is required, no walk-ins.
What Do You Need to Bring to the Training Session?
Please bring your own copy of the Den Chief Handbook, water and snacks. BSA Health form with Parts A and B completed. All participants need to bring writing materials to take notes with and a binder or folder to keep handouts from this and other training sessions all in one place. Prospective Den Chiefs and Den Leaders are recommended to attend together!
Contact:
Course Director: Melissa Eggleston, melissa.eggleston@comcast.net
Bill Eggleston, weggls001@gmail.com
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Popcorn Costume Making
The Popcorn Costume-Making Workshop is Saturday, September 7 from 9 AM - 12 Noon at the Council Leadership Center. Popcorn-Selling Units can make a fun popcorn costume to help promote their sale! One FREE costume per Unit. Additional costumes can be made for $10 each, but materials must be reserved.
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Lifesaving and Canoeing Merit Badge Combo Class�
September 14-15, 2024
8am Saturday through 4pm Sunday
Cost: $75 includes Saturday dinner, Sunday breakfast, Sunday lunch
Participants must be able to pass the BSA swim test, already have earned the swimming merit badge, and be able to swim continuously for 400 yards using each of the following strokes in a strong manner, in good form with rhythmic breathing: front crawl, sidestroke, breaststroke, and elementary backstroke.
Register at hovc.org
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LEVEL 1 INSTRUCTOR TRAINING - COPE AND CLIMBING
Cost: $50 includes room and board for the weekend
Check in: Friday, October 4, 2024 6:00 pm
Location: Cub Adventure Camp, Heart of Virginia Reservation
1723 Maidens Rd.
Maidens, VA 23102
Check out: Sunday, October 6, 2024 2:00 pm
Join us the weekend of October 4 - 6, 2024, to learn the foundation needed for COPE and Climbing instruction.
Students who successfully complete this training will be able to support a COPE Director (or Level 2 Instructor) in running COPE/Climbing sessions. In the process of learning, students will discover their personal leadership style, and learn techniques for developing reams. Students will also learn how to use games to motivate others in fun ways, enable their groups to become teams and never, ever, be bored.
Level 1 Training is a first step in learning techniques in team building. It is a prerequisite to Level 2 Instructor Training, where trainees will learn more technical aspects of designing the operation of a COPE course, and providing oversight (at least one Level 2 or Director must be on-site when a COPE course is being used).
Training is tailored for adults and mature youth (16 years and older).
Topics to be covered (but not limited to):
Dealing with Fear, Spotting, Safety Measures & Accident Prevention ,Life Safety Systems ,Climbing and Rappelling (Tower/Wall) .
Pre-use Inspections and Reporting, Effective Teaching Using EDGE.
For additional Information, contact John Allen (804) 314-6261
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For additional information or questions, contact: Issac Otero, (804) 944-4740 or issac.otero@scouting.org.
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October 18-20, 2024
Registration closes at 9:00 PM
on October 14 –
$16 per Scout; $6 per Adult.
Walk-in unit registrations
will NOT be accepted.
Sign up through BlackPug at HOVC.ORG
CREEPY HOLLOW WEEKS 1 & 2
October 19-20, 2024 OR October 26-27, 2024
$20 per person
Meal plan can be purchased for $22 per person
The Heart of Virginia Council invites all Cubs and Webelos/AOL Scouts to visit with your Pack or as a family. Spend the night in your own tent, or just join us for the day. Join us at Cub Adventure Camp for a weekend of Fall & Haunted Activities, also including BBs, Archery, Fishing, Haunted House, Crafts, a Costume Contest, & More!!
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OA Fall Fellowship and Banquet�
November 8-10, 2024
Camp T. Brady Saunders
$25 per members
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Days of Vikings Camporee II
NOVEMBER 22-24, 2024
Cost: $7.50 per Scout, $7.50 per AOL, $7.50 per adult registrant
Registration fee includes Camporee T-shirt�T-shirts are in Unisex Adult sizes
Sign up with Black Pug on hovc.org
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Youth Protection and Adult Leadership Update
(Effective September 1, 2023) Two registered adult leaders 21 years of age or over are required at all Scouting activities, including all meetings. There must be a registered female adult leader 21 years of age or over in every unit serving females. A registered female adult leader 21 years of age or over must be present for any activity involving female youth or female adult program participants.
Notwithstanding the minimum leader requirements, age and program-appropriate supervision must always be provided.
All adults staying overnight in connection with a Scouting activity must be currently registered in an adult fee required position as listed or as an adult program participant. Limited exception below for Cub Scout overnight Programs.
Cub Scout Programs – Overnight Exception: Cub Scout parents or legal guardians taking part in an overnight Cub Scout program with their own child or legal ward are not required to register as leaders. All adults must review the “How to Protect your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide” that can be found in the front of each Cub Scout Handbook. In addition, the parent or legal guardian must be accompanied by a registered leader at any time they are with youth members other than their own child/ward. All other overnight adults must be currently registered in an adult fee required position.
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All Registered Leaders Must Complete�Youth Protection Training At Least Every 2 Years
Complete the Training at https://my.scouting.org/
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Youth Protection and Adult Leadership Update
(Effective September 1, 2023) Two registered adult leaders 21 years of age or over are required at all Scouting activities, including all meetings. There must be a registered female adult leader 21 years of age or over in every unit serving females. A registered female adult leader 21 years of age or over must be present for any activity involving female youth or female adult program participants.
Notwithstanding the minimum leader requirements, age and program-appropriate supervision must always be provided.
All adults staying overnight in connection with a Scouting activity must be currently registered in an adult fee required position as listed or as an adult program participant. Limited exception below for Cub Scout overnight Programs.
Cub Scout Programs – Overnight Exception: Cub Scout parents or legal guardians taking part in an overnight Cub Scout program with their own child or legal ward are not required to register as leaders. All adults must review the “How to Protect your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide” that can be found in the front of each Cub Scout Handbook. In addition, the parent or legal guardian must be accompanied by a registered leader at any time they are with youth members other than their own child/ward. All other overnight adults must be currently registered in an adult fee required position.
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New from 2023 National Meeting. They just announced at the National BSA meeting that co-ed dens are now authorized for every level of Cub Scouts through Webelos (4th grade). AOL Dens (5th grade) are to remain single-gender for now.
This is not mandatory for Packs. Packs can continue with all girls or all boys dens. They could also have three types of dens for the same level of program--coed, girls, and boys. Packs still have the option to be all boy packs, all girl packs, or co-ed packs.
The spokesman said that in the "test program" conducted over the last year, the co-ed dens had a higher membership rate than single gender dens.
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Effective Sept. 1, 2023, Cub Scout packs who are conducting their own overnight camping activities may now camp up to two consecutive nights.
This is a change from the earlier policy on pack unit-coordinated camping, which was previously limited to single overnight experiences.
The updated policy also applies to Webelos and Arrow of Light dens, who can now conduct campouts for up to two consecutive nights.
A unit-coordinated campout is one that is entirely planned and executed by the leaders and parents in a Cub Scout pack, and not by the unit’s district or council. That means the pack or unit adults are solely responsible for organizing transportation and activities at the campout, and ensuring that all BSA rules are followed. This includes having at least one registered adult leader trained in Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) who oversees the planning and is in attendance for the pack campout.
ALL Cub Scout level camping MUST be held at a location approved by council.
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Joining a new Scout unit can be a little overwhelming at first. You’re presented with a calendar full of fun upcoming activities, but all the new people, places and things can seem like a lot to digest.
Fortunately there’s help. It comes in the form of a volunteer whose job is all about making new members feel right at home.
Every unit needs a
New Member Coordinator!
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Scout Shop Normal Hours of Operation
Monday-Tuesday 9:00am-5:30pm
Wednesday 12:00pm-6:00pm
Thursday-Friday 9:00am-5:30pm�Saturday 9:00am- 12:00pm
Scout Shop Phone�(804) 204 – 2628
Mailing and Physical Address
8090 Villa Park Drive�Henrico, Virginia 23228�Phone: 804-355-4306�Fax: 804-353-6109
Leadership Center Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
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Heart of Virginia Scout Reservation
1723 Maidens Rd, Maidens, VA 23102