The Tahquitz Camporee had a good attendance with 75 scouts and about half as many adults.  The program was held at Boseker Scout Reservation/Camp Emerson at the Lake and Fort areas.  After checking in early Saturday morning at the Meadow, the participants were guided to the Centennial Loop trailheads to start their wilderness journey.  Each cohort patrol rotated through ten activity stations throughout the day. Two Man Saw (only thing cut was the log) Fishing (well over 2 dozen bluegill caught and released!) Hawk throw (no missing ears) Canoeing (splashing, but nobody flipped) Branding (no burns) Maze in the Fort (a few tumbles) Compass course with animal tracks and scat identification (still see many scouts need more training taking bearings) Buffalo Hunt (Velcro ping pong balls couldn’t bring down the beast, but it was fun trying) Teepee village showing animal hides (so that’s what a cleaned skunk smells like) and promoting Leadership training from ILST, NYLT and Foxfire (interest perking up) The day ended back at the Meadow for the OA call-out ceremony.  In addition, each troop was awarded a special commemorative mountain man metal made by artisan Kelly C. Thanks to all that helped put the program together: Julie Stevens, Keith Weinrich, Tina Roy, Kelly Cromwell, Travis Pipoly, Carl Vicnaire, and Angie Dankes, And special thanks to our added volunteers for helping that weekend: Bryan Walker (and his Life Guards – Nolan and Logan Grant), Preston Wright from T337, Anthony Tryhane from T337, Ellie Flannery from C604, and T148 - Ken and Paula Radosevich, Chase Ramos, Adam and Alex Truax.

 

 

    

 

Momentum Discover April 23-25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKVbkzH6Zts

Dear Scouts and families,

You can’t spell Scouting without “outing”, and we are excited to invite you to a weekend of celebrating the great outdoors!  Momentum: Discover, a nation-wide, virtual event hosted by the Order of the Arrow will take place April 23rd-24th. Momentum: Discover will bring us back to our roots and help us re-discover the joy of camping! The event will feature more than a dozen hours of live, original content focused on the outdoors. Competitions with the national officers of the Order of the Arrow, training sessions, and special guests are just a sample of the many activities to participate in over the weekend! All Scouts are invited to take part, regardless of membership in the Order of the Arrow. More information about the event can be found at momentum.oa-bsa.org.

We hope you’ll participate in this great event. You can watch the livestream for free as a basic delegate or register as a premium delegate.  Premium delegates get the full event experience in exchange for a $25 registration fee: access to the community platform, the event wide game, access to archived content, and the Momentum: Discover patch and sticker.

There’s nothing like the great outdoors and we hope you will join us for this fun event for the entire family.  Visit momentum.oa-bsa.org to learn more and register for Momentum: Discover!

Yours in Scouting,

Cahuilla Lodge Leadership

Victor Vargas, Lodge Chief

Jorge De La Torre, Lodge Adviser

NYLT  National Youth Leadership Training Three session to choose from, register below NYLT #1 July 19th to 24th NYLT #2 July 26th to 31st NYLT #3 December 28th to January 2nd

 

NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) is advanced leadership training for youth troop, teams, ships, and crew leaders. National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action packed program designed to provide young men and women members of the Boy Scouts of America with leadership skills and an experience they can use in their home troops, teams, ships, or crews.   NYLT teaches lifelong leadership skills. The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW and what a leader must DO. NYLT provides youth leaders with the HOW-TO skills they need to be strong youth and strong youth leaders

Registration fee $350.00 (Due no later than the participant orientation date)

TO ATTEND, THE SCOUT / VENTURE SCOUT MUST:

• Be 13 years of age

• Be a First-Class Scout or Venture Scout

• Have his/her Unit Leader recommendation

• Complete ILST - Introduction to Leadership Skills (Troops, Teams). Previously known as Cedar Badge or

• Complete ILSC - Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews (Venturing).

During the course scouts will learn how to use the following leadership skills:

• Vision – Goals -Planning

• SMART Goals

• Problem Solving

• SSC-Start Stop Continue

• Stages of Team Development

• Conflict Resolution

• Making Ethical Decisions

• Communication

• Valuing People

• Teaching Edge

NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) is advance leadership training for youth troop, team and crew leaders. NYLT is leadership training for young men and young women. National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action packed program designed to provide youth members of the Boy Scouts of America with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops, teams or crews. NYLT teaches life long leadership skills.

NYLT uses the patrol method to teach team leadership. The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW and what a leader must DO. NYLT provides youth leaders with the HOW TO skills they need to be strong youth and strong youth leaders.  

FoxFire Registration 2021