| | | |  |  | | September 7th, 2015 | | New | Ready for the Adventure? | | |  Come and be a part of the CIEC Adventure Weekend from September 25-27
Camp overnight or stay for the day! CUB SCOUTS can build their own adventure at the awesome LEGO booth, where thousands of blocks await the creative builder inside each boy. Cub Scouts can also climb up to adventure with the Inflatable Climbing Wall, have fun paddling in the canoe at the lake, hit the bullseye at the archery or bbgun range, and more! Attention BOY SCOUTS! Do you think you have the best patrol? Then compete for the 1st Annual Adventure Cup! Make the best food during the Dutch Oven Cooking Contest. Show off your skills at Map and Compass, Fire Building, Lashings, team work, Scout Spirit and MORE!! Ribbons are awarded to the top 3 patrols in each category and the top overall patrol earns the Adventure Weekend Cup! ALL PARTICIPANTS can enjoy great food, like Jamba Juice, Funnel Cakes, Carl’s Jr and Snow Cones. Your registration also gets you free admission to the morning rodeo (SLACK) event at the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Rodeo. Also, do not forget to check out our vendors with cool stuff to share, including the Scout Shop, the Long Beach Aquarium, and Johns Incredible Pizza. Registration starts at $20. For additional information and registration visit: http://www.bsa-ciec.org/event/1769456 | | New | Cubs Can Climb up to Adventure | | | Why go around an obstacle when it is more fun to go over it? Cub Scouts will have that opportunity with the Inflatable Climbing Wall, one of many exciting activities at the Adventure Weekend at San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Rodeo that will be held Sept. 25-27 at Glen Helen Regional Park. Canoes also will be available for use by Cub Scouts and tag-a-longs during this fun family campout. Participants can camp Friday and/or Saturday night. Or just come for the day to enjoy all the activities. And there are plenty! How about this for adventure: Camp games, Cub Scout archery and BB-gun range, food vendors, activity booths, admission to the rodeo and LEGO! More still to come! For additional information and registration visit http://www.bsa-ciec.org/event/adventure-weekend-2015/1769456 | | New | LEGO will make Everything Awesome in this Adventure! | | |  Cub Scouts can build their own adventure at the awesome LEGO booth where thousands of blocks await the creative builder inside each boy. The LEGO booth is one of many exciting activities at the Adventure Weekend at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Rodeo that will be held Sept. 25-27 at Glen Helen Regional Park. Canoes also will be available for use by Cub Scouts and tag-a-longs during this fun family campout.
Participants can camp Friday and/or Saturday night. Or just come for the day to enjoy all the activities. And there are plenty for Cubs! How about this for adventure: Camp games, Cub Scout archery and BB-gun range, food vendors, activity booths, admission to the rodeo and inflatable climbing wall! More still to come!
For additional information and registration visit http://www.bsa-ciec.org/event/adventure-weekend-2015/1769456
| | | Order of the Arrow Pancake Breakfast | | | When: 9/25-27/2015 What Time: 7:00AM to 9:00AM The Boy Scout’s Order of the Arrow will be hosting their annual pancake breakfast at Glen Helen Regional Park during the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Rodeo and Scouting Adventure Weekend. Come support this service oriented organization, so they may assist our local communities and scouting units to the best of their ability. They will be serving pancakes and sausage along with coffee, juice, and smiles all for just a $5.00 donation. From 7:00AM to 9:00AM Saturday morning before the fun & festivities kick off. |
| New | 12th Annual IE Scouting Golf Classic | | |  | Fellow Community Leaders and Scouters, Come play and help Scouting continue its great tradition of service to the youth of our community. The Boy Scouts of America will be holding the IE Golf Classic on Friday, October 30th 2015 at Sierra Lakes Golf Club in Fontana California. We’ll be starting at 11:00am and offering dinner and a live and silent auction! You could play scramble format, as part of a foursome or as an individual golfer. Our awards program will include 1st, 2nd and 3rd place as well as closest to the pin and longest drive! You can participate as an Eagle, Life, Star, Lunch, Score card, or Beverage cart sponsor. Join us in our adventure to help Scouts get to camp! CLICK HERE for Registration Flyer or to Register Online. | | | New | WANTED! | | | Scouts to come camp with us at the Boseker Scout Reservation Register for Camp Emerson and Camp Wiley today! Top Ten Reasons to go camp at the Boseker Scout Reservation: 10. We put on the best campfires in Southern California. 9. We offer adult/leader training, plus adult merit badges. 8. We have lots of extra-curricular activities. (Tahquitz Hike, Cheiftain run, Open Shoots, Movie night, Cat’s Eye Hike, Polar Bear Swim, Camp-Wide games, Scoutmaster Golf Tournament, and more.) 7. We have new management, new staff, and new programs. (Zip-lining, mountain biking, Theater merit badge, STEM is using a 3-year rotation for MB’s.) 6. We have Wi-Fi. 5. Shooting sports rocks (and no hidden costs). 4. Our pool has been re-plastered, and it’s heated! 3. Chef Neil is back! 2. Our fees are the lowest around! 1. You will have a good time! | | New | Let's Get Down to Business, Shall We? | | | Technically the BSA isn’t in the business of anything. We don’t manufacture goods. We don’t sell products or services. Rather, we’re a mission-driven, non-profit organization focused on serving America’s youth by inspiring great leaders, providing life-changing adventures and helping young people grow according to the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Yet be that as it may, the principles of doing sound business still apply to our organization. We have a responsibility to the youth and families we serve, the staff we employ and the volunteers who give so generously of their time and efforts. We owe it to all of these stakeholders to take a common-sense approach to problem solving and we have a fiduciary duty to make the most of the resources we have at our disposal. It’s my belief that, just like any organization of our size, we need a strategic plan – what many enterprises would refer to as a “business plan” – to guide us and help ensure we achieve our objectives, reconcile our dollars and cents, and grow our organization for future success. This plan should be constructed in a way that enables us to hold our staff accountable, have effective board input and governance, achieve strategic growth, improve efficiencies, bolster our financial health and strengthen the culture that makes us uniquely the Boy Scouts of America. I think you will agree with me that all of these elements are important to our success. And I think growth is chief among them. In fact, as part of our business plan, I feel strongly that we should have a dedicated growth plan that allows for achieving short-term successes to generate momentum, as well as loftier, more ambitious long-term goals. I’m in the process of finalizing a draft of that growth plan, built with input from staff and volunteers nationwide, including valuable feedback I received at Top Hands. I’ll share more in the days and weeks ahead, but I can tell you now that it will focus on creating a simple, mission-driven, critical-path, organizational structure to support our goals. It also will involve evaluating the programs we offer, and their viability as we move forward so we can best attract new members. This growth plan – along with clear, actionable plans related to Finance, Culture and Governance – will comprise our business plan. I will present it in October at the Officers Meeting. With their input, I will then present it to the Executive Board at the February Board meeting. Once the business plan is approved and in the implementation phase, you can rest assured that we will continuously measure our progress to ensure the plan is working, and we will use the results to course-correct along the way, if necessary. In my coming blog posts, I will talk more about the specifics of this plan, but I wanted to give you a high-level view of what I am working on now. It’s important for you to be regularly informed on our progress so that you are knowledgeable on the topic and able to share your feedback with me. I know the BSA is not a business per se, but that should not prevent us from acting like one when it comes to operating efficiently, expanding our reach and being accountable to the people we serve. Generations of Scouts – present and future – are counting on our ability to perform, and perform well. We need to deliver on that commitment, and a strong business plan will help make that happen. More soon. Mike Surbaugh, Chief Scout Executive |
| New | How Scouting Promotes Positive Character Developement | | | From the life-saving Scout stories you hear in the news to the firsthand Scouting testimonials parents share about their kids, we all believe that Scouting builds leaders and shapes character in its members. But, remember, the mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes. That means the BSA continues to deliver upon its mission for years and even decades after a young person leaves the program, when a former Scout makes an honorable choice, fulfills his or her duty, or shows trustworthiness, loyalty, helpfulness, or any other point in the Scout Law or Oath. Scouting’s mission is a long-term proposition, an investment in the future. What if we came to better understand, scientifically and empirically, the effectiveness that Scouting has in fostering positive character development in young people? At the 2015 Top Hands conference for Scouting professionals last week, youth expert Dr. Richard M. Lerner gave us a glimpse at exactly that. Working with the Cradle of Liberty Council and funded by the John Templeton Foundation, Dr. Richard M. Lerner and his team at Tufts University worked to answer that question and many others through research which measured the character attributes of both Scouts and non-Scouts. The goal of the study was to better understand the character development of Scouts while it was happening, rather than relying on former Scouts to recount their memories, or only measuring current Scouts at one point in time. The project surveyed nearly 1,800 Cub Scouts and nearly 400 non-Scouts under age 12 as part of a “mixed methods” study, incorporating both interviews and survey data. Data were collected in five waves over the two-and-a-half-year period, and critically, as often as possible, the same Scouts were surveyed at each data point. Here, the researchers were able to see individual change in hundreds of boys and to assess when, and to what extent, character development was taking place. Positive Character in Scouting When conducting research, it’s important to account for factors like age, race, socioeconomic status, and other demographic characteristics, because we want to know any change present can be attributed to Scouting. Taking all of these elements into consideration, Dr. Lerner’s research showed that at Wave 1, there were no significant differences between Scouts and non-Scouts. Were the Scouts already higher in character, we would have instead shown that Scouting merely attracts good kids, rather than makes them. Instead, the Scouts and non-Scouts were similar enough “to compare apples to apples” moving forward. What did we find? By two and a half years in the study, the boys in Cub Scouts reported significant increases in cheerfulness, helpfulness, kindness, obedience, trustworthiness and hopeful future expectations. There were no significant increases reported among non-Scouts. These attributes were measured on a five-point scale (from “Not at all like me” = 1 to “Exactly like me” = 5) using statements such as: - Cheerfulness – ‘‘I am happy’’ and ‘‘I smile a lot’’
- Kindness – ‘‘I’m kind to other kids’’ and ‘‘When my friends are upset, I try to make them feel better’’
- Hopeful future expectations – ‘‘I will have a happy family’’ and ‘‘People will think I am a good person’’
- Trustworthiness – ‘‘I can be counted on to tell the truth’’ and ‘‘I take responsibility when I make a mistake’’
- Helpfulness – ‘‘I help people in my family’’ and ‘‘I help my friends’’
- Obedience – ‘‘I act the way I am supposed to’’ and ‘‘I do what my parents say’’
Further, when asked what was most important to them, Scouts were significantly more likely than non-Scouts to choose helping others or doing the right thing as compared to being smart, being the best, or playing sports. This shows that boys in Scouts are more likely to embrace prosocial values than non-Scouts. Youth who participated in both sports and Scouting were also more likely to choose these same prosocial values than those who only played sports. More Time in Scouting, Better Character Development That’s just one finding specific to those in Cub Scouts. A 2012 independent research study of Scouts conducted by Baylor University found that Eagle Scouts are more likely to volunteer, donate money to charity, vote, and work with others to improve their neighborhood than men who have never been in Scouting. They were also found to be more goal-oriented, have higher levels of planning and preparation skills, and be more likely to take a leadership position at work or in their local communities. Most of us would not be surprised to associate those types of behaviors with Eagle Scouts. But what about Scouting in general? The research has shown that more time spent in Scouting results in better character development. In fact, the Tufts study investigated the effects of intensity (frequency of attendance), duration (years in the program), and engagement (interest, effort, and enjoyment in participation) with following results: - Scouts who attend meetings regularly reported higher trustworthiness, helpfulness, kindness, and thriftiness, higher levels of hopeful future expectation and goal-setting, better grades, and a greater connection to nature as compared to Scouts who sometimes or rarely attend.
- As Scouts’ tenure in the program increases, they report higher levels of trustworthiness, intentional self-regulation, hopeful future expectations and better grades.
- Scouts who are engaged in Scouting programs – those who enjoy camping, have fun at meetings, wear the uniform, have friends in Scouting, have advancement goals and have family members participating – are more cheerful, helpful, kind, hopeful about the future and have higher intentional self-regulation.
Scouting Is For Everyone So there you have it! By two and a half years after the beginning of the study, Cub Scouts were already showing increases in six out of ten measured character attributes compared to their non-Scout peers. Just imagine the results after more time in the program, or as Boy Scouts! Cub Scouts were also significantly more likely to embrace prosocial values such as “helping others” or “doing the right thing” than non-Scouts. Finally, the length of time registered as a Scout, frequency of attendance at meetings, and most importantly, a high level of interest, effort and enjoyment – that is engagement – in programs promote character development among Scouts. More Information Is Heading Your Way In the coming weeks, we’ll share additional information further discussing Dr. Lerner’s research – perfect for presentations to donors, parents, and volunteers. But for now, what are some ways you see Dr. Lerner’s research could be effectively used for your council’s recruitment and retention efforts? Share in the comments below. More information, including slideshows and scholarly publications are also available at the research study website at http://www.tuftscampstudy.com/. | | | Welcome Back to School Party | | | BSA Troop 720 invites ALL Bears & Webelos to "Live the Adventure!" Join us at our 3rd annual awesome "Welcome Back to School Party" When: Monday, September 21st, 2015
Where: Grace Fellowship Church - 5719 Beryl Street, Alta Loma – (Beryl & Wilson)
Time: 5:30PM - Parking Lot Check In | 5:45PM – 7:30PM Time for FUN!
Dinner: Hot Dogs, Chips, and Drinks ON US !!
RSVP: Please Contact Ann Woodruff - Troop 720 Membership Coordinator With the number of Scouts and Adults that will be attending by 9/18/15 (260) 418-4173 or awood5410@verizon.net The Boy Scouts of Troop 720 would like to welcome your Cub Scouts back to another Fantastic School and Scouting Year and get it started RIGHT with fun, excitement and energy! Tomahawk Range, First Aid Relay, Catapult Launch, Physical Fitness Challenge, Mock Boy Scout Campout with a Patrol, Scout Knife Safety, Workmanship and Collection. There will be opportunities to earn several requirements towards BEAR AND WEBELOS ACHIEVEMENTS | | | Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting Fall Retreat | | | The Catholic Committee on Scouting for the Diocese of San Bernardino will be hosting its annual ‘Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting Fall Retreat’ on Saturday, October 3, 2015. This year’s retreat, which will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with check-in at 8:30 a.m., will be held at St. Joseph’s in Upland (877 North Campus Ave., Upland, CA, 91786). The theme for this year’s retreat is “Here I Am Lord” and will feature a variety of activities for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers as well as Girl Scouts (all levels) and Middle and High School Youth Ministries. In addition to the youth portion of the retreat, adult participants will have the opportunity to go through the religious emblem counselor training for both the Boy Scout and Girl Scout programs. The fee for registration is $20.00 per person and will increase to $25.00 per person at the door. Those who are attending the retreat are encouraged to bring 1 can of food with them to contribute to a service project. CLICK HERE for Registration Form | | | EERIE Emerson Spooky Opportunity!!! | | | Hey there all you scary Boy Scouts and Scouters! Eerie Emerson is gearing up for another spooktacular and fun filled October and we need staffers to help us man the Haunted House, Haunted Bridge, Demon’s Diner and the Cemetery Carnival Games! If your Troop is interested in staffing we’ll accommodate the first 15 youth and adults in free (cabins and Saturday/Sunday morning meals), with a nominal fee of $14 for each additional person to a maximum of 25 staffers (defrays food and camp costs only). Open weekends are currently October 17-18, and October 31-November 1st. If you’re interested please contact Mike McCarty, Council Camping Specialist at (909) 793-2463 x 141 or Laura Manley, Eerie Emerson Volunteer Coordinator at (951) 551-8088. See you in the Haunted Hills of the San Jacintos! Early Bird Fee: $25.00 per youth, $20.00 per Adult. After 9/18 fee increases by $5.00 Per person Includes Saturday dinner, patch and program Camping available: $5.00 per person, includes Sunday Breakfast Sign up Early! Registration is limited to 300 per weekend! Units that decorate and haunt a campsite can camp overnight at no additional charge (based on availability) Click Here for Registration Flyer Register October 17-18 Register October 24-25 Register October 31 - Nov 1 | | New | Temescal District Distinguished Citizens Dinner | | | Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Eagle Glen Golf Course, Corona, California Honoring: Mary Vasquez - Co-Founder of Miguel's Jr. Restaurants Mark Uffer - Chief Executive Officer Corona Regional Medical Center Paula Munoz - Community Activist CLICK HERE to Register Online
For more information contact: Mike Madory 949-584-8338
Silent Auction Information: Paula Munoz 951-256-7923
Sponsorship Opportunities: Tracy Youden tracy.youden@scouting.org or 909-793-2463 Ext. 123 | | New | Five Nations District Distinguished Citizens Dinner | | | Thursday, October 22, 2015
March Field Air Museum
22550 Van Buren Blvd, March Air Reserve Base, CA 92518 Honorning: Joel Ontiveros - Chief of Police for the Moreno Valley Police Department CLICK HERE to Register Online
Sponsorship Opportunities: Tracy Youden tracy.youden@scouting.org or 909-793-2463 Ext. 123 | | New | Save the Date | | | University of Scouting, California Inland Empire Council Mark your calendars ... The 2016 CIEC University of Scouting has been scheduled for the 27th of February 2016 and will be held at Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland, CA. Hope to see you there. | | New | Flag Donations | | | Pack 204 along with Pack 212 and Girl Scout Troop 94084 assisted by Kevin Neuer, donate flags to the Montclair Fire Station #1(151) and #2(152). A total of two U.S. Flags and one California Flag. |
| New | Merit Badge Event at Calico Ghost Town | | | BSA Troop 574 hosted a Camping-Mining in Society and Leatherwork Merit badge event at Calico Ghost Town August 29,2015. 85 participants joined in on the fun. The day started out with an opening ceremony at the Walter Knott memorial followed by a delicious breakfast at the Calico House Restaurant. With full bellies the boys went in groups to their merit badge classes. They followed up earning both badges with a hearty lunch and scout raffle. After lunch they went to enjoy calico and all the attractions. Some chose to take advantage of a rare opportunity to tour the original Silver King Mine. A mine that is not open to the public and private tours are rare. This was the first time an event like this was held. It was such a success it will be held in the spring. This time the Search and Rescue Merit badge and one Eagle requirement will be offered. 
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| New | Recently Completed Eagles | | | | Name | District | Unit | Name | District | Unit | | Joshua Hosburg | Tahquitz | Troop 500 | Samuel Pacheco | Tahquitz | Crew 685 | | Andrew Marks | Tahquitz | Troop 604 | Brandon Segura | Temescal | Troop 202 | | Jake Billings | Tahquitz | Crew 633 | Joseph Huertero | Mt. Rubidoux | Troop 921 | | Anthony Ramos | Tahquitz | Troop 332 | Tyler Hill | Mt. Rubidoux | Troop 90 | | Joseph Bocanegra | Grayback | Crew 22 | Trenton McKee | High Desert | Troop 359 | | Jacob Beauvais | Old Baldy | Troop 650 | Robert McGrew | High Desert | Crew 159 | | Griffin Martois | Old Baldy | Troop 2000 | Nicolas Rogers | Tahquitz | Troop 309 | | Tyler Merkley | Old Baldy | Team 676 | Mateo Lopez | Tahquitz | Troop 318 | | Quinn Armbruster | Temescal | Troop 107 | Morgan Buss | Temescal | Troop 309 | | Muaau Suaalii | Five Nations | Crew 995 | James Nettleton | Temescal | Crew 733 | | Letitaia Epenesa | Five Nations | Crew 995 | Jonathan Hague | Temescal | Crew 733 | | Ian Hanson | Five Nations | Crew 495 | Darin Hlebasko | High Desert | Team 359 | | Chase Trinidad | Five Nations | Crew 495 | William Anderson | Tahquitz | Team 934 | | Joshua De Lara | Mt. Rubidoux | Troop 921 | Jeremy Stevens | Tahquitz | Crew 604 | | James Vineyard | Mt. Rubidoux | Troop 2 | Kyle Young | Tahquitz | Crew 911 | | Kevin An | Old Baldy | Troop 699 | Michael Garza | Five Nations | Troop 428 | | Jonathan Wach | Old Baldy | Crew 66 | John Johnson | Five Nations | Troop 210 | | Tanner Doria | Sunrise | Team 104 | Brian Kennedy | Grayback | Troop 341 | | Taylor Timpson | Three Peaks | Crew 108 | Nicholas Somarriba | Grayback | Troop 3 | | Nathan Saugstad | Three Peaks | Crew 108 | Jacob Gomez | Arrowhead | Troop 128 | | Shane Stefl | Tahquitz | Crew 910 | Camron Lingenfelter | Arrowhead | Troop 251 | | Bradley Baak | Tahquitz | Crew 526 | Gilbert Garcia | Mt. Rubidoux | Crew 186 | | | New | Friends Of Scouting Report | | | | 09/04/2015 | 2015 Goal | 2015 Pledged (Year To Date) | % of
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(Year to Date) | # of Donors | Donors Asked | % of Donors Asked | 8/28/2014 Pledged | | Tahquitz | $153,000 | $156,165 | 102.1% | $141,186 | 1,854 | 999 | 53.9% | $142,500 | | Mt. Rubidoux | $126,900 | $116,221 | 91.6% | $104,189 | 1,166 | 682 | 58.5% | $121,706 | | Arrowhead | $55,000 | $48,718 | 88.6% | $44,771 | 957 | 469 | 49.0% | $44,606 | | High Desert | $97,000 | $84,200 | 86.8% | $73,253 | 1,157 | 633 | 54.7% | $90,131 | | Sunrise | $52,500 | $44,503 | 84.8% | $40,478 | 550 | 285 | 51.8% | $42,966 | | Grayback | $116,000 | $95,921 | 82.7% | $88,902 | 895 | 497 | 55.5% | $93,062 | | 5 Nations | $19,000 | $15,202 | 80.0% | $13,637 | 189 | 120 | 63.5% | $17,433 | | 3 Peaks | $34,000 | $26,115 | 76.8% | $25,854 | 635 | 256 | 40.3% | $30,267 | | Temescal | $102,000 | $68,877 | 67.5% | $63,762 | 1,272 | 549 | 43.2% | $87,447 | | Old Baldy | $103,000 | $67,341 | 65.4% | $54,560 | 1,133 | 479 | 42.3% | $83,160 | | | $858,400 | $723,263 | 84.3% | 650,592 | 9,808 | 4,969 | 50.7% | $753,278 | | | 60’s Cartoon Corner | | | Thoughts from the Scout Executive: | | 
| | | Positive Quote & Prayer
------------------------------- “When a boy finds someone who takes an interest in him, he responds and follows.” ~ Baden-Powell
Prayer for Labor Day
On this weekend, when we rest from our usual labors, loving Father, we pray for all who shoulder the tasks of human labor—in the marketplace, in factories and offices, in the professions, and in family living.
We thank you, Lord, for the gift and opportunity of work; may our efforts always be pure of heart, for the good of others and the glory of your name.
We lift up to you all who long for just employment and those who work to defend the rights and needs of workers everywhere.
May those of us who are now retired always remember that we still make a valuable contribution to community and our world by our prayers and deeds of charity.
May our working and our resting all give praise to you until the day we share together in eternal rest with all our departed. Amen | |  Joe Daniszewski
Scout Executive/CEO
California Inland Empire Council
California Inland Empire Council, BSA
PO Box 8910
1230 Indiana Court
Redlands, CA 92374
909.793.2463, Ext. 120
877.732.1450 FREE
909.793.0306 Fax Monday Memo is from Scout Executive Joe Daniszewski and contains his reflection on what is happening within the Council. The purpose of Monday Memo is to communicate information about the week ahead, to acknowledge the good things happening around the Council and to address specific issues that the Scout Executive wants to bring to your attention. Joe welcomes any comments, suggestions or recommendations on how to make this memo as helpful as possible. If you have something you want publicized in the Monday Memo, please send it to his attention c/o Monday Memo: Joseph.Daniszewski@scouting.org for Monday Memo Archives Click Here | |
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