Firebird Fireside Newsletter May 2012

Newsletter of the Firebird District, Grand Canyon Council, Boy Scouts of America
MAY 2012
RECRUITMENT DAY
Cub Scout Spring Round Up
at Wildlife World Zoo
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
2011 DISTRICT
AWARDS
2
Saturday May 12, 2012
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
CUB SCOUT
CORNER
3
See flyer on page 6 for more details.
BOY SCOUT
CORNER
3
EAGLES’ NEST
3
DISTRICT REMINDERS
VENTURING
CORNER
4
WOOD BADGE &
NYLT
4
ORDER OF THE
ARROW
4
- We WILL be having Roundtable next month in June, but not in July.
MARK YOUR
CALENDAR
5
- Popcorn Sales is just a few months away. More details will be available at our
August Roundtable.
DISTRICT STAFF
5
SPRING ROUND
UP AT THE ZOO
FLYER
6
- Camp Geronimo has added another week of camp! Session 8 will be
July 21-28.
- Do you have more time than you know what to do with? We are looking for volunteers to help at the District level. If you are interested, please contact our District
Chair, Vern Wolfley at vern.wolfley@gmail.com.
FRIENDS OF SCOUTING DRIVE
For more information
about district events,
please visit the district
website.
www.grandcanyonbsa.org
Click on Districts and
select Firebird District.
Firebird Fireside
GREAT JOB, we are almost there! We have reached 82% of
our goal. Thank you for supporting our council. Please turn
in any remaining FOS contributions as soon as possible.
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2011 Firebird District Recognition Evening
April 13, 2012
Thank you to all those who attended and brought food to our Firebird District Recognition Evening and helped
make it a success. It was a wonderful evening and we were able to recognize over 20 scout leaders in our district.
We appreciate your support of our district and for all that you do in scouting.
Congratulations to the 2011 award recipients!
Silver Whistles
Joe Fox
Ryan Kritz
Marc Seely
Jan Weber
Spark Plugs
Elizabeth Fox
Carol Hartwig
Rachele Mikkelsons
Heather Riney
Lil Rodriguez
Hall of Fame
Linda Gillham
Rayne Gray
Jerome C. Herrington
Ron Jarrell
Duke Kritz
Paul Stithem
Gary Willow
District Award of Merit
Jace Larkin
Steven Ruppenthal
Jace Larkin has been a scouter in the Firebird District
for over seven years. He has served as Troop Committee Chair and Chartered Organization Representative
and is currently a District Commissioner. He has
trained numerous Venturing leaders. Jace is Wood
Badge trained and is a fox, (his wife agrees.)
Steven Ruppenthal has served as a Chartered Organization Representative and has spent the last seven
years as an Assistant Scoutmaster working with the 11
year old scouts. He has served as a trainer for Leader
Specific Training and merit badge counselor for the
District Advancement Challenge. Steve is a bear and a
good ol’ bear too.
Firebird Fireside
...of the Year
Ann Boblett, Cub Scouter of the Year
Shane Hunt, Scouter of the Year
Robert Carbonneau, Commissioner of the Year
Silver BeaVER
Shawn Pobst
For the past 21 years Shawn has
played an active role in scouting in
our District. He has served as Assistant Scout Master,
Explorer Post Advisor, Varsity Coach, Scoutmaster,
Venturing Crew Advisor, Chartered Organization Representative as well as Assistant District Commissioner
and Venturing Roundtable Commissioner. Shawn has
already received the Commissioner’s Key, Commissioners Arrowhead, Distinguished Commissioner, Commissioner of the Year, District Award of Merit, Adult
Religious Award and his Wood Badge beads. He is also
the father of two eagle scouts. In addition to scouting,
Shawn has also dedicated much of his time to serving
in the Phoenix West Maricopa Stake and as Bishop of
the Crystal Gardens Ward.
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Core Value of the Month: Health and Fitness
Being personally committed to keeping our minds
and bodies clean and fit.
Congratulations to Firebird District’s recent Eagle Scouts!
Name
Unit
Project
Hours
Christopher Bey
Crew Donations to benefit
9962 Homeless Teens
135
Noah Hamstra
Building a Meditation
Troop
Garden for Maggies
99
Place
179
Paul Lips
Collard Dove Traps for
Troop
Adobe Mountain Wildlife
90
Center
181
Steven Rush
Crew House Painting and Re9046 pairs for City of Avon-
188
Skyler Foxx
Crew Disability Awareness
9992 Video
87
A Cub Scout Day and Overnight Family Camp
Daniel Wing
Crew Fun Run Food Drive for
9992 local food bank
106
September 28-30, 2012
Levi Willow
Troop Refurbish Skyway
90 Church Landscaping
304
Zachary Franke
Built Benches and
Troop
Hooks for Lattie Coor
99
Elementary School
209
Paul Burbank
Crew Rio Vista Elementary
9076 Book Drive
109
Webelos Weekend
Enjoy archery, BB Guns, crafts, nature, scoutcraft events, fishing plus so much more!
June 1-2 at Camp Geronimo
June 8-9 at Camp Raymond
Cub-Boys at the Heard!
Cub Scout Day Camp, June 2012
There are several sessions at the end of June that
still have spots available. Check availability now!
For complete details please visit the council website.
Wild West Cubs (Camp Kaibab)
Visit www.campkaibab.com for complete details.
Youth Leadership Breakout at Roundtable
This breakout is geared to all youth, from Senior Patrol Leaders (SPLs) to scouts who have just joined
and want to learn about the troop structure, the duties and responsibilities of troop positions and other
aspects of scouting.
Roundtable is held on the second Thursday of the
month at the LDS Thomas building. Any questions,
contact Ryan Kritz at az7510eaglescout@cox.net.
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Life scouts that are ready to start working on their
Eagle Project should review the Eagle Rank Planning
for Success guidelines on our district website. As of
January 1, 2012, there is a new Eagle Workbook. If
your project has not already been approved, please
use the NEW workbook that is included in the Eagle
Rank Planning for Success.
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Hassayampa Chapter; Cocopah Clan; Wipala Wiki Lodge 432
Powder Horn
October 10-13, 2012
Our district’s own Mark Sharp
will be the Course Director.
The Powder Horn course is designed to help the
troop, team or crew by exposing older Scouts,
Venturers and adult leaders to safely conducted
outdoor/high adventure activities of a fun and
challenging nature. Learn more about Powder Horn
on the council website.
At the end of April we had Vigil Weekend at R-C Scout
Ranch. Congratulations to the following Vigil Candidates from our district:
Avery Brown
William Heilman
Duke Kritz
Michael Redfern
Gary Willow
Questions about OA? Talk to our Chapter Chief, Ryan
Kritz, ChiefHassayampa@wipalawiki.org.
For up to date information on all of the OA events
and to subscribe to the Tom Tom (OA newsletter,)
please visit www.wipalawiki.org.
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is an
intense, six day, outpost adventure, outdoor leadership training experience for youth troop leaders (like
Wood Badge for scouts.) Visit the council website for
more information.
Our district’s own Tim Smith will be the course
director for the week-long course at Camp Geronimo.
2012 Course Dates
May 28 - June 2 @ Camp Geronimo
July 23-27 @ R-C
December 26-28/January 2-4, @ Heard Pueblo
For the 21st Century
Wood Badge is advanced leadership training for
scout leaders. More information can be found on the
council website at www.grandcanyonbsa.org
The upcoming course at Camp Raymond,
May 28 - June 2 still has space available!
2012 Course Dates
May 28-June 2 @ Camp Raymond
September 3-8 @ R-C
October 11-13/October 25-27 @ R-C
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May 2012
4-6
OA Geronimo Ordeal
5
Trainer’s EDGE
10
Roundtable
12
Cub Scout Spring Round Up
18-20 OA R-C Ordeal
24
OA Chapter Meeting
25
Diamondbacks Scout Night
28-June 2 NYLT @ Camp Geronimo
June 2012
14
Roundtable
29
Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Scout Night
Enjoy your summer campS and be safe!
District Chair
District Commissioner
District Executive
Program Chair
Jim Stevens
thacinaz@yahoo.com
Advancement Chair
Eagle Coordinator
Training Chair
Finance Chair
Eagle Boards of Review
First Thursday of each month, 6:30 pm
LDS Goodyear Stake Center - 425 S. Estrella Pkwy
Roundtable
Second Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm
(Except no Roundtable in July)
LDS Thomas Building - 13277 W. Thomas Rd.
Robert Carbonneau
rcarbs@gmail.com
Sal Siniscalchi
ssinisca@bsamail.org
602-955-7747 x 252
Membership Chair
District Committee & Commissioner’s Meeting
First Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm
LDS Goodyear Stake Center - 425 S. Estrella Pkwy
Vern Wolfley
vern.wolfley@gmail.com
Vacant
Tim Smith
azalfalfa@aol.com
623-935-6471
Robert Vehar
rmv@prodigy.net
Nicole Graybill
graybillrealtor@yahoo.com
Robert Vehar
rmv@prodigy.net
LDS Relations Chair
Ricky King
rickylking@aol.com
OA Chapter Advisor
Tom Crosser
tecrosserbsausnr@aol.com
623-849-9526
Communications Chair
Julie Harrison
firebirddistrictnews@gmail.com
If you have information you would like posted in the
newsletter or on the website, or to be added to the
newsletter e-mail distribution list, please e-mail Julie
at firebirddistrictnews@gmail.com.
Order of the Arrow Chapter Meeting
Fourth Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm
Scout Hut in Litchfield Park - 253 W. Fairway Dr.
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