Troop 918 is sponsored by Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Our goal is to develop Godly young men of great character with a heart of service for others and knowledge and respect for the outdoors. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Boy Scouts of America places the greatest importance on creating the most secure environment possible for its youth members. To maintain such an environment, the BSA has developed numerous procedural and leadership selection policies, and provides parents and leaders the following online and print resources for all scouting progams. For more information please visit: www.ocbsa.org/youth-protection/
The Camp Card sale is designed to help Scouts earn funds to offset the cost of their Scouting experience. We’ve put together a card with tons of savings for some of the top restaurants, shops, and services around town. Unit leaders sign up, get their cards, distribute them to their Scouts and start selling.
The Camp Card has deals such as:
$10 off $40 Smart n Final
Legoland Kids go Free with paid adult ticket
$10 off Dick’s Sporting Goods with purchase of $50
“A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room.”
– Baden Powell, Founder of the Scouting Movement
REMINDER: RSVP AND DEPOSITS ARE DUE MONDAY
While it sometimes seems as though the Scouts are goofing around and just having fun, there is much learning, growing, and gaining of responsibility happening in what looks to like chaos. Most definitely at a long-term camp experience. The leaders of our Troop can attest to this and agree with the quote above from Scouting’s founder, Baden Powell. This year, Troop 918 will be attending Summer Camp at Camp Cherry Valley on Catalina Island.
It’s an amazing experience for Scouts to spend a week living together, working together, managing their own time, choosing their own activities, and being responsible for themselves in a way that many have never experienced, and many youths never will, outside of Scout Summer Camp.
Camp Cherry Valley offers opportunities for many water sports including world-class snorkeling, SCUBA diving, canoeing, rowing, sailing, and swimming. Because it is located on the leeward side of the island, the cove is calm making it a perfect place for lots of fun in the water. Hikes over mountainous terrain, war canoe races, touring an old silver mine, and a sea lab with a touch tank so you can learn about local marine life. Don't forget about all the traditional summer camp activities such as archery, rifle or shotgun shooting, and approximately 40 merit badges.
This year Troop 918 will attend camp from Sunday, June 25th to Saturday, July 1st. The cost this year is $675 which includes the camp expense, program, food, and ferry transportation to the island. Payments can be made as follows or if you are able to pay in-in-full it would be of great help to the Troop treasury and help to allow the payments for those who need it.
Did you know that you can subscribe to the Troop calendar?
All of the Troop dates and events would automatically show up for easy planning. This works for calendars on Apple, Google, Android, Yahoo, Windows Live or Hotmail.
All of the Troop dates and events would automatically show up for easy planning. This works for calendars on Apple, Google, Android, Yahoo, Windows Live or Hotmail.