Central Region Venturing Newsletter - the Central Point - October 2013

Area 1 Venturing Conference The Area 1 conference will be taking place November 8th-10th at the Holiday Inn in Bloomington Minnesota. You will join Venturers, Advisors, and Scouting staff for a weekend of learning and fun. You will have the opportunity to participate in sessions on “Earning Bronze/Gold”, and “Improving Communication with Websites / Facebook”. You’ll hear the latest Venturing info from Keith Walton from the National Boy Scout Office in Texas and discuss how to use the new Venturing features to grow and improve Crews. You'll also be able to explore STEM Awareness and how to plan it in your Crew, plus spend Saturday afternoon at Scouting Base Camp with the Space Shuttle Simulator, Lego Mindstorm, and Archery targeting the Nova Award achievement. Be sure to register soon! The price is only $95 until October 25th. After that, it will raise to $115, so sign up now! The cost covers all meals, 2 nights of lodging in the Holiday Inn, materials, and Base Camp activities! To register for the Area 1 Venturing Conference, go to: https://www.scoutingevent.com?2013Area1 . For more information, go to: http://crventuring.org/Home/Fulltext/s=2&id=10 or contact Mikaela Boston, Area 1 Venturing President, at (612)877—2315.

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The Central Point

Newsletter of Central Region Venturing | BSA

In This Issue:

Area 1 Conference 1

Council Standards of

Venturing Excellence 2

Area 3 Webinars 3

Using Social Media 3

Area 5 Fun Event 3

Area 1-5 Pages 4

Area 6-7 Pages 5

See Our Venturing 5

President’s Corner 6

Venturing Oath:

As a Venturer, I promise to

do my duty to God and to

help strengthen America. To

help others, and to seek

truth, fairness, and

adventure in our world.

October Newsletter 2013

Council Standards of Venturing

Excellence Each edition of the Central Point will

feature a photo from a Boy Scout camp in

the Central Region. Can you name that

camp?

This Month:

Last Month:

Rainbow Scout Reservation

Morris, Illinois

If you would like your photo to be a

“Name that Camp?” clue, please email it

to Emily Mausshardt at vp-

[email protected].

Let me tell you about something fabulous in recent Central Region Venturing Administration: The CSVE award. If you haven't heard of the CSVE, it stands for "Council Standards of Venturing Excellence". Here's how it works: A Venturing leader on the council levels fills out this form and sends it in to the National BSA office. If the Council meets all of the requirements, they attain the CSVE award. It's kind of a big deal, and VERY impressive for councils to achieve.

The CSVE is used for more than just rewarding outstanding councils. It's also a diagnostic tool. Each Area VOA wants to know the shape of Venturing in the councils located in their Area so they can tailor their efforts to assist Venturing in their area. Therefore, all of the councils located in the Central Region will receive the CSVE form early, to be returned to the Area VOA that sent it to them. This ensures the CSVE forms are completed on time and allows the Areas to learn more about the state of Venturing in their council. To learn more about the CSVE, visit http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Venturing/Awards/Excellence.aspx. Note that the CSVE file presently posted is for the 2012 recognition, but the questions remain the same for this year. Fill it out early and get a head start on t h e 2 0 1 4 submission date! ~ Dagny Gargas

Name That Camp!!

Did You Know…

It takes 80-100 years for an aluminum can to decompose in a landfill.

Nearly 1.1 million youth attended a council Scout camp or high adventure base last year.

1, 067, 513 volunteers provided leadership for Scouting programs in 2012.

181 NASA astronauts were involved in Scouting (57.4% of astronauts).

Hello, Central Region Venturing!

But wait, there's more!

Caption Contest

Area 5 Fun Event

Watch out for the Zombies!

Area 5 Venturers will be visiting

the Red Queen’s Court at

World’s of Fun in Kansas City.

This annual Area 5 fun event will

take place on October 19th—

20th. The cost is $50 per

person, which includes

admission to the park, two

meals, and a t-shirt! Check out

this video from last year’s Area

5 Fun Event. Are you ready for

this event? Click here to register

to visit the Red Queen’s Court

with other Venturers! More

information can be found by

going to the Central Region

Website.

We know you can do better than this caption! Send in your caption, name, and council you are from to [email protected]. If you win, your caption will be featured in next month’s newsletter and on our Facebook page. Check back next month to see who wins.

Last Month’s Picture:

London Bridges Falling Down, oh no!!!!! ~Caption Submitted By: Jerry Kiste

Area 7 taking a break from training to explore

Chicago...on a boat!

“The most worth-while thing is

to try to put happiness in to the

lives of others.” - Baden Powell

This Month’s Picture:

Webinars, Webinars, Webinars!

Facebook, Twitter, and the

Practical Use of Social Media

What’s the fastest way to

promote your Venturing event to

youth? Facebook! By posting in the

Central Region Venturing Facebook

group, you will send your message

to over 6,000 people in under a

minute. Facebook and Twitter

(@CRVenturing), are viewed by

thousands of people on a daily

basis. Advertise your events here!

In addition, 90% of

information transmitted to the brain

is visual—using pictures is an

excellent way to supplement your

text and make your message more

visually appealing to readers.

Don’t forget about the monthly Venturing webinars hosted by the Central

Region Area 3 VOA! All professionals, volunteers, and youth are welcome,

and encouraged, to attend the webinars from the comfort of your own home

no matter what council, area, or region, you are located within. We look

forward to seeing you there (well maybe not “seeing” since this is being

done over the internet and not in person, but you get the point)!

November 19th: Marketing & Recruiting for Venturing and Sea Scouting

December 19th: Venturing Officer Selection Process

January 14th: Special Session for Professional Scouters Only

February 18th: The New Venturing Part 1– Unit Level Changes

March 18th: The New Venturing Part 2– Council through National Changes

April 17th: Venturing Trainings/Purpose of Venturing Officers’

Associations

May 27th: Introduce New Officers/Open Microphone Month

For more information on how to join the webinars, click the following link:

http://crventuring.org/Home/Fulltext/s=1&id=322

Area 1

Upcoming events:

November 8th-10th, 2013, Area 1 Training Conference,

Bloomington, MN

President: Mikaela Boston

Advisor: Chris Sandberg

Area 2

Upcoming Events:

October 18th-20th, 2013, Venturing and

Sea Scouts Camporee, Midland, MI

November 1st-3rd, 2013, Introduction to

Leadership Skills for Crews, Twin

Lake, MI

January 10th-12th, 2014, Area 2

Venturing Planning Conference,

Lansing, MI

January 24th-26th, 2014, Venturing

Winter Biathalon, Gregory, MI

President: Jasmine Dittel

Advisor: Jeff Geralds

Area 3

Upcoming events:

October 15th, 2013, Venturing Checklist for Success Webinar

October 25th-27th, 2013, Certified Angler Instructor Training,

Farmington, MO

November 9th, 20143 Area 3 Program Conference, Normal IL

January 10th-11th, 2014, Area 3 Venturing Conference, Normal, IL

Also, check out Area 3’s YouTube page!

http://www.youtube.com/user/CRVenturingArea3

President: Elizabeth Schneider

Advisor: Bob Vogt

Area 4

Upcoming

Events:

August 30th-31st, 2014, Powderhorn-

BC, Kensignton, OH

President: Henry Gunther

Advisor: Duane Zobrist

Area 5

Upcoming Events:

October 19th-20th, 2013, Area 5 Fun Event, Kansas City, MO

President: Mallory Ware

Advisor: Julie Dalton

Area 6

Upcoming Events:

No upcoming events. If you have an event you would like

listed here, please submit it to http://www.crventuring.org/

event_submission.php.

President: Mandi Forsythe

Advisor: Carla Gargas

Area 7

Upcoming

Events:

March 1st, 2014, Area 7 Venturing

Conference, Gurnee, IL

April 11th-13th, 2014, Powder Horn,

Oregon, IL

June 30th-July 5th, 2014, National

Youth Leadership Training: Eagle

Claw, Morris, IL

August 8th-10th, 2014, Scout Air Fest,

Romeoville, IL

President: Katlin Adams

Advisor: Kris Zahrobsky

Submit your Venturing event

on the Central Region

Website!

Go to http://crventuring.org and click on

the “submit a calendar event” button on

the lower left side of the page. Fill out

the form, and now you will be able

reach thousands of Venturers to come to

your event!

Have you and/or your crew ever had the

trouble of trying to find a campsite? It was

probably hard wasn’t it? Well the Central Region

would like to ease your troubles and worries. If

you go to www.crventuring.org and click ‘Where

to Go Venturing’ on the left hand side of the page,

you will be able to enter the state’s name your

visiting and if you care to camp on a BSA

campsite, City Park, National Forest, ect. You will

then enter a mile radius and what season you

wish to visit. You then will pick what type of

facilities and what activities you wish to do

during your trip. You will then hit the ‘Find

Location” button and receive your results.

Now just because you have the option of

filling everything out, doesn’t mean you have to.

If you’re just interested in finding out where

camps are in a state, you can just fill out the

“States” and “Managing Agencies” box and click

‘Find Locations’ and it will give you every known

place you have searched for in that particular

state. ~ Kim Legg

See Our Venturing—Where to

Go Venturing

Central Region Venturing President:

Christina Vogt

[email protected]

Central Region Venturing Advisor:

Keith Gehlhausen

[email protected]

Central Region Venturing Vice President of Communications:

Emily Mausshardt

[email protected]

Central Region Venturing Associate Advisor for Communications:

Deb Keyes

[email protected]

Happy October Central Region! It’s that crazy time when we are all busy with school, work, and other activities, but it’s important to remember the great Venturing opportunities that are coming up! This past month, Area 3 held the biggest annual Venturing event in the nation along with the Greater St. Louis Area Council, the Fantastic 40th Annual Fall Fun Rally. I had the honor of being there along with 1474 fellow Venturers and Sea Scouts to help celebrate the 15th anniversary of Venturing! It was so cool

to meet a lot of Venturers from around the region and be able to have a weekend full of adVenture. October always brings lots of challenges for Venturing with school midterms and many other obligations. Even though we have these challenges it’s, all about balance! Creating a calendar with all your events along with when homework is due will allow better success with staying organized. There are sometimes when you will need to skip a Sunday of Venturing to study for a chemistry test but that’s okay. Also getting ahead on homework before the weekend will allow you to enjoy your camping trip more than worrying about the homework that needs to be done before Monday’s class. Being organized will help not only you’re success in school but it will also allow you to enjoy Venturing events more! I hope you all enjoy the beginning of fall as all the leaves start to change color and good luck in all your activities. See you around Central Region! ~Christina Vogt

President’s Corner

Venturing is a Scouting pro-gram for male and female youth ages 13-21 that lets youth experi-ence new activities, build leader-ship skills, earn awards, make new friends, and of course have fun.

The Central Region is one of four regions of the Boy Scouts of America. This region includes the states of: Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kan-sas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and West Virginia.

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