2008 Council News Archive

Falls District Camp-O-Ree - Webelos Invitational

October 24-26, 2008 – Shinleaf State Recreation Area

Details

Moore District Camp-O-Ree – Teamwork

October 24-26, 2008 – Upper camp area at Camp Reeves

Details

Boy Scout Days

NC State Football

Discounted tickets - Log onto www.Gopack.com/promo and enter code "BOYSCOUT"

9/6 William and Mary - $25 (normally $35)
11/29 Miami - $25 (normally $43)

NC State Men's Soccer

Boy Scouts and Parents get in for free if they wear their uniform.

Sept 24 vs. High Point 7pm
Oct 25 vs. Maryland 7pm

District Marketing Committee Meeting Rescheduled

The meeting has been moved to September 24, 2008 at 6:30 pm at the Council Office on Atlantic Ave.

New Camping Area Available

Carver's Falls is located in Cumberland County and allowing the Boy Scouts to enjoy the land and falls. It is private property, but the three brothers are allowing us to use the facilities/land/falls by Application ONLY.

Please read this Information Packet and contact Ken Moore at 910.527.1444 or moorekl@infionline.net for approval and use of Carver's Falls.

New Look to Merit Badge Pamphlets

Starting August 1, 2008 - the Merit Badge Pamphlets will be all color pamphlets. Of the 120 titles, two will be merging into one pamphlet, Architecture and Landscape Architecture reducing the series to 119 titles.

Five others will be newly revised in August 2008:

• Auto Mechanics
• Drafting
• Emergency Preparedness
• Farm Mechanics
• Swimming

Information taken from Supply Line News, July 2008

Getting it done - Summer Camp 2008

Summer Camp Staff

Left to Right (Click image for larger picture)

Chris Newton - Program Director
Jeanette Spinks - Business Manager
Linda Grady - Assistant Camp Director
Lee Robertson - Camp Director
Beth Mullin-McCoy - Admin Staff
Andrew Sedora - Admin Staff

Summer camp has been a real pleasant experience in 2008 and has been running smoothly due the the efforts of many people, (staff, CIT, professionals, and volunteers). The food and facilities are significantly better than previous years and has really set Camp Durant above the average camp venues. Continuing to get better as the completion of the Grand Lodge, the Charlie Sullivan Training Center and other facility are being finished and improved.

John Akerman announces the promotion of Connie Bowes to Scout Executive of the Daniel Boone Council in Asheville, North Carolina.

A farewell reception will be held on July 30 at the council office at 3231 Atlantic Avenue in Raleigh from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. If you plan to attend the reception, please notify Dona Johnston at the Council office before July 25th. (1-800-662-7102 or 1-919-872-4884)

We wish Connie and Maria all the best in his exciting new endeavor.

Broken Arrow ceremony for Iowa Scouts

The Order of the Arrow Lodge #104 will be presenting a Broken Arrow ceremony for the young men that were tragically killed at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in western Iowa on June 11th. The Occoneechee Lodge will hold the ceremony at Camp Durant, Carthage, North Carolina on June 25th at 8:30 PM.

The Broken Arrow Ceremony is a solemn and respectful way of commemorating the lives of Scouts or Scouters who have passed away.

The general public is invited. If you have never witnessed this ceremony, I am sure you will not want to miss this Wednesday night.

Directions

Sample Broken Arrow Ceremony for OA members

Boy Scouts of America Disaster Relief Fund

Our prayers go out to the families of the Scouts and Scouters affected by the recent tornado in Iowa that touched down at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch. On June 10, an F3 tornado caused a chimney in the bunkhouse to collapse resulting in the death of 4 young Scouts and causing injury to many others. Individual funds have been created to provide direct assistance to the families of those victims. We have been given some information about those private funds and we will provide additional information as it becomes available. The Boy Scouts of America has established a Disaster Relief Fund to help rebuild Scouting in those areas of the mid-west that have been affected by the ongoing weather related damages including tornadoes and floods.

Please Donate

Contributions to Victims Families

The families of the victims of the Little Sioux Scout Ranch tornado have set up various funds to provide direct and immediate support in their time of need. We are aware of the following funds at this time. We will continue to add more information as it becomes available.

More information

An Update on BSA Criminal Background Check Policies

As dedicated BSA volunteers, you understand the importance of keeping our youth safe in the Scouting program. To ensure Youth Protection, our organization has conducted criminal background checks on all new volunteers since April 2003. Because some volunteers have been continually registered in the program before April 2003, some have not had a criminal background check. In the next few months, we will be communicating with those volunteers on this issue.

More Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Welcome to the new Occoneechee Council web site.

Many hours were spent designing the site to comply with industry standards and care was taken to ensure portability for every browser type at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher. In addition, we kept the site clean and not cluttered with a lot of graphics to ensure that all our users, from dial-up to broad-band connections will have a pleasant experience and not have to wait for pages to load.

The site is compliant with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (for disAbled users) and adheres to the standards set by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998.

The web site isn't close to being finished yet but, we felt it was enough to give greater benefit than the older version of ocscouts.org

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