Running Waters

District Conference

Come One Come All – This conference

is open to all Scouters in the district

January 16, 2012 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

6:00pm Fellowship - Working Dinner 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Detroit Beach Pizzeria

2630 North Dixie Highway

Monroe 48162

Cost:  $10.00 per person

Come to this conference!  We need your input and ideas to keep Running Waters great.

Please R.V.S.P. By January 13^th

Myrtle Bruck 734-777-6596 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Extreme Wilderness Survival!

Dundee Sportsman Club

2300 Plank Road Dundee, MI 48131

Every 5 Scouts must be accompanied by an adult

On time registration: $5/participant (adult or youth); Late registration (after February 4^th) $7/participant

Pre-register by e-mailing participants’ names and Pack numbers to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

(Participants will receive confirmation of participation and further instructions.)

Saturday February 18th, 2012

7:30        Breakfast at the Dundee Sportsman Club, cooked by Troop 511: $3/person

8:00        Registration opens

8:30        Opening ceremony (outdoors)

8:45        Winter travel safety (outdoors)

9:30        Prepare supplies for an extreme adventure (indoors)

10:15     Orienteering refresher (indoors); Locate and Retrieve Mission (outdoors)

11:00     Lunch preparations  (in and outdoors)

11:30     Lunch and cleanup (in and outdoors)

From this point on, all activities will be outdoors.

12:00     Extreme Survival Experience (Webelos will be divided into four Patrols and rotate through the stations.)

12:15-12:55         Search and Rescue (Orienteering and First Aid)

13:00-13:40         Wilderness Survival (Shelter Building)

13:45-14:25         Campfire Challenge (Firebuilding Skills)

14:30-15:15         “Turkey” Hunt (Archery)

15:15     SLED RACE!

15:45     Webelos Awards and Closing Ceremony

16:00     Webelos Event ends

Participants should bring:

·Current BSA Health and Medical Record (Parts A & B completed) for BOTH the Scouts AND the adults

·Any registration fees due; $3/participant for breakfast (if desired)

·1 (10 ounce) can of soup for each participant

·Winter clothing—layer up and be ready for the weather! No tennis/gym shoes allowed. Anyone dressed insufficiently

will be sent home to change. This is a health and safety issue.

·Water bottle and trail food/snack

>>>MESS KIT for each participant<<<

·1 sled per Den/Patrol to carry your gear and to pull in the race (plastic toboggan-style sled).

Your sled should have:

Compass

First aid kit

Extra rope for sled race

Webelos Handbook

Any additional supplies your Scouts feel might be useful for the above listed activities!

Disclaimer: There is a 99.9% chance something in this plan will change.

Be flexible; we promise to deliver a fun program for your Webelos!

Klondike Derby 2012—Webelos Program

Indoor Overnighter

Dundee Sportsman Club

2300 Plank Road Dundee, MI 48131

Limit 15 Webelos, by pre-registration only.

Each Scout must be accompanied by a parent/guardian

On time registration: $5/participant (adult or youth); Late registration (after February 4^th) $7/participant

Pre-register by e-mailing participants’ names and Pack numbers to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

(Participants will receive confirmation of participation and further instructions.)

Friday February 17^th, 2012

>>>Eat dinner before you come!<<<

18:30     Check-in at the Dundee Sportsman Clubhouse

Pitch Camp, including “Webelos World” Patrol Site

Work on Outdoorsman Requirements

19:30     Astronomy Belt Loop and activities

21:00     Tour Boy Scout and Venture Crew Camps

21:45     Cracker barrel

Evening game

22:30     All campers in tents

23:00     Lights Out!

Saturday February 18th, 2012

7:00        Rise & Shine! Break camp—personal gear only

7:30        Breakfast at the Dundee Sportsman Club, cooked by Troop 511: $3/person

8:00        Finish packing and stowing personal gear

8:30        Klondike Derby event begins

Participants should bring:

·Current BSA Health and Medical Record (Parts A & B completed) for BOTH the Scout AND the adult

·Any registration fees due; $3/participant for breakfast

·Tent with shock cord style poles that sleeps only 2 (Although we will be indoors, the Scout and parent/guardian pairs must sleep in tents in order to maintain BSA standards of separate accommodations; Scouts MAY NOT share a tent with any unrelated adult.)

·Cot/sleeping pad (the floor is concrete), cold weather sleeping bag, pillow, spare blanket

·Appropriate clothing for the weather—no tennis/gym shoes allowed, dress in layers

·Flashlight with fresh batteries

·Personal hygiene items (toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, soap, washcloth, hand towel, etc.)

·Webelos Handbook

·Other items as you see fit from the “Packing for a Campout” List (see: Outdoorsman Activity Pin requirements)

Disclaimer: There is a 99.9% chance something in this plan will change.

Be flexible; we promise to deliver a fun program for your Webelos!

Lash-a-Palooza

(Boy Scout & Venturing Fall Camporee)

September 28, 29, 30, 2012

6 pm Friday – Noon Sunday

River Raisin National

BattlefIeld Park

Patch Design Contest

Patch must include:

Lash-A-Palooza, date, River Raisin National Battlefield Park, both the BSA & Venturing logos, represent skills of the Pioneering merit badge and or Lashing. Design must fit in a 3” square plus hang loop, and can be any shape. Final design may be adjusted due to the requirements of the patch company, but will keep the integrity of the original submitted design.

All designs must be submitted by February 9, 2012 to the committee

Pioneering, Camping, Cooking,

Merit Badges, Scout Skills, & Fun

Pioneering structures are to be some kind of an interactive structure

This is not a competition it is to be a fun skills building event & then go and try other troop’s structures & have fun meeting scouts from other units (There will be height restrictions)

Up to 5 Merit badges will be offered in the afternoon,

Along with a historical trails service project for the national Park

Cast Iron Chef Contests

We will have our own Iron chef’s competition

One competition for the scouts & one for the leaders/adults

Complete with a secret ingredient

(Secret ingredient will be announced ahead so that you can bring it with you)

And of course your pantry (patrol box) should be well stocked

Camping will be on the River Raisin National battlefield, unit trailer can be left in camp all other vehicles must be moved to the designated parking area. Unit rosters will need to be turned in at check in.

For More information contact

Louise Malvitz – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Running Waters District presents

Scout-O-Rama

“The War of 1812”

Life in America 200 Years Ago

>Michigan’s Oldest Scout Show<

Started in 1932!

Located at the Monroe County Fairgrounds

(corner of M-50 and Raisinville Road)

10am-4:30pm

Saturday May 12^th, 2012

Show off your best Pack, Troop, and Crew displays!

Daily Life in 1812, Fighting on the Great Lakes, Pioneering, The Life of a Soldier, American Heritage, Battlefield First Aid, The British Perspective, The Native American Role in the War, Rifle Shooting, Military Forts, The Capture of Detroit, Farming & Food Preparation in Early America,

Wilderness Survival, The Monroe War Experience: “Remember the Raisin!”

What will YOUR Scouting Unit’s display be???

Don’t miss the greatest District event of the year!

For further information, please contact

Rob Gessner: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 734.242.6741

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Kirk Shade: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 734.856.5029