To celebrate Scout Sunday, Crew 2085 produced a video to show 1st Baptist what it has done during the last year. Here is the link to video for your review!!
Welcome to Andrew, who has officially joined our Venturing Crew! Andrew just graduated from Olathe East last year and is attending JCCC this year. He became an Eagle Scout last year with Troop 412. Andrew has recently been interviewed by the national office and will be appearing on their web site soon! Andrew is the son of Nancy and Bob Zimbeck and has a sister, Katie, who is involved in Girl Scouts with Courtney. He loves to camp and climb, and he looks forward to being a part of our
Crew. You will also want to meet Katie and Susan, who will bring Andrew to meetings and will be camping with us.
We have so much to celebrate as we near the end of our first year as a CREW! Last year at this time we were asking FBC to allow us to start a Venturing Crew. Here we are a year later and Crew 2085 is one of the most active Venturing Crews in the Council, thanks to all of you!
For us to continue to grow and stay strong we need to continue to recruit new members! Be thinking of ways we can get the word out to others about Venturing! I know we are all overwhelmed right now in the preparations for the holidays. However, take some time over break and take a look at the Venturing requirements for the Outdoor Bronze—many of you have completed many of the requirements by attending meetings and campouts. Several of the core requirements and electives call for presentations. These can be either tabletops or power points that can then be presente to the Crew, a Boy Scout Troop or Cub Scout Pack, Girl Scout Troops or church groups. If you need help to see what we have done in meetings, you can call Courtney, Mrs. Bolton or myself, and we can advise you.
I am thankful to be a part of such a terrific group of youth and adults! I look forward to the adventures we will have in 2008! Be sure to get the events from the minutes on your calendar! We are going to have another great year, filled with many activities and leadership opportunities.
Enjoy your families during the holidays and have a Happy New Year!
Linda Weerts, Advisor
“What is RMHAB,” you ask? Why, it’s Rocky Mountain High Adventure Base in beautiful Colorado! (Formerly called
Packard.) They have moved to a brand new location—be the first to experience this awesome “new” camp!
If you have ever wanted to try out white water rafting, high-country hiking, mountain biking, fishing, climbing/rappelling, and many more activities, this is the adventure for you!
DATES: June 15-21 or June 22-29*
COST: $250
DUE: $50 deposit due now; rest by March 1, 2008, to get the discount
*Please note: The dates are not firm because if we do not have another adult sign up to go, then the Crew will need to travel with Troop 85.
Please let Mrs. Weerts know as soon as possible if you are interested, as a $50 nonrefundable deposit is due quickly.
One-Year Anniversary Open House/Recharter for 2008
Can you believe our Crew has been around for almost a year now?? It’s time for our Crew to recharter for the 2008 Scouting year! If you are already registered with the Crew, you do not need to fill out another registration form, but we do need your registration fee and dues for 2008.
Registration is $10 and dues will be $20, for a total of $30.
OPEN HOUSE: This would also be an excellent opportunity to do some recruiting! Let’s get out there and spread
the word about Venturing, and Crew 2085!
Our Open House will be our second meeting in February on the 19th. We’ll have some flyers to hand out to your
friends to help you get the word out. Be thinking about some fun events we can have to make this a success so people will want to join us (games, food, slides and presentation about all the exciting things we’ve done, etc.)
We’ll be planning out the details about our Open House at the January 15 meeting!
Courtney’s Going to Japan!—February 2008
Courtney has been chosen for the exciting opportunity to participate in the BSA Exchange Program! She and 32 other youth and 8 adults will be traveling to Japan January 31 through February 12, 2008. While in Japan, she will participate in a youth forum with Scouts from the Asia Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scouting Movement, tour historic and ancient sites in Japan, and enjoy hospitality with a Japanese family! Courtney Weerts has been chosen for the exciting opportunity to participate in the BSA Exchange Program! She and 32 other youth and 8 adults will be traveling to Japan January 31 through February 12, 2008.
The International Division of Boy Scouts of America sponsors this program, and Courtney is the first youth from the Heart of America Council to be selected for this trip!
Congratulations, Courtney—we know you will represent BSA and Venturing well. We’ll look forward to hearing all
about your trip and seeing lots of pictures when you get back!
In addition, last month Courtney was awarded the Council Venturing Leadership Award (as was Steve Miller, our friend from the Blue Springs Crew!)
Discover Scuba—January 29, 2008
Did you enjoy the Discover Scuba course at Venturing Camp at Bartle last summer? Would you like to do it again? If you didn’t get to do this at Bartle, here’s your chance to Discover Scuba!
On Tuesday night, January 29, 2008, the Crew will not have our ordinary meeting at the church. We’ll meet at the
church at 6:15 and carpool to The Dive Shop in Merriam, Kansas. They have their own pool there, where we will get
to try out scuba diving. This is an introductory course, just to “get your feet wet” with the scuba gear to see if you like it.
DATE: Tuesday, 01/29/08
TIME: 6:15 p.m.
WHERE: Meet at FBC to carpool
BRING: Bathing suit (one piece) and a towel
COST: $10 each
DUE: January 15 meeting
We should be back at the church by 9 p.m. Please let Mrs. Bolton know if you are going! We’ll need to collect the money at the January 15
Snow Creek Ski Trip—January 19, 2008
The Crew is going skiing at Snow Creek in Weston, Missouri, on Saturday, January 19. Cost for this event is yet to be
determined (last year it was around $45 total the lift ticket and equipment rental). We need a count SOON to find out how many people are going so we can let Mr. Dolan know. Mrs. Bolton will be sending out a permission slip for this in an e-mail as soon as we have more details (when/ where we are meeting, etc.). We may need some drivers depending on how many people sign up.
COST: Around $45 (plus money for your own food there)
DUE: January 15 meeting
Weather Didn’t Dampen Spirits at Overnight
Despite the dismal weather last Saturday, December 1, several crew members made it out to Prairie Center for a fun night of hiking, campfire cooking and camping. What started out as an icy, rainy, windy day ended up a breezy, warm December evening, which made for GREAT camping weather! After finally finding our way to the campsite (long story—bad map!) we built a nice fire and some crew members cooked foil dinners. Some others cooked dehydrated food with their backpacking stoves.
After an evening of fun and fellowship around the fire, we all settled in for a warm night of camping…until about
4:00 in the morning, when the cold front moved in! Then it was up and at ‘em, packing up, doing our service
project, then off to I-HOP for some pancakes—hey, we’re a Venturing Crew, we can DO that if we want to! Even on a
busy Sunday morning, our grubby group of 9 was seated at a table in less than 15 minutes (way to go, Matt!).
It was a great experience and a good opportunity to check out Olathe Prairie Center! Hopefully we can go back
again to camp and hike some more and learn more about the native prairie grasses through the different programs that park has to offer (specifically in the daylight!) . This would be an EXCELLENT place to work on the Ecology elective and do a
conservation project!
Crew 2085 and 2188 has 1st VLSC Training
Congratulations to Hannah and Heather for completing VLSC training today in Ottawa, Ks. Thank you Courtney for being the Lead Youth Presenter. A good time was had by all.
The ultimate summer adventure for Venturers is Bartle Blast. Starting on August 8 and ending on the 13th, you will have the opportunity to prove yourself on the High COPE Course, Repelling Tower and the Lake Front during the days and hang with your new Venturing friends in the evening.
For more information contact Courtney, Mrs. Bolton, or Mrs. Weerts.
