NWSC Hosts National Art Tour
The Northwest Suburban Council has been chosen to host the BSA National Endowment Foundations 2006 Art Tour. A early evening gala reception on Thursday, May 11 2006 presided over by BSA Chief Executive Roy Williams will feature 20 priceless paintings. Pieces selected for the tour include original Norman Rockwell and Joseph Csatari paintings. Norman Rockwell has often been called Americas favorite artist and is well know for his decades of cover illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post. He received the nations highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his vivid and affectionate portraits of our country.
This is the first time in the history of our Council that we have been selected to serve as host of this prestigious national event. The reception, which is by invitation only, is intended for current and future Endowment Fund supporters from the NWSC as well as thirteen area Councils in Illinois and Wisconsin. Chief Executive Williams will personally present and recognize recent 1910 and Founder Circle level contributors.
One of the other benefits of the event will be an Estate Preservation seminar immediately preceding the gala. Designed for informational purposes only, it will benefit all those who are considering issues such as; how or why to plan your estate, how to be sure your estate distribution intentions are followed, and how to ensure gifting and bequest intentions are achieved.
Invitations should be received by early March. If you are interested in learning more about the event or how to support our Endowment Fund, please contact Ron Schagrin, VP Endowment (volunteer) 847-969-2531 or Darwin Walk, Finance Director (professional) 847-824-6910.
Contest to Present the Flags
& Meet the Chief Scout Executive
Attention all NWSC Scouts. Would you like to meet BSA Chief Scout Executive Roy Williams and receive a personally autographed Field Guide? Would you like the honor of being part of a Color Guard in the presentation of the Flags for a National BSA event next May? If you would like to be a part of the festivities on Thursday May 11, 2006 we would like to hear from you. You must be available from 3:30pm to 6:30 pm on 5/11/06 and have a complete Dress (Class A) uniform. We will also be selecting an Eagle Scout and a Cub Scout to read an opening prayer and to conduct the Pledge of Allegiance.
If you would like to participate, please submit the following information to NWSC National Color Guard, 600 Wheeling Rd., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056. Your Name, Unit, Sponsoring Organization, home address, home phone number, rank, and a short essay (100 words Cubs, 250 words Boy Scouts 11 - 13, 400 words all others) on one of these topics Why Scouting is important in our Community, or What I have gained
from Scouting. Entries will be judged by a panel from the Executive Board solely on content, not on format (however they must be legible to be included). Cub Scouts can have their entry written or typed by a parent, however it must be the Scouts words, sentence structure and content. Entries must be received by March 31st to be considered.
Cool Outings : Okpik Cold Weather Camping
No bugs, no other campers, no heat... It's camping Okpik style! Yes there is camping in the fourth season, and we can show you how to do it right!
The Okpik cold weather camping training course is a Train the Trainer course that has been around for over a decade now in our Council. Back in 1991, three scouters went to the Northern Tier High Adventure Base in Eli, MN. to take their Okpik course. Bill McAlister, Steve Bytnar and Jim Robb spent a number of years developing the course and made it the success it is today.
As a participant of the course you learn how to dress for cold, how to sleep in a tent when the temperature is 32 degrees or colder, and many other various subjects such as cooking, fire building and the different activities you can have out in the snow.
We have four Sunday sessions that are fours hours long to prepare for the final for the course. These sessions are held between mid October through beginning of December. The final is the overnight which is at Camp Lakota in Woodstock on the second weekend in January.
The next Okpik course director is Roberta Hamann and her Senior Patrol Leader will be Tom Farrell.
Join us for next years course and learn the latin phrase "Non Semper Erit Aestas" which means "It Ain't Always Gonna Be Summer"
http://www.nwsc.org/okpik/
Council Officers Elected
At the NWSC Annual Meeting held on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 the Council elected its officers, Executive Board, Advisory Committee, Council Members at Large, National Council Representatives, District Chairmen and District Commissioners. Committee Reports were also presented and several resolutions concerning the governance of the Council were adopted.
The Council elected the following Officers to serve until the Council's 2007 Annual Meeting:
President
Commissioner
Treasurer
Vice Presidents:
District Operations
Legal Affairs
Finance
Endowment
Capital
Membership
Relationships
Marketing
Scouting Power
Program
Scoutreach
Education/LFL
Past President
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Richard Politowicz
Ray Okigawa
Al Knox
Frank Moriarty
Paul Pinderski
Ernesto Soler
Ron Schagrin
Jim Tierney
Ken Becker
Joe Trexler
Jim Emigh
Tavis Tackett
Marie Diffley
Shah Quaiyoom
Anna Klimkowicz
John Frieburg, III
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Scout Shop Scoop
Happy Birthday Boy Scouts!It's that time of year again. Time for Scout Sunday observations, Blue and Gold banquets and Courts of Honor.The Scout Shop has the supplies to meet all of your needs for any of these occasions.
3 Month Memo for Council Events
FEBRUARY:
Scout Sunday
Feb. 5
B.S.A.'s 95th Anniversary
. Feb. 8
Executive Committee Mtg.
. Feb. 8
Scout Week
.. Feb. 5 11
Scout Sabbath
Feb. 11
Signal Hill District Recharter Clinic
.. Feb. 11
North Woods District Dinner
.. Feb. 17
Presidents' Day (Scout Shop only open). Feb. 20
MARCH
Ash Wednesday
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... Mar. 1
Blackhawk District Dinner
.. Mar. 3
Executive Committee Mtg.
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. Mar. 8
Swap Meet
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.. Mar. 11
Executive Board Mtg.
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. Mar. 15
Lord Baden Powell U. of Scouting .Mar. 17 19
Wood Badge Dinner
Mar. 25
APRIL:
Palm Sunday
.. . Apr. 9
Executive Committee Mtg.
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.. Apr. 12
Passover
... Apr. 13
Good Friday (Scout Shop open till noon) Apr. 14
Easter
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. Apr. 16
Great Starts in Orienteering
Doubts about your sense of direction? Why not chart a course for Camp Lakota and the NWSCs Great Starts Orienteering weekend? This is a one day event or weekend if you choose meant to help you with orienteering and map reading skills. We welcome beginners who are looking to master basic compass skills and the more advanced who are interested in refining their GPS talents.
This orienteering event is set for Saturday March 25th at Camp Lakota. Why not find yourself there? For more information, call Reggie Lithgow at 847-352-1948 or email at rrrlithgow@aol.com.
Lord Baden Powell Wants You!
Touch the future share your knowledge. Its a thought that is part of the fabric of Scouting, and it happens to be the theme for the 17th annual Lord Baden-Powell University of Scouting. LBPU 2006 is set for March 17-19 at the George Williams campus of Aurora University in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
As always, there is a wide variety of course offerings this year all designed to better equip Scouters to tackle todays challenging issues such as diversity, membership, finance and marketing. Learn techniques on how to rebuild a small unit, conduct a fun and meaningful campfire program, avoid volunteer burn-out, and provide the magic that moves a Life Scout on to Eagle. Those courses are just a taste of this years curriculum from Ethics in Scouting to Safe Nutritional Campout Meals theres plenty to make you a better trained, more confidant Scout leader. For more information on how this college can improve your knowledge, call the Council office at 847-824-6880 or check out NWSC.org, and click on Training.
Friends of Scouting Campaign Underway
The Northwest Suburban Council is launching its Friends of Scouting campaign with an aim toward raising $500,000 the largest FOS goal in council history.
Monies raised through Friends of Scouting are the financial bread and butter of council operations. They help provide better training opportunities for our leaders, a more customer friendly council Service Center, adult leader screening, and aid for those Scouts who are in need of financial assistance.
The NWSC has long had a vibrant family FOS campaign. This year the focus will be on winning support from our many host communities. The community campaign will kick-off with a Leadership Breakfast Friday February 10th at the Stonegate Banquet Centre 2401 West Higgins Road in Hoffman Estates. Our guest speaker is the President of Stonegate Properties Doug Altenberger, a former University of Illinois basketball standout, and a former Chicago Bull. We hope to see you there.
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PHOTO CONTEST
Enter the Northwest Suburban Council Photo Contest by submitting your scouting based photographs to the Councils Volunteer Service Center by Wednesday, March 1, 2006. The winner of the Photo Contest will receive a $50 gift certificate to the National Scout Shop. This award is sponsored by Byte Me Computers and Internet Services of Mount Prospect. The Council Marketing Committee is hosting this contest and will serve as the contest judges.
Submit your entry to:
NWSC Photo Contest, Northwest Suburban Council
600 Wheeling Road, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
by March 1, 2005. Winners will be announced in April
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Rules:
Submit your photos of Scouting based events; these can include unit meetings, outings, action shots, patriotic events, scouting skill activities and more by March 1.
Photo (suggested print size is 5x7) must be accompanied by both the negative or electronic media and need to have captions with the names and unit number of those pictured or the place/activity noted.
Please ensure that your photographs are marked with your name, address, telephone number and unit affiliation.
All photo graphs will become property of the NWSC and may be used in future publications and promotional tools developed by the Council.
Contest is open to all NWSC Scout and Scouters of all ages.
The decision of the Judges is final.
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