A Week Of Fun For Cub Scouts!! | |  Day Camp is one of the most fun things a Cub Scout will do all year! This is a chance for boys to go to a program from Monday through Friday and play games, earn badges, and shoot BB guns and bows and arrows! Cub Scouts are organized as dens, but a boy can go to any week of Day Camp. If you can't go the week with your Den or if they aren't going contact the Service Center at 405-840-1114 and we can find a time for your Cub Scout to experience this great program. Boys can even go to more than one week of Day Camp! Below the different day camps are listed, along with the volunteer leaders of each camp. Please contact the Day Camp Directors for more information, and check back to www.lastfrontiercouncil.org in the next few weeks for individual program guides from each camp. Camps are listed in the date-order of when they are being held. | Western Plains District (western Oklahoma) Day Camp will be May 29 through June 1st at Dripping Springs. Camp Director will be Gary Woodrow and he can be reached at 580-210-9271 or click here to send him an email. | Black Beaver District (Lawton area and surrounding counties) Day Camp will be June 4 through 8 at Elmer Thomas Park, Lawton, OK. Camp Director will be Kris Keller and she can be reached at 580-512-1848 or click here to send her an email. | Canadian Valley District (Pottawatomie, Seminole and Hughes Counties) Day Camp will be June 4 through 8 held at Shawnee Lake in Shawnee, OK. Camp Director will be Cindy White and she can be reached at 405-275-9391 or click here to send her an email. | Chisholm Trail District (Grady, Stephens and Jefferson Counties) Day Camp will June 4 through 8 at a location to be determined. Camp Director will be Carina Friedl and she can be reached at 580-658-0647 or click here to send her an email. | Kicking Bird District (Altus area and Greer, Jackson and Harmon Counties) Day Camp will be June 4 through 8 at Altus City Park, Altus, OK. Camp Director will be Robin Foreman and she can be reached at 580-477-1150 or click here to send her an email. | Will Rogers District (Yukon, Bethany, and Canadian County) Day Camp will be June 4 through 8 at John Nichols Scout Ranch. Camp Director is Mandy Clagg and she can be reached at 405-830-1234 or click here to send her an email. | Baden Powell District (northwest Oklahoma City area) Day Camp will be June 11 through 15 at John Nichols Scout Ranch. Camp Director is Laurie Bennett and she can be reached at 405-204-45688 or click here to send her an email. | Eagle District (Edmond, north Oklahoma City, and Logan County) Day Camp will be June 11 through 15 at the University of Central Oklahoma, (UCO) Edmond, OK. Point of Contact for Day Camp will be Bill Taylor and he can be reached at 405-209-8685 or click here to send him an email. | Sooner District (Cleveland and McClain Counties) Day Camp will be June 18 through 22 at John Nichols Scout Ranch. Camp Director is Mark Myers and he can be reached at 405-514-2130 or click here to send him an email. | Big Tepee District (Midwest City, Choctaw and eastern Oklahoma County) Day Camp will be June 25 through 29 at Ray Trent Park, Midwest City, Oklahoma. Camp Director will be David Atkinson and he can be reached at 405-733-8256 or click here to send him an email. | Slippery Falls Scout Ranch | | This guide includes a summary of the program areas, the daily schedule, the merit badge schedule, adult leader trainings available, and preparation requirements for merit badges. Click the link above or image to the right. (1.52MB Adobe Acrobat PDF) This year Tentaroo is the online service being used by Slippery Falls to register for merit badges and other programs. Click the  Tentaroo logo or go to www.tentaroo.com/slipperyfalls to sign up. (Please note your payment schedule must be current to use the Tentaroo site.) The Boy Scouts of America is searching for talented individuals to work on summer camp staff as counselors, instructors, directors and managers. Staff work and live in residence at summer camp cabins. For more info click the link above or the "Summer Jobs!" image. | Cub Scout Resident Camp At George Thomas | |  This summer at Camp George Thomas Cub Scouts, leaders, and parents will "surf" their way to fun and earning lots of badges. For more information click here or the image to the left. Cub Resident Camp is a half-week program offered 8 times in June. Most boys come as Dens and with their Pack, but if your Den or Pack isn't coming, contact the Council Service Center at 405-840-1114 and we'll find a spot for you and your Cub Scout with another group! All food is provided and you just have to come with a tent and personal items. Don't miss one of the most fun opportunities your Cub Scout will have all year! | News Items | | Send your Scouts to NAYLE, the National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience, and watch their leadership skills soar. | | Thinking about Jamboree? There are still spots available to attend the 2013 National Scout Jamboree with the contingent from the Last Frontier Council. Signup today and secure your spot with 40,000+ other Scouts at the first ever national Jamboree to be held at the Summit. This is an event your Scout will not want to miss. Visit our Council blog and the Jamboree homepage for more details. Go Big! Get Wild! | | The new online tour and activity plan has been developed and will soon be ready for use. Online demo sites and training videos are available. Read more. | | WANTED: Scouts 14 years of age or older, volunteers, and parents of Cub Scouts who want to give their opinions! Read more. | | What do we mwan when we say "Youth Protection begins with you"? Everyone in Scouting from the most tenured professional Scouters and adult leaders to new Cub Scout parents and the Scouts themselves, and even to National and council employees, can be educated and aware of the policies in place to help keep our Scouts safe. The key is remembering a three-pronged approach to reducing the opportunities for abuse to happen within Scouting - prevent, recognize, and report. | | Come for good food and great fun! Where: Downtown Luther Cost: Free We will have our Cub Scouts race, open races, and adult races. Check out Luther on Facebook for updates on the race and specs for your race cars.Bring your car, chairs, and cameras! A special thanks to the town of Luther, Pack 344, and their wonderful volunteers for helping support this great event! | | Here's your chance to tell us your thoughts! The Last Frontier Council's 2012 Annual Recognition Event was in February, but no we need to start planning for 2013. Click here to take a quick survey that will help us to make next years event what you would like it to be. We want your thoughts including date, location, and how to best recognize leaders. | Get Scouting Gear! |  The discount coupon pictured here was mailed out in the ScoutStuff catalog for this spring. It didn't say it, but this coupon can be used in the Meinders Scout Store! Come in to the store at 3031 NW 64th and an associate can help you find Scouting supplies, camping gear, and also just fun games and activities for youth! | | "Help other people at all times" | |  Looking for a good Eagle Scout Project? The info below is about helping to construct sift boxes that could help people at a great time of need. How would you like to help a family whose home has been affected by a fire? The American Red Cross and the Last Frontier Council Boy Scouts are teaming up to provide sifting boxes to those whose homes and belongings have been damaged due to fire.  The Red Cross responded to over 62,000 single-family fires last year. Sifting boxes may seem simple but they help residents look for valuables lost in a fire. The sifters help families separate ash from heirlooms. For more information about the program contact James Tittle at (405) 228-9521 or james.tittle@redcross.org. | Character Counts Breakfast |  In early March Erik Logan Toppenberg was the keynote speaker at the Character Counts Breakfast held at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Several volunteers have requested the ability to show Erik's comments to others. To see Erik's speech click here for the YouTube link. | Scouts Earn Their Way to FUN!! | | THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE HERE! The camp cards have arrived and are ready for pick up. If you have signed up to participate in the Camp Card Sale, or even if you have just been thinking about it, now is the time to get everything in place because the sale has already started. You can collect Camp Cards from your District Camp Card Chairman, from District Roundtable Meetings, or even at one of the Council Service Centers in Oklahoma City and Lawton. There is no better way for a Scout to earn his way to camp than by selling Camp Cards. Please contact your District Camp Card Chairman or District Executive and "Let the Selling Begin"! Camp Card Drawing Winners Every week of the camp card sale an "On My Honor" prize winner is selected from a list of youth who have sold at least 25 camp cards. So far the prizes have been a "6-in-1 Robot Kit" and "Mini Remote Helicopter!" Below are the first three winners: Sam B, Ethan D, and Michael S. Congrats, boys!    | Popcorn 2012 - Earn More Commissions! | | It is getting time to plan for the 2012 Popcorn Sale. Please save these important dates for the sale this fall. The following training dates are for Unit Kernels, Lt. Unit Kernels, and District Kernels. They will be worth extra unit commission on your Popcorn Sale. April 28, 6:30 @ Golden Corral, 2632 NW Cache Rd, Lawton May 1, 7:00 @ Gaylord Scout Service Center, 3031 NW 64th St, OKC May 8, 7:00 @ McFarlin UMC, 419 S University Blvd, Norman May 10, 7:00 @ SWOSU, 100 Campus Dr, Weatherford May 24, 7:00 @ Gaylord Scout Service Center, 3031 NW 64th St, OKC | Training Opportunities | | Many training opportunities are coming up in Last Frontier Council! Many of these courses will help your unit meet your Journey to Excellence training goals. Click here for more information. | | Time is running out to take advantage of the “Early Bird” discount and spaces are filling fast. You don’t want your youth leadership to miss out on this great opportunity to train at Diamond H, June 4th – 9th. NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) is a six day-course. The concepts center on what a leader must be, what a leader must know, and what a leader must do. The key elements are taught with a focus on how to apply them in everyday situations. NYLT will give them the leadership skills and confidence to put them in practice not only in their units, but in other school, sport, church and civic activities they participate. An added bonus is by encouraging your youth to participate in NYLT you will also put your unit on track for a Scouting’s Journey to Excellence Gold Level. | | IOLS/WeLOT be held April 19-21 at John Nichols Scout Ranch. Click here for more informtion. This course is part of the Basic Leader training requirements for Scoutmasters, Asst. Scoutmasters, Venturing Crew Advisor, Varsity Coaches and assistants. It helps units meet their Journey to Excellence Training goals. | Get the M.O.S.T. out of training! A new training opportunity is coming in Last Frontier Council. Several Scouters were familiar with Outdoor Skills Training (OST) with a syllabus written by the late Dr. Jim Mustoe. The new training that is coming is Modular Outdoor Skills Training (MOST). In 2012 there will be 4 one day training opportunities offered with MOST. The two dates in the spring will be April 28 and May 12. Both of these training courses will be offered at John Nichols Scout Ranch. Cost will be $15 each or $25 if you sign up for both courses at the same time. April 28 will cover "Preparing for the Trail & Geocaching". May 12 will cover "On the Trail". For more info email by clicking the following links: James Clagg or Wade Shumway | Adult Leader Specific Training This training will be held in New Horizons District on May 5. For more info contact Christie Johnson. | Scoutmaster/Asst. Scoutmaster Training Will be held the first several weeks of summer camp at Slippery Falls Scout Ranch. Plan to get training while your Scouts are in Merit Badge classes! Sign up when you get to camp. | Fall Wood Badge Training Last Frontier Council's fall Advanced Leader Training Course (Wood Badge) begins Sept. 8 with Jennie Croslin ( rcroslin@cox.net ) as course director. Visit the Last Frontier Council Wood Badge site www.lfcwoodbadge.org for an application. Or click here to sign up! | Order of the Arrow | | The foundation of the Order of the Arrow is service. There is no better opportunity to perform this pillar of our organization than at Ordeal. The Ordeal is service at its finest to our council camps. We also perform the service of making those Scouts, who have been recognized by their units as honor campers, members of the Order of the Arrow. This event requires the help of many of our members and we call on each of you to return our soon to be newest members the goodwill and mentoring you received when you joined. This event is not void of fun and there will be plenty of opportunity for good food and fellowship. The Spring Ordeal will be at Slippery Falls on Friday May 18th through Sunday May 20th. More information and registration is available by clicking here. |  Seal Your Membership - Become a Brotherhood Member All members in the Order of the Arrow (OA) are equal. Each member is entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership in the Order. Yet, the OA is strengthed by a brotherhood within the membership. Brotherhood membership within the OA is ment to recognize those Ordeal members who have given service within the OA and are willing to reaffirm their belief in the Order by accepting five challenges. After being an active ordeal member for 10 months and completing several challenges, you may take part in the Brotherhood ceremony. There will be several uppcoming opportunities to becoma a Brotherhood Member. At your District Camporee, Good Turn Weekend, Spring Ordeal, Fall Ordeal, and the Lodge Brotherhood Night. | | The Section 8 Conclave is scheduled April 27, 28, & 29, 2012 at Camp Rockefeller on the Gus Blass Scout Reservation near Damascus, Arkansas. This annual event is attended by all seven lodges in the Section. It will include competitions in Indian events, training classes, patch trading, shows, games, and excellent food throughout the weekend. Each lodge will have the opportunity to demonstrate what makes it unique, and to gain experience from each other. The registration fee is $35 until April 13th. Registration may be completed online by clicking here. We anticipate a great turnout from MaNu Lodge; don't miss out on the learning, fun, and fellowship! | Come see the all new fishing gear in the Scout Shop! | .jpg) | |
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Spring Ordeal 2012
