August 7, 2011

Greetings!

It's hard to believe that it's already August, the summer seems to be passing by so quickly. The good side to that, is that Scouting will be in full swing again this coming September!
I would like to take this time to welcome several groups to the Odawa Area:
   2nd Hawkesbury LDS
   1st Lancaster
   2nd Cornwall
   22nd Cornwall
   3rd Cornwall
   1st Maxville

To start this off, an Area Council meeting has been scheduled for August 23rd, Rockland United Church, starting at 7:30pm. An agenda for the meeting will be sent out in the next week or so and will also be posted on the Odawa website, http://odawa-scouting.ca .

The calendar for the upcoming 2011-2012 year is also being populated on the website, so check back often. The calendar can be found on the Odawa website. As the year progress, all Area events will be posted on the website, and generally following the event, pictures are also posted.

Training
There are some upcoming training opportunities that I would like to draw your attention to:
   Wood Badge I for Group Commissioners - August 26-27th
   Voyaguer Leadership Summit - September 16-18th
   Youth Leadership Summit - September 16-18th
   Wood Badge Part 1, Colony, Pack, Troop - October 21-22
   First Aid Course - September 17-18

All the training courses with the details are available on the Odawa Calendar, and on the Voyageur Training Calendar located at:
http://www.scouts.ca/dnn/voy/CouncilCalendar/tabid/1885/Default.aspx 

Odawa Fall Cubaree:
The Odawa Area Fall Cub Scout Camp is taking place on Saturday September 24th to Sunday September 25th at Apple Hill. Your planning committee will be hosting the first Old Wolves Club meeting on Sunday September 11th at St Andrews United Church 739 St Jean St Rockland 7:30pm to 8:30 pm.

Looking forward to meeting you on the 23rd of August, and to working with each of the Groups in the Odawa Area!


Yours in Scouting,
Patrick Wall
Odawa Area AC
ScouterPatrick@gmail.com