Alamo Area Council

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Cub Scouts

Why You Should Send Your Kid To Cub Scout Camp

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Day Camp is the best part of summer where a kid gains independence, confidence, builds new friendships and creates new memories. The ‘Game of Cubs’ Day Camp has flown by and the Scouts have been creating everlasting experiences and for some, completely new experiences! From passing swim test for the first time to watching the Camp Director accidentally flip his canoe in the McGimsey pond. Our Cub Scouts have cheered, laughed and gained the confidence to embrace new challenges. With only one week left of day camp our staff has brought the excitement and is looking to make this week an everlasting week of fun times!

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD SEND YOUR CUB SCOUT TO OUR DAY CAMP.

1. Day Camp makes Cub Scouts BRAVE

Day Camp gives our Cub Scouts the opportunity to be brave and step out of their comfort zone. We teach them new skills and give them the opportunity to learn new hobbies and passions, that other places don’t. Our Cub Scouts have learned new games such as 9 square and gained the confidence to help friends with minor first aid.

2. Day Camp makes Cub Scouts FRIENDLY

Day Camp gives our Cub Scouts the opportunity to build new friendships and develop new social skills. It’s always exciting to watch Scouts work together on team building activities and learn to work together in order to complete a task or new skill. We love watching Cub Scouts walk in nervously on the first day, not knowing a single person and on the last day running around with their new best friend!

3. Day Camp makes Cub Scouts CHEERFUL

Everyday Cub Scouts are faced with new challenges and with that comes the feeling of accomplishment and confidence. Scouts learn to cheer their buddies on and help each other  when the hard lessons of failure come along. Our Cub Scouts are taught to always do your best and always be willing to try something new.

4. Day Camp makes Cub Scouts CLEAN

Walk through McGimsey during a Day Camp and you might just see the kids cheering with pride for their 5th trash bead that day or witness our Cub Scouts picking up their buddies cup so it doesn’t get left behind. While these accomplishments are still a stretch from a spotless bedroom. We are teaching our Scouts to take pride in our camp, respect the great outdoors and leave no trace.

5. Day Camp makes Cub Scouts REVERENT

Our Cub Scouts get to demonstrate their reverence everyday by participating in afternoon grace, reciting the Scout Oath and Law and participating in opening and closing flag ceremonies. Our Cub Scouts demonstrate their reverence for their community and country by participating in flag retirements; learning the process and respect for our flag.

 

Mostly importantly the main reason we want our kids to go today camp is because that’s what we promised them! Every time we sign a kid up for Cub Scouts we tell them all about the swimming, fishing and canoeing we will be doing but if we can’t get them to camp we can’t fulfill that promise. Bring your kids to camp. Let them make some memories. Let them get a little dirty. Let them live the Scout Oath and Law and let them HAVE SOME FUN!!!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR DAY CAMP

Coyote District Fall Recruitment Zone Schedules

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The Zone Schedule is designed to help organize Fall Recruitment within the district. The following is a list of all Schools serviced by the Coyote District. Please understand the schools listed below are all NEISD, Alamo Heights and Fort Sam Houston schools. If you service a private or charter school not listed, please follow the map and use the guides and same dates to plan your Fall Recruitment.

Please remember, if you service a NEISD school, your date must be approved by the district and the school. This process could take up to 3 weeks, and can only be submitted by your Scout Service Executive, so please plan accordingly.

All Recruitment Nights should be scheduled within the week your school has been assigned. Please send your respective date along with the contact information to be placed on all flyers, the school you service and your unit number to Michelle Chapman at Michelle.Chapman@Scouting.org.

 

 

 

 

 

Scout Youth Honor Fallen Heroes During Flags at Fort Sam

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                       

For more information contact:

Angel Martinez
Communications/Marketing Director
(210) 394-9915 Cell/Text
angel.martinez@Scouting.org
www.AlamoAreaBSA.org

SCOUT YOUTH HONOR FALLEN HEROES DURING FLAGS AT FORT SAM

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (May 24, 2019) – Nearly 1,000 local Scout boys and girls will spend Memorial Day Friday showing appreciation for men and women who served the nation by placing American flags at the headstones of fallen service members. Scouts, Young Marines, active, reserve and retired servicemen and women, VFW and American Legion members, corporate citizens like HEB and USAA, and anyone else wishing to pay their respects are invited to join the Boy Scouts of America, Alamo Area Council at this annualcommunity event. Mediais invited to see Scout boys and girls in action from 5-6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 24th atFort Sam Houston National Cemetery located at 1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209.

“The Alamo Area Council is proud to see our youth do a ‘good turn’ and pay respects to the armed forces as part of our duty to the community,” said Michael de los Santos, Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, Alamo Area Council (BSA). “Duty to God and Duty to Country play essential roles in the traditions of the Boy Scouts of America.”

“The term ‘good turn’ comes from the Scouts BSA slogan “Do a Good Turn Daily,” and means to do a special act of kindness, big or small towards an individual or the community,” said Angel Zuniga Martinez, PR Director for the local Boy Scouts of America.

Every year, Boy Scouts of America youth and volunteers across the country do service projects together as one way to keep their promise to help other people. While a Scout youth should do his or her best to help other people every day, a group service project like placing flags at Fort Sam Houston help youth learn to work together and do something that’s good for community.

The opening ceremony will begin promptly at 5 p.m. at the Assembly Area located on the east side of the cemetery near the administrative offices. Plan to arrive by 4 p.m. due to high attendance and heavy traffic.

For details or to register your participation, visit www.FlagsAtFortSam.orgor contact the Alamo Area Council staff advisor for Flags at Fort Sam by emailing FlagsatFortSam@AlamoAreaBSA.org.

About the Boy Scouts of America, Alamo Area Council

The Alamo Area Council, BSA headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, serves a 13 county area imparting the Scouting program to over 18,000 youth and 5,000 volunteer adults in South Texas. The Boy Scouts of America continue to prepare young people for life by providing the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, utilizing outdoor activity, citizenship, and sports fitness. The Alamo Area Council manages over 1,280 acres of outdoor adventure for boys and girls from 5-20 years of age at three premier camps – Bear Creek Scout Reservation, Mays Family Scout Ranch, and McGimsey Scout Park. Learn more at www.AlamoAreaBSA.org.

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Cub Scout Day Camp Activity Volunteer Form

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Our Cub Scout Day Camps are always looking for outgoing, enthusiastic volunteers to help share their specialized skills with us. Sign up today and join us for some fun this summer as we host our Game of Cubs! Cub Scouts will the get the opportunity to participate in many different activites and we are looking for some daily volunteers to help make our day camp the best one yet! All volunteers will need to provide us with a working cell phone number and email in order to be contacted. Volunteers are required to have completed their YPT and undergo a background check.  For further information or questions please email daycamp@alamoareabsa.org.

Cub Scout Day Camp Activity Volunteer form
Sport games vary from day to day. Please specify in the comments below if you have a preference. EX: Kickball, frisbee golf, frisbee golf, ultimate frisbee, basketball, baseball, golf, flag football, soccer, Gaga ball, Hiking, Cope, Javalin and softball throw, relay games

 

Thorlo Sock Sale Starts May 5th

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When Jim Throneburg invented the Thorlos brand in the early 1980s, he dreamed of two new guiding possibilities:

  1. Sustainability of the company beyond his own lifetime.
  2. Being the best in the world at foot protection.

As a result, we at THORLO shifted our primary focus from the sock business to the relationship business. Our official vision and mission became all about Sustainable Relationships, and the Thorlos brand experience was born.

Cub Discovery Camp-The Joy’s of Camping

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Ready to experience all The Joy’s of Camping? Disconnect from the world and join us in the great outdoors at Bear Creek Scout Reservation. Cub Scouts and families will get the opportunity to camp, fish, participate in games and crafts. So, you bring the food and we’ll bring the fun!

Don’t know what to pack? Don’t worry we provided a packing list with a few of the essentials.

*Health Form (A&B for Scout and adult)

*Proof of current YPT

*Tent

*Sleeping gear (pad, sleeping bag, pillow, cot, etc.)

*Scout field uniform (cub Scout related T-shirt)

*Weather appropriate clothing(check forecast for rain and temperatures)

*Personal toiletries(Bear Creek has private rest rooms w/ showers)

*Closed toed shoes/shower shoes

*Cap/hat

*Sunscreen/bug spray

*Water bottle/camp cup

*Flashlight

*Compass

*Whistle

*Pocket knife

*Fishing pole/gear

*Camp chair/stool

*Personal first aid kit (we will have a trained and equipped medic on site)

*Food(lunch, dinner, breakfast) (you will be cooking your own meals)

*Camp stove/propane grill (no ground fires are permitted)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
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