Has Your Unit Leadership Changed?
Update your email address today. Email first and last name, unit number, position changed info, and phone number to JustinR@ocbsa.org.

Cub Scout Day Camp
Canyons District Cub Scout Day Camp will be July 6-10 at the OEC(Outdoor Education Center) near Irvine Regional Park. The OEC is located near where Jamboree and Chapman meet. Our camp will run Monday to Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Friday from 3 to 8 p.m. We will be doing archery, crafts, woodworking, cooking, scout skills, science, sports, games, and many other fun activities. The Webelos will be working on Readyman, Geologist, Engineer, Citizen, and Sportsman activity pins. The registration forms are available at http://daycamps.ocbsa.org. The best way to register is to click on and print the forms you need, then fill them out and send them, with a check to OCBSA at 1211 East Dyer Rd./Santa Ana, CA 92705. Be sure to get your form in before June 15th, since that is our registration deadline. Email questions to Becky Hunter Canyons District Day Camp Director. Can't wait to see you at camp!

OEC Grand Opening
The Outdoor Education Center will be having it's Grand Opening on July 28, 2009. For more information, including directions, see OutdoorEducationCenter.org or email Christine at ChristineK@outdooreducationcenter.org, (714/923-3191 x191).

Training
June 27— Cub Scout Leader Specific Training see Tim Morales timothy_morales_oc@yahoo.com, 714/653-8493 for more information.

Questions?, call Justin Rice at 714-546-4990 x105

Canyons District Welcomes all new Scouting Adults
All new registered adults/volunteers to the Scouting program make this a stronger organization, and we welcome you! If you're just starting out in the program with your son/daughter, or if you're just new as a volunteer, the following link will give you some basic information that will be helpful to you. Please take the time to read the New Scouting Adults Welcome

Rechartering
See the Council Web Site.

Webelos Camporall on October 16-18, 2009.
Camporall is coming real soon, so everyone should sign up to help or participate. Contact Bowie, Mark T at (714) 288-8979 for more info. Check out the Troop Signup for more information on what needs to be done. And also check out this Troop Flyer or Cub Flyer.          Committee Positions.

Scouting For Food
     This year, the Council is offering a free Scouting for Food patch (which Scouts will be able to design at Scout-O-Rama) to those leaders who sign up their unit to participate in this very worthy service project.. A free Orange County Council patch Scouting for Food segment will also be provided to each Scout whose unit leader turns in a completed roster of participants in the Scouting for Food effort. Collection bags will also be available at October’s Roundtable on Oct. 8 for pick-up by unit leaders.
     Last year, Scouts collected over 105,000 pounds of food for Second Harvest Food Bank. Let’s challenge ourselves to exceed this total and collect even more food. Talk to your District Scouting for Food Chairman for more details.

Friends of Scouting
If you have not signed up for a Friends of Scouting presentation please email Tim Morales (timothy_morales@yahoo.com).

For a Merit Badge Counselor List:
Scoutmasters (ONLY!) may pick up a CD copy of the Merit Badge Counselor List, at the upcoming Roundtables(1800 San Juan in Tustin).
New for Scoutmasters only: Download the password protected list here: Merit Badge Counselor List
Contact Melinda Day Smith for the password.
If you are interested in becoming a merit badge counselor, download the application and fill it out. Be sure to include your qualifications for the badges you select! Bring the application, AND a completed adult registration form (with position #42-Merit Badge Counselor filled out) DIRECTLY to Melinda Day Smith at Roundtable. Turning in applications at the Council office will slow down the processing time significantly.

Life-to-Eagle Process
Attention Life Scouts!! Turn in of Eagle Packets can now only be done at the District Roundtable! The Eagle Review Committee has worked long and hard to put together a clearer set of guidelines for you, your parents, and your unit leaders. Click here (Life-to-Eagle Process)for more info

Flyers
District and Council Documents

Awards
Past Recipients of Canyons District Award of Merit and Silver Beaver recipients.

District Staff
Phone and email addresses for key leaders.

Canyons District Unit Web Sites
This is a list of the Units with a Web Presence. Click for the Koshare Chapter of Order of the Arrow

OCBSA Forum
Orange County Council Boy Scouts of America Q & A Forum

Scout Service Opportunity
     Join the American Cancer Society for our Relay For Life® event being held on June 13-14, 2009.
     Relay For Life®, the American Cancer Society's signature event, is a fun-filled overnight experience designed to bring together those who have been touched by cancer. At Relay, people from within the community gather to celebrate survivors, remember those lost to cancer, and to fight back against this disease.
     Relay participants help raise money and awareness to support the American Cancer Society in its lifesaving mission to eliminate cancer as a major health issue. During Relay For Life ® events, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. The events are held overnight to represent the fact that cancer never sleeps. Through the survivors' lap and the luminaria ceremony, we honor the people who have faced cancer first hand, and we remember those who have been lost to this disease.
     But, Relay isn't about taking laps -- it's about coming together in the fight against cancer. It’s a time to remember those lost to this disease and celebrate those who have survived. It’s a place where people connect with others, share the cancer experience, and find comfort and solace. And it's an opportunity to build hope for a future where cancer no longer threatens the lives of the people we love.
     If you would like to find out more information regarding our upcoming event I invite you to visit our website at: www.relayforlife.org/huntingtonbeachca or you may contact me directly at 714-932-3145. If you would like to obtain more information about the services provided by the American Cancer Society please go to www.cancer.org or call 800-ACS-2345. We are looking for community groups like the Scouts to assist with the event.
     We really need help in areas such as set-up, which would involve such things as placing chairs, and trash receptacles around the event site, unloading event material and hanging signage. This would occur on Friday afternoon, June 12, 2009.
     We also could use help at the end of the event in the areas of trash collection and site clean up, this would occur on Sunday morning, June 14, 2009. I appreciate you taking the time to consider this request and I am available for any questions you may have.
     Contact: Valerie Spingola      714-932-3145         www.relayforlife.org/huntingtonbeachca         Event Co- Chair           American Cancer Society - Relay For Life ®           Huntington Beach, CA – June 13-14, 2009          

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