Feb 21st – Scout Week – Blood Drive at the Blood Clinic

If you’ve been paying attention to wScouter you know Peter Gamblin is hosting a Blood Drive at the Blood Clinic at Silvercreek & Willow on Feb 21st.  What everyone is hoping, is that we’ll bring in some new donors, and perhaps bring back some donors who haven’t donated in a while.  Free coffee, cookies and juice (hey bribery is good!).  Peter is making his 100th donation; Heather, her 30th. 9-11am.

December GTC Adventures Newsletter

Click -HERE- for the current newsletter.  Interesting as always.

CEC Annual Reporting Meeting

For those of you who missed this exciting event 🙂 but are still interested in the details, the annual report is available on the Council website.  You could also click -HERE- to go directly to the annual report.   For interest, click -HERE- for the annual budget and break-down of the 2008-2009 youth fee.  Folks, we’ve had a good year financially.

How to do Gift-in-Kind Receipts

A common problem is how Groups can provide tax receipts for non-monetary gifts.  The proper way to accomplish this, according to Chuck McIlravey, is to:

– have the donor provide the item and invoice the Group for its’ value

– the Group pays the invoice by cheque

– the donor then donates the full amount back to Scouting through the CEC office, cheque payable to Scouts Canada, marked as specifically for the Group (this last point is important).

– CEC will then accept the donation, issue the receipt, and issue a cheque to the Group

Remember that it will normally take 30 to 40 days before your Group receives its’ funds back.

Mercury – Scout Week Special Section

Hey Folks, as you know we are commited to a special section just for us during Scout Week. We now face two challenges.

First, the Mercury will need to sell the advertising space.  I will be advertising my own firm (for the 1st time I might add).  If any of you own, or work for, businesses that could advertise, please drop me an email (soon).  I’ll pass it along to Jennifer at the Mercury and she’ll take it from there.  Rates are quite reasonable, click -HERE- for the Sell Sheet.  Use my email ac@wellington.on.scouts.ca and I’ll pass it along, she will contact you directly.

Second, we now have to FILL the section with articles and pictures.  Brian Peebles will be doing the lion’s share of the work in assembling, and would REALLY appreciate as many articles and pictures as you can send him.  If we work hard at this, it really will sell Scouting in Wellington.  Please contact him directly mediapr@wellington.on.scouts.ca will get you there.

I’m counting on you!  While I won’t resort to bribery, I will resort to blackmail if we don’t get any action!

Popcorn $1,500 Sellers Club

If you have youth in this elite organization, prizes will be delivered in Jan’09.  Pass it on.

Pizza Party – almost that time

Hey Groups!  Remember, one pizza party per section in Wellington (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts) draw coming up at the end of the month.  For every 2 registrations over last year’s in those sections you receive one ballot.  Get everyone registered!

Venturer Executive Workshop – Jan30 – Barber

Do you know what your Executive members should be doing? Are you looking for some ideas on how to make your program better? Are you looking to understand how your Executive, your Company, your Advisor, and the rest of Scouting all fit together? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then why not send someone from your Company to a Venturer Executive Workshop?

North Waterloo and Wellington Areas are once again offering a Venturer Executive Workshop. This year the course will be held on January 30 – February 1, 2009, at Camp Barber in Wellington area (Guelph, Ontario).

Each Company will be allowed to send a maximum of 2 participants. Participants must have at least one year of Venturer experience.

The course fee for the weekend is $35.00 per participant and includes indoor accommodations, meals and training materials. Participants need to arrive by 7:00pm on the Friday, and the course will be completed by 3:00pm on Sunday afternoon.

For more information and to register, please contact the course email address vexecworkshop@gmail.com or the course leaders Albert Fuchigami afuchigami@gmail.com or Jody Bell schmendl@hotmail.com. Due to the short time before the course, please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in attending. We can hold spots for your Venturer Company until you decide who will be coming.

 

Albert Fuchigami, Venturer Executive Course Trainer.

Red Cross Looking for Help (no it’s not about donors)

The Red Cross is looking for disaster management responders to provide small scale disaster response in the local areas of Guelph & Wellington. In the event of an emergency, scheduled volunteers assist disaster victims with their short term needs such as shelter, food and clothing.  Scheduled training is provided and a valid certification in First Aid and CPR is required.  For more information contact Lisa Allen at 519-836-3523 or email her at lisa.allen@redcross.ca .  Might be of interest to our Crews?  Adult volunteers?

Friends of the Guelph Public Library Book Sale – It’s Done!

The 27th Guelph Scouts had a great experience volunteering with the Friends of the Guelph Public Library annual book sale. They helped by delivering and posting flyers in the downtown core as well as sorting books before the sale. The sale was a huge success raising over $10,000 which was invested with the Guelph Community Foundation until the building of the new Main Branch Library, when the money will be dedicated to a special project for Children and Young Adult library patrons.  Click -HERE- for the Friends’ public thank-you letter.  Thanks to Sandra for forwarding this.  Wouldn’t DREAM of playing editor on your letter Sandra 🙂