February 2, 2010 *** Enews from The NBO Scout Training Team and BSA Crew-911 ***

Friday, February 12 - Crew-911 activity at BSA Camp Strake (Your Crew Officers have the plan!)
Saturday, February 13 - Council University of Scouting - BAT and First Aid Station
Thursday, February 18 - 100 Years of Scouting event at Minute Maid Park
Friday, March 19 - Crew-911 "event" at BSA Camp Strake Grand Lake Dining Hall
Saturday/Sunday, March 20/21 - Wilderness and Remote First Aid... Our First Class!

Lots of stuff going on guys...

We need to get ready for University of Scouting... as many of you know, we are teaching BAT for Gidget and we are manning the First Aid Station for the event. Let JD know if you plan to help with this one. The Crew-911 officers have an entire weekend planned too. You will need to get with JD for the details but we will be working on our Road to Ranger activities Friday and Saturday night. We will arrange transportation from Camp Strake to and from The University of Scouting. That should be a fun weekend.... Note that there is a good deal of credibility to the rumor that we will be counting alligators. This will be a conservation project Crew-911 style! All our green shirted friends are welcome to work with us on the Ranger requirements. Email us for details!

100 Years of Scouting is Thursday, February 18. The Crew-911 elves have secured 20 tickets for the event. Our youth members and all our green shirted friends are invited to join us there. The elves have agreed to cover one-half the ticket price for this one... Check with JD and Kimi for transportation arrangements... we are still trying to get clarification if it is actually legal in Texas to ride in a Limo with mannequins sticking out of the sun roof... Anyway, I understand that the Crew and our friends will arrive in style.... Did anyone invite Wilber?

Make sure to keep Friday, March 19th open... This will be one of our now infamous Crew-911 events at BSA Camp Strake Grand Lake Dining Hall... The Crew officers will have the evening planned which should include cold (maybe very cold) pizza, annoying music and movies and X-Box on the projection screens... All our members and our green shirted friends are welcome. We will have the very first instructor orientation for Wilderness and Remote First Aid too... as well as a small Adult CPR/AED class. We could sure use some help with this one! All our current WFAB Instructors are encouraged to attend this orientation to the new course material.

March 20 and 21 will be our first opportunity to teach the new BSA/American Red Cross Wilderness and Remote First Aid. This is the new program to meet the training requirements for Philmont and other BSA high adventure bases. We still have room for at least one more crew in this class. The new WRFA program is designed specifically for teenagers training with their adult leaders. This first class will be at The Grand Lake Dining Hall and we will be camping. We are trying to keep the class small so we can meet in the annex if necessary. If the weather appears to be cooperating the week before the event, we will likely open the class up.... The class looks like it will be a lot of fun for both the participants and the staff.

This has been distributed to some of our guys already.... A message from J.D.

Hey Guys,

There are a few events that I wanted to make you aware of that the crew will be involved in.

--The Crew has decided to attend the SHAC 100th Anniversary Gala at Minute Maid Park on Feb. 18th. At the event there will be programs , dinner, and much more. You must RSVP by Friday Feb 6th to either Kimi or I, cause we must order the ticket no later than Feb. 8th. We will also be coordinating transportation for those that need it and word has it that it will be a true crew 911 adventure and one that will not be forgotten.

--For those that are working on their Venturing Ranger Award, the crew will be working on the wilderness survival, conservation, and several other core requirements on the weekend of Feb. 12th-14th. Please let Kimi or I know if you will be coming by Feb.8th, so we know how many Ventures to expect and plan for.

--Crew 911 has agree to man an aid station and conduct a BAT class at University of Scout on Feb. 13th. We need all the help that we can get to pull this off. Do not worry that you cannot do both the Ranger weekend and UofS. We have worked it were our guys can do both and have fun at the same time. Again please let Kimi or I know if you will be coming by Feb.8th, so we know how many people to expect and plan for.

RSVP to:
Kimi: Crew Vice President of Special Events
J.D.: Crew President
(Use this address to reach our youth officers: Crew-911@scoutcpr.org)
I hope to see you at the events.

Thanks,
J.D. Edwards
Crew 911 President

We never tell you guys often enough... It is our youth and adult volunteers that make our programs work. Thanks for all you do!

Jay Walker
Advisor, BSA Crew-911
The Woodlands/Conroe Texas

January 21, 2010 *** Enews from The NBO Scout Training Team and BSA Crew-911 ***

Saturday, January 23, 2010 - Tall Timbers First Aid Meet at Camp Strake
Saturday, January, 23,2010 - Tall Timbers Volunteer Recognition Dinner
Saturday, February 13, 2010 - BAT at University of Scouting
Friday/Saturday, February 26 & 27, 2010 - OA Spring Fellowship
Friday, March 19 - Crew 911 Event at Camp Strake
Saturday - Sunday March 20 &21 - WRFA at Camp Strake

Saturday... The Tall Timbers District First Aid Meet at The BSA Camp Strake Grand Lake Dining Hall. Cory is coordinating the event this year with David LeGaye and Mr. Brown. Plan to be on site by 8:00 AM. Cory has our scenario worked out and we can use as many Crew-911 members along with all our new and old green shirted friends to help pull it off. Let Cory know quick if you are planning to help with this one. I understand that we have only ordered two gallons of blood this time. Perhaps some of it will be used for the center piece at the District Dinner. Crew-911 has a long history of helping make the District First Aid meet both a challenge and a lot of fun for the Scouts that participate. We have a blast too... Sort of like ARC Regional Lifeguard Competition-Lite.

Make your plans now to attend the District Volunteer Recognition Dinner, Saturday, January 23. Plan to arrive about 5:45 PM or so to make sure the table center piece is properly assembled... Dinner will be served a little after 6:00 PM. This will be very special night for Crew-911 and many of our Scouting friends The District Dinner has become a tradition for Crew-911. We will have at least two Crew-911 tables reserved. The cost of the dinner for our youth and adult members and their guests is covered again this year... just let the Scouter at check-in know that you are a Crew-911 member or one of our green shirted friends. Please let me know if you plan to attend though... as in the past, you can bring a guest... Plan to wear your "full field uniform"... I have not heard from the youth officers but my bet is we will be going formal again this year... We will take care of the de-Tails at the event. The center piece should make this a night to remember... My guess is that this one will top both the Whale as well as last years "Thriller Dance". I understand that many Scouters attend the District Dinner just to see what Crew-911 is up too. Kimi and JD are going to miss this one so please let me or Cory know if you plan to attend... We will get additional tickets if needed. The District Dinner is always a fun event for us. This year will be very special. Bill Berry and the Crew-911 Committee want me to encourage all of the many friends of BSA Crew-911 and The NBO Scout Training Team to attend.

Saturday, February 13, MacArthur High School... We will be supporting a large BAT class at University of Scouting guys. Please let JD know if you can help out. We will also be manning a First Aid Station for the event.

Order of the Arrow Spring Fellowship at BSA Camp Strake. Crew-911 will be providing a First Aid Station again this year. Cory, Patrick and JD have the details. The crew will be handling the station during the day on Saturday. We have Friday evening covered with our ER trained Arrowmen...

Our Crew officers are planning one of our now infamous Crew-911 events for Friday, March 19 at Camp Strake in conjunction with our very first Wilderness Remote First Aid class... WRFA is the new American Red Cross/Boy Scouts of America Wilderness class for youth and adults participating in high adventure activities.. Plan on cold pizza, really annoying loud music and wide screen X-Box.... The youth officers will be announcing our new Crew-911 President too. JD will continue on as an Assistant Crew Advisor and will be working closely with the youth officers. We will have lots going on for this one guys... An Adult CPR/AED class for the participants in the WRFA class and the first orientation for our staff instructors to the new WRFA course material. And we will be getting ready for the first WRFA class on Saturday. Please let JD know if you will be attending this one. We will be at The Grand Lake Dining Hall and the kitchen annex if the weather is no so hot.

The ER/LG Class of 2010 is off to a great start. We have a very large class this year and a great group of new First Responders! Thanks to all our guys that have helped make our first 20 years so successful. We have made a significant difference and it is our youth and adult volunteers that make it work.

Jay Walker Advisor, BSA Crew 911
The Woodlands/Conroe Texas
walker@scoutcpr.org