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January 27, 2012 *** Enews from The NBO Scout Training Team and BSA Crew-911 ***
Saturday, January 28 - Tall Timbers District First Aid Meet at Camp Strake
Saturday, January 28 - Tall Timbers District Dinner, Grace Crossing Church
Saturday, February 11 - University of Scouting
Friday, February 24 - Crew-911 Event at BSA Camp Strake
Saturday, February 25 - BAT and FA-CPR/AED Training at Camp Strake Conference Center
Saturday-Sunday, February 25&26 - Wilderness and Remote First Aid at BSA Camp Strake Conference Center
As always, lots going on with Crew-911 and The NBO Scout Training Team! The new Emergency Medical Response class is off to a great start. We have eight new participants and many returning alumni. The EMR/LG Class of 2012 is shaping up to be one of our best! Lifeguarding begins February 5.
Tomorrow, Saturday, January 28 Crew-911 and our green shirted friends will be helping Danny LeGaye with the Tall Timbers District First Aid Meet. Meet Chelsie at The Grand Lake Dining Hall at 8:00 AM if you want to be a part of this fun event. David will be handling the scenarios and the moulage so it should be a real challenge for the competing patrols. My bet is lunch for the staff will magically appear.
Also, tomorrow, Saturday, January 28 is the Tall Timbers District Dinner. All Crew-911 members and our green shirted friends are invited to join us. Chelsie and the youth officers have a unique evening planned and I can't wait to see the center piece this year. Let Chelsie know or email me if you would like to be our guest. Crew-911 has a table reserved for the event. See the district web site for more information.
Saturday, February 11, Crew-911 and our green shirted friends will be putting on a BAT class for WEBELOS at the SHAC University of Scouting. Let Chelsie or me know if you would like to help. Wilber will be there!
Friday, February 24 will be our first Crew-911 "Event" for the year. Chelsie and the Crew-911 officers are planning a special evening this time. The Crew may be camping but you can bet we will have X-Box, loud music and movies along with cold pizza and drinks on the agenda. Our youth members and green shirted friends should receive more information about the plans soon from our officers.
Saturday, February 25 is our next BAT and FA-CPR/AED training at Camp Starke. We will be at the Conference Center for this class and we will need a lead BAT Instructor. Our regular instructors are welcome to help. We will also need instructors for the FA-CPR/AED class. Please let me or Chelsie know if you are planning to help!
Thanks for volunteering guys. 2012 will be a great year for Crew-911 and The NBO Scout Training Team. It is our many volunteers that make our program possible!
Jay Walker
Advisor BSA Crew-911
The Woodlands/Conroe, TX
www.scoutcpr.org
January 5, 2012 *** Enews from The NBO Scout Training Team and BSA Crew-911 ***
FRIDAY, January 6, 2012 - Justin's Eagle Court of Honor at Champion Forest Baptist Church
Sunday, January 8, 2012 - First class meeting Emergency MedicalResponse/Lifeguarding Class of 2012
Sorry for the mix-up guys. Justin's ECOA is NOT at Camp Starke and it is NOT Saturday!
TOMORROW night, Friday, January 6, 2012 beginning at 6:30 PM at the Champion
Forest Baptist Church is the revised information for Justin's Eagle Court of
Honor. All Crew-911 members are invited and all our many Green Shirted
Friends are very welcome too. This will be a very special evening for Justin
and his family. Plan to join us for the celebration.
Champion Forest Baptist Church
15555 Stuebner Airline Road,
Houston, TX 77069-1630
http://www.championforest.org/about/location/
AND!
Sunday, January 8, 2012 is the organizational meeting for our annual EMR/LG Class of 2012. We still have plenty of room guys! See the "Team News" tab on the scoutcpr.org web site for more information. As is our tradition for our first meeting, we will meet at the American Red Cross office in The Woodlands at 2:00 PM. Remember, we will be offering the new American Red Cross Emergency Medical Responder class this year along with the 2012 revision to the Lifeguarding program. This is a unique program designed especially for our Sam Houston Area Council Venturers and mature Scouts that are looking for a good summer job or want to work at one of the BSA National High Adventure bases.
Join us for Justin's Eagle Court of Honor on Friday! What a great way to start our Crew-911 year. Its is our volunteers that make our programs work. Thanks guys. Your efforts are truly appreciated and together, we do make a difference!
Jay Walker
Advisor BSA Crew-911
The Woodlands/Conroe, TX
www.scoutcpr.org
December 27, 2011 *** Enews from The NBO Scout Training Team and BSA Crew-911 ***
FRIDAY, January 6, 2012 - Justin's Eagle Court of Honor (REVISED! See the January 5, ENEWS)
Sunday, January 8, 2012 - First class meeting Emergency Medical Response/Lifeguarding Class of 2012
WE NEED PARTICIPANTS for the EMR/LG Class of 2012!
The Crew officers are working on a special evening for Justin and his family at BSA Camp Strake, Saturday, January 7. All Crew-911 members along with our Green Shirted Friends are invited to celebrate Justin's Eagle Court of Honor. Not exactly sure what the guys have planned BUT you can bet it will be a memorable event for Justin and will no doubt have a unique Crew-911 twist. Check with Chelsie for additional information or email us. Coming up on 20 years ago now, there was another very special Eagle Court of Honor held at Camp Strake. My son, James received his Eagle at ceremonies held at The Grand Lake Dining Hall in 1994. I know that this will be a very special day for Justin and his family and especially his grandfather. I know it will bring back found memories for me too.
Sunday, January 8, is our kick-off/organizational meeting for the EMR/LG Class of 2012. We are scheduled to meet at 2:00 PM at The American Red Cross office in The Woodlands. This will be a year of firsts.... This will be the first time we have offered the new American Red Cross Emergency Medical Response class and will likely be the first class offered to teenagers in the country. Also, we will be the first to offer the 2012 revised version of the Lifeguarding class. The final cost for this years program are not yet set. They will be by our organizational meeting but will not be higher than last year which was $175.00 for new participants and $50.00 for our returning alumni. Full and partial scholarships are available in accordance with our policy that no youth will ever be turned away from any of our programs over course fees.
As is our tradition, participants also need to plan on $10-$12 each week for lunch. It is very important that all our current ER trained members and Green Shirted Friends plan to re-certify to the new material this year. This will be our staff instructors first chance to teach the material too. Mr. Novotny has some new lunch places for us this year and, as amazing as it sounds, all of the restaurants from last year are welcoming us back! Our class will meet 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM "every Sunday" as usual and we expect to complete the class by late March this year. We will have a lot of new material to cover and we are planning a late start on the Lifeguarding class so that we will be using the new material. The classroom portion is scheduled for The ARC office in The Woodlands and our pool sessions will be held at The Conroe Swim Center.
That is the good news guys... we have a great new program planned for this year. The not so good news is, as of today, I can count on one hand (not using my thumb) the number of teenagers that have expressed an interest in the class this year. We do need to get the word out. All Venture age Scouts, Venturers, Sea Scouts, our GSUSA friends, Civil Air Patrol and American Heritage Girls that are "fifteen by March 15" or older are very welcome too.... Any teenager, fifteen and older that is up for the challenge is welcome. This program is designed for mature teenagers and adults that are willing to act like teenagers. We understand that the program is a tremendous time commitment but it is well worth the effort. Teenagers that successfully complete the EMR/LG program are pretty well assured a good summer job at area pools and there are many opportunities for our guys to work at BSA/GSUSA camps across the country. That includes Texas, New Mexico-Philmont, the National High Adventure Bases in Minnesota and Florida plus camps in Alaska, Colorado and Hawaii! The "First Responder" certification on top of American Red Cross Lifeguarding is your ticket to a fun summer job!
OK, I have a special request: We need to have all our friends on the Enews mailing list make sure that interested youth in your unit know about this class. Our many alumni need to help us promote the class too as well as to plan to attend and re-certify! Teenagers with an interest are encouraged to email us for more information and to plan to attend the organizational meeting on January 8. Come on the 8th and check it out! If you want to sign on, you will be welcome. If you decide you are not interested, that is fine too. This will be our 15th year and it will be special. Plan to be a part of it!
We had another great training year! We have a new Eagle Scout and are all set to kick off the new Emergency Medical Response class. We trained lots of Scouts and Venturers through our FA-CPR/AED classes, more WEBELOS participated in our BAT program than in recent years, and our Wilderness and Remote First Aid programs remain the standard for other groups across the country to meet. We trained lots of new instructors this year including youth BAT-I's and our first ever instructor weekend was very successful too. We got word of Scouts and Scouters that used the training we provided to save lives and that IS what it is all about! We have had some "growing pains" with the changes in the way we work with The American Red Cross but that has actually worked out well. We are all set for another great year! It is very important to recognize our many youth and adult volunteers. Without your efforts, this program would not be successful. It is our volunteers that make it work! Thanks guys.
Jay Walker
Advisor BSA Crew-911
The Woodlands/Conroe, TX
www.scoutcpr.org
November 26, 2011 *** Enews from The NBO Scout Training Team and BSA Crew-911 ***
Saturday, December 3, 2011 - BAT Basic Aid Training for WEBELOS at BSA Camp Strake
Saturday, December 3, 2011 - FA-CPR/AED training for Scouters and Scouts at BSA Camp Strake
Friday, December 2, 2011 - Crew-911 Event at BSA Camp Strake
Friday/Saturday, December 2-3, 2011 - Basic Aid Training-Instructor at BSA Camp Strake
Saturday/Sunday, December 3-4, 2011 - FA-CPR/AED-Instructor and WaRFA-Instructor at Camp Strake
As always, lots going on! Join us next weekend to make our first instructor training weekend a success!
We need all our senior youth staffer next weekend to help with the BAT-Instructor program and the teach the BAT class on Saturday. Our experienced instructors will be mentoring our new BAT-Instructors as they teach their first class. The BAT-Instructor class will begin Friday evening. All Crew-911 youth members and our youth green shirted friends that have not completed the BAT-Instructor program should plan to attend. Please let Chelsie know if you are planning to take the class or can help on Saturday!
We will need at least two more regular staff instructors to cover the FA-CPR/AED class on Saturday too. Please email me if you can help. Our staffers can also assist with the instructor program too. This is a special invitation to our mature Venturers that have not yet completed the FA-CPR/AED for the Lay Responder-Instructor class. This weekend is your chance! Our guys can also complete the WaRFA-Instructor training. Crew-911 dress for the weekend is your white "first responder" or "instructor" shirts. Please plan to wear your "full field uniform" to dinner Saturday evening.
If you are a Venturer and are interested in teaching BAT "Basic Aid Training" or FA-CPR/AED or Wilderness and Remote First Aid, this weekend is for you. Our many WaRFA alumni are especially welcome to take the FA-CPR/AED-I and the WaRFA-I class. Please email us or let Chelsie know if you want to participate. If you have allowed your ARC-Instructor certification to lapse, this weekend is for you too! We will get you back up to speed. Expect good fellowship, a great training weekend and a very special Saturday evening meal that Debra has got planned for us!
Specific information for the instructor training weekend follows... You can still register for the instructor weekend!
Crew-911 and The NBO Scout Training Team have scheduled instructor level classes for First Aid-CPR/AED for the Lay Responder-Instructor and Wilderness and Remote First Aid-Instructor. We are also offering the Greater Houston Area Chapter sponsored youth Basic Aid Training-Instructor program for Scouts and Ventures fourteen and older. The programs will be offered at BSA Camp Strake, North of Houston, near Conroe, Texas next weekend, December 2-4, 2011.
BAT-I for Venture age teenagers... This class begins Friday evening at BSA Camp Strake. The Friday evening session will include a special instructor led FIT "Fundamentals of Instructor Training" class and an introduction to the BAT instructor manual and course materials. BAT is a special program designed especially for 4th and 5th grade boys and girls. BAT meets the requirements for WEBELOS Readyman and is also used by the GSUSA. The youth BAT-I candidates will then observe/co-teach a BAT class on Saturday with senior Crew-911 staffers mentoring. The BAT-I candidates will also receive additional training to assist as WaRFA instructors aids. The BAT-I class schedule is Friday, December 2, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM and Saturday, 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM (Sunday is optional) Food and accommodations are provided in the course fees. Fees for the youth BAT-I are $30.00/person... bring a few bucks for pizza Friday night. The youth BAT-Instructor certification will help Venturers along their "road to Ranger" too.
First Aid-CPR/AED for the Lay Responder-Instructor AND Wilderness and Remote First Aid-Instructor.... These two classes are for Scouters and mature Venturers sixteen and older with "better than average" FA-CPR/AED skills. The classes are scheduled for Saturday, December 3 from 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM and Sunday from 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM. We will complete the FA-CPR/AED-I class first then begin the WaRFA-Instructor program. Food and accommodations are included in the course fees. There is an optional skills workshop available Friday evening. The prerequisite FIT class is available on-line or is available Friday evening. A direct link will be provided after you register. Candidates must successfully complete the FA-CPR/AED for Lay Responder class as a prerequisite for the WaRFA-Instructor class. Candidates may complete both certifications over the weekend. Current ARC certified FA-CPR/AED-Instructors, Lifeguarding-Instructors and ER/EHCP-Instructors can assist with the training program and then complete WaRFA-I certification Saturday evening and Sunday. A special moulage and scenario planning workshop will be presented on Sunday. Fees for either or both classes are $95.00/person. Accommodations are in the Conference Center dorms and cabins and our Elves have arranged a special meal for us Saturday evening. We can assist with transportation from IAH for our Scouting friends that are willing to use a few frequent flyer miles to get here!
This instructor program is intended for dedicated volunteers that want to teach American Red Cross programs to Scouts. If you ever wanted to become an American Red Cross Instructor, this is your golden opportunity! Email us for additional information and to register. Instructor@scoutcpr.org
Firsts are nothing new to The NBO Scout Training Team and next weekends program is a great example of what we are able to offer area Scouters. It is our volunteers that make all this work. You guys are a part of one of the most unique volunteer training teams in the country. Your dedication is truly appreciated!
Jay Walker
Advisor BSA Crew-911
The Woodlands/Conroe, TX
www.scoutcpr.org
November 17, 2011 *** Enews from The NBO Scout Training Team and BSA Crew-911 ***
Friday, November 18 - Crew-911 Event at Camp Strake
Saturday, November 19 - BAT and FA-CPR/AED at Camp Strake
Saturday/Sunday, November 19 &20 - Wilderness and Remote First Aid at Camp Strake
Saturday, December 3 - BAT and FA-CPR/AED at Camp Strake
Friday-Sunday, December 2-4 - ARC Instructor Weekend at Camp Strake
Sunday, January 8, 2012 - Emergency Health Care Provider/Lifeguarding Class of 2012 begins!
We are off to a great start! As always lots of stuff going on.
Tomorrow night, Friday, November 18 - Crew-911 Event at Camp Strake. Not sure what Chelsie and the Crew-911 officers have planned but is will likely involve pizza and X-box or movies on the projection screens and music on one of our sound boards. Let Chelsie know if you are planning to attend. We need to schedule Crew-911 elections and we have an Eagle Court of Honor to plan. We will also be confirming the Crew-911 re-charter roster over the weekend. Join us about 6:00 PM for the evening. We will be in the dorms this time but you may want to bring your sleeping bag instead of counting on the camp sheets and blankets!
We do need our guys for the BAT class on Saturday as well as the FA-CPR/AED class. We do have both classes covered but all of our "regular" instructors and staffers are welcome to help. Your white "first responder" or instructor shirts are the preferred uniform. Bring your "full field uniform" for Saturday dinner. Debra has something special planned for us and we are expecting guests!
We do have a small (by our standards) Wilderness and Remote First Aid class on Saturday and Sunday. We will need our trained teenagers for the scenarios Saturday evening and the fully moulaged scenarios on Sunday. Our Green Shirted Friends and our WaRAF alumni are welcome to help staff too. Just let Chelsie know or email me.
December 2-4 is our first American Red Cross Instructor Weekend. We still have plenty of room. If you have ever wanted to become a certified American Red Cross FA-CPR/AED-Instructor, Wilderness and Remote First Aid-Instructor or youth BAT-Instructor, this is your weekend! Email us for more information on what is available. Out of council instructor candidates are very welcome too. This program is designed especially for Venturers, sixteen and older... Our younger green shirted friends can become BAT-Instructors as well as train as instructors aids. The BAT-Instructor class will begin Friday evening and the BAT-Instructor candidates will teach a class on Saturday with our Crew-911 youth instructors mentoring. The instructor level classes fit the Ranger requirements too.
Sunday, January 8, 2012 will be the orientation meeting for our annual first responder class. Note the date change this time. As many of you know, the class traditionally begins on the first Sunday in January... That is News Years Day this coming year so we will move the the second Sunday this time. We will meet at The American Red Cross office in The Woodlands beginning at 2:00 PM. Please email us for class information and directions. We will be offering the new Emergency Health Care Provide class and there are several changes to the Lifeguarding program too. It will be a great class for mature Venturers and Scouters.
Thanks for helping make our programs successful! It is our many volunteers that make the training team work. Thank you. Your commitment is very much appreciated.
Jay Walker
Advisor, BSA Crew 911
The Woodlands/Conroe Texas
www.scoutcpr.org
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