Dear Parent,

The Greater Cleveland Council is pleased to welcome you and your family to Scouting. You join more than 22,000 families in Cuyahoga and northern Summit County who will participate in Scouting programs. For over 90 years, Scouting has been committed to providing a quality Scouting program that supports the family by creating opportunities to enhance positive values of good character, personal fitness and citizenship in our children.

Scouting provides a wide-range of programs, which your child can participate in beginning in the first grade continuing through their high school years. Tiger Cubs provides first graders the chance to learn and share with an adult partner. Cub Scouting is a fun home centered family program designed for both achievement and growth. Boy Scouting utilizes the outdoors as the classroom for building self-confidence and leadership while providing a fun experience and adventuresome program. Our Venturing program provides a high-energy adventure program for high school students. Exploring is a vocational and educational program for high school young adults.

Scouting provides several new programs for your children. Learning for Life helps support the classroom teacher to achieve their educational objectives. In-School Scouting makes Scouting available for youth that might not otherwise enjoy a Scouting experience. Scouting programs for youth with special needs helps these children achieve their full potential.

Our Council has committed full-time staff members who help support your leaders and assists in the organization of new Scouting programs in our community. In addition, the Greater Cleveland Council provides programs and activities throughout the year. Camping facilities at Beaumont Scout Reservation and Tinnerman Canoe Base provide great camping opportunities for Scouts.

CUB SCOUT DAY CAMP

All Wolf, Bear and Webelos Cub Scouts are invited to take part in five days of fun and excitement at one of the Cleveland's beautiful Metroparks during the summer. At each of the 5 days at camp, your son will learn about nature, first aid, sportsmanship, physical fitness, craftsmanship and many other areas as he visits each area with his den.

Each camp is lead by nationally trained directors and staffed by experienced Cub Scout leaders. These volunteers are planning activities, crafts, and events that will bring your son the best Cub Scouting has to offer.

Special Leader Incentive: Parents who can attend all five days of the Day Camp may have their sons fee reduced and may also receive a special staff T-shirt and commemorative patch.

YOUR GREATER CLEVELAND COUNCIL....

• Provides a wide variety of programs including summer camp, camporees, day camps, Klondike derbies and much more.
• Provides specialized training for new leaders to assist them in providing the best possible program.
• Provides a Scout Service Center in downtown Cleveland to support leaders, provide resource material and maintain records.
• Provides a full service Scout Shop with an inventory of badges, literature, uniforms and camping equipment.
• Provides for maintenance of two camping facilities, Beaumont Scout Reservation near Rock Creek, Ohio, and Tinnerman High Adventure Canoe Base in northern Ontario Canada.
• Provides full time professionals to assist in the recruitment and training of volunteers and support of community organizations which use our program.
• Help make Scouting programs easily accessible to every young person interested in becoming a Scout.

YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT IS NEEDED

First you should encourage your pack and troop to attend camp and you participate with them. This is the ideal and best way of helping. However if they are not receptive to that or you still wish to volunteer some more, consider the following. We are always looking for assistance for our Cub Scout programs.

CUB SCOUT FAMILY CAMPING PROGRAM

Have you ever wanted to participate in a Scouting activity with your whole family, enjoy the outdoors and picnic and cook out? Well you can! Beaumont Scout Reservation will be hosting five Cub Scout Family Camps during the summer. You can attend as a family or make it a den or pack summertime activity! For dens and packs attending Cub Family Camp, your participation can go toward the Pack and Den Summertime Activity Recognition. Cub Family Camping is fun filled with swimming, fishing, hiking, nature trail, games, handicraft, BB gun, archery, rowboating, and much more to round out your family experience!

 

 

WEBELOS SCOUT RESIDENT CAMP

Who can attend this camp? Cub Scouts who will be Webelos Scouts (4th and 5th grade) in September are eligible. Opportunities such as night hikes, BB gun shooting, archery, fishing, naturecraft, Scoutcraft, some handicrafts, games, scavenger hunts, and much more will also be offered.

BEAUMONT - BOY SCOUT RESIDENT CAMP

Summer camp can be the highlight of a young man's Boy Scout experience. The Greater Cleveland Council and its fine summer camp staff stand ready to make sure your son has a great time. Beaumont Scout Reservations program is structured to the Scout and his needs. We have a fine 1st year camper program called "Eagle Quest" which focuses on the skills to help a Scout advance and learn more about Scouting For the older Scouts we have many programs which will challenge your son. Our merit badge programs offer a meaningful and exciting way of introducing Scouts to the world around them. Whether it is climbing or rowing, rifle shooting or fishing, swimming or building a tower, Beaumont Scout Reservation has it all. All Scouts deserve the opportunity for the summer camp experience and we hope that with your help and encouragement your son will join his troop at Beaumont this summer.

TINNERMAN WILDERNESS CANOE BASE - A Once in a Lifetime Adventure

Imagine being in a place where quiet is disturbed by the water dripping off your canoe paddle, where you can see bear, moose, beaver and hear the haunting sound of the loon. Imagine crystal clear waters and large granite boulders all formed from the ice age. Imagine paddling through history of the Hurons, the French trappers, and the Scottish traders who lived on the French River 400 to 1000 years ago. This is what a Tinnerman Canoe expedition is all about. Each Scout and leaders' experience will be one they cherish for a lifetime. A Scout’s trip begins with a 20-minute boat ride from Hartley Bay to the base camp. Here the crew will be given additional training and directions. Your son's crew will have already received their provisions and their gear from the quartermaster to load into the canoes. Then off you go.

HOW CAN YOU HELP SCOUTING?

The Friends of Scouting Campaign is amajor portion of the Scouting budget. Scouting families have always been a major portion of this fundraising drive. Every year Scouting families contribute generously to support Scouting programs. During the next couple of months, you may be asked to consider making a gift to Scouting. Here is how you can help:

• As a unit leader you will be asked to provide about ten minutes at a pack meeting or a troop court of honor in the next couple of months to allow a Scouting representative to make a short presentation. If you have not already been contacted, you will be shortly. Your help in making this time available is vital to this effort.

• As parents, review the presentation at your unit meeting and consider your support. It takes about one hundred and sixty dollars to keep a boy in Scouting for one year. Your contribution in any amount will insure that more young people will benefit from Scouting programs this year.

Your support through the Friends of Scouting Campaign will help the Greater Cleveland Council continue its mission to provide the best possible program for your son and other youth.

SCOUTING IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE!

The volunteers and the professional staff or the Greater Cleveland Council are dedicated to the Scouting program and to making your experience with Scouting enjoyable and pleasureable. Please contact the council office at 216-861-6060 if you have any questions.