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Summer Scout Aviation Maintenance Experience

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Photo from SAME 2019

In 2019, Crew 7 initiated the Scout Aviation Maintenance Experience, or SAME. The SAME project offers youth aircraft maintenance experience at Oscoda Wurtsmith Community Airport at Michigan.

With guidance from Program Advisor and retired USAF colonel, Dr. Pete Mapes, and other aviation experts, youth will gain hands-on experience with avionics, electronics, engine work and airplane maintenance.

Photo from SAME

During the summer of 2021, scouts who are selected into the program will rebuild a 1965 Cessna 150E using a Supplemental Type Certificate to permit a 150 HP engine in place of the stock 100 HP engine. Know any Scouts who might be interested? If you do, have them contact Dr. Pete Mapes ASAP! email: mapesni@aol.com

A scholarship opportunity is below.

Program details:

Program lasts 7 weeks, from 7 AM to 1 PM at Oscoda Wurtsmith Community Airport. Successful applicants will study maintenance topics and tasks under experienced aircraft maintainers while assembling aircraft.

Dates are: 21-25 June, 12-16 July, 19-23 July, 26-30 July, 2-6 August, 9-13 August, 16-20 August

Note the 2 week break between weeks 1 & 2.

Who may apply:

Young men and women, who are registered members of the Boy Scouts of America and who will have completed the 8th Grade OR turned 14 may apply for scholarship, which covers all program expenses.

Transportation to/From Michigan is the responsibility of the participants and some local hosting is available for Scouts selected for the program.  Scouts do cover their own food expenses in Michigan but local transportation and housing is free.

Youth interested to gain aircraft maintenance experience during the summer of 2021, please apply!

Application:

Submit an application containing a 200-word statement of why the scholarship is desired, school transcript, BSA Membership number, a Young Eagles Flight Certificate (this requirement may be waived due to covid) and 3 letters of recommendation to:
OYES
206 East Park Street
Oscoda, MI 48750
Deadline is 23 March 2021. Applicants will be expected to interview for positions. Up to six scholarships will be awarded for the summer of 2021.

 

Some recent press on SAME: 

http://www.wbkb11.com/boy-scouts-takes-flight

https://www.flyingmag.com/story/careers/2021-michigan-scout-aviation-maintenance-experience/

https://www.asma.org/news-events/asma-news/asma-members-lead-scout-aviation-maintenance-program

Scouts, Venturers from Michigan restore old plane, helping them soar

 

Meet your 2021 Camp Snyder Directors!

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We are pleased to announce our director team for Camp Snyder’s 2021 summer camp season!

If you ever have any questions, please visit www.GoToSnyder.org to get in touch with the Camp Snyder staff!

Camp Director Kevin Rock (back) and Program Director Mohammad Qadri (front)

Meet Camp Director Kevin Rock!

Kevin is going on his 10th year on staff at Snyder. He started when the camp opened in 2006 and stayed until 2011 where he held various positions around the property (from Camp Clerk to Camp Photographer, and from Camp Medical Officer to Camp Business Manager). He returned in 2018 as the Summer Camp Director. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 1995 and was bestowed the OA Vigil honor in 2008. He has earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Longwood University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Scouting where he continues to teach every year.  Outside the summer months he is an elementary school librarian for PWC public schools.

Meet Program Director Mohammad Qadri!

Mohammad has been coming to Snyder since he joined Scouting and has been working at the camp since 2016. He’s worked all over the camp from the Kitchen staff, to shooting sports and, for the past two years, the program director. Mohammad is an Eagle Scout and loves working with scouts of all ages and looks forward to staying safe and making a great program this summer.

Want to be part of our awesome staff? Visit www.gotosnyder.org/work to apply!

Shiver in Virginia: March trash clean up

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Need a covid-safe service project? Join the SHIVER IN VIRGINIA challenge!

SHIVER IN VIRGINIA presents a safe, statewide, month-long beautification effort to remove trash from the state of Virginia! In order to participate, all you need is a pair of gloves and a trash bag.

As you know, there’s no shortage of litter and it takes all of us doing our part every day of the year. Get Caught in a Beautiful Act/SHIVER IN VIRGINIA is an opportunity for us to recognize individuals and groups who are giving back to their community through cleanup, recycling, and beautification projects. During the month of March, get out and Do Beautiful Acts such as:
Here’s a brief list of ways to keep Virginia beautiful in your own neighborhood and beyond!
-Grab a Bag, Take a Walk, Pick up Litter! It could be the easiest “do anywhere” beautiful act there is!
-Take recycling to the curb or recycling center
-Plan your garden
-Work in your garden or yard
-Contribute time to a community garden
-Install a rain barrel
-Set up composting, turn your compost
-Pull invasive plants
-Clear a trail
-Plant a native Virginia plant or tree (zone appropriate, of course!)
-Cleanup graffiti
-Clean bird feeders and birdbaths
-Upcycle or artcycle an item otherwise bound for the landfill
-Take household and electronics to donation centers
-Take the Keep Virginia Beautiful Pledge https://keepvirginiabeautiful.org/engage/take-the-pledge/
-Adopt-a-Highway

Please remember to
-Snap a pic or quick video
-Post it and tag #ncacbsa #LeaveNoTrace #ShiverinVirginia #LitterFreeVA #dobeautifulthings

Take it further: for a small but very impactful donation of $20.21, you will receive a FREE Virginia State Parks one day parking pass. That same donation also gives you optional access to the Keep Virginia Beautiful Mission Challenge website where we can all witness our state getting cleaner and greener – day by day AND each beautiful act you report enters you into drawings for really cool prizes (see below).
The Mission Challenge website will spotlight beautiful places in Virginia throughout the month, and you’re encouraged to share your pictures, contributions, and successes with everyone on the mission with us. As we reach milestones together on our path around the Commonwealth, there will be amazing prizes!
Even if you cannot make a donation to gain access to our Mission Challenge activity, we still hope you will let us know what you are up to throughout March by reporting on our new and improved GET CAUGHT IN A BEAUTIFUL ACT link! https://keepvirginiabeautiful.org/engage/get-caught-in-a-beautiful-act-clean-up-report/

Sawdust Flying at Camp Snyder

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The “Sawdust Saturday” volunteer Scouts, Scouters, and parents have been busy at Camp Snyder. The entrance sign at the front gate has been freshened up with new stain and re-painted lettering. All of the emergency exit signs in the dining hall have been replaced, and wiring added for new signs in the maintenance shop. Between bad puns and war stories, the intrepid crew rebuilt a wooden fence at the maintenance yard, and had a lot of fun converting a stall in the barn into a lockable storage area for landscaping tools.

Last week’s big project was repairing the wetlands overlook walkway, which runs from the nature trail into the north end of the lake. A tree had grown up beneath it, pushing up one side, and then fell over, damaging the walkway further. After “Chainsaw Dave” cleared the tree roots, the volunteer crew along with Camp Ranger Ryan removed the damaged boards and rebuilt the framework, and the three Scouts on the crew laid down replacement decking.

We have Sawdust Saturdays at Camp Snyder twice a month. Next up: March 20, April 3, and April 17 – and you are invited! For more information about Sawdust Saturdays or arranging individual service projects at Camp Snyder, visit the “Talent, Tools & Projects” page on the GoToSnyder.org website,  or email Dan Kurtenbach.

Troop 1182-G’s First Eagle Scout

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Troop 1182-G, chartered by the Park West Lions Club in Manassas, Virginia, is proud to recognize McKenna Westen, of Bristow, Virginia, who earned her Eagle Rank in February 2021. She created a Little Lending Library for her community, served as an elections leader for OA and has been an amazing representative of this Inaugural Class of Eagles.

Let’s Get Camping Webinar Series: Camping & COVID

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March 4, 2021: Camping & COVID Webinar

Missed the first webinar in our series? You can view a recording of it below.

You can also download the slides from the webinar here: Camping & COVID slides [PPTX]

Looking for the latest information on 2021 summer camp and COVID-19 protocols?

Visit www.gotogoshen.org/coronavirus for Goshen Scout Reservation camps and www.gotosnyder.org/coronavirus for Camp Snyder programs.