If you’re ready to travel to new places, meet new friends, and go on high-adventure excursions, then Venturing is the place for you. It’s a coed program for teens and young adults ages 14–20 (or 13 and have completed the eighth grade) who are just like you.

Crew 2746 LDS Odessa Ward Warrensburg Stake
300 East Crestview
Odessa,MO,64076

Crew 2675 Odessa VFW Post 5675
VFW Post E. Old 40 Hwy
Odessa,MO,64076

For over 80 years, Cub Scouts have been having the time of their lives making new friends and learning new things in an environment designed to help them succeed, right here in Odessa, MO!

From building his own Pinewood Derby® car to learning how to roast the perfect marshmallow with his best friends at a family campout, your child will LOVE being a Cub Scout.

So if he’s in the first through fifth grades, or 7 to 10 years old, then it’s time for him to have some fun … with the Cub Scouts.

Pack 4746 LDS Odessa Ward Warrensburg Stake
300 East Crestview
Odessa,MO,64076

Pack 4120 Odessa First United Methodist Church
303 S 1st St
Odessa,MO,64076

Pack 4286 Odessa VFW Post 5675
VFW Post 5675 9642 Old 40 Hwy
Odessa,MO,64076

Sound fun? If you’re a boy age 11, or at least 10 and have completed the fifth grade, or have earned the Cub Scout Arrow of Light Award, to 17 years old, the time for a real adventure is now.

Troop 1286 Odessa
PO Box 49
Odessa,MO,64076

http://www.bsa286.com

Troop 1746 LDS Odessa Ward Warrensburg Stake
300 East Crestview
Odessa,MO,64076

Team 6746 LDS Odessa Ward Warrensburg Stake
300 East Crestview
Odessa,MO,64076

Troop 1120 Odessa First United Methodist Church
303 S 1st St
Odessa,MO,64076

The theme for the 2011 Cub Scout Day Camp program is “Cub Quest.”

Council and District staffs are currently planning the programs for the thousands of Cub Scouts who will attend camp in the Heart of America Council. These Tigers and Wolf Scouts shoot BB guns and bows and arrows; work on badges and Cub Scout belt loops; cook out; sing songs; learn about nature; make crafts; and play games. If you have not made plans to attend, you should! Going to camp is a wonderful part of the Cub Scouting experience, and it helps your pack earn Scouting’s Journey to Excellence and Summertime Pack Awards.  The Pack must provide leadership and adult supervision for their Cub Scouts who attend Day Camp, plus provide for transportation to and from the camps. It is recommended that packs have at least one registered adult leader attend camp for every five to six Cub Scouts. The minimum number allowed at any time is two, of which one of them  must have completed Youth Protection Training. Everyone must complete parts A and B of the Annual Health and Medical Record.

A Trading Post is available at camp from which souvenirs can be purchased. Camp takes place rain or shine, is easy to sign up for, provide a lifetime of treasured memories and is very inexpensive.

Who Can Attend? Any registered Cub Scout (including kindergarten graduates) may attend day camp.

What Time Do They Start?

Most day camp programs start around 9:00 a.m. and end around 3:00 p.m. each day. They usually run for three to five days in a row. Your district will provide a Walking Leader’s Guide for your adults, which will have specific schedule of times and programs. If you do not know what district you are in or are unable to reach your district’s day camp director, please contact the Heart of America Council at 816-942-9333 or 800-776-1110. They will put you in touch with the District Executive serving day camp in your area.

Registration Form – please register as a pack beginning January 4, 2011!

**NEW for 2011** Units can register online.

Scouts paid in full on or before April 6, 2011 – $50.00 per Scout

Scouts paid on or after April 7, 2011 – $65.00 per Scout

Scouts added at camp - $70.00 per Scout

New Scouts (including new Tigers – new Kindergarten graduates) who register after April 6, will be offered the $50 rate at whatever time they sign up for Day Camp.

The lesson for us in the Performance Marketing Industry is that short term gains do not provide security, nor longevity.  Excellence in what we do, does.  How about we take a couple examples of some Scouts who by their striving for excellence in their own professions, have made their mark and have achieved both personal and financial success.  Which by no fluke marked their own young lives by becoming Eagle Scouts (less than 4% of all Scouts achieve this honor btw.).

• Mike Rowe – Famous as a champion of hard working people with his own pursuit of “Dirty Jobs”.
• Sam Walton – Founder of Wal-Mart.
• Neil Armstrong – World Record Setting pilot in the X-15 program and First Man on the Moon.
• Gerald Ford – 38th President of the United States.
• J. Willard Marriott, Jr. – President of Marriott Hotels.

This short list is representative of the majority of Eagle Scouts in our midst.  In business, government, media, and other pursuits they stand out because of the things they learned in Scouts.  To do their Best.  To do their Duty.   For their God and their Country.  High standards indeed.

All too often we chat amongst each other about the scammers, spammers, and the cheats in our industry.  Perhaps it’s time we raise each other up to a higher level and praise achievement, success, excellence, honesty, integrity, and the generosity that the best in our industry have to offer.  And share these accolades with our customers, friends, other industries.

And by building on our excellence over time, perhaps we will one day celebrate a century of excellence.  Much like the well deserved accolades we owe Scouting today.