Kinnus (Hebrew for “gathering”) Weekend returns on May 18-20th, 2012. Registration is now open for the three events that make up Kinnus Weekend. (Due to Shavuot observance, Kinnus departs from its traditional Memorial Day Weekend time slot.)
1) Kinnus Day on May 20th:

• BB Guns, archery, and craft projects
• Animal Safari
• Merit Badges
• Kosher lunch
• Horse Care (extra fee) and Fencing (extra fee)

The cost of Kinnus Day is $20. Contact Jeff Feuer, Chairman of the Jewish Committee on Scouting at 310-273-8888 or jfeuer@insidesaleslab.com for Kinnus information beyond this flyer.

2) Shabbat campout on May 18-20: Beginning before sundown on Friday May 18th through Sunday morning. Orthodox Shabbat observance includes full services and Torah reading Saturday morning and a relaxed, unprogrammed afternoon. The cost for the Shabbat campout is $60 per person and includes 5 kosher meals, a campfire, and two-night campsite. Contact Stan Friedman at (213) 629-1500 or friedman03@aol.com for more information.

3) The Jewish Commitee on Scouting in cooperation with Malibu Lodge is excited to once again host a Saturday night and Sunday Order of the Arrow Ordeal with Kosher food. Ordeal is the initiation into the Boy Scout Honor Society and is by invitation only. Email kinnusordeal@malibulodge.org for costs, forms, and further information.

All three events take place at beautiful Camp Josepho in the Santa Monica Mountains just 30 minutes from the 405 at Sunset Boulevard and is now open for registration.  Jewish and non-Jewish Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, Webelos, Boy Scouts, Venturers, Girl Scouts, and their families are invited.

Registration is now open.
Complete the registration form on pages 3 – 10. 
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Registration and payment are due no later than May 4th.

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Schedule:

9:00 – 10:00 AM arrival & check in
9:00 – 12:00 Morning Activities:
o Archery,
o BB gun range,
o Crafts (lanyards, fuse beads, pony beads, basket weaving, coloring) in the lodge
10:30 – 12:00 Fencing Lesson (limited space, additional fee)
12:00 – 12:30 Opening Ceremony
o Presentation of colors
o Presentation of Shofar awards
12:30 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Clean Up
1:00 – 1:50 Horse Program I (limited space, additional fee)
2:00 – 2:50 Horse Program II (limited space, additional fee)
3:00 – 3:50 Horse Program III (limited space, additional fee)
4:00 – 4:50 Horse Program IV (limited space, additional fee)
1:30 – 2:00 Mincha
1:30 – 5:00 Afternoon Activities
o Archery,
o BB gun range,
o Crafts (lanyards, fuse beads, pony beads, basket weaving, coloring) in the lodge
3:00 – 4:00 Animal Safari / Reptile Petting Zoo
3:00 – 4:00 Athletics Merit Badge Program by Joe Cotrell (prerequisites, see: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Athletics.pdf)
4:00 – 5:00 Scholarship Merit Badge by Jodie Coopalla. Prerequisites required.

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Driving Directions from 405 Freeway

• Take the 405 San Diego Freeway and exit at Sunset Blvd
• Take Sunset Blvd. west toward the beach. (The freeway exit might lead to another street, follow the signs until you get to Sunset and take it toward the ocean).
• You’ll travel on Sunset for just over 3 miles.
• From Sunset Blvd. turn right on Capri Drive.
• You will get to a round-about. Take it around until you find Capri Drive again, it will be a near straight continuation.
• Stay on Capri Drive until the end and turn left on to Casale Road.
• Casale will curve around the hill and turn into a dirt road.
• You will come to a gate to enter Sullivan Fire Road. The road is gated with regularly changed gate codes required for access.  You will receive your gate code by email before Kinnus.
• The fire road is open to hikers and cyclists. There are a number of blind curves on the road, and, for safety, drivers must extend courtesies to other people on the road. The speed limit on the road is 10 m.p.h.
• Drive on Sullivan Fire road for about 1.8 miles.
• The entrance to Camp Josepho Boy Scout Camp will be on your left, marked by a wooden arch.
• Turn left and drive down the road to the camp at the bottom of the hill.
• Park as directed

Driving Directions from the PCH Side

If you are coming from the PCH side of the world, get on Sunset going east toward Brentwood. You can take Sunset from PCH or take the Temescal or Chataqua short cut to Sunset from PCH. Once on Sunset drive until you get to Capri Drive and turn left. Then follow the Driving Directions above from that point on!

Clear skies greeted us as we finished our hot cocoa and smores (aka “Vitamin ‘S’”) and then clouds rolled in around 11pm as we got ready for bed.

Enjoy the attached photos and memories from our campsite where the boys and some of the adults “bouldered” and our subsequent hike to 49 Palms Oasis.

Leave no trace… take only memories.

10-17 July 2011.

Please contact Aaron if you have more photos to add.

We also reviewed Bobcat basics for our new Wolf den members.

About the camp:  http://www.campemeraldbay.org/emerald-bay/boy-scout-camp

VIDEO (SWF) Snorkeling at War Canoe

Fellow Members of Pack and Troop 360:

For quite a few years we have celebrated the 4th of July together though recently we have been unable to camp out because the legal holiday fell on a day that didn’t work.  This year, the 4th of July holiday is on Monday and we have a terrific campsite just steps from the beach in Santa Barbara County.

The location is El Capitan State Beach. This is a public campsite but we have a separate area to ourselves. It is large and features flush toilets. I have tried for years to get this site but until now have been unsuccessful.

El Capitan State Beach is approximately 2 hours drive from Beth Jacob Congregation (111 miles).

Our 4th of July campout tentatively runs from Sunday July 4th at 2 PM to Monday July 5th at 2 PM. The cost is $20 per person and includes:

• Three Kosher meals plus campfire snack
• Campsite for an enjoyable night of camping
• Sunday night campfire
• Lots of Cub and Boy Scout programming

Registration is now open.  See the registration form on the following link: 2010 July 4th Flyer.

To fulfill the requirement to visit a newspaper, TV or radio station, Pack 360′s Tiger den went to downtown Los Angeles to tour classical music radio station KUSC.

After signing in, General Manager Eric DeWeese showed Tigers and their families a demo of the KUSC website with introductions to music and opera designed for children, including interactive versions of Scheherazade and Hansel & Gretel. More interactive children’s content can be seen at the KUSC website in the lower right hand corner. Click the image below to go to the Hansel & Gretel page.

At the end of the tour, KUSC host Alan Chapman took us into the live broadcast room where he demonstrated some “audio magic” where he made a recording welcoming the “girl scouts”, spliced a “cub scouts” correction to it and then added background music, lowering the volume of the music when the spoken words were said and then showing how to make the music fade away as the recording ended. Listen to CUB SCOUTS at KUSC!

Pack 360 thanks KUSC, Eric and Alan!