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!

WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNCIL

JEWISH COMMITTEE ON SCOUTING PRESENTS

Kinnus

Memorial Day Campout

May 30 – 31, 2010

Kinnus, the annual campout sponsored by the Jewish Committee on Scouting on each Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day Weekend is now open for registration! The event will take place at beautiful Camp Josepho in the Santa Monica Mountains just 30 minutes from the 405 at Sunset Boulevard.

Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, Webelos, Boy Scouts, Venturers, Girl Scouts, and their families are invited to experience Jewish Scouting including a full slate of activities, campfire, and Kosher food. Jewish Scouts of all denominations (and other Scouts) and their families are invited.

This year our theme is “100 Years of Jewish Scouting.”

Kinnus runs from Sunday, May 30th at 10 AM through Monday, May 31th at 2 PM. The cost is $45 per person and includes:

• Four Kosher meals plus campfire snack
• Campsite for an enjoyable night of camping
• Sunday night campfire
• BB Guns, merit badges and lots of other child friendly programming

REGISTER ON LINE OR BY MAIL

Click 2010 Kinnus Flyer and Registration

1. If you wish to pay-on line using PayPal:
   • Type your information into pages 4 – 6
   • Save a copy on your computer for backup
   • Click the green “Pay Now” button on page 6
   • Make your PayPal payment
   • Enter your PayPal confirmation number right below the green button on page 6
   • Click the blue “Submit Registration Form” button on page 6
2. If you wish to pay by check:
   • Type your information into pages 4 – 6
   • Save a copy on your computer for backup
   • Print out the registration pages (pages 4-6)
   • Sign the form on page 4 and mail all three pages and your check per the instructions on page 6

Questions? Contact Jeff Feuer, Chairman of the Jewish Committee on Scouting at 310-348-8898 or jfeuer – AT – insidesaleslab – DOT – com.

Updates? To receive e-mail updates about this and other JCOS events, become a part of JCOS’ Yahoo Group. Enroll by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WLACC-JCOS and clicking “Join This Group”.

An optional traditional Shabbat campout just prior to Kinnus runs from Friday, May 28 at 3 PM through Sunday morning, May 30 is available by contacting Stan Friedman at 818-985-2623 or Friedman – AT – aol – DOT – com. $60/person.

Kinnus also hosts an invitation-only initiation program into the Boy Scout Honor Society called an “Ordeal.” For more information contact Sanford Weinberg at 323-933-0654 or sanford – AT – techtalk – DOT – net. Download 2010 Kinnus Ordeal Registration Form

Tentative Schedule

Sunday, May 30, 2010

• 10 – 11 AM arrival, check in, set up camp
  • Jump Rope contest
  • Hula Hoop contest
• 11 – 11:30 Opening Ceremony at the Parade Grounds
• 11:30 – 12:30 Sunday Morning Activities
  • Crafts projects in the Lodge (lanyards, fuse beads, leather crafts)
  • Tentatively: Archery
• 12:30 – 2:00 Lunch and Clean Up
  • New this year:  no need to bring lunch from home; lunch is provided.
• Merit Badges for Boy Scouts
  • 1:00 – 3:00 Electricity
  • 1:00 – 3:00 Weather (pre-requisite requirements)
  • 1:00 – 5:00 Horsemanship ($75 fee)
• 2:00 – 5:30 Sunday Afternoon Activities
  • BB Guns for Cub Scouts and Siblings
  • Tentatively: Archery for Cub Scouts and Siblings
  • Crafts projects in the Lodge
• 4:00 – 5:30 Knot tying with Rabbi Kraft
• 4:00 – 5:30 Knife safety with Yaacov Klutch
• 5:30 – 7:00 Dinner and clean up
• 7:00 – 8:30 Skits in the Lodge
• 8:00 – 8:30 Prayer Service
• 8:45 – 9:30 Campfire program & s’mores
• 8:00 – 9:30 Astronomy program on the parade ground
• 10:00 Lights out

Monday May 31, 2010

• 7:00 Reveille
• 7:15 – 8:15 Prayer Service and cereal for children
• 8:15 – 9:15 Full Breakfast and clean up
• 9:15 – 9:30 Flag Ceremony at the Parade Ground
• 9:30 – 11:30 Programming
  • Merit Badges for Boy Scouts
    • Communications (pre-requisite requirements)
    • Rifle
    • Pathfinding (pre-requisite requirements)
    • Horse Care for Cub Scouts and Siblings ($28 fee)Craft Projects in the Lodge
  • Rank Advancement Skills for Boy Scout and Cub Scouts
  • Girl Scouts Scavenger Hunt for 6 -8 Year Olds
• 11:30 – 12:00 Decamp & inspection
• 12:00 – 1:30 Lunch, clean up
• 1:30 – 2:00 Closing ceremony