September Forum Summary

Thanks to those that presented at forum tonight.
Ben Brown shared their crew's high adventure spotlight - their bike trip, with a video link here.

Dan Maxwell then discussed with us different ideas for weekly crew activities. Regardless of religious affiliation, the link found here: https://www.lds.org/youth/activities?lang=eng lists a number of different activity suggestions (the page had been different at our meeting; looks like it's been updated and, well, a little busier now. Look at the bottom of the page under 'Categories.')

Remember to go online and suggest/vote for someone getting an award, click here.

August Forum Summary

Welcome back to forum for the fall. Thanks to all who attended.

Steve Howard from Gilbert 3rd Ward (Crew 9383) presented about their high adventure activity in New Mexico at the dude ranch Black Range Cavalcade - http://www.zianet.com/4jranch/Cavalcade.htm
Here's the link to the presentation summary: link

Our guest speaker was stuck with a court case, so I shared his slideshow on Arizona Hikes. You can find the presentation here. This is a great resource for places to take your crews hiking in AZ.

Don't forget that nominations are open for our District Awards ceremony for December. These nominations are due by October. Click here to go to the nominations page.

Thanks for all you do for your youth. Hope to see you next month too.

Welcome Back to Venturing

Hope you all had a great summer full of high adventure with your crews. This week is the first Venturing Forum for the fall of 2017, at 7 pm.

The latest newsletter is now published, and in the links to the right.

This Thursday we'll have a presentation on The Best Hikes in Arizona, along with a slideshow with (electronic) handouts on where to go.

We'll also talk a little about some of the changes with the LDS Venturing units.

Just a reminder that September brings Powderhorn Training for adults and Venturing youth. You can find the link here: https://scoutingevent.com/010-powderhorn

Hope to see you Thursday.

Discount Tickets for Golfland Sunsplash

As we talked at forum this month, discount tickets are available to Golfland Sunsplash in Mesa.

You can use this link: https://tickets.golfland.com/affiliate.asp?ID=8F7F6236-16B1-495F-AF21-05538A263D05

Powderhorn 2017

Adult high-adventure training weekend - aka Powderhorn - is scheduled at Camp Raymond for September 21-23.

This is an excellent opportunity to get trained in and personally experience high-adventure activities, as well have an all-around excellent outdoor time. Flyer will be attached soon, but get this on your calendar.

Here's the link to the Council calendar: https://scoutingevent.com/010-powderhorn

April Forum Summary

Thanks to those that brought dutch oven dishes, and for the rest that came to forum to eat and enjoy with us.

Once the chefs email me their recipes, I'll make a recipe link so you can download your favorites.

Of all the years we've done this, I think overall this year had the tastiest dishes - many thanks!

The contest winners were:

Main dish: Derrick Dickerson, Gilbert 3rd Ward - Dutch Oven Fajitas
Dessert dish: Rick Wilson, Fairview Ward - Scratch Brownies

Enjoy the month. We'll look forward to seeing you in May for our last forum before summer break.

April Form - Dutch Oven!

Reminder that April's Forum is this Thursday, April 6th. It's our Dutch Oven contest, with two 12" Cabela's dutch ovens as prizes to the best entree and best dessert dishes.

If you'd like to bring a dish - please do. I'll have the coals ready to cook out behind the church building in the North parking lot at 6pm. We need to be ready for forum to start at 7pm.

Any questions? Please email me.