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Western Region News Archive

CALLING ALL JEWISH SCOUTERS!

JOIN US FOR FELLOWSHIP, LEARNING, AND FUN AT OUR 1st ANNUAL WRJCoS CONFERENCE

-- See Below --

National Jewish Committee on Scouting, BSA

Western Region
Jewish Committee on Scouting Chair - Ellen Marks, California

Contact Information:
WesternChair@JewishScouting.org

Serving Jewish Institutions, Jewish youth and local councils and districts in the territories shown in the following map

*** NEW INFO ***

WESTERN REGION FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE

CALLING ALL JEWISH SCOUTERS!

JOIN US FOR FELLOWSHIP, LEARNING, AND FUN AT OUR 1st ANNUAL WRJCoS CONFERENCE

This conference is the #1 training activity that supports your year-round efforts. Our conference will help you provide great program with the help of knowledgeable experts from all areas of Jewish Scouting.

Where: Las Vegas Area Council
Donald W. Reynolds Scouting Resource Center
7220 South Paradise Road,
Las Vegas, NV 89119

When: Sunday, October 10, 2010 – 8:00am – 4:15pm

Conference Fee: $36.00 covers Breakfast, snacks, and lunch plus conference materials.
$36.00 if received before September 8, 2010- Rosh Hashanah
$54.00 if received after Sept 7.
Last day to register is Oct.1. No registration at the door

Program Specifics: The formal conference program is preceded by coffee, tea, juice, bagels and a smear. Exhibits and trading post will be open. We will have a kosher lunch included in the $36 conference fee.

Who Should Attend: Scouters from all over the Western Region (and beyond) associated with Dens, Packs, Troops and Crews with Jewish Scouts, all members of Council JCoS committees, potential new unit sponsors and Scout Professionals interested in increasing council membership.

Conference Tracks will include sessions on:

Organizing/rejuvenating a Council JCoS
Forming new Jewish units, conducting a religious emblems workshop
How to do a Kinus
The needs of Shomer Shabbat scouts and units
Building relationships
Resolving calendaring conflicts
Providing Jewish Chaplain service
Marketing the NJCoS brand
Reaching out to Jewish Scouts in non-Jewish Units.

In addition, we will have the first annual CHAI Award presentation – only presented at WR JCoS Annual Conference

Don’t miss out on this once a year opportunity for great fellowship and great ideas on how to energize your JCoS program. We’ve designed a conference with appeal to Scouters, Scouting Professionals and sponsoring organizations across all age groups.

If you don’t get the answers you need, feel free to contact Joel L. Levin, Conference Chair via email at: lvscoutjoel@cox.net

For Shomer Shabbat hospitality contact Eli Goldblatt via email at:borg173@hotmail.com

SEE CONFERENCE INFORMATION ON FACEBOOK:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=98948947813

CONFERENCE FORMS

Registration Form

Who Should Attend

Calling All Western Region Jewish Scouters

Chai Award

Chai Award Nomination Form

Conference Schedule

Training Team : A.J. Kreimer - Chairman of National Jewish Committee on Scouting, Member of Northeast Region, Executive Board Member National Religious Relationships Task Force, Member Area 5 Committee Northeast Region, Past President Burlington County Council (New Jersey), Woodbadge, Eagle Scout

Rabbi Peter E. Hyman - Chaplain National Jewish Committee on Scouting, Speakers Bureau National BSA Past Chairman National JCOS, World Jamboree Staff several times, National Jamboree Staff several times, Director Chaplain Service National Jamboree, Woodbadge, Eagle Scout

Ellen Marks - Chairman Western Region Jewish Committee on Scouting, Member at large National JCOS, Council Committee Member at large, Past Assistant District Commissioner, Past Commissioner College Faculty, Past Council Advancement Committee, Past Council Religious Relationships Committee Chairman Past District and Council Training Team Pack, Troop, Crew CC/CR, Woodbadge

Arthur G. Lipman - Member National Jewish Committee on Scouting, Vice President Relationships Great Salt Lake Council, Vice President Relationships Area 2 Western Region, Philmont Conference Faculty, Woodbadge Faculty, Council Executive Board Dean of College of Commissioner Science Council District, Chairman Scoutmaster and Committee Chair

Caren Tamkin - BSA National Task Force, Council Commissioner, Desert-Imperial Council Philmont Conference Center Faculty 11 years, National Camping School faculty 8 years, National BSA Task Force: Cub Scout National Camping School, New Unit Membership, Program Helps, Council Vice President – Operations, Council Executive Board, Woodbadge

David Wolin - Council Commissioner Las Vegas Area Council, Chairman Las Vegas Area Council Jewish Committee on Scouting, Assistant Council Commissioner, Council Committee Member at Large, Council Vice President Exploring, Council Vice President Membership, Order of the Arrow Advisor, Woodbadge

Joel L. Levin - Western Region Area 6 Training Committee, Past Vice Chairman National JCOS, Past Vice Chairman NE Region JCOS, Council Executive Board Council Membership/Relations Committee, Philmont Conference Center Faculty 4 times, Philmont Conference Center Course Director 2 times, National Jamboree Staff several times, Woodbadge

Additional Staff: Sandford Weinberg, Jerry Feldman & Eli Goldblatt

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

San Francisco, CA -- Ryan DiBernardo, Director of Field Service & Chief Operating Officer of the San Francisco Bay Area Council has announced the appointment of Ken Katzman as the Chair of the Council's Jewish Committee on Scouting.

Las Vegas, NV -- Phil Bevins, Scout Executive for the Las Vegas Area Council has appointed David Wolin as the new Chair of the Council's Jewish Committee on Scouting. He succeeds Joel Levin who will remain active on the committee as the Vice Chair. The committee hosted their first Kinus in many years on October 16-18. The event, with nearly 75 Scouts and Scouters in attendance, was held at Camp Foxtail on Mt. Charleston. It was the first kinus to be held outside of Los Angeles in at least 10 years! On January 31, the committee will hold a Tu B'Shevat celebration (Jewish Arbor Day) at the Springs Preserve Garden Amphitheater.

Henderson, NV -- Major David Sellen, Scoutmaster of Midbar Kodesh Temple's Troop 713, has been honored with the Shofar Award of the National Jewish Committee on Scouting. The presentation was made by Joel Levin, Chair of the Las Vegas Area Council Jewish Committee on Scouting. Read the full press release here.

2008 Western Region JCOS Announcements and News Archive Click >here.