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INAUGURAL NEWSLETTER
Fall 2013 IssueExecutive Directors Letter
Navigators in the News
Chapter Blog
Chapter Snapshot
Knowledge Sharing
Chapter BlogContinued
The Navigator Moral CompassAs a Navigator I promise to do my
best to create
a world free of prejudice and ignorance,
to treat people of every race, creed, lifestyle and
ability with dignity and respect,to strengthen my body and
improve my mind to
reach my full potential,
to protect our planet and preserve our freedom.
navigatorsusa.org
Letter from Robin Bossert, Executive Director The First
NationalNavigators
Gathering
Date:
2-3 November 2013
Location:
Countryside Church,Palatine, IL
Contact:
[email protected]
Leaders from all chapters ar
welcome and encouraged t
attend. Many thanks to ou
supportive hosts, Chapter 3
Dear Navigators,Welcome to the first issue of the Navigator
Newsletter!
Starting out as a quarterly issue, this newsletter will be a
source for Chapter Leaders to keep up with what is going on
ound the country and at headquarters. It will also help
headquarters
ay informed as we build a strong and relevant organization.
That
eans we need your input. Tell us about your successes,
trips,
ctivities, awards, and share PHOTOS and VIDEOS!
he Navigators USA is a bottom-up, rather than top-down,
scouting
rganization and, as such, we look forward to our first
National
avigators Gathering in Palatine, IL, on 2-3 November. We
ncourage you to attend!
hank you all for taking the seed of an idea and making it real.
Keep
p the incredible work!
Robin Bossert,Executive Director
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Navigators in the News
Navigators USA Chapters are always being recognized
or their principles of inclusion and communitynvolvement. Some
of the latest recognitions are
elow:
Newport News, VA (8/1/2013) - Local Navigators group
onates vegetables to churchs hot meal
programttp://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-tsq-nn-
avigators-community-garden-0801-20130801,0,5996731.story
alatine, IL (6/16/2013) Local Navigators USA chapter offers
nclusive scouting
alternativettp://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130616/news/706169908/p
otos/EP3/
os Altos, CA (4/16/2013) Gay-Friendly Scouting
rganization Doubles Its Numbers in One Year
ttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/meet-navigators-
nti-boy-scouts-who-have-doubled-numbers-one-year
Chapter Blog
Chapter 32 Denton, TX: We had a great time
iking the trails and building our campfires
uring the first camp out at Lake Ray Roberts.
We closed our first year with a wonderful
eremony filled with dancing and drums. Ms.
eatrice Ayi, a dancer from Ghana, lead us in
ong and dance to celebrate this special day.
WE WANT YOUR
INPUT!
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Chapter snapshots
Knowledge Sharing
Achievements
General Feedback
Send content for the next
quarterly newsletter to:
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NAVIGATORS CHAPTER 46
Hometown: Westside Indy, IN
eader Snapshot: Trilby Berry-Tayman
I was drawn to the Navigators by the desire for my
hildren to experience scouting with the overall principles
utlined by our Moral Compass. Children deserve to be
hown how they can enjoy learning and exploring while
howing respect for everything, people and nature alike.
Navigator Snapshot: Jeffrey Dreyer, age 8I have a lot of fun
learning about nature with my friends.
he best part so far was tent campingwith smores! And
rchery!
Recent Activity: Camping at Raccoon Lake with archery,
wimming, a boat ride and the Hoosier quest series badge
hallenge!
STANDING
END
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Chapter Snapshot Knowledge Sharing
This issues Knowledge Sharing i
focused on the Bowline knot, aimportant and versatile knot used
t
make a fixed loop at the end of a rope
A Navigator must know how to ti
this knot to earn the CLIMBING AND
MOUNTAINEERING and SAILING
achievement awards.
THE BOWLINE KNOT
For more information on the Bowlin
knot see page 107 in the NavigatorGuidebook.
Achievements
1. Make a small loopat the running(aka working)end of a rope.
Besure that therunning end is onthe top of the loopintersection as
itfaces you (an
overhand loop)
2. Feed the runningend through theloop and under thestanding end
ofthe rope to form anew loop
3. Wrap the runningend around thestanding end, thenfeed back
throughthe first loop. Makesure the runningend is on the insideof
the new loop.
RUNNING
END
lease send updates of your Junior and Senior
Navigators achievements so we can recognize their
ccomplishments in future newsletters.
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Order gear from the Navigators Online Store:
navigatorsusa.org/senior-store/
Chapter BlogContinued
navigatorsusa.org
Chapter 30 Palatine, IL: Chapter 30 is excited to welcome
theNational Navigators Gathering to Countryside Church
Unitarian
Universalist November 1-3. We look forward to meeting
leaders
from chapters across the country.
This summer, we continued twice monthly meetings, and one of
the
highlights was a trip to visit Raco industries, a reseller of
industrial
equipment. The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry came
and
demonstrated a Sphero robot, and a hospital came to talk about
the Da
Vinci minimally invasive robotic surgery system. We held our
first
day camp this summer, with one day of crafts and another in the
forest
cutting invasive species and cooking lunch over an open fire.
With
close to 50 kids registered now, our chapter continues to expand
andwe hope to offer more for older Navigators as the year
progresses.
Chapter 28 Greenville, SC: We just returned toNavigators after
taking a break for the summer. Up first
is a 2-day camping trip in Pisgah National Forest where
15 Navigators and their parents will spend 2 days and 2
nights enjoying each other in the beautiful Appalachian
Mountains! This past year was our first year of being
Navigators so we've enjoyed figuring it outtogether. We've
completed a couple of service learning
activities, tie dying, a pine wood derby race, learned
about plants, made pinhole cameras, and even went on a
2-mile hike. We are looking forward to many more
exciting events this year.
Chapter 3 South Bronx, NY:This past June,Navigators founder and
South Bronx chapter co-
leader Robin Bossert, and co-leader Peter Lewine led
a small band of Navigators from the South Bronx on
a great hike most of the way up Bull Mountain, in
Cold Springs, NY, on the east side of the Hudson
River, across from West Point. This coming year we
hope to build on the great success weve enjoyed in
the Police Athletic League in the South Bronx.
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