Prairielands Council VOA

Newsletter

Venturer of the Month Do you know a Venturer that goes above and

beyond when it comes to Scouting?

Let the Council

know!

Send Kelsey

Greene, V.P. of

Communications,

an e-mail and

share with us the

ways your Venturer rises above their

expectations.

“We live in a wonderful

world that is full of

beauty, charm, and

adventure. There is no

end to the adventures we

can have if only we seek

them with our eyes open.”

Jawaharlal Nehru

September 15th, 2013

Life is an Adventure. So go Venturing.

VOA’s 2013-2014 officers:

Cathie Seebauer: V.P of Administration, Maddy Kangas: President, Kelsey Greene: V.P of

Com-

Putt-Putt a HIT The first meeting of the year turned out to

be a hit, with an attendance of 23

Venturers . Officers had a chance to meet

some new members and welcome an up

and coming crew to our Council. The

meeting started with everyone introducing

themselves and then splitting into teams

to play some putt putt. Unfortunately our

President, Maddy Kangas and Venturer Lauren Murray were eaten by a whale..

Maddy Kangas:

President

Freshman at UIUC

Studying Natural Resources

and Environmental Sciences

“My career goal: become a super

hero and save the world.”

Cathie Seebauer:

V.P of Administrations

Sophomore at Saint Thomas More

“I’m going to be a professional

unicorn herder.

Meet Your 2013-2014 VOA Prairielands Council Officers!

Mary Campbell:

V.P of Programs

Senior at University High School

“I like Criminal Minds!”

Kelsey Greene:

V.P of Communications

Freshman at Parkland/ UIUC

Studying Social Work

“ I watch Korean Dramas and

Bollywood on Netflix.. A lot.”

STEM

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Science,

Technology,

Engineering,

(and Math…)

oh my! …

NOVA is a

Scouting's newest

and most exciting

adventure. Come join

us in exploring the

wonders of different

STEM fields and earn

your NOVA award,

Launch!, on November

23 from 11-3:30. Discover

the wonders of space, build

a catapult and find a satel-

lite. Cost is $3 and lunch is

provided. Place is to be de-

termined at the October

meeting. For questions con-

tact Mary

Campbell V.P

of Programs

Come become

a star!

We are well on our way

through September and

Venturing events are abun-

dant! Looking for the right

event to make THIS Sep-

tember spectacular? Try

out the 40th annual Fall

Fun Rally!

It is one of the biggest Ven-

turing events in the coun-

try, hosting 1,100 Ventur-

ing youth on the weekend

of September 27-29 at the

Beaumont Scout Reserva-

tion in Missouri.

Activities include climbing,

dancing, capture the flag,

shooting sports, horseback

riding, and so much more.

There is an activity for eve-

ryone!

Not interested in high ad-

venture activities? There are

plenty of trainings being offered

as well. Take the Introduction

to Leadership Skills for Crews

course on Sunday morning, or

various courses ranging from

VOAs to Photography through-

out the weekend.

Want more information? Visit

fallfunrally.org for complete

details on the 100+ activities

occurring throughout the week-

end.

Got your mind made up that

Do you want to expand your Crew? Do you want to do new

and exciting things? Learn how recruiting can help you

achieve these things and more and get some help

brainstorming ideas at our next VOA meeting, October 7th

at the Champaign Library in Robeson Pavilion Room C,

starting at 7pm.

Fantastic 40th

Fall Fun Rally

“Discover

the

wonders of

space,

build a

catapult

and find a

satellite.”

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Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an e-mail!

President:

Maddy Kangas

Email: maddy.k.716@gmail.com

V.P of Administration:

Cathie Seebauer

Email: 13cathie@gmail.com

V.P of Program:

Mary Campbell

Email: campbe37@illinois.edu

V.P of Communications:

Kelsey Greene

Schedule of Events

Sept. 27-29th– Fall Fun

Rally in St. Louis

Oct. 7-VOA Meeting--

Recruiting for YOUR

Crew--C-paign

Library, Robeson

Pavilion Room C

Nov. 4th--Officers

meeting

Nov.23--STEM

Workshop

Dec. 2nd--VOA

Meeting--Venturing

Holiday Party

Does your Crew have an

upcoming event you want

to advertise? Contact

Kelsey Greene, V.P of

Communications with the

information and see it

published in our next

news letter!

Contact

Information

Venturers from various crews compete in a sand volleyball

tournament at the 2013 SummerBlast

Cody and Casey Boruff log their finds during the

Geocaching portion of the 2013 SummerBlast

Ventureres enjoy Paddle

boarding and Kayaking dur-

ing the water activities por-

tion of this summers Sum-

merBlast.