Crews 48 & 61 Volunteer at Pikes Peak State Park
On April 30, fourteen members and leaders from Venturing Crews 48 (St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Dubuque) and Crew 61 (Dyersville Sportsman's Club) ventured up to Pikes Peak State Park near McGregor, IA for a day of service. As part of a grant received by the park from the State of Iowa to purchase materials, several key projects were completed with 100% volunteer help, with most of the man-hours provided by these Crews.
The crews stayed busy throughout the day by planting 12 (of eventually 24) new native hardwood trees near the overlook, adjacent to the main parking areas as well as the large youth campground sites. These trees will provide shade for future generations as they grow and replace the large mature trees, especially those in the main picnic/overlook area. Other projects included adding mulch around all the new trees and flower beds, picking up litter and fallen branches, and building over 160' of retaining walls in the modern campground to level and improve drainage in four under-used camp sites (#13-#16).
Website updates
The VCrew.org website is going through some updates at this time. The volunteers on the Northeast Iowa Council Web Committee is currently combining all of our web resources (scoutsiowa.org, campklaus.org, campklaus.org and vcrew.org) into a more seamless area for information as well as providing a more appealing venue to find your venturing information. Some areas of this website may not be currently available at this time as items are being reorganized and reposted. Additional features will be available soon along with updated news. Please be sure to check back frequently.
6/2/2011
2010 Centennial Quality Unit
Congratulations to Crew 61 from Dyersville for being a recipient of the 2010 Centennial Quality Unit Award. This award recognizes Crews that have increased their percentage of trained adult leaders, recruited members for positive membership growth, recruiting new adult leaders and parents, as well as providing program activities available to the units members throughout the year.
Crew 61, Chartered by the Dyersville Sportsman's Club, has earned the quality unit award for an impressive 6 straight years. In 2010 it completed a major high adventure with 16 members and leaders traveling to Glacier National Park, added several new trained leaders and increased membership by over 10%, with over 70% of those members being primary members in Venturing.
As crew 61 was the only Quality Crew for 2010, the Northeast Iowa Council hopes to see all of our Venturing Crews complete the requirements for the Bronze level of the new "Journey To Excellence" Award for 2011. The Journey to Excellence Award will be replacing the Quality Unit Award so please be sure to keep tracking your crew's goals progress throughout the year.
2011 Venturing Leadership Award
Congratulations John.. keep up the great work!