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Kevin and Jax :: Pack 543 of Villa Teresa School

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It was just over 2 years ago when Jax Centrella joined Pack 543 of Villa Teresa School as a new First Grader and Tiger Cub.When Jax and his family came to their first meeting there were only a 5 registered Cub Scouts in the Pack. During the springof 2008 tragedy struck Pack 543. Their main leader and Cubmaster died in a scuba diving accident while on vacation in Hawaii.Not long after Jax joined, his father, Paul, was approached to step into the Cubmaster’s role and help to rebuild this Pack.

The “Midtown” area of OKC where Villa Teresa is would not normally be prime Cub-recruiting territory. That didn’t stop Pauland the other parents and boys from wanting to have a fun and exciting Cub Scout program. With a good program, moreand more boys from the school wanted to join! Midtown has been “rebuilding,” like Pack 543. Businesses there have renovatedbuildings, or added on, or both, and through quality products and services the midtown area is now thriving. From the 5boys at the beginning of 2008 Pack 543 of Villa Teresa now has 34 active Cub Scouts or 53% of the boys in school. That’s35% more than the national average!

David Slane said, “There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t get a phone call or email from a parent about getting their son involvedin our Cub Scout Pack.” As a matter of fact, the Pack is starting to run out of boys to recruit from Villa Teresa. That’s not stopping them!Starting in 2011 the Pack and school will “adopt” 8 boys into the program from Positive Tomorrows, a sister United Way Agency.

One of the keys to any successful and sustained growth is leadership. New parents like David Slane and Vic Gonzales havejoined Paul as key leaders. It just so happens that all three of these men are military service veterans and they each have skillsand qualities that they want to pass on to the boys. Paul is an Air Force Gulf War Veteran. David was an Army Reservist, andVic retired from Navy service on aircraft carriers. Their goals are to teach the youth to respect God, adults, and their country.

The main focus of the Cub Scout Program is for the boys to have fun! We want the program to be exciting and somethingthat the boys want to come back week after week. Paul stated that leadership is vital for the adults to express and displayto the boys practically to help them become young leaders of tomorrow.

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Joey Kinsman :: Eagle Scout

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Like many families today, Joey Kinsman is from a single-parent family. However, his circumstances are different than most.When Joey was four his family including his father, mother, himself and three other siblings were in an auto accident. Joey’sfather, Dennis Gene Sr., died in the accident. Everyone else was injured, some more severely than others, but the event had aprofound impact on his family’s life. Joey is the 5th of 6 children. The ages of the Kinsman siblings ranged from just over oneyear to 17 at the time of the accident. Since the accident Joey’s mother, Dottie, has raised her six children as a single parent.

Joey’s older brother, Dennis Gene, Jr., at the time of the funeral was just starting to work on his Eagle Scout project. DennisSr. had been in Scouting as a youth, but only as a Cub Scout. He had wanted both of his sons to be able to fully experiencethe Scouting program. Dottie promised both of her boys that she would make sure they had the opportunity to be Eagle Scouts.Dennis Jr. did finish his project and became an Eagle.

Joey just completed his Eagle project earlier this year. He has been a member of the Lawton Eisenhower High School Bandfor four years. During that time he noticed that the storage area for some of the band equipment was very disorganized. Joeyhad the idea of building a storage unit for the band hats and other field equipment instead of the band’s shoes. He gaveleadership to about 25 people including other band members, family and friends from church to help tear out the old shoestorage and replace it with new hardwood cabinets customized for the hats.

“Scouting taught me how to use what I was already learning at home. You have to be passionate about wanting to be a leader,”said Joey. “There has to be something that you really want to work for, and Scouting has helped me give direction to theleadership skills that I started to learn from both my mother and my church.”

Joey wants to be a musician, and he knows that one of the key things to being successful is responsibility, and Scouting helpedhim learn that trait.

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Rusty Shriver :: Apprentice Rank Sea Scout

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When people think of sailing and open water, Oklahoma is not something that normally makes the top of the list. That doesn’tmean Oklahomans don’t love the water. As a case in point, there’s Sea Scout Ship 131. This is a group of seven young men andwomen ages 14 to20. They love the water! And Sea Scouts, which is a part of the Venturing Program of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica, gives them many opportunities to be around, over, and in the water.

Ship 131 has been chartered for ten years by Lake Hefner Boat Owners Association, and in that time there have been manyyoung people who have been a part of the program.

The Ship’s activities almost always involve a boat. If you ask Kenna Green, Skipper (main adult advisor) to the ship, she’ll tellyou, “If you want to be part of a team sailing a 26-foot sailboat, you must have leadership skills. It doesn’t matter if you’rehelmsman, lookout or sail handler, you have to be able to lead and give direction to others.”

The Quartermaster Award is a test of a youth’s tenacity and endurance. The Quartermaster is equivalent to the Eagle ScoutRank, and specifically requires the Sea Scout to:

• Plan, develop and demonstrate leadership to others in a service project involving your ship and at least one other group.• Serve as an officer for at least 6 months or serve as an activity chair for three major events• Lead a cruise by taking command of a vessel of not less than four Sea Scouts for at least 40 consecutive hours, including

all preparations, drills while underway, and remaining underway for an extended period during darkness.

Ship 131 has Scouts working toward their Quartermaster Rank. Like becoming an Eagle Scout, it is a rare and challenging journey.But in the process they get to enjoy the boats, water and lake environment.

Just like many other Scouting methods, sailing and aquatic activities are used to prepare the youth for life. The boat maintenance,water safety, environmental respect and people skills they learn will help them mature into responsible adults. “I can’t thinkof a better way to prepare these young men and women for life than being part of this Ship,” said Kenna. “They mature andlife takes them in so many different directions. The results are wonderful!”

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Dr. Hal Yocum :: 2011 Distinguished Eagle Scout

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Hal Yocum was drafted into military service after medical school. As a Captain, he was obligated to serve 2 years. Insteadof returning to civilian life he “re-upped” his service to the US Army. He retired from service in the Army, as a full Colonel,after 27 years, 12 active-duty and 15 in the reserves.

His service in the Army and later in life as a physician is punctuated with leadership. But when asked about his leadershipexperiences he said, “You don’t think, ‘I need to go be a leader,’ you just do it. You just think about the needs of your communityand get involved.”

Scouting started to impact Hal early in life. Growing up in a small town, Scouting afforded Hal the opportunity to get involved.Hal wasn’t an athlete, but he got to do the stuff he wanted to do: going camping and hiking. He discovered needs and servedin areas from camp staff to the Order of the Arrow. Through practical experience Hal found out, “I can do it,” and that he couldget people to work together pretty well.

During medical school Hal continued to find needs. “If there was a problem, you get involved and try to make a difference.”So, he got involved in student government. He also was in the College Scouter Reserves and worked on the Training Committeeto bring Scouting to disadvantaged youth. “Scouting gives youth practical opportunities to find out about problems. Then theyhave to solve them. The process of solving the problems is what develops leadership traits in young people.”

After his military service Hal got involved in the County Medical Society in Colorado. He wanted to help with issues we still grapplewith today, how to make healthcare more affordable and get tort reform. Under President Clinton he worked at both state andnational levels to try and shape a better health insurance plan. Hal also served for 27 years on the BSA’s National Health and SafetyCommittee. Today he is shaping tomorrow’s leaders as a Clinical Asst. Prof. of Orthopedic Surgery at the OU Health Sciences Center.

Summing up his service as a leader, Hal said, “You get experience as a kid, and you just ‘become’ a leader.” He evidently becamea good one, because in 2011 Hal is being honored as a Distinguished Eagle Scout. An honor only given to about 2,000 EagleScouts, out of over 2 million, since the award’s inception in 1969.

UPPING DR. HAL YOCUM: COLONEL, PHYSICIAN, EAGLE SCOUT

Steve Mason Stephen Friot and Jeff Woolsey

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During this year the Boy Scouts of America celebrated its 100th Anniversary with the theme “Celebrating the Adventure,Continuing the Journey.” For the Last Frontier Council of the Boy Scouts of America the year has been one of planning andpreparing for the next 100 years.

The Scouting program comes alive for our youth because of the leadership provided by thousands of outstanding adultvolunteers in positions that range from the Council Executive Board, District Committees, and of course the most importantof all, those that work directly with our Scouts. As the Council Key 3, we established early in the year some objectives to gaugeour progress toward making the best Scouting experiences available to the young people of our community:

1. Achieve the National Boy Scouts of America Quality Council Status2. Achieve our fundraising objectives by August 313. Initiate a Strategic Planning process for the organization4. Re-tool current council outreach programs

We are pleased to present this Annual Report showing not only the accomplishment of these objectives, but the continualpursuit of our mission; changing the lives of young people through Scouting.

Steve Mason Stephen Friot Jeff WoolseyCOUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCIL COMMISSIONER SCOUT EXECUTIVE/CEO

STRUCTUREGAYLORD SERVICE CENTER AND LAURA FIELDS SERVICE CENTER

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEESteve Mason, President

Stephen Friot, Council Commissioner

Jim Aikman, VP District Operations

Robert Eades, VP Membership

James Elder, VP Program

Bob Mackey, VP Properties

Patrick Rooney, VP Development

James Waldo, VP Administration

Ed Young, Council Treasurer

Tony LoPresto, Assistant Treasurer

David Thompson, Immediate Past President

Jeff Woolsey, Scout Executive/CEO

David ReidShad SatterthwaiteRandy SmithKathleen StevensonTom StevensonDouglas StussiBrian SzymanskiD. Don VickDelbert WilburnAlvin WilliamsDr. Harold Yocum

LIFE BOARDWilliam ColemanVince CotterGen. Dale LaubachWayne MillerTal OdenLindsay PetersOren Lee PetersThomas C. Smith, Jr.Dick WilliamsWayne WoodmanPendleton Woods

EXECUTIVE BOARDDr. Matt AguilarColleen BicketGen William P. BowdenJeff BrownJames BuchananB. Michael CarrollScott DavisJay EppersonBrin FairBill FordSteve ForemanGerald GambleHarvey HillTom HuibregtseGary JonesMike KnoppPatrick LippmannBruce LitchfieldJim MarshallEdmund MartinTom McCasland IIIHerman MeindersDr. Michael O'NealPhil PippinBob Porter

LEADERSHIPADVISORY BOARDLoyd BensonJohn BoultonJudge Elvin BrownBill BurgessB. C. Clark, Jr.Dr. Floyd CoppedgeWilliam CrawfordCharles JohnsonE. Carey Joullian IVJohn MosleyMarc NuttleRichard OppelJerry OrrThomas ParrishDavid PendleyMarty PosticDavid RainboltPaul SchmidlkoferJoe ShockleyLee Allan SmithBill SwisherRichard Van DyckDonald D. VickNorm WeberNoris Whitaker

MEMBERSHIPThe Last Frontier Council serves 24 counties in central and southwest Oklahoma.Please note the below numbers are end-of-year projections.

YOUTH UNITSCub Scouts....................................................................5,768........................................................190 Cub Scout PacksBoy Scouts ...................................................................3,506.......................................................173 Boy Scout TroopsVenturers .........................................................................290..........................................................37 Venturing CrewsLearning for Life ..........................................................7,510 .......................................................17 Partnering School

TOTAL YOUTH............................................17,074 ................................................................454

Over 35,000 weekly Cub Scout and Boy Scout meetings held in 2010.The Pledge of Allegiance was recited over Half a Million times by youth at meetings this year.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS:

Cub Scouts: The Cub Scout program encourages strong family relationships while developing social skills throughfun and educational activities for boys grades 1-5.

Boy Scouts/Varsity Scouts: The Boy Scout and Varsity Scout program introduces the patrol concept to boys11 -18 where they learn self-direction with less parental involvement. The Boy Scouts of America's objectives ofdeveloping character, citizenship, and personal fitness are met by focusing on outdoor activities.

Venturing: Venturing is a youth development program for young men and women who are 14-21 years of age.The purpose of Venturing is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to becomeresponsible and caring adults. Venturers get to experience a program that is fun and full of challenge and adventure.

Adult Volunteers .......................................................................................................................................................5,000

Charter Partners (Program Sponsoring Organizations)Churches/Religious Institutions .............................................................................................................................179Civic Clubs......................................................................................................................................................................25Parent Organizations..................................................................................................................................................35Total Charter Partners ...................................................................239

Please note the below numbers are end-of-year projections.

FINANCIALSINCOME:Direct Contributions .........................................................................1,007,570Indirect Contributions.......................................................................600,000Activities & Other Income................................................................1,599,315Total Income ..............................................................................$3,206,885

EXPENSES:Program Services ........................................................................2,494,053Fundraising .......................................................................................334,568Management and General..............................................................212,907Total Expenses ......................................................................$3,041,528

Increase in Unrestricted Net Assets.......................$165,357

OPERATING CAPITAL ENDOWMENT ALL FUNDS2010 2010 2010 2009 2010

Current Assets 1,090,739 11,644,200 504,797 13,852,912 13,239,736Interfund Loans (7,979) 26,903 (18,924) - -Land & Investments 5,369,966 6,172,974 10,372,670 11,542,940

Total Assets $1,082,760 $17,041,069 $6,658,847 $24,225,582 $24,782,676

Payables 411,185 78,673 274 496,638 490,132Notes Payable - 95,000 -

Total Liabilities $411,185 $78,673 $274 $591,638 $490,132Unrestricted 165,357 5,538,735 617,055 5,795,661 6,321,147Temp. Restricted 506,218 11,423,661 1,725,599 14,052,427 13,655,478Perm. Restricted 4,315,919 3,785,856 4,315,919

Total Net Assets $671,575 $16,962,396 $6,658,573 $23,633,944 $24,292,544

Total Liabilities& Net Assets $1,082,760 $17,041,069 $6,658,847 $24,225,582 $24,782,676

2010 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2010

ACTIVITIES & CIVIC SERVICE24,165 hours have been given this year in community service by Eagle Scout Candidates and their teams4,900 pinewood derby cars built by Cub Scouts and Parents3,015 trophies or awards given to Cub Scouts at over 200 pinewood derby races

Over 200 Boy Scouts attended Merit Badge University at OU in 48 indiviual merit badge sessions1,500 trees planted by Scouts in the Centennial Tree Planting Project with the Apache

Foundation and the Tree Bank Foundation of Central Oklahoma108 local youth attended the National Centennial Jamboree in Fort AP Hill, Virginia

ADVANCEMENT & RECOGNITION8,859 Eagle Scouts live in our council, with 209 new Eagle Scouts this year3,658 Cub Scout Rank Advancements1,633 Boy Scout Rank Advancements8,712 Merit Badges earned

457 Arrow of Light Awards209 Eagle Scouts

CAMPING & OUTDOOR PROMOTION13,512 nights spent camping at council events1,247 Boy Scouts from 171 Troops in Boy Scout Resident Camp

945 Cub Scouts in Day Camp517 Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts from 76 Packs in Cub Resident Camp987 Cub Scouts in 6 Council Family Camp Sessions

2,250 campers and visitors served by renovated kitchen at Slippery Falls Scout Ranch

TRAINING FOR LEADERS1,259 direct contact leaders trained

214 leaders trained in basic outdoor skills in 2010525 volunteers are advanced leader trained (Wood Badge), with 83 in 2010234 leaders participated in over 85 different sessions of University of Scouting

Over 120 total training courses held this year

PROGRAM

A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly,

courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave,

clean, and reverent.

SCOUT OATHOn my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God

and my country and to obey the Scout Law, to help

other people at all times, to keep myself physically

strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

SCOUT LAW

Scout Oath and Law recited over 200,000 times at Scout Troop meetings in 2010.

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