Klondike Derby 2021!

The tradition continues! Old Ephraim district is sponsoring the annual Klondike Derby. It will be held February 19-20, 2021 at Sunrise Campground up Logan Canyon just before you descend to Bear Lake.

There will be plenty of activities to test your Scouting skills with a particular focus on fire building and first aid. Attendees may find it helpful to bring their Scout Handbook and download the American Red Cross First Aid app (Click on buttons below to download).

The fun starts with a cracker barrel at 8 pm Friday night. The activities start Saturday morning with a flag ceremony at 8:30 am and ends with the Klondike race at noon. 

Parking will be tight so please avoid bringing trailers if you can. Be sure every one is dressed and prepared for the cold. Remember to clean up after yourself and leave your camp area clean by hauling out all of your trash and following Leave No Trace practices including taking appropriate care of your ashes. Please use the restrooms at the Bear Lake overlook. 

There will be a fee of $5/person to cover the cost of the patch and supplies. A downloadable flyer is available and contact information is available at https://www.utahscouts.org/OEKlondike. You can register your unit online now.

Update: There are 19 stations planned. Anyone who can come up on Saturday to help with those stations would be appreciated and will receive a free patch.

Online Chartering Tips

 It's time for chartering units for next year. Here are a few tips to help make the process go smoother and maybe even save some money

• Accessing the online rechartering system 
• Go to utahscouts.org/recharter
• Recharter codes have been emailed to the COR of each unit
• Erik can provide codes if you need them
• Adding youth who have been Scouts in the past
• Use a paper registration form instead of the online registration system
• Be sure to include their BSA ID to avoid the $25 new member fee
• Erik can look up BSA IDs for youth
• Adding adults who have been registered in the past
• Use a paper form instead of the online registration system
• Do NOT use old adult registration forms. They have the incorrect background check authorization form. 
• Contact Erik for a PDF application form that can be filled out on the computer then printed to be turned in
• If you need assistance with rechartering contact your Unit Commissioner or Erik 

Sub-For-Santa Service Project

 

The Old Ephraim District is doing a district wide service project this year for the Cache County Sub for Santa organization. Each year Sub For Santa receives a number of donated bikes which are then fixed up and repaired by Aggie Blue Bikes to a good, workable condition. The intention is to give these bikes to children of families in the area who otherwise could not afford a bike for Christmas. In order to give the bikes to a family, they need to include a new bike helmet as well. Due to safety issues, these helmets must be new (not used) which obviously creates a significant expense for the organization. 

Our district has decided to help out by collecting new, unused bicycle helmets to be given with the bikes to children that need them. Donated helmets can be dropped of on either December 7th or 8th, 2020 at the east doors of the Bridgerland Technical College-West Campus between 9 am and 6 pm. Call 435-754-9216 when you arrive and someone will come out to collect the donations.