4th Grand Falls Scouts & Venturers2019 World Jamboree and the 2019 European Adventure!

Nov 10th Business Sponsorship

Please review our policy for business sponsorship BEFORE approaching businesses.  Thanks!

CHURCHES – With our visit to the Vatican, there are several churches in our community that have expressed interest in supporting our trip.  If you are a member of a church, please let me know ASAP so we can include you in our letter to your church.  Doesn’t matter if you only attend once a year, a member is a member.  All funding received from churches will go directly to the Trip General Fund, unless the church specifically requests that the funds be distributed in another way (we always honour our donors’ requests).

LARGE CORPORATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS (any business/organization/fund that requires you to submit an application form) – We require Council approval to apply for funding to ensure that we don’t duplicate efforts already underway by the NL Council.  Generally speaking, any fund that requires an application form won’t allow funding for travel, but these are still great sources for equipment or for funding our program.

PRIVATE OR SMALLER BUSINESSES (businesses that are able to directly approve donations) – 90% of the donation will go towards the trip fundraising account of the youth who arranged the donation, 5% will go to the youth’s section and 5% to Group Committee.  This is of course unless the business specifically requests that the funds be distributed in another way (we always honour our donors’ requests).  All businesses are to be contacted IN-PERSON and in FORMAL uniform if they are reasonably local (ie: Exploits Valley).

TO CLAIM A BUSINESS, log in to the Fundraising System and click on “Business Contacts”

Read more about the great sponsorship opportunities for business!

 

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Nov 9th Our Europe Video

As part of the trip requirements (shared back in February 2018), all participants are required to make a 3-5 minute video about a portion of our adventure.  This is a mandatory exercise, but also a fun one!  The idea here is that the segment will be stitched together with the other segments and in the end we will have a video presentation for our entire trip.  With that in mind, avoid fancy title sequences or intros/outros and keep in mind that your segment will likely be somewhere in the middle.

While music is welcome, please make sure you are only using music on public licence as our intention is to display the video publicly and do not want to violate copyright laws and such.

While you don’t need to show yourself in your video, you do need to be the one doing all the talking.  You can include other images, videos, etc, but all the talking in your video must be you.  You will need to have researched your topic well enough to answer questions about the location, so don’t think of letting your parents do the work for you, lol!

If you do not have access to video editing and/or recording software, let us know and we can set you up.  Just do all the research, collect the pictures, videos, music you want, and we can plan an evening at the church to put it all together.

It is also acceptable to use a “Vlog” format and talk directly to the camera.  Whatever you do, make it fun, interesting and informative.

We would like to have at least a few done by our November Europe meeting, and most should be done by our December meeting.  For those that love deadlines, we’ll say the deadline is mid-January, but you should really get it done well before that point.  I have already seen one of the youth videos made for Kandersteg and it was good fun 🙂

Surprise, surprise, we will be using the videos as a fundraiser as well as to build awareness of our awesome adventure.  We will be showing the full video publicly for donations, and also offering it for sale (for friends, family, etc) on DVD.  Proceeds will be used to support everyone’s trip.

Everyone’s chosen elements are below:

• Rome, Italy – Connor L (don’t spend any time on Vatican City or St. Peter’s Basilica as they are covered by another member)
• Vatican City: Quick Summary – Keiran H (don’t spend any time on St. Peter’s Basilica as it is covered by another member)
• St. Peter’s Basilica & Square – Riley B (the story of Vatican City is covered by another member)
• Switzerland: Quick Summary – Ryan R (skip Swiss history as it’s covered by another member.  Also skip the major cities as they are all covered as well)
• Switzerland: History- Michael M
• Kandersteg: Summary – Lex N  (don’t spend time on activities as they covered by other members)
• Kandersteg: On-Site Activities – Nolan S (the story of Kandersteg itself is covered by another member)
• Kandersteg: Off-Site Activities – Cameron S (the story of Kandersteg itself is covered by another member)
• Bern, Switzerland – Heidi G
• Brig, Switzerland – Nick P
• Geneva, Switzerland – Scouter Mark
• Thun, Switzerland – Gavin B
  Ireland: Quick Summary – Liam R  (history is covered by another member, stick to the present.  Also skip the other Ireland sites covered by other members)
• Ireland: History – Paris J
• Croagh Patrick, Ireland – Brady M
• Dublin, Ireland – Scouter Lawrence (skip attractions covered by other members)
• Newgrange, Ireland – Scouter Erica
• Galway, Ireland – Lily W
• Kerry Cliffs & Area, Ireland – Ben O
• Leap Castle – Ella N
• Belfast, Ireland – Liam G
• Giant’s Causeway – Maiya K
• Budapest, Hungary* & Glascow, Scotland – Brandon P
• Malmo, Sweden* & London, England – Steven D
• Postojna Caves, Slovenia* & Paris, France – Alex P
• Zagreb, Croatia* & Villach, Austria – Josie
• Ypres, Belgium* & Munich, Germany – Scouter Gerry
• Auschwitz, Poland* & Krakow, Poland – Zoey H
• Prague, Czech Republic* & Luxembourg City – Scouter Jason
• Berlin, Germany* & Copenhagen, Denmark – Brady B
• Liechtenstein* & Sargans, Switzerland – Declan M
• Netherlands: Quick Summary – Scouter Robin  (avoid history or the cities covered below by other members)
• Netherlands: History – Rebecca P (don’t spend time on WWII or Canada’s liberation of the Netherlands as it’s covered by other members)
• Netherlands: Canada’s special relationship with the Netherlands – Anthony B 
• Amsterdam, Netherlands – Scouter Dawn
• Den Hague, Netherlands – Noah B
• Rotterdam, Netherlands – Scouter Dave
• Utrecht, Netherlands – Scouter Shannon

Backpackers all have two destinations and are making two videos each.  Total combined time though should still be 5 minutes.  The destination with an * should be your focus, so if you don’t spend equal time on both, make sure the * location gets the most attention.

When you have finished your draft let us know so we can offer some feedback.  The Expedition Leadership Team will approve all the videos in the end.  This isn’t school, so there is no mark, however the requirement is not completed until your video has been approved, so please do your best 🙂

Looking forward to seeing everyone’s video!

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