cadet liaison report - sept 13th 2021
85 Grand Valley
We have started gearing up for this Cadet TY. Anxiously waiting for the CO's conference this coming weekend with hopes that we will get some guidance in return to in person training.We have had our first staff meeting laying out our way forward for both in person and virtual training this year.We did the first round of registrations last Tuesday for New Cadets, level one and level 2.So far the returning L1 & 2, and new Cadets keep us at the same numbers for these levels as last year which is good.This coming Tuesday we will be registering level 3, 4 & 5 Cadets.Over the next few weeks, we should have a good idea of how our numbers and levels will be for this year.With no access to the Grand Valley Public school we have made arrangements with the Township to share a city building with another community group. It will need cleaning up and some repairs, but has a small gym and a separate gathering area. We will need to build a secure area for our supplies, and put a coat of paint on things to make it presentable. I am hoping to get this started this week.In my free time I have gone back to when we started with 85 Tornado and reached into the photo archives. I have produced a year book for Cadet TY's 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2020-2021. I plan on continuing with the archives, and keeping up to date on the current TY.Plans are being made to have a seniors day once registrations are complete.That's about it for now.
1849 Orangeville
With the continued in-person training stand down, we started off our first week tackling admin duties. Our plan is to have all of our annual validations and personnel file updates completed ahead of our return to formal training. We are still actively searching for parade venue as we were also shut out of usual school facility. We have one prospective location that is looking promising. We are hoping to have that firmed up in the coming weeks. Plans continue for our upcoming joint FTX Op Come Together with 164 and 85 Air for 09Oct. We will be looking at running an MRB in the next few weeks to fill some of our senior parade positions. Hopefully we'll have more to report at the end of this month.
Ruth M. Garwood, CD
Captain
Staff Officer,
734 Alliston Sqn
PO Box 430, Alliston, ON L9R 1V6
Off Tel: 705-434-7364 / Cell: 416-768-9358
cadet liaison reporT
JUNE 2021
85 Tornado Sqn Report
We have completed all training for the year. We just had our awards ceremony on Sunday. We had loot bags made up that contained a water bottle and a charging pack with the squadrons name on it as a year end gift for making it through the year. As well in these bags were the Plaques for any Cadet that earned an award. We had Cadets pick up the loot bags ahead of time.
We do have some Cadets enrolled in the summer VCTC but not many, they seem to be burned out with being online....who thought that would ever happen.
We are standing down now until September. The only thing still going on is Duke of Ed meetings.
All in all a tough but good year. There will be some rebuilding / retraining required next year as some happiest have been formed online.
Thanks to Legion Branch 233 for their continued support even though they also had a tough year. Their support is greatly appreciated.
1849 Army Cadet Corps
We completed all of our mandatory training for the year. We held our ACR last Wednesday, closing off a difficult training year. We have one more fun training night where we will be coordinating the distribution of loot bags bags.
We have a small contingent of cadets that have signed up for vCTC's and are actively promoting these as well as the August CAP opportunities.
Our biggest concern at this point is determining if the school board will go back to allowing access to our school under their Community Use program. In the interim, we will be searching for alternative venues.
As we prepare to move into the coming year, our next biggest goal, as we are losing a large cohort of our seniors, is to train up and prepare our new slate of instructor cadets for their new roles. It will be interesting to see what our returning numbers will be.
1849 is extremely grateful for the longstanding support of Branch 233. It truly shows the old analogy that you only really know who your friends truly are until the chips are down.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ruth M. Garwood
Captain, Commanding Officer,164 Shelburne RCACS
203 William St, Shelburne, ON L9V 3L6Off
Tel: 519-925-6621 / Cell: 416-768-9358
cADET LIAISON REPORT
MAY 10 2021
1849 Report
As the training year end approaches, we have been able to complete all of our prerequisite mandatory training and as a result we were able to update the promotional eligibility of a number of cadets.
- During this month's CO's parade we were able to action the promotions for 8 cadets to the rank of LCpl, 7 to Corporal, 5 to Master Corporal, 11 to Sergeant and 1 to Warrant Officer. Many of these promotions had been held up quite some time as we navigated the covid training hurdles.
- Plans for finalizing our ACR are nearing completion with 2 really good options for Keynote Speaker. Invitations will be going out shortly.
- We are currently working towards signing up as many cadets as we can for the upcoming virtual CTC's as well as the late summer CAP.
- Currently our most pressing issue revolves around a critical roof repair to our HQ building. Schedules and cost estimates have taken a bit of a hit during this current shutdown. Progress has been slow to date but we hope to have it completed in the coming weeks.
- On the staffing side, Pvt Aversa has completed his component transfer and we are just awaiting the formal "go ahead" to attest him into the CIC.
Other than that, it is 'Status quo".
85 Report
Winding the year down, have shifted from lesson based learning to more interactive game based learning to lighten it up for Cadets. Played Jeopardy last week with Cadet based material, it was a blast.
- Starting to see a lot of Online burnout now.
- The core Cadets are still attending regularly, and the band is going strong.
- Gearing up for the awards ceremony on Sunday June 13 @ 1330.
- Trying to get Cadets interested in the summer cadet program, but they are not interested in more online/virtual stuff right now.
As usual, we are grateful for the Legions support, especially during tough times like this.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ruth M. Garwood
Captain
Commanding Officer,
164 Shelburne RCACS
203 William St, Shelburne, ON L9V 3L6
Off Tel: 519-925-6621 / Cell: 416-768-9358
cADET LIAISON REPORT
APRIL 12 2021
85 Tornado Sqn
Things are pretty status quo, 85 have completed the majority of mandatory classes and have moved into games and activities every second week till the end of the training year. Also we participated as a joint team with 1849 in the Virtual Vortex Challenge. We now have 3 officers level 1 trained for the Duke of Ed and 6 Cadets registered in the program.
We are polling the Cadets now to see what they want to do for an alternative style ACR/Award ceremony.
Thank you to the Legion for their ongoing support and the cheque we received this last month.
1849 Army Cadets
We are going along as usual still. The feedback from the Virtual Vortex Challenge was VERY positive. Definitely planning and playing a bigger role for next year. Right now we are seeing a decent number of cadets registering for the virtual Cadet Activity Program.
Our virtual parade numbers are still showing decent participation levels.
1849 would like to thank Branch 233 for their generous donation and support of 1849 Lorne Scots Army Cadets.
Ruth M. Garwood
Captain
Commanding Officer,
164 Shelburne RCACS
203 William St, Shelburne, ON L9V 3L6
Off Tel: 519-925-6621 / Cell: 416-768-9358
August 2020 Monthly reports
1849's Monthly Report
This month staff and senior cadets got started early in preparing for the kick-off of our 2020-2021 training year on the 9th of Sept.
Our 1st virtual parade night had 17 cadets and 3 staff participating.
As this was our initial parade, traditionally it was not a mandatory event and participation numbers are expected to improve as the year progresses.
Our current state of concern revolves around our access to in-person training facilities. The Upper Grand District School Board cancelled their Community Use Program for the entirety of the school year. Without access to our typical training locations, we are currently working towards securing alternate venues. Ongoing repetitive cost, space availability and access are our biggest concerns right now.
There is a CO's conference this coming weekend and those are some of the concerns I will be seeking additional information on.
As expected, we have already started seeing some cadets turning in their resignation letters, including our DSM. How big an issue this becomes is yet to be seen. We will keep an eye on this and report back for next month's meeting.
We have a new CIC Officer recruit submitting their enrollment docs. Ms Misty Wilson from our PSC has made the jump to the green side. In addition we have another prospective CIC recruit showing interest, an OPP Sgt and former GGFG PRes member.
Capt Storey has advised that he is looking to make a move to another corps closer to home. That process has just been started so an ETA on execution is still a while away.
We will continue to do all of our training remotely until the resumption of in-person training is authorized. This is expected to be 01Oct20, but given the recent jump in COVID-19 cases, I wouldn't be surprised if that is pushed further back.
We are still continuing to plan for fall FTXs, with the proviso that there will be no overnight stays.
85's Monthly Report
85 Tornado has been preparing for the return of cadets. We have had staff meeting and meeting with the senior cadets. Registration has started and even with COVID we have a few new cadets and most of our past cadets are returning. We have set up Zoom for our virtual meetings and will be starting tomorrow night. We look forward to getting back to in person training as soon as possible. 85 is presently without a parade location, but working hard to find a place to meet when in person training returns.
Ruth M. Garwood
Captain
Commanding Officer,
164 Shelburne RCACS
203 William St, Shelburne, ON L9V 3L6
Off Tel: 519-925-6621 / Cell: 416-768-9358
january 2020 report for 85 tornado cadets
COs parade - January 14 Warrant Officer April Messam promoted to Squadron warrant officer. Biathlon team working very diligently in raising its status as a team. 10 members competed at the area biathlon competed on the weekend of January 18-19.
The marksmanship team looking forward to the marksmanship competition in the middle of February. Band continues to grow. Supporting members of 1849 army cadet corps.
85 Tornado, Grand Valley Mess Dinner and Presentation
On Friday, 13 December 2019, Barry Kimber, President of the R.C.L. Branch 233 Orangeville had the great pleasure of attending the 85 Tornado, Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, Grand Valley Mess Dinner. It was an extremely enjoyable evening but made even more so, in that President Kimber was also there to present to the Squadron a cheque in the amount of $3000.00. This money, raised through the Poppy Campaign donations allows for us (the Legion) to be able to provide support to these great organizations.
These young men and women, our future leaders, deserve all of the help that they can get and the Legion has made this one of their missions, the support of our future.
Pictures of this event are below: First picture: left, Br233 president, Barry Kimber, centre, Kevin Ewan, Lions Club president, right, Capt Ron Shaw, Commanding Officer, 85 Tornado Sqn, Second picture, Barry Kimber speaking to the Squadron and third picture, members of 85 Tornado Squadron.
Many thanks
Chuck Simpson
CADET NEWS
On the behalf of the membership of the Royal Canadian Legion Col Fitzgerald Branch #233, our president, Barry Kimber had the pleasure of presenting the Royal Canadian Legion Cadet Medal of Excellence to these fine young cadets. These presentations took place at 85 Tornado Air Cadets ACR in Grand Valley (8 June 2019) and 1849 Lorne Scots Army Cadets ACR here in Orangeville (9 June 2019). Again, congratulations on behalf of all members of Branch 233 Orangeville.
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