cadet report feb 12 2022
85 Grand Valley
The past month has been challenging again. We have lost another great Cadet this month who just can't take anymore online training/schooling. We received an extremely generous and unexpected donation from the Legion. As indicated by Captain Simoes, this donation held a greater significance than its monetary value - though it certainly helped more than I can say. Everyone is struggling and the Legion came to the table strong. I hope we can support them adequately in return for their faith in the program and our unit.....we thank you all.We continue with our online training, delivering the core program, and are also incorporating more interactive games and opportunities for the Cadets to decompress.I have been watching the point prevalence map and am optimistic about the dropping numbers in our area.We are looking forward to direction from COA on when we can return to in person training.On behalf of the Cadets, Staff and volunteers of 1849 Lorne Scots Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps we wish the Legion, and all its members, a safe and rewarding New Year.
1849 Lorne Scots
This past month, with the sudden pivot back to virtual training, had a more significant impact on the emotional state of our cadets than previous dockdowns. A number of our more senior cadets expressed interest in leaving the program. To head that off, I decided to make some fairly drastic changes to our training delivery model, tilting the scales more towards the "engagement" side. The hybrid model was simply not doing it for our cadets.
We continue to keep a watchful eye on the point prevalence numbers for our area, and are wondering when we can expect a new direction from the senior command. We continue to plan on holding a Leadership development weekend for our seniors at the end of this month with more out-in-the-community activities being planned in the coming months. For the next while, our main training objective will be focusing more on getting hands dirty, than getting butts in seats. We are starting to prepare for summer CAP/CTC info sharing and cadet registration. A parent info night is scheduled for next Wednesday. We're still a little light on confirmed details, but we have enough to at least get the conversations started. We continue to be optimistic for the coming weeks and into the spring.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth M. Garwood, CD
She/Her / Elle/Son
Captain
Commanding Officer,
734 Alliston Sqn
PO Box 430, Alliston, ON L9R 1V6
Off Tel: 705-434-7364 / Cell: 416-768-9358
CADET REPORT jANUARY 10TH 2021
1849 Army Cadets
The past month has been challenging, to say the least. What optimism we had going in, quickly turned into a frantic race against time as we crossed our fingers and hoped we could at least finish off our pre-standdown plans before the inevitable covid lockdown.
We ended off our year with a Mess Dinner where Legion President Barry Kimber and Army Cadet League Rep Major Gillian Federico (Ret'd) were the joint guests-of-honour. During this Mess Dinner, President Kimber presented our Corps with a very generous donation cheque. Given the unprecedented difficulties we've all faced over the last year and a half, this donation held a greater significance than its monetary value. It served as a reminder of the depth of the relationship we have with the Legion. We could not ask for a truer friend or a more staunch supporter of our cadets, and we are profoundly grateful for it.
So now, we move tentatively forward, hoping to not lose too much of our momentum as we slide back into virtual training, while still keeping an eye on our in-person training schedule. We continue to plan for a Cold Weather FTX, a leadership workshop/clinic for our seniors, and a team building local area FTX.
Despite the slide back to lockdown, we remain optimistic for the remainder of the training year and hope to have more exciting events to announce at next month's meeting.
On behalf of the Cadets, Staff and volunteers of 1849 Lorne Scots Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps we wish the Legion, and all its members, a safe and rewarding New Year.
85 Air Cadets
Not much to say this month. Up until the Christmas stand down, we continued with in person training including marksmanship and joint band with the 1849 army cadets.We ran the Cadet Fitness assessment and issued appropriate fitness badges. Cadets had a blast.We did not have a mess dinner this year as I did not want to lose any deposits with the COVID uncertainty.We participated in the biathlon with 6 cadets. We placed gold for individual youth male. We were gearing up for the return in January, but with recent developments, we are now preparing for virtual trading for a while again. Cadets will be disappointed for sure.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth M. Garwood, CD
She/Her / Elle/Son
Captain
Commanding Officer,
734 Alliston Sqn
PO Box 430, Alliston, ON L9R 1V6
Off Tel: 705-434-7364 / Cell: 416-768-9358
cadet report december 13, 2021
85 Grand Valley Sqn
We are continuing with in person training at our LHQ. We are settling in nicely.
The office area is just about finished. All we need is a small desk and chair.
It has been secured according to MP specifications, and all our air rifles and DP rifles are moved in.
Our squadron is sitting steady at approximately 27 Cadets. Attendance is averaging 23 to 24 cadets each night.
On November 13 we had a one day FTX. Weather was terrible but the Cadets had a blast regardless.
Marksmanship practices continue in person.
We attended the biathlon competition on November 28 in Erin. If I heard correctly, WO1 Quinn Gray achieved gold for his class. We are very proud.
We have recently started in person band practice again with 1849 Cadets hosted at our LHQ.
Nightly timings and procedures are returning to normal as everyone gets back into the swing of things. Duty NCO's have been reinstated which really helps.
I received your letter regarding poppy sales. I am glad that we were able to help, I just wish we could have done more.
Once again thank you for your support.
Capt John Smith
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1849 Army Cadets
1849 Army continues to plug away in our new training space. It has been really nice to have all (or at least most) of our cadets together again under one roof for training. We are having our holiday season Mess Dinner tomorrow night, followed by a fun sports night Wednesday evening before the seasonal stand down. Keeping a close eye on our Local Public Health covid numbers. Hoping for the best, but planning for the worst.
Would like to give a heartfelt thank you to the Legion for all of your ongoing support.I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.
Capt Luis Simoes
I respectfully submit.
Ruth M. Garwood, CD
She/Her / Elle/Son
Captain
Commanding Officer,
734 Alliston Sqn
PO Box 430, Alliston, ON L9R 1V6
Off Tel: 705-434-7364 / Cell: 416-768-9358
cadet report November 15th 2021
85 Grand Valley RCACS
We are continuing with in person training at our new LHQ. Our numbers have grown in the past two weeks by eight new level one cadets. Our squadron is sitting at approximately 27 Cadets now. Attendance averaging 23 to 24 that each night.
On October 30 we held a Halloween party for the cadets which was a great success with everyone… Highly needed event.
We have started marksmanship practice. Which includes prepping for the upcoming biathlon competition. There are 11 Cadets that come out for range practice at this time. However our range only holds 4 Cadets at a time so we run concurrent activity with teaching Cadets how to score targets and such things range related.
With the new orders recently released, we are starting conversation about starting in person band practice again, but I'm waiting on a few points of clarification before moving forward.
Things are very chaotic as we try to get back to a sense of normality with timing and duty NCOs and the like. The majority of our cadets have never trained in person so it is an uphill battle and a lot of pressure on the few senior cadets that we have. That being said, we are excited about the resumption of in person training and the challenges as well as the hopeful growth we will see in all the cadets this year.
As always we are extremely grateful during these hard times for all the support that the Orangeville Legion branch 233 has given us. Please express our gratitude.
1849 Lorne Scots RCACC
No Report submitted
Ruth M. Garwood, CD
She/Her / Elle/Son
Captain
Commanding Officer,
734 Alliston Sqn
PO Box 430, Alliston, ON L9R 1V6
Off Tel: 705-434-7364 / Cell: 416-768-9358
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.
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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