RCSU has announced plans to run virtual summer courses! The original message along with an Word document, link at the bottom, with a list of courses, some details and the times they will be offered.

​Good Day,

A major part of the Natl Cdts & JCR Sp Gp Summer 2020 Campaign Plan is engaging our cadets. For the last several weeks, the Sp Gp HQ has been conducting development teams to put together exciting virtual engagement activities for cadets to participate in throughout the summer. Development is just about finished, and the list of available activities is now available for cadets to review. This menu of virtual training opportunities is now being called “Virtual CTC”. Activities range from self-guided online activities to live, facilitated skill challenges that cadets can participate from their homes using personal communication devices.

Please see the attached document for information regarding Virtual CTC activities that will be offered this summer. There will be more information about Virtual CTCs published from Natl Cdts & JCR Sp Gp over the next few days on social media platforms and the CJCR-CRJC App.

Courses/activities will have limited billets and some will be conducted within specific time frames to ensure that activities are well facilitated by Campaign Plan staff, therefore registration is required for cadets to participate. For registration, interested cadets will be able to self-register by sending an email to a positional email address within the RCSU with their intention to sign up for a course. The positional email address will be identified soon and published with additional registration instructions. RCSU staff will complete the registration process in Fortress, so corps and squadrons can track when their cadets have been registered for activities. More detail on this process will be provided as soon as possible.

This info is for widest distribution, please share with your cadets and staff. Cadets should be encouraged to review the list of actiivities and decide what activities they would like to participate in and be ready when registration begins.

It is expected that registration will open on Monday, 29 June.

Further information will be published in the Atlantic Region SharePoint site as it becomes available.

This is from RCSU and open to all Cadets, Staff, Parents and others involved with the Cadet program. See the original email below.

The Atlantic Cadets Virtual Fitness Challenge is a scheme designed to encourage fitness and engagement. It is open to everyone associated with the CCO in Atlantic Canada – Cadets, CAF members, Civilian Employees, CI’s and CV’s, parents and league / sponsoring organization members. It is designed to be self-paced and honour-based.

Although targeted at our Corps and Squadrons, I have built in the ability for RCSU(A)’s sections to compete against one another for friendly bragging rights. So far, J3 Regional Training and J3 NL Area have been actively involved and we’d love to see other sections jump in and get involved as well!

Here’s how to participate:

1.            Choose an activity from the list below and get active. If you are doing something that isn’t on the list that gets you moving – pick something similar. An activity does not have to be a sport or an exercise – mowing your lawn or going for a walk counts:

	Dist	Time
Activity	(km)	(hh:mm:ss)	Point
Aerobic Classes	0	0:10:00	1
Cross-country Skiing	1.5	0:00:00	1
Cross-country Skiing Machine	1.5	0:00:00	1
Cycling & Stationary Cycling	3	0:07:00	1
Hiking (hills or with a pack)	1.5		1
Jogging / Running	1	0:00:00	1
Martial Arts	0	0:07:00	1
Other cardio-based activity		0:07:00	1
Physical Work		0:30:00	1
Rope Skipping	0	0:07:00	1
Rowing (canoeing/ kayaking)	0.5	0:07:00	1
Sailing (small dinghy)		0:15:00	1
Skating (ice and roller)	1.5	0:00:00	1
Skiing & Elliptical Trainer	1.5	0:00:00	1
Snowshoeing	1.5	0:00:00	1
Stair Climbing	0	0:07:00	1
Stationary Rowing	0.5	0:07:00	1
Swimming	0.4	0:00:00	1
Walking	3	0:00:00	1

2.            Calculate your points. For example – a 5 km run is good for 5 points, a 30 minute aerobic workout would be 3 points and 21 minutes on a bike would be 3 points. A minimum of one point per exercise session must be obtained before the points can be recorded. Points may be accumulated by participation in one or any combination of the activities listed but would have to be logged separately. A calculator is available at the following link to help with this (you will need a Google account to use it online or you can download it to your PC and open it in excel):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ksj3GuPBxO2KOtUfyyeB7NJ6NrkDy7As/view?usp=drivesdk

3.            Record your points using the form at the following link. Be sure to enter your first and last name the same way each time so you get credit for all of your points. You can record your points for any day back to beginning of the current month. Once you have entered your information once, you can use “I have entered data previously” to shorten the data entry process:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTYwF81Icc_aa-Q-fnVCigUljOSUTdC29t-dCVFEws4ZqVIw/viewform

4.            A leader board is published based on the entries for the previous day each morning on the Challenge’s Facebook Group at the following link. Weekly and monthly summaries will be published on Fridays and on the 1 first day of each month. There will also be daily challenges for bonus points posted from time to times as well:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cadetfitnesschallenge/

5.            For CAF Members, the points structure is based on the Canadian Armed Forces Physical Fitness Award of Aerobic Excellence Program. If you are looking for a longer term challenge, check that out:

https://www.cafconnection.ca/National/Programs-Services/For-Military-Personnel/Military-Fitness/CF-Award-of-Aerobic-Excellence.aspx#:~:text=The%20Canadian%20Forces%20Physical%20Fitness,achievement%20(I%20to%20VII).

Looking forward to seeing you participate! 

We have decided to change our year end celebration to a recorded message instead of doing a live meeting. This will allow more of our cadet family and friends to view at their leisure. We will be posting our video on our Facebook page and YouTube channel on Sunday June 28th.

Thank you for a great training year, and stay tuned for September, we have some great ideas in the works.

Hello parents, guardians, grand parents, friends, extended family, and of course our cadets. We are in the planning stages for a year end celebration, to honour our graduating cadets, look back on our shorter than normal training year, hand out some awards and some over due promotions.

We are planning to have an online Cisco Webex meeting on Sunday June 28th. Webex is free to use and supports Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android. You don’t even have to create an account, just download the app and sign in as a guest.

We have setup a survey to find out what time(s) would work best for most of our cadet family, you can take the survey by following this link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HRGG6XT
Please fill out the survey before Sunday June 21st.

Once we have our time set, we will post an update, along with meeting details here and on Facebook and Twitter. We will also setup some meetings for a few days in advance to allow you to download and test Webex prior to the 28th. Please note, we are encouraging everyone that can to join as a family from a single device to listen and watch our event, this will allow us to have more families connected.

If you will not be able to attend, but wish to watch later, we will be posting a recording to YouTube and sharing a link to it.

Parents, Guardians and Cadets:
We’re doing a survey about the best way to contact you and if you have access to the internet. Please fill it out at your earliest convenience. Only need 1 response per household or cadet family.
We know this was already posted on Facebook, but we’re still looking for more responses.

Thanks

Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6CNML97?fbclid=IwAR1KVjK7GM-us2hkzjzzdV-NZTNaMPs5xSUHWI-7BBomN3nq28oi1juEOJI

For cadets planning to attend secondary education in the fall.

Legions give bursaries to students who are Veterans, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of Veterans who are in need of financial assistance. Bursaries can be awarded at any stage of university or college. The veteran did not have to belong to the Legion, but descendants of veterans who are/were members of Lancaster branch #69 will be given preference.

Please find the attached application form (PDF). Up to 6 bursaries valued at one thousand dollars each will be awarded.

Applications must be returned to:
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69
Attn: Bursary Chair Allan Stevenson
P.O. Box 27052 R.P.O. Lancaster
Saint John, NB E2M 5S8

No later than July 13th, 2020

Remember, The Legion is a big supporter of Air Cadets and our unit.

All League tickets and money must be returned to Lt. and Capt. Hutchinson at Personal Auto & Tire, at 451 Rothesay Ave. in Saint John. They are still open.

Stay Safe and Healthy.

As of this afternoon, all cadet activities including regular training are suspended for 3 weeks. The situation will be evaluated during this time and the suspension may be extended, and we will update with any news that we have when it is made available.

At this time, the earliest 161 would be returning to training activities is Wednesday April 8th. An updated training schedule will be posted once the date to resume training has been confirmed.

Here is the weekly update

Friday: No optional training

Sunday: Marksmanship: 0800-1500. This is at HMCS Brunswicker and is for those cadets selected to participate only. Any changes to this planned event will be posted on Facebook.
There will be no optional training on Sunday evening.

Wednesday: Regular Training. Dress is t-shirt. Wear a warm winter coat, it is cold out this time of year.
Level 1’s – Do not wear your uniform! Wear civilian clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty.

League Tickets: All cadets were given Air Cadet League tickets. These are now overdue, if you have any remaining sold or unsold tickets you need to return them as soon as possible.

Important Notes: The following planned events have been cancelled.
– FCpl Gabriel Comeau Memorial Sports Competition
– NB/PEI Band and Drill Team competition
– Greenwood Trip planned for May1-3

Upcoming Events:
– 25 Mar 20: Regional Effective Speaking competition with 527 Simonds.
– 31 May 20: ACR

Reminder: If a cadet cannot make it to a Wednesday night/regular event, the cadet should leave a message on the squadron answering machine 632-3215. Please do not e-mail Capt Meunier or post on Facebook. This will ensure the Admin O gets the message and can mark the cadet as excused.

For more information check out our our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/161aircadets/ and follow us on Twitter @161aircadets.

Here is the weekly update

Saturday: Tri-Service sports competition: 0830-1700. All cadets are welcome to participate, or just come to watch. Events include Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Marksmanship, First-Aid, Fitness Challenge and a Tug-o-War! Bring your own water bottle and lunch will be provided. Dress is sports gear.

Sunday: Marksmanship: 1800-2100. NOTE: This practice is for cadets training for the marksmanship competition only. No other optional activities will be taking place.

Wednesday: Regular Training. Dress is t-shirt. Wear a warm winter coat, it is cold out this time of year.

League Tickets: All cadets were given Air Cadet League tickets. These are an important fund raiser for us. Return your money as soon as all tickets are sold, and if you need more, see any member of the sponsoring committee. These are due back before March 11th. Bring back any unsold tickets.

Effective Speaking: Schedule for speaking:
Mar 11th: Cunningham(WOII), Gaudet(Sgt) and Gaudet(Cpl)

Upcoming Events:
– 18 Mar 20: Regional Effective Speaking competition with 527 Simonds.
– 21 Mar 20: F/Cpl Gabriel Comeau Memorial Cup
– 28 Mar 20: Band and Drill competition
– 1-3 May 20: 14 Wing Greenwood trip – Sign up sheet on bulletin board
– 31 May 20: ACR

Reminder: If a cadet cannot make it to a Wednesday night/regular event, the cadet should leave a message on the squadron answering machine 632-3215. Please do not e-mail Capt Meunier or post on Facebook. This will ensure the Admin O gets the message and can mark the cadet as excused.

For more information check out our our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/161aircadets/ and follow us on Twitter @161aircadets.