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Archives for March 2021

Let’s Get Camping Webinar Series: High Adventure at Summer Camp

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March 25, 2021: High Adventure at Summer Camp Webinar

Missed the webinar? You can view a recording of it below.

In this webinar, we give units planning for Summer 2021 and future summers an overview of our local Lenhok’sin High Adventure, as well as the National High Adventure bases and our Council-sponsored trips there. In addition the overview, we also talk a little about the different COVID-19 protocols at the different camps.

Download the slides from the webinar here: High Adventure at Summer Camp slides [PPTX]

Get more information on the various high adventure opportunities:

You can find the whole series of Let’s Get Camping Webinar recordings on our playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5x999ziTZaU6Kr1lqS6tbNqgYTzjcBRf

The remaining upcoming webinar will be on Scouts BSA Camping Options on April 1 at 6pm EST. Register in advance at https://ncacbsa-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K297JI5zTrOSqIcHr9mpVw

Jamboree On The Trail – May 8th

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Jamboree On The Trail – May 8th

Jamboree On The Trail (JOTT) is an annual day for the World Scout Movement to hike together. All Scouts, whatever their age and wherever they may be in the world, are invited to participate in whatever way they can. Cubs and younger Scouting sections could visit a local nature trail as part of a weekend camp. A Scout Troop might check out a hiking trail while working on badge requirements. A Venturing Crew might make a Service Project out of restoring or maintaining a hiking trail.

In their own way, everyone will be hiking the same direction: towards a better future through Scouting. JOTT is held on the second Saturday of May each year.

Register your Den, Patrol, Unit, District or Council for a traditional in-person group hike or doing a social distanced hike with your family. https://jamboreeonthetrail.org/

History

JOTT started with a Canadian Scout Troop who hiked part of the Trans Canada Trail in 1997. This lead to the idea of a Scout hiking day for all sections and on any trail. Further discussion set the date for the first event as April 25, 1998; late enough that those in the Northern parts were likely to have trails free of snow on which to walk.

Reading list messages about the idea, UK Scouters began to wish that he could take part in this too. It then occurred to them that this needn’t be limited to the shores of Canada as there are trails to walk on all over the world. Scouters quickly agreed that this could be a world-wide event.

Now that the event was born, they discussed what to call it. For a while it was going to be World Wide Walk because it had been started through discussions on the World Wide Web. In the end, they decided on Jamboree On The Trail (JOTT).

The inaugural JOTT had over twenty-four thousand participants in seventeen countries around the world. From this beginning, Jamboree On The Trail has grown. JOTT 1999 had thirty thousand participants and JOTT 2000 was bigger still.

Jamboree On The Trail is the only international annual event for every member of the Scouting family; Scouts of all ages and all sorts. It is an ideal opportunity to come together in spirit with Scouts all over the world and to promote the world-wide aspect of this growing Movement.

Conservation and Cardboard Camping!

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Inspired by Troop 2000 in Coralville, Iowa (highlighted in a recent issue of Boy’s Life), Troop 440 scouts hosted their own cardboard campout in early March at the Izaak Walton League of America- Lois Green Sligo chapter. With advice from Troop 2000’s SPL and Scoutmaster who “zoomed” in to a troop meeting prior to the campout, T440 spent two nights in their individually designed and self-built cardboard structures.

Additionally the scouts left the space a little nicer, after completing an extra successful service/trash collection project from the back side of the IWLA property where they amassed a bicycle frame, part of an outboard motor, 26 tires and 4 large bags of trash, all of which the county transfer station was happy to accept.

Troop 440  is especially grateful to our new scout friends in the Midwest for sharing their tips and tricks for a successful cardboard structure!         

16th Annual NCAC Scout Orienteering Meet

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Test out your troop or crew member’s navigation skills at the 16th NCAC Annual Scout Orienteering meet on Saturday, May 1st. Over 45 orienteering controls will be placed at Prince William Forest for troop teams of 10 scouts (5 pairs buddy system) to identify in 90 minutes. Each orienteering control has a different point value based on the difficulty level and distance from the starting point.

The event is designed around the idea of competing as a unit (Troop or Crew) to gather the highest score than the other scouting units called the Score-O. This event is open to all Scouts BSA Troops, Venturing Crews, and other appropriately aged Scouting groups; minimum age for this event is 10 and a half years old.

Each “team” of ten scouts will select the time of day to start on the course when they register for the event. The cost is $70 per team or about $7 per scout and includes (12) event patch and five course maps that the team gets to keep. Unit registration and additional information, including COVID safety precautions that are being taken, can be found at https://scoutingevent.com/082-2021ScoutOrienteering

 

Don’t Miss Bullseye Family Camping This Spring!

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Hurry to sign up for family activities at Spring Bullseye Family Camping weekends at Camp Snyder! The first weekend of April 23-25 is rapidly approaching and appointments for program activities are filling up fast!

Pack your camping gear and get ready for FUN for the whole family! There is lots to do at Camp Snyder, whether its shooting a BB gun, climbing the Scouterhorn, building a project in the Wood Shop, flying a drone, being amazed with a STEM experiment or launching your own rocket. Plus activities to do on your own, like fishing, a scavenger hunt on the Nature trail, biking and roasting marsh mellows on your own campfire!

Don’t miss out! Sign up for either the weekend of April 23-25 or May 21-23 at https://scoutingevent.com/082-45030

See you soon!

Check Out the Merit Program at Camp Snyder This Summer !!!

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Check out the merit badges being offered at Camp Snyder this summer during July 18-24 for Scouts BSA Merit Badge Week!

Interested in learning how to Weld? Want to make a Movie? How about learning about Radios? Perhaps you have an interest in Archeology? Come to Camp Snyder!

How about Rowing, Canoeing, Rifle Shooting, Pioneering and other outdoors merit badges? Come to Camp Snyder!

Want to earn merit badges required for Eagle rank, like Swimming, Lifesaving, First Aid and Communications? Come to Camp Snyder!

As a Day Camper or an Overnight Camper, you can choose from 47 different merit badges. See the complete list and sign up for camp at https://www.gotosnyder.org/summer-camp/specialty-week/

Registration for camp is open now. Sign up for merit badges opens on April 16th. Hurry, because the Early Bird price deadline is April 16th.