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New at Camp Bowman in 2022!

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What’s new in 2022?

Not too much on the program schedule is changing. We’ve still got all the old favorites, but we’ve also added some other program elements for this summer. We’re looking forward to, all things willing, being able to bring back Motorboating Merit Badge and Water Sports Merit Badge this summer. We’ve also expanded opportunities for Adult Leader Training at Aquatics and increased the times for Open Boating.

One thing we’re really looking forward to this summer is more fun things to do around camp during evening program. We’ll still have the typical open shoot, open boating, and Merit Badge Make-Ups, but we’ve added some new programs to the evening at the ‘Crafts. Stop by Culture Craft to work on Scouting Heritage MB, challenge someone to a chess game, learn some Goshen History, or hear some of the infamous Camp Bowman Ghost Stories. Visit Handicraft to take Art MB or let your creativity flourish during Open Crafting. New to Scouts? Get your Totin’ Chip at Scoutcraft on a Monday or Thursday evening.

Check out the fun evening program options below!

Aquatics Evening Program

  • Mile Swim (starts Sunday)
  • Open Boating
  • Safe Swim Defense & Safety Afloat (Monday & Wednesday)

Culture Craft Evening Program

  • Scouting Heritage Merit Badge
  • Goshen History
  • Ghost Stories
  • Open Chess

Handicraft Open Program

  • Art Merit Badge
  • Open Crafting

Scoutcraft Open Program

  • Totin’ Chip (Monday & Thursday)
  • Wilderness Survival Overnighter (Wednesday)

Shooting Sports Evening Program

  • Open Shoot for Rifle, Shotgun, & Archery

All Areas Evening Program

  • Merit Badge Make-up, Extension, & Enrichment time

Learn more about Camp Bowman and get the Program Schedule, Leader Guide, Bowman Brigade Schedule, and other helpful downloads at www.gotogoshen.org/bowman

Camp Marriott Program Update: Welding MB

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A quick update to the Camp Marriott program schedule!

Welding Merit Badge now offers shorter classes, to better fit into your schedule, with smaller class sizes. To compensate, there is now an additional section offered.

Get the latest program schedule and learn more about programs at the Guild and other Camp Marriott program areas at www.gotogoshen.org/marriott

Camp Marriott programs are available for both Scouts BSA attending with their units as well as those attending as individuals as part of the Provisional Camp program.

New at Camp Olmsted in 2022!

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What’s new in 2022?

Not too much is changing this summer, but as we do every summer season, there is always something new! We have rotated out some badges and rotated in some old stand bys as well as making some more sections of some of our more popular badges.

As for other changes, Small Boat Sailing is now going to be 1.5 hours. Be on the lookout in the program schedule – Session A starts at 2:00pm and Session B starts at 3:45pm.

All things willing, we are planning and looking forward to being able to run the Mile Swim and have Open Swim, Open Boating, and Open Shoot instead of the Troop sign ups that were needed in Summer 2021.

Check out all the new offerings below!

NEW CULTURE CRAFT MERIT BADGES

  • American Heritage

NEW ECOLOGY MERIT BADGES

  • Weather

MORE SECTIONS AT HANDICRAFT

  • Art & Sculpture (combined MB class)
  • Leatherwork
  • Wood Carving

MORE SECTIONS AT SCOUTCRAFT

  • Fishing

Learn more about Camp Olmsted and get the Program Schedule, Leader Guide, Trailshead Schedule, and other helpful downloads at www.gotogoshen.org/olmsted

New at Camp Marriott in 2022!

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What’s new in 2022?

As we do every year at Goshen Scout Reservation’s Camp Marriott, we have updated our program schedule. Some badges have been rotated out and some badges have been rotated in. With some familiar badges – like Bird Study – we also have some entirely new badges – like Moviemaking.

There is a big change for Shooting Sports class – Archery, Rifle Shooting, and Shotgun Shooting. Rather than 2 consecutive hours in either the morning or the afternoon, now the Merit Badges have a Part 1 and a Part 2 – an hour long morning session plus an hour long afternoon session. There are still two sections – A and B – but now both have components in the morning and the afternoon. Make sure you plan your schedule accordingly!

Meanwhile, Eagle’s Eyrie’s schedule features Eagle required badges in the morning and a mix of different humanities badges in the afternoon. Adding to that is Archaeology, which is moving up the trail from Ecology to become part of Eagle’s Eyrie’s offerings.

The featured area for the 2022 season is The Guild, which is expanding its offerings to include a number of new skills and trades in addition to the popular favorites like Cooking, Welding, Metalwork, and Woodwork.

Check out the full list of new for 2022 badges below and be sure to check out the full program schedule in the Downloads section to start picking your favorite Merit Badges and activities for the summer!

NEW EAGLE’S EYRIE MERIT BADGES

  • American Business
  • American Cultures
  • American Heritage
  • American Labor

NEW ECOLOGY MERIT BADGES

  • Bird Study
  • Mining in Society
  • Oceanography

NEW HANDICRAFT MERIT BADGES

  • Moviemaking

NEW MERIT BADGES AT THE GUILD

  • Automotive Maintenance
  • Composite Materials
  • Engineering
  • Home Repair
  • Plumbing

Learn more about Camp Marriott and get the Program Schedule, Leader Guide, New Scout Quest Schedule, and other helpful downloads at www.gotogoshen.org/marriott

Registration is OPEN for Camp Snyder Scouts BSA Specialty Week 2022 !!!

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In 2021, 138 Scouts BSA earned over 500 Merit Badges from 45 different offerings, including Eagle required Merit Badges at the Camp Snyder Scouts BSA Specialty Week.

Specialty week will be offered again in 2022 during the week of July 17 – 23. New for 2022 will be rank advancement skills training and knowledge instruction for obtaining Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class ranks. Perfect for new Scouts!

Camp Snyder has some amazing facilities. Among those are the Woodshop, STEM facility, swimming pool, archery and air rifle ranges, Scouterhorn climbing tower and amphitheater. We have created a Scouts BSA Specialty week with the activities Scouts expect from a summer camp. Want to earn your Woodworking or Woodcarving Merit Badge? Want to learn about Drones and spend some time in the STEM lab? Or, learn the basic Scouting skills needed to advance in rank, like how to start a fire, prepare an outdoor meal or safely use a knife and axe? Come out and spend a week of your summer at Camp Snyder!

Combine your interest in merit badges and rank advancement with camping, dining, swimming, boating, and many other summer camp favorites. Scouts can participate as units or individuals, as day campers or as overnight campers.

Registration for Merit Badges and advancement training will be in spring 2022. Only 150 Scouts will be able to participate in this special week at Camp Snyder, so sign up now to reserve your space at https://www.gotosnyder.org/summer-camp/specialty-week/

Let’s Get Camping Webinar Series: Scouts BSA Camping Options

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April 1, 2021: Scouts BSA Camping Options

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

In this webinar, we go over the different summer camps available for both Troops and for individual scouts (aka provisional scouts) at the various places in NCAC – from Thurmont, MD to Haymarket, VA to Goshen, VA. We go over how camping and program are going to work at the Virginia camps, given the Governor’s order concerning COVID-19 protocols.

Download the slides from the webinar here: Scouts BSA Camping Options slides [PPTX]

Get more information on the various Scouts BSA Summer Camps:

Stay up to date on the camp COVID protocols:

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