Camporee Ideas

Sara,

Some ideas that have worked well in our district are:

Hold the camporee at a historical site. We held our camporee at Ghettysburg
battleground. The main event was a hike through the historical markers. We
had two re-enactor groups (North & South) camping with us. They set up their
campsite as a demonstration. The final event was a re-enactment done by 500
scouts (led by the re-enactors) of Picketts charge. An incredible site!

Team building was another camporee that went extremely well. Each station
was run by the older boys of troops while the younger scouts were the
participants. It was terrific for the patrols and kept the older scouts
activiley involved.

Then there is the old standard, the merit badge camporee. It hasits usual
pros and cons. I would tend to shy away from these. I feel it conflicts too
much with the troop's merit badge program and summer camp.

Our next camporee is called SCOUTING CHALLENGE: AN INVITATION TO ADVENTURE.
While not all activities have been planned as of yet, many will be team and
skill building. This will support the older boys as well as the younger
ones. In addition, troops are being encouraged to 'invite' a non-scout to
the campout as a prospective member. The idea is to give the prospective
member a positive experience on his first activity. There is A LOT more
detail to it than what I descibed, but thats where the membership committee
comes in.

BTW, don't forget to employ your district commissioner staff to support your
camporee efforts.

-Gregg Carlen

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