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We started a honor camper society for first year campers who complete our first year program, called the Dan Beard Society. The youth are recognized at the closing campfire with a pocket flap, which they wear until they are inducted into the Order of the Arrow. You can contact our council office (Theodore Roosevelt Council, inquiry@trcbsa.org) and direct the inquiry to Chris Wieczkowski.

The council closed our summer camp in 1991. Several troops banded together in 1994 to run a patrol cooking camporee in the summer. They followed that format until 1998. Volunteers in our council successfully ran a two week summer camp from 1998 to 2001 conforming to the resident camp standards and state Childrens Camp Standards, with staff actually paying to staff the program. In 2002, the camp program was reestablished by the council for a 5 week season and about 700 campers for the 5 weeks. Last year, we has approximately 1000 campers for the season, and have expanded to 6 weeks this yea

Go to http://www.trcbsa.org/onteora/RangerQuest/index.htm where you will find information about our 4 day Venturing camp. Onteora Scout Reservation is located on 1400-acres in the Catskill Mtns, 2 hours north of NYC. The upper Delaware River, famous for canoeing and tubing is about 40 minutes from the camp. Venture Ranger Quest is the name of the program, and it has 4 tracks focuse on a mini- trek, COPE and Shooting Sports, Climbing, and Mountain Biking/Fly Fishing.

Visit www.trcbsa.org/Onteora/index.htm to find out about Onteora Scout Reservation. It is 1400-acres in the Catskill Mtns. about 2 hrs north of NYC, with a 40-acre lake. It is located within a half hour drive of the uppper Delaware River, and 20 minutes from the Beaverkill, which is a famous fly fishing area.