Stephen_Scouter

$225 or so does not seem out of line at all. My last year of camp staff was 3 summers ago and we were charging around $180 in council and about $200 out of council. Plus there were some additional fees for kids wanting to do COPE and our other high adventure programs. I cannot remember for sure, leaders to meet the minimum leader requirements were free and each additional leader was 1/2 the youth fee. So we are probably creeping up towards $225 this season. As someone who has worked on both the program and the administration sides of summer camps I can attest to the fixed and

I have used my Eureka Timberlite 2 (not Timberline) for about 10 years now and have never had an issue with it. It is light, easy to set up, and packs up pretty small. I go not see it on the Eureka page anymore, so they must of stopped making it. It looks quite similar to the spitfire 2. Most of these tents that are sold as two man tents, are a tight two for full grown adults. They will work well for youth.

I am sure he will have a blast. I went in 2001 and had an amazing time.

When I was chapter chief about 7 years ago, the chapter meetings were at the same time as the district roundtables. I, as the chapter chief, would give the district rountable an overview of what the chapter and lodge had been working on the for the past month. In addition, we would put copies of our chapter newsletter in the roundtable room so the district and troop leaders could see what we had been doing and what was on the calendar. We were in charge of running the districts camporee, so the chapter advisor was a member of the district camping committee.

Hello everyone, I just joined this board today and I am really enjoying it. A little about my scouting career. Eagle Scout w/ 4 palms, PL, ASPL, SPL, JASM, venturing, 6 summers of camp staff (1 CIT, 5 regular), Sea Base, 2001 Jamboree, Icelandic National Jamboree, 2004 NOAC, Chapter Chief, Lodge Vice Chief, Vigil Honor Member, Founder's Award Recepient. I have been active in scouting with troops and crews in both Oklahoma and Texas. I am finishing up my masters degree up here in Indiana in May and I am moving to Tucson, Arizona. So if anyone on here is from Tucson send me a P

I was either a camper or staff member at Slippery Falls Scout Reservation (Oklahoma) Kia Kima Scout Reservation (Arkansas) Raven Knob (North Carolina) Worth Ranch (Texas) Sid Richardson (Texas) Broad Creek Scout Reservation (Maryland) Camp Tom Hale (Oklahoma) I have been to a ton more for camporees, conclave, trainings, etc...

Wow...just thinking about this for a few minutes I have been able to remember so many wonderful events. I certainly learned a whole lot in scouting and I built some of the strongest friendships of my life. The most memorable events are probably 2001 Jamboree - I had my Eagle Scout Court of Honor at the Jamboree, the NESA booth and national committee helped out, it was really nice. People from all over the world attended. Icelandic Jamboree - I went to the National Icelandic Scout Jamboree. My brother and I joined the BSA troop on the US military base in Iceland for the e

Congrats to everyone who had kids,grandkids, etc... complete their ordeal. I cannot wait for the day that I can share all of my joys of scouting with my son.

It's all about the "tone at the top", if the SPL and PL's are up on time, the rest of the boys will likely follow suit. When I was SPL, which was 7 or so years ago now, it was not much of an issue. I have always been an early riser, so I was typically the first one up (even before most of the adults). So for a camporee or something that had a 7:30 formation I would usually be up at 5:00am. I would get up and start the fire in the main camp and get some hot water going for cooking, coffee, and such. If by 6:00am I didn't see people moving around and such in the different

This is something we worked on a lot when I was in camp leadership. A group of us turned around two camps with declining reputations and numbers. Even within the first week we were getting feedback that far exceeded what the camp had been getting. These are some things that we pushed - staffers must look professional, nicely kept uniform, appropriate sizes, groomed, clean, etc... - staffers must be easily approached by other staffers, campers, leaders, etc... They need to know where merit badges meet, which campsite is which, what time meal formations are, when campfire is,

A footlocker is certainly a must, it is a really nice and secure way to store you stuff. Plus it easily slides under most cots. Remember to bring a few changes of "civilian" clothes. Most camps give about 24 hours leave on the weekend (noon or 1 on Saturday to noon on Sunday) and often they give a night off (the two camps I worked at were 6:00pm - midnight). My first summer I brought quite a bit of stuff because I was excited about having electricity. As a first or second year staffer you may actually have some time to use this stuff. As you work your way up camp leadership y

In all my years working summer camp staff, I have noticed that the vast majority of kids will wear a pair of tennis shoes, cross trainers, etc... Usually an older pair that they do not mind getting dirty. Unless they are taking hiking, wilderness survival, etc... the terain that they will be covering at a lot of camps will not require boots. I rotated in and out of the health lodge since I had EMTB cert. and I probably saw more kids with blisters that wore hiking boots than tennis shoes. A lot of these kids would get new hiking boots a week before camp and they would eat their feet

When I was on the PLC of my first troop in Oklahoma, before moving to Texas, I recommended that we switch from our council camp to Tom Hale. We had been having some issues with our council camp, so we decided to give it a shot. This was around 1998 or so, it was great. I moved the next year, but I know that the troop has never been to another camp since. So this summer will be 11 straight after making the switch. Sorry, I cannot give you too much in terms of sites, humidity, etc..., but I think your kids will have a great time.

I worked at two different scout camps over 5 summers and taught rifle, arch, mountain biking, fishing, fly-fishing, personal fitness, astronomy, communications, and cit. in the nation. From my experience in teaching MBs, and supervising others who taught MBs is that reading from the book and/or straight lecturing is the worst thing you can do. These kids want to have FUN, they want to learn, but they do not want it to seem like school. They are on break from school, so them feel like they are NOT at school. Be hands on, give them activities, hold discussions, try to answer their qu

I was a CIT the summer I turned 14. It was a two week program and I rotated to several program areas as well as the trading post and kitchen during the two weeks. We lived in the staff area, attended staff meetings, etc... We were not paid, but past CIT's are given preference in the hiring process in following years. I went on to work on summer camp staff for 5 summers at two different camps.