Trailhead District Camporee – Troop 10

 

Text Box: Overview

Where

Lewis-Young Park (site of the Powell Observatory), north of Louisburg, Kansas (same place as last year). Directions & maps are attached.

When

Friday, October 18, 2002 thru Sunday, October 20, 2002.  Please arrive as early Friday afternoon as possible.

How Much

$12     Scouts (plus patrol food costs)

$20     Adults

Trips to the Haunted Forest (~$4.50) or the Powell Observatory (~$2.00) are available on Friday night.  Fees for these events will be collected at the event.

Registration

You must register by October 7th.  Please do this at Troop Meetings, by Phone

or E-mail.  Register with Rusty Howell.    913-491-4779     ghowell1@kc.rr.com

Equipment

You will need weather appropriate clothing, extra dry clothing to change into at night (socks, sweats, t-shirts, stocking hats, etc.), weather appropriate sleeping bag, ground mat, eating mess kit, and rain gear.  Patrols need to work together to make sure that patrol tents and cooking boxes (cleaned and properly stocked) are brought to camp by assigned patrol members.  Call your patrol leader, if he doesn’t call you by Thursday, October 16th.

Equipment

The Uniform is Class “A” for Saturday & Sunday.

Cooking & Meals

Cooking will be by patrols.  Hot meals must be prepared on Saturday morning, Saturday night and Sunday morning. 

For lunch on Saturday, there will be a Camporee-wide cooking competition – awards will be presented.

Adults & Visiting Webelos will cook and eat as with the “Old Goat” patrol for all meals. (Including lunch)

Coordinating Patrol & Troop Truck

The coordinating Patrol is the Raptor Patrol.  The Troop Truck will be loaded on Thursday, October 17th at 6:00pm, and unloaded Sunday, October 20th.  ALL Quartermasters and ALL Raptor Patrol Members need to help load & unload the Truck.  A Raptor Patrol Dad will need to drive the Truck.

 

Text Box: Program

Scoutcraft Demonstration

Troop 10 will construct and man a Monkey Bridge Saturday Morning.  We will also have homemade Donuts for the Webelos that visit.

Saturday Lunch Cooking Competition

The Camporee is holding a Cooking Competition for Saturday Lunch.

Saturday Afternoon Scout Skills Competition

Patrols will take place in multiple Skills Competitions.

Haunted Forest & Powell Observatory

These optional events are available Friday & Saturday nights.

Campfire

A wonderful campfire will be held on Saturday night. All scouts and leaders are expected to attend the campfire & program. It will be followed by a cracker barrel for everyone.

The Camporee SPL Council will assist the campfire leader in the planning of the campfire. Each troop is expected to bring one song and/or original skit to the SPL Council meeting on Friday evening.

 

Text Box: Schedule

 

Friday, October 18

 

4:30pm

Registration begins

7:30pm

Registration ends

8:00pm

Powell Observatory & Haunted Forest (Optional; Additional fee)

9:00pm

Camporee staff meeting @ HQ

9:30pm

Scoutmaster meeting @ HQ

10:30pm

Taps; Lights out

Saturday, October 19

 

8:00am

Registration continues

8:30am

SPL & Scoutmaster meeting @ HQ

8:45am

Assembly, Colors, final instructions @ flag mall

9:15am

Webelos tours, troop demonstrations & utensil-less cooking begins

11:15am

Morning events end; lunch cooking competition begins

1:30pm

Lunch ends; Competition events begin

4:30pm

Competition events end

4:45pm

Assembly and Colors @ flag mall

5:00pm

Begin supper preparation

7:30pm

Campfire program

9:00pm

Cracker Barrel / Powell Observatory / Haunted Forest

10:15pm

SPL & Scoutmaster meeting @ HQ

10:30pm

Taps; Lights out

Sunday, October 20

 

9:00am

Interfaith service @ flag mall

10:00am

Campsite inspections, check-out @ HQ

10:30am

Departure


 

Driving Instructions

Beginning from 135th St and US-69, take US-69 (South) for 14.1 mi

Bear RIGHT (South) onto Ramp (247th Street) for 0.2 mi

Turn LEFT (East) onto 247th for 0.5 mi (over US-69 bridge)

Turn RIGHT (South) onto S HWY-169 [Metcalf] for 2.0 mi

Turn RIGHT (West) onto W 263rd Street for 1.0 mi

Turn LEFT (South) onto Jingo Rd for 0.2 mi

Camporee entrance is on your right (West)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions: Herb Strain;  816-941-8614   hastrain@aol.com

 

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