theme name of camporee

Our Second of Century of Service and Citizenship
Friday Apr. 17, 2015, Saturday Apr, 18 2015
At Schnepf Farms
24810 East Rittenhouse Rd. Queen Creek, AZ
Dear scouts and leaders of the Mesa District,
The attached packet is the manual for the 2015 Mesa District Spring Camporee. As with
most camporees, there are elements that fulfill requirements for rank advancements and merit
badges. However, I wish to stress the importance of enthusiasm, excitement and most importantly
fun. These are the ingredients that keep the boys interested in the program. As you read this manual,
we hope that you keep the enthusiasm, excitement and fun in preparing for this camporee.
As leaders we need to allow the youth to lead so they can learn and prepare themselves for
the future. We hope you enjoy this pioneering camporee and that you make some memorable, happy
memories with your troop while you participate in all the activities.
Yours in scouting,
Chuck Holland, Boy Scout Commissioner
THEME
2015 Mesa District Spring Camporee
Friday Apr. 17, 2015, Saturday Apr. 18 2015
Theme
In 1914 the first scout troops were formed in Mesa. One of those original Mesa troops has been
continuously chartered. They (and we) are now starting our second century of Scouting service to
the youth and our community. Mesa District’s first camporee and scout show was in 1934 and held
on the football field at Mesa High. And this year’s camporee is being held in Queen Creek at the
Schnepf Farms. Some of the activities at our first camporee in 1934 are being redone this year.
Some of our activities are new but the scouting fun and learning will always be the same.
Location
The camporee will be again held at the Schnepf Farm 24810 East Rittenhouse Rd.
Queen Creek, AZ (see maps on next page)
Registration
You need to register on line at the Mesa District section of the Grand
Canyon Council Web site. Control + click on link below (
http://www.grandcanyonbsa.org/OpenRosters/View_Homepage.aspx?orgkey=1
256 ) You should register as soon as possible. Registration will be taken up to date
of Wednesday April 15, 2015 The cost is $5 per person. When you have finished
your internet registration and payment, then make a copy of your registration from
the website. You will need to turn this in when you check in at the camporee site.
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Registration after Wednesday April 15, 2015 can be done when you check in at the
camporee at the cost of $8 per person (which includes a $3.00 late fee).
Cost
The cost for the camporee is $5 per participant. A participant is defined as youth or
leader attending the Camporee. It will cost $8 per participant if you register after
Wednesday April 15, 2015 Your fee is used to pay for the awards, supplies, liability
insurance and the cost of the site.
Uniforms Class A uniforms shall be worn while traveling to and from the Camporee, at the
campfire, and opening and closing ceremonies. During the Saturday event, Class B
uniforms will be allowed, and are encouraged. If the Patrol does not have a Class B
uniform, the Class A Uniform shall be worn. When wearing the uniform you are
representing one of the best organizations in the world; wear the uniform proudly
and correctly! Prior to check- in the Patrol Leader should hold a complete uniform
inspection, supervised by the Scoutmaster. Patrols should consider performing this as
a Patrol prior to leaving from Mesa. Scouts are encouraged to maintain this same
level of inspection throughout the Camporee.
Tour permit/plan:
A sample form is attached in a separate pfd document or you can get one
on the council website
Complete the form, sign it and then either:
Postal Mail Grand Canyon Council, BSA
2969 North Greenfield Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85016
FAX
602 956 0570
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Online Filing www.myscouting.org
or direct with council at [email protected]
Map to Site
24810 East Rittenhouse Rd. Queen Creek, AZ
(Control + click on link or paste)
Large map, Mesa to Queen Creek
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=24810+East+Rittenhouse+R
d.+Queen+Creek,+AZ&aq=&doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=24810+E+Rittenhouse+Rd,+Que
en+Creek,+Arizona+85142&ll=33.290073,111.679802&spn=0.163294,0.212517&t=m&z=12&vpsrc=6&ei=_kpeUOqTMoiswQG3loGICA&
pw=2
more detailed map from Queen Creek to Schnepf Farms
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=24810+East+Rittenhouse+R
d.+Queen+Creek,+AZ&aq=&doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=24810+E+Rittenhouse+Rd,+Que
en+Creek,+Arizona+85142&ll=33.225074,111.590817&spn=0.005107,0.006641&t=m&z=17&vpsrc=6&ei=_kpeUOqTMoiswQG3loGICA&
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Enter the camporee side on the road that is 1,350 feet SOUTH of East Cloud Rd
If you do not have access to the computer map
FROM MESA
1. go East to either Power Road or Ellsworth Road and go SOUTH to Rittenhouse Rd.
2. at Rittenhouse Road go Southeast, through Queen Creek.
3. from Queen Creek continue southwest about 2 miles to East Cloud Rd
4. CONTUNE Southeast about 1,700 feet and turn to the WEST on the dirt road at SIGN
On Arrival:
As you drive in to the camp site (to the West of Rittenhouse Rd. you will be
greeted by one of the commissioners who will have a more detailed map of the
camping and parking lay out. Please drive SLOWLY and carefully while in the
camporee site.
You will be allowed to have ONE vehicle deliver equipment to your camp site.
Please unload as quickly as possible or unhitch your trailer (ONLY) and leave it
there if room allows. AND THEN drive your vehicle to the designated parking area.
Your vehicle MUST be out of the camp site area by 7:30p.m. or your troop will be
penalized points on their score.
CHECK IN:
When you have arrived in your (Stake) patrol area, have your Senior Patrol
Leader check in at the (Stake) Patrol headquarters. Your Asst. District
Commissioner and Unit Commissioners will assign your troop to a specific camping
site for the camporee.
Also you Senior Patrol Leader must check in at the (Stake) Patrol headquarters. At
that time he will need to hand in or show the following forms:
1. (reconcile): the registration form from this packet and the registration form you copied from the
council web site. If there is a difference between the forms, then you can pay for the
extra people by adding them to the registration form in this packet.
2. You will also have to show your tour permit/plan.
3. You will also have to show permission statements and or medical forms for all participants.
4. Your uniform inspection form (done before you arrive and check in.
5 Your troop will be assigned an ACTIVITY LETTER for Saturday morning activities.
Points will be deducted from your score for not having all of the above forms at check in.
CAMP SET UP:
Organize and set up your camp site for the camporee. Have all
vehicles in the designated parking lots (none in camp nor next to camp)
WATER: You should bring ALL the water you need for your camp, but there is a potable water
outlet North of the Camporee site, near the parking area.
FIRES:
ALL FIRES must be off the ground in some type of burn barrel or fire box. It must be
high enough off the ground that it will NOT cause the grass (or dirt) be scorched or burned.
Cooking fires can either be ‘open’ in a firebox or a propane stove. Please observe all safety rules
when using fires, including having either a fire extinguish or fire buckets near by.
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GARBAGE AND TRASH:
You must haul out all garbage and trash from your
troop when you leave the camporee. Bring plastic bags and or garbage cans. Leave no garbage or
trash (including food scraps) on the ground at the camporee site (LNT).
SANATARY:
There will be port-a-pottys in nearby locations for your use during the
camporee. Please help us keep the insides of the facilities clean and neat.
CAMPFIRE:
Campfire will start at 8:45pm. It will be at the program area.
ACTIVITIES:
As has been in the last 11 years, there are two types of activities.
You should receive a patrol score card for each patrol when you check in. As a troop you decide
which patrols go to which activity areas the next day.
ONE activity is a series of booths, classes and activities mainly for advancement scout skills for
rank advancements from Tenderfoot to First Class. MOSTLY this is for 11 year old scouts. There
should be about 30 to 40 different stations and games. Each District Patrol (stake) is assigned to
operate these stations. Your Assistant District Commissioner should have made these assignments
to adults (other than the scoutmaster or ast. scoutmaster) BEFORE the camporee. The boy patrol
leader (and one adult ‘shadowing’ the boys) should decide which booths or station to attend.
THE OTHER activity is Scouting games based on Scouting skills. These activities are
designed for scouts that already know the scouting skill that will be used in the scouting games.
There will be SEVEN activities. There is no specific rotation for these games. Go to the activity
with the shortest lines until you have done all
IN ADDITION ALL PATROL/STAKES ARE EXPECTED TO HELP WITH THE SERIVCE
PROJECT. A SCHEDULE FOR THE SERVICE PROJECT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
FRIDAY NIGHT BY YOUR AST DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.
TOOLS FOR THE SERVICE PROJECT WILL BE PROVIDED BY SCHNEPF FARMS. BRING
YOU OWN GLOVES, HAT AND SUNSCREEN.
SCHEDULE
The Friday night schedule is as follows:
Leave Mesa and travel to camporee………. …………….4:00pm to 6:30pm
Register and set up camp…………………………………6:30pm to 8:15pm
Gather for campfire program……………………………. 8:45pm to 9:00pm
Campfire program………………………………………...9:00pm to 9:45pm
Cracker Barrel in Sub-Camps (with ADC’s)……………...9:50pm to 10:15pm
(At cracker barrel you will receive your SERVICE PROJECT assignments)
Lights Out……………………………………………….....................10:30pm
After 10:30 is ‘quiet time’. There should be little or no noise. All participants should stay in their
own campsites. Excessive noise can cause deductions from your score.
SATURDAY:
6:00 a.m.
Arise and prepare breakfast. Clean camp and organize for morning activities
7:50
drop off campsite inspections at sub camp headquarters
8:00
Flag ceremony in sub camp site
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11 year old scouts to midway
8:30 – 12:30
11 year old scouts go to midway area for booths on tenderfoot to first class
advancement. Decide which booths and games to visit. Check your schedule to participate with
your unit/stake/patrol in the service project.
Lunch
12 & 13 year old scouts to activity area
8:30 – 12:30
12-13 year old scouts go to area one. Find and activity and participate until
you have done all games. Check your schedule to participate with your unit/stake/patrol in the
service project.
CLOSING: Closing ceremonies will be at 2:00pm to 2:15 pm in Sub Camps
CHECK OUT: After the closing, pack you gear, clean your camp site and have your
commissioner ‘check you out’. 2:15pm to 3:00pm. Hand out Awards to the troops. (If your site is
not clean, then you commissioner may not hand out your awards.)
AWARDS:
Awards and patches will be given to the ADC’s and distributed to the troops at
their sub-camps or they may distribute the awards the next day or at the next troop meeting if you
do not wish to stay while the awards are being calculated..
NOTES FOR YOUR TROOP ACTIVITIES:
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TROOP REGISTRATION FORM
(Turn in this form at registration)
TROOP NUMBER ___________
PATROL (stake) ____________________
Chartered Organization (sponsor) ____________________
Scoutmaster ______________________
Senior Patrol Leader __________________
Ast Scoutmaster ___________________
Other adults ________________________
Ast Scoutmaster ___________________
Other adults ________________________
#1 Patrol Name ______________________ #2 Patrol Name ______________________
Scouts
Scouts
1. ________________________________
1. ___________________________
2. ________________________________
2. ___________________________
3. ________________________________
3. ___________________________
4. ________________________________
4. ___________________________
5. ________________________________
5. ___________________________
6. ________________________________
6. ___________________________
7. ________________________________
7. ___________________________
8. ________________________________
Use additional copy if more that two patrols.
8. ___________________________
Number of Boy Scouts ___________
Number of Adults
____________
TOTAL ATTENDING ________
Number of participants pre-registered (from website) ______ at $5 $__________
Additional participants non pre-registered
Amount paid at website
$_______
______ at $8 $_________
Additional amount $______ TOTAL $______
(There will be no refunds for on-line registrations for participants not attending.
This completed form needs to be turned in at check-in with any additional money due.
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Uniform Inspection
Patrol name _____________________________
Troop number _____________
Put in names of patrol members. Conduct a uniform inspection and score each scout.
Add the scores and divided by the number of patrol members
Turn in the completed inspection sheet at the headquarters Friday evening.
Scout Scout Scout Scout Council Rank
Max pts/ item Shirt Pants
Belt
Socks Patch
Badge
4
2
1
1
1
1
Scout Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Total points for all boys
Divided by number of boys
Average points for patrol
Total
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Uniform Inspection
Patrol name _____________________________
Troop number _____________
Put in names of patrol members. Conduct a uniform inspection and score each scout.
Add the scores and divided by the number of patrol members
Turn in the completed inspection sheet at the headquarters Friday evening.
Scout Scout Scout Scout Council Rank
Max pts/ item Shirt Pants
Belt
Socks Patch
Badge
4
2
1
1
1
1
Scout Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Total points for all boys
Divided by number of boys
Average points for patrol
Total
10
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Check in and Registration form (to be used at check in)
PATROL (stake) _________________
Sponsor _______________________
1.
TROOP __________
REGISTRATION FORM
Number of Patrols
NUMBER OF BOYS
Number of Adults
MONEY
__________
______
______
______
__________
2.
TOUR PERMIT/PLAN
(yes or no)
3.
Number of Medical forms
________
Number of permission forms
________
__________
4.
Uniform Inspection sheet
________
5.
Camp site inspection (given out at check in)
________
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Patrol Activity/Score cards
________
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Check out at end
Total points
(given out at check in)
________
____________
Award Ribbon _____________________
Number of patches ____________________
Patches given out _______________
Ribbons _____________
__________________________________
ADC or Unit Commissioner
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CAMPSITE INSPECTION FORM
Patrol (stake) ____________________
TROOP ____________________
Sponsoring org _________________________
number of patrols ____________
Scoutmaster ____________________
Senior Patrol Leader __________________
1.
No Vehicles in camp (parked in parking areas)
Max
5
Score
____
2.
Marked off entrance to camping site/area
2
____
3.
Site organized by patrol areas, adult area, cooking areas
3
____
4.
No trash or garbage on ground – all in trash containers
2
_____
5.
No sign of ground fires (all fires in burn barrels)
2
_____
6.
Cooking areas cleaned, all equipment stored
4
_____
7.
All personal equipment clean and stored
2
_____
8.
All food properly stored
4
_____
9
Tents neat, orderly and properly closed
3
_____
10
Troop identified, (sign or flag properly displayed)
3
_____
30
_____
Senior Patrol Leader, turn this form in before flag raising on Saturday
Commissioner
1. did troop check out before leaving
_____
2 was camp site and area CLEAN
_____
Total points _______
9
10
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