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2016 Summer Camp

Camp Friedlander July 10 – 16

Any forms you or your scout may need that are not listed here can be found on the Camp Friendlander Site.

The latest listing of what badges each scout is registered for.  Please work with your scout so that they can complete any prerequisites as needed.  This will allow them to get the most out of their time at camp.

Friedlander Departure Information
Merit Badge Prerequisites
Camp Friedlander Map
Camp Friedlander Early Release Form
Camp Friedlander Hold Harmless form for COPE
Camp Friedlander Special Diet Form (at least two weeks prior to camp)
Download PDF Version of Flyer 

Download Class List and Times

Fees:
Scouts – $ 280
There may be additional costs for some programs and merit badges
$20 late fee if registering after March 10th (except 1st year Scouts, no late fee)
$200 of the $280 is refundable if cancelled by May 10th
Adults – $ 120
Registered T200 leaders – $60
Note:  It is recommended that parents of first year Scouts do not attend.

IMPORTANT DATES

  • Tuesday, February 23: Summer Camp 1st Payment Due
    • First half payment due ($140)
    • Merit Badge Selection Schedule due

Note:  If you have not committed by this date, you will miss the first registration for merit badge classes, and choices will be limited at later dates.

  • Tuesday, April 26th: Final camp payment due
    • Second half payment due ($140)
  • Swim test at Aquatic Adventures: Sign up for a 15 minute time slot on:
    • Sunday, April 10th, from 5 – 7 PM (2 lanes), or,
    • Sunday, April 24st from 5-7 (1 lane)
  • Tuesday, June 14: FORMS DUE
    • Doctor signed Health and Medical Form (Parts A, B, & C)
    • Hold Harmless form
    • SCUBA & Snorkel Release (if applicable)
    • Special Diet Request (if applicable)
  • Sunday, July 10 – depart for Camp Friedlander
  • Saturday, July 16 – return from Camp Friedlander

If you have questions, please contact:

Summer Camp Coordinator:

Bill Lansky    lansoff@gmail.com

Overview

Troop 200 will be attending summer camp at Camp Friedlander, which is just outside of Cincinnati, OH.  We have attended this camp as a Troop since 2011, so some of the older Scouts know it very well.  The camp is a very nice location and completed significant upgrades in 2002 with new restroom/showers and dining hall.

There is a very nice lake area with canoes, row boats, kayaks, sail boats, and “the blob”.  There is also a pool where much of the swimming merit badge instruction is provided.

The rifle and shotgun ranges are a distant hike, but our camp sites are the closest camp site location to these areas.  There is also a nice archery range on the other side of the camp.  (Note:  Scouts will need tokens from trading post for open-session rifle and shotgun.  Open archery is no cost.)

Typical Schedule

All first year Scouts in Troop 200 will be signed up for First Aid merit badge and Swimming (either swimming merit badge or instructional swim, depending upon ability).   Several craft merit badges that boys usually find entertaining are leather work, fingerprinting, photography, and the like.

Other Merit Badges

Swimming, First Aid,  along with open swim / open ranges and other activities provide a good first year experience.  If your Scout is driven, they may want to select an additional merit badge.  First year Scouts are not typically eligible for Shotgun, Rifle, Climbing, Emergency Prep, and Metal Works.  Fishing, space exploration, geocaching, and most merit badges offered in Handicraft and Cultural Village are good choices for first year scouts.  A list of merit badge offerings is available on the Troop 200 web site under “Documents / Summer Camp”.  (2016 schedule available in February)

Facilities / Food / Free Time

Scouts will tent in “sites” of 30-60 people.  Canvas tents with wood platforms are provided.  Each tent holds two cots and pads.  First year Scouts will tent with other first year Scouts.  Typically Scouts will decide who to tent with before arriving at camp.

The troop eats breakfast, lunch and dinner together in the dining hall each day.  The troop typically leaves from our camp site(s) for breakfast and dinner as a troop, while the lunch meal is “meet up” at the dining hall, since many of the Scouts are in program areas immediately before lunch.  Food is plentiful.  In addition to the main meal, there is always breakfast cereal in the morning and a salad bar for lunch and dinner.  Allergy and special diet menus are available by completing “special diet request” form.  Vegetarian options are always available; no special diet request form is needed.

Your son will have 1 hour of free time after lunch and before dinner.  They may also have additional free time between sessions, depending upon chosen schedule.  We recommend keeping the 4:00-5:00 session open to take advantage of the open swim, boating and shooting ranges.  There is also a variety of open programs areas after dinner.  And yes, there is a trading post.

Gear:  Start looking for a large foot locker.  No tent, mess kit, sleeping pad or hiking boots needed.

Typical Schedule

Your Scout will be in merit badge classes with Scouts from Troop 200 as well as Scouts from other troops.  We will attempt to schedule Troop 200 scouts that are from the same cub scout pack together in classes as possible.  The following is a typical schedule and will run Monday – Friday.  Actual class times will vary.

TIME                     ACTIVITY                                          LOCATION

8   am             Flag Raising & Breakfast                     Dining Hall

9   am             First Aid Merit Badge                             Outdoor Skills

10 am             Other Merit Badge                                  Other program area

11 am             Swimming MB or Instruction                Pool

Noon              Lunch                                                      Dining Hall

1   pm             Free time for all of camp

2   pm             Handicraft Power Hour                         Handicraft

3   pm             Other Merit Badge                                  Other program area

4   pm             Open swim / Open Shooting sports

  • pm Dinner & Flag Lowering
  • pm Evening Programs*
  • Evening programs include open areas, like shooting ranges, water sports, climbing wall, or special events, like competitions and campfire programs.

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Scout Master Matters: Upholding the Boy Scout Ideals in Everyday Life.

Clean– orderly, neat, stainless, pure, unblemished, unpolluted

One thing parents everywhere understand is clean.  How often do you have to say clean your room, clean your dishes, change your clothes, brush your teeth??  A scout is clean but beyond the everyday mundane this can mean a lot more to the world around us.

The last few weekends our scouts had the opportunity to work at the fairgrounds picking up litter.  The simplest act of picking up after themselves and the people around them had more impact than they realized.  It made the fairgrounds beautiful so that people could enjoy themselves more.  It helped those fair goers stay healthy by avoiding unwanted pests like flies and vermin.  It kept nearby wildlife safe by removing possible threats to their safety.  It gave each scout pride in their surroundings and a job well done.  Finally, it gave the community itself a sense of appreciation and pride in their youth and The Boy Scouts in general.

Cleanliness is by scouts often the most overlooked item in the scout law. But, as you can see by the example above it is by no means unimportant. Be sure to show your appreciation when your scouts take the initiative each day and those little acts build into a foundation which will be support to us all.

 

Quote of the Month: 

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavor; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.”

Virginia Woolf

Scout Master Matters: Upholding the Boy Scout Ideals in Everyday Life

Faith

We all know a scout is reverent and with reverence comes faith.  I would like to talk a little about faith though and how it has different forms.  Most of us think of religion, we have faith inspired by religion, the world around us and the belief that the big scout master in the sky will watch out for us…. but is that all faith entails?

I don’t think so.

I think faith is that kernel of strength, hope and belief in humanity each of us carries.  Take a minute to think about all of things we put our faith in each day.

We have faith that even if it was a bad day, the next will be better.

We have faith in ourselves and our capabilities- that we will make the right choices to keep us on a good path in life.

Perhaps most importantly to me we put our faith in each other, you entrust your scouts to our leadership.  You have faith that we will steer the older boys into good men who will lead the younger generations in the right direction.   What a precious gift to give and receive, for it we thank you.

 

Quote of the Month:

 “To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.”

Alan Watts

 

Advancement Camp Recipes from Mr. McCormick

ADVANCEMENT CAMP RECIPES
Chicken Marinade (Caribbean Ju Ju Slather)
Ingredients

o 1 sweet onion diced
o 2 lbs. honey
o 8 oz. yellow mustard
o 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
o 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
o Pinch ground cloves
o Pinch crushed red pepper flakes
o 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
o 1 cup chopped passion fruit or Passion Fruit puree
o 1 tsp black pepper

Directions:

o Sauté the diced onion until slightly caramelized
o Deglaze pan and reduce volume by half (see Mr McCormick for Scout friendly deglazing tips)
o Stir in all remaining ingredients
o Simmer over low heat (stirring occasionally) for 30+ minutes (until fruit is tender)
o Puree until smooth (add water to thin if needed)

Observations:

o If you puree in a blender wait for the sauce to cool
o Hot fluid in a blender creates a lot of hot air that will expand against the lid (pop!)
o The amount of cayenne and red pepper can be adjusted to taste
o Additional spice can also be added after the sauce is complete
o Splitting the batch is an easy way to accommodate different tolerances for spice
o Honey & mustard are available packaged in just about the right amounts for this recipe
o Quantities for any of the ingredients are to subject to taste anyway…
o Pineapple (canned or fresh) can be substituted for passion fruit
o More fruit can be added if a thicker sauce is desired in the final product
o This sauce is excellent on grilled meats (chicken, sea bass, shrimp…) and veggies
o Use the glaze at the end of the grilling process as is chars easily (lots of sugar)
o The sauce can be brushed onto the food or drizzled from a squeeze bottle
o It goes fast in our house – we usually make a double batch (and sometimes triple…)

Salad Dressing (Raspberry Vinaigrette)
Ingredients

o Raspberry vinegar
o Sugar
o Vegetable oil

Directions:

o Put vinegar into mixing bowl and add sugar to taste (I use about equal volumes of both)
o Drizzle in vegetable oil to taste (I use about 3x the quantity of vinegar)
o Whisk vigorously during the drizzle to emulsify the dressing

Observations:

o Make just enough dressing to lightly coat the salad
o Make the dressing right before tossing the salad (and use the same bowl)
o This dressing really works well with mescaline mix (or baby arugula)
o Any oil will work but lighter is better (olive oil seems to overpower the delicacy)

Scout Master Matters: Upholding the Boy Scout Ideals in Everyday Life

Perseverance

Perseverance: To follow through despite obstacles, difficulties or discouragement.

With Perseverance you can go anywhere and accomplish anything. Our scouts are examples of this every single day.  We bring them into the pack young boys who often have never been out from under the wings of their loving parents.  One pack meeting, one campout, one service project, at a time they grow in their abilities and confidence.  They don’t even realize they are exhibiting perseverance each time they learn a new skill and don’t give up till its’ conquered.

Knot after knot unravels but they tie it again until it stays put.

Fish slip their line all afternoon until finally they catch THE BIG ONE!.

Tents may collapse during a windstorm only to be put back up.

Perseverance is something each and every one of us will need in our life to get where we want to be so celebrate those small successes because they also teach, adding up to something so much more than the sum of its parts.

 

Quote of the Month:

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.”

Walter Elliot

South Bass Camporee 9/11 – 9/13

Fall Invitational Camporee

Please note:  This camporee is not run by Troop 200.  This page is only intended as information for Troop 200 families and scouts.  Anyone not from Troop 200, please visit the Camporee pages hosted by Troop 360 at http://troop360pc.com/put.htm.  Thank You.


This release form (PDF Version downloadable here)  can be printed / signed / scanned and returned to me at:
renal_doc@yahoo.com
OR
they may be printed and signed / handed to me at a T200 meeting, or given to Mr. Moffit or Mrs. Vanderbilt at the sign-up table.


 

 This year’s camporee will be the 25th annual, and also the 100th year anniversary of the Perry Memorial. Camping site is outstanding, in the shadow of Perry’s monument and adjacent to the shores of Lake Erie. Don’t miss the South Bass Camporee!
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You are cordially invited to Troop 360’s 23rd Fall Invitational Camporee on South Bass Island, Ohio. The camporee will be held on September 6, 7 & 8,  2013. Again this year the camporee will include attractions and events for your Troop to enjoy.

Registration includes:

  • All attractions
  • Ferry boat tickets
  • Island transportation to and from the ferry docks
  • 5 meals (Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast)
  • Camporee T-shirt
  • Camping fees

— Scout/Scouter health & parental release-permission form (you will need to copy for everyone attending). No Scout or Scouter will be admitted if you do have the health information & parental release form or are not listed on your troop roster.

— List of items you will need to bring with you.

— Ferry boat and shuttle transportation tickets.

— Miller Ferry Line schedule. Please be advised we do not provide camping on the mainland on Friday night so plan accordingly. Traditionally the last ferry on Friday night leaves the mainland at 8:30pm

In order for us to provide your Scouts and Scouters with a safe and enjoyable camporee, we must set a few camporee guidelines as follows:

  1. no personal bicycles will be allowed;
  2. no fueled lanterns or groundfires;
  3. No personal or troop vehicles will be allowed as we provide transportation to and from the ferry docks. Should a Troop drive an unauthorized vehicle to the Island, you will be asked to remove it to a mainland parking lot at your expense.
  4. Adhering to Safe Scouting guidelines and others outlined by the National Park Service at the leader’s meeting Friday night.
  5. We will have EMS at the Camporee site.
  6. Troops will need to present proof of a local or national tour permit at check-in.