BE PREPARED !

SHELTER	CLOTHES	MISCELLANEOUS
___ Tent	___ Towel/washcloth	___ Sunscreen/chapstick
___ Ground Cloth/Tarp	___ Soap in plastic case	___ Insect Repellant
___ Extra tent stakes	___ Toothbrush/toothpaste	___ Flashlight/batteries
___ Mat for tent entrance	___ Comb/brush	___ Pocket knife (WEBELOS)
___ Dust pan/brush	___ Toilet paper	___ Extra batteries
	___ Personal medications	___ Compass
	___ 2-3 pair underwear	___ Whistle
BEDDING	___ 2-3 pair socks	___ First-Aid kit
___ Sleeping bag	___ 2 pair pants --- preferebly not cotton	___ Canteen/water bottle
___ Blanket	___ 2-3 t-shirts	___ Camera/battery
___  Pillow	___ Long sleeve shirt	___ Backpack/duffle bag
___ Sleeping pad	___ Sweatshirt	___ Camp Chairs
___ Utility bags for storage	___ Rain jacket/Poncho	___ Tissues
	___ Night time sleepwear	___ Plastic grocery bags
	___ Night cap (winter hat)	___ Travel alarm clock
	___ Jacket	___ Hand wipes
	___ Scout Uniform	___ Watch
		___ Scout Handbook
		___ Notepad/pen

REMINDER: The Scout uniform must be worn in transit to any Scouting event with the Den or PACK (Insurance purposes)

NO ELECTRONICS !

Camping

Camping is usually the highlight of a Cub Scout year. Campouts are always fun occasions and the kids have a blast. We do fair weather, easy camping with cars not far from the tents. We try for great camp food, and a fun experience all round.

Camping dos:

 

• Always watch out for your son and know where he is at all times. Enforce the Buddy System always (make sure your son is with a buddy – and knows he is - if he is not physically right there with you. They will need constant reminding).
• Do a trial set-up your tent before you get on the camping trip. Make sure it is complete and you know how to put it up.
• Plan on it getting colder than you think (bring warmer sleeping bags than the forecast lows unless you are sure you know your sleeping bags).
  Always bring rain gear (Cub Scout camping is usually fair-weather camping but better safe than sorry)
• Always have a change of clothes to wear to sleep in. This is mainly to stop you getting cold due to moisture in the fabric, and also in case you have come into contact with poison ivy.
• Always have a tarp to put under your tent. Make sure none of it sticks-out from the bottom of the tent or it will collect rain and make the inside of your tent wet.
• Get your son to do as much of the work in camping as possible (help putting up the tent, carrying stuff, etc).
• Store food, candy, toothpaste in your car NOT your tent.
• Air-out your tent, tarp, and sleeping bags as soon as you return home to allow condensation to dry-out (otherwise you get a musty smell that’s hard to shake).
• Store your sleeping bag loose when you get home, not in its stuff-sack, or it will lose loft (loft gives it warmth).

Camping don’ts:

 

• Never sleep in a tent with a child who is not your own. – BSA rules
• No alcohol anywhere, anyhow, anytime. – BSA rules
  No smoking in sight of Cub Scouts. – BSA rules
  
  
• Never leave candy/chips or candy/chip wrappers or food of any kind in your tent or in clothes in your tent. Bears can smell it. Always store all such “smellables” in your closed car. This includes toothpaste, open Gatorade and other soda cans, etc. If in doubt leave it in your car.
• Cub Scouts should not have knives in Tiger and Wolf ranks. Bears and higher ranks can only bring pocket knives if they have completed the “Whittling Chip” pocket knife achievement and if they also bring their Whittlin’ Chip card or badge. No knives with a blade longer than the width of a child’s palm. – BSA rules.
• Avoid 100% cotton clothing. Cotton stays damp and makes you feel cold.
  
  
• Leave behind Nintendo DSs, iPods, or other electronics / game systems. This is the boys’ opportunity to get away from all that. Besides, they could get damaged or lost.
  
• No precious toys/ jewelry – could get damaged or lost.

Pack 14 holds an annual " Kick off the scout year!" fall campout. Its held at a county park secluded from other campers. We plan and complete achievments while we are there. During the campout that just passed (9/21/12-9/23/12) our agenda consisted of the following:

Fall Campout Agenda

9/21/2012

 

 

·         5:00pm  Arrival and setup (Chad & Craig)

·         7:00pm  Campfire Building, Safety Course (Chad)

·         8:00pm  Banana Boats, or any open fire cooked snack other than S’mores. S’mores will be Saturday - Mingle, talk about what everybody did over the summer, who went the farthest,  most interesting, etc… (Denise & Jen)

·         8:30pm  enjoy the fire (ALL)

·         10:00pm if you’re still awake an evening stroll to the big field for hopefully a star filled sky, and constellations weather permitting (Chad & Todd)

·         11:00pm lights out

 

 

·         Daylight-7:00am (early risers club) quiet time prepare your gear for the day

·         7:45am  Flag Raising (All PACK – Craig & Chad)

·         8:00am  Breakfast (Adults)

·         8:30am  Breakfast cleanup (Scouts)

·         9:00am  1^st craft hosted by Denise Snyder (dream catchers)(WEBELOS make 1^st Aid Kits)

·         10:00am  den breakouts

o   Tigers -

o   Wolves -

o   Bear -

o   WEBELOS 1 – Flag Ceremonial & First Aid Kits (WEBELOS Leaders)

o   WEBELOS 2 – Cooking (Annette)

·         12:00pm  Lunch (Adults)

·         12:30pm  Commence trail mix making (Den Leaders) & pack water (Scouts)  

·         12:45pm   Hiking overview, geocaching demo (Chad, Todd, & Darren)

·         1:15pm  Hiking and geocaching

o   WEBELOS 1 & 2 – 3 Miler Trail (Chad, Craig, & Annette)

o   Tigers, Wolves, Bear – Midnight Trail (Todd, Darren, & Mike)

·         Upon return from hike (Tigers, Wolves, Bear)  -  second craft (not sure what it is yet) (Den Leaders)

·         3:30pm  3^rd annual kickball game in the big field (EVERYBODY)

·         5:00pm  dinner (Adults)

·         5:45pm  dinner cleanup (Scouts)

·         6:00pm  Flag Lowering (All PACK – Craig & Chad)

·         6:15pm  All Dens & Leaders prep for skits

·         7:00pm  Commence the Pack meeting (Chad & Craig)

·         8:00pm  Start the campfire (Chad)

o   Skits (ALL)

§  Leaders

§  Tigers

§  Wolves

§  Bear

§  WEBEOS 1

§  WEBELOS 2

§  Leaders

·         8:30pm  S’mores and camaraderie (Denise, Bridget, & Jen)

·         9:00pm  Closing Ceremony for Campfire (Bob, Craig, & Chad)

 

 

 

 

7:00am  Wake up all 

8:00am  Tear down and pack up (ALL)

9:00am  Entire PACK police the area (ALL)

9:30am  Snack breakfast and head out (ALL)

If you're wondering if we had fun, here is a quick clip of our adult campfire skit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vTPvFgnp5o&feature=youtu.be