Troop 174

Read Summer Camp 2005
Step-by-Step Instructions
Revised Apr. 26, 2005

Introduction

Troop 174 will go to summer camp at the Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation.  Follow this link for additional information.

Summer camp is a golden opportunity for scouts to work on many outdoor skills, to advance in rank, and to earn merit badges, optimizing fun and opportunities.  For many scouts summer camp is the high point of their year.

Week 1 is July 3-9, 2005.  Week 2 is July 10-16.  Week 2 is our primary week.  We will use the Ranger site (middle of the map) at Camp Buckskin.  We share the Ranger site with Troop 164 from Yorktown Heights, NY.
 
 

What to do

1. Learn about Summer Camp

Read the Read 2005 Boy Scout Summer Camp Parents' Guide.  See Curtis Read Scout Reservation for all other details.  The guide below may help you navigate the most important things.

2. See Fees

See the fee schedule here.  $265 for one week, or $520 for two weeks.  Ask Barbara C. about the Canoe Trek fee, if interested.  Partial scholarships are available for families unable to pay the full amount; see Barbara C.

3. Fill out Medical form

3.1. Both camping with our troop and the high-adventure programs require medical forms.

Complete the Camp Read Medical Form Class 3, which can also be found on the last two pages of the Camp Read 2005 Boy Scout Parents' Guide.  This is a new form in 2005, so this year everyone must submit this completed form.  Then, Scouts and adults 40 years old and under submit the form every three years, adults over 40 every year.  Scouts doing high adventure activities must submit the medical form every year.  This requires a doctor's exam within the past 12 months prior to summer camp, which is why this item is early on this list.  Give the completed form to Barbara C.

The Medical form required by Read Scout Reservation differs from the National Class 3 medical form due to New York State requirements.  The New York State Health Code now requires information on three vaccinations that were not listed on previous forms.  These additional vaccinations are for haemophilus influenza type B, hepatitis B, and varicella (chicken pox).  The new medical form includes these vaccinations.  Please note that these vaccinations are not required to attend camp.  A record of whether or not each Scout and adult has had these vaccinations and, if they had them, on what date, is required to attend camp.  Standing orders for dispensing over the counter medications have also been added and must be completed.

3.2. For any camper to attend camp for seven or more nights, parents must fill out and attach the Meningococcal Meningitis Vaccination Response Form to the Class 3 medical form.

4. Fill out Permission form

4.1. Read Scout Permission Slip  Signed parental permission is required for optional activities, such as white water rafting, off-camp caving, water skiing, and the Forestry Merit Badge visit to a manged forest.  Give the form to Barbara C. by April 25.  There are fees for some of these activities.

4.2. On the same form signed parental permission is also required, if arrangements are made for someone other than a parent to pick up their son to leave camp for any purpose, including these activities.

5. Complete your schedule

Troop 174 Activities Schedule 2005
Week 1 July 3-9 and Week 2 July 10-16
 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00          
10:00 - 11:00        Horse trail ride  Horse trail ride
11:00 - 12:00          
12:15 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
following lunch until 2:00
(siesta)
(siesta)
(siesta)
(siesta)
(siesta)
2:00 - 3:00  Low COPE course 2:00-3:30  Indoor climbing wall 2:00-3:30  White water rafting 1:00-5:00    
3:00 - 4:00  Low COPE course 2:00-3:30  Indoor climbing wall 2:00-3:30  White water rafting  1:00-5:00  Zip line 3:30-5:00  
4:00 - 5:00      White water rafting  1:00-5:00  Zip line 3:30-5:00  
6:00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
7:00 - 8:30 Merit-badge make-up Merit-badge make-up Merit-badge make-up Merit-badge make-up. 8:30 Campfire skits and songs by scouts
 
5.4. By April 25
  1. Print out and fill in your merit badge schedule card (two cards for two weeks, labeled Week 1 and Week 2).  Fill in your merit badges and troop activities.  The Scoutmaster can look over your card and advise changes.
  2. Make a copy of your merit badge schedule card to bring to summer camp.
  3. Make a prioritized list of desired merit badges.
  4. Turn in to the troop both your Merit Badge Schedule Cards and a prioritized list of desired merit badges for the online signup.
For first year scouts their merit badge schedule card for their first week should have at most something like this example.  This scout has chosen a full schedule.  Other scouts may want more break time.
SAMPLE
Troop 174 Merit Badge Schedule Card
First Year Scout
 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 First Year Camper Program  Tenderfoot First Year Camper Program  Tenderfoot  First Year Camper Program  Tenderfoot  First Year Camper Program  Tenderfoot  First Year Camper Program  Tenderfoot 
10:00 - 11:00 First Year Camper Program Second Class First Year Camper Program Second Class First Year Camper Program Second Class First Year Camper Program Second Class Horse trail ride
11:00 - 12:00 First Year Camper Program First Class First Year Camper Program First Class First Year Camper Program First Class First Year Camper Program First Class First Year Camper Program First Class
12:15 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
following lunch until 2:00
(siesta)
(siesta)
(siesta)
(siesta)
(siesta)
2:00 - 3:00 Low COPE course 2:00-3:30 Indoor climbing wall 2:00-3:30 White water rafting 1:00-5:00 Basketry merit badge  Basketry merit badge
3:00 - 4:00 Low COPE course 2:00-3:30 Indoor climbing wall 2:00-3:30 White water rafting  1:00-5:00 Zip line 3:30-5:00 First Year Camper Program Second Class make-up
4:00 - 5:00 Leatherwork merit badge Leatherwork merit badge White water rafting  1:00-5:00 Zip line 3:30-5:00 Leatherwork merit badge
6:00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
7:00 - 8:30 Basketry merit badge make-up Basketry merit badge make-up Leatherwork merit badge make-up Leatherwork merit badge make-up 8:30 Campfire skits and songs by scouts
 
5.5. Around June 20 or so, check the Troop 174 password-protected pages to see if you got into the Merit Badge courses you wanted.  Look for the Summer Camp Merit Badge Registration list.

Print out a copy of the Summer Camp Merit Badge Registration list, tear out just your registration with the times, and take it with you to summer camp.

5.6. At the June XX Meeting for Camp Read Attendees meeting pick up your merit badge blue cards and sign out merit badge booklets from our troop library.

5.7. Do the merit badge prerequisites before going to camp, using the Merit Badge booklets you checked out.

You must bring to camp a note with an adult signature attesting that you have completed the prerequisites.

6. Register

6.1  Sign up here for summer camp by April 25.  First year scouts sign up for the Anthony Long First Year Camper Program (formerly known as the Dan Beard First Year Camper Program) for their first week.  On the sign up form parents may offer to help out at camp, and await a decision later as to who will go based on the ratio of scouts to available adults.

6.2. By April 25 pay the full amount.  Make the check payable to "BSA Troop 174", write in the memo section: "Week 1", "Week 2", "Both Weeks", or "Trek", and give the check to Barbara C.  After this date you have to take the money to Council, and note that fees increase on June 1.

6.3. By April 25 write a separate check for optional activities.  Make the check payable to "BSA Troop 174", write in the memo section what it is for, and give the check to Barbara C.

7. The Weeks Before Camp

Complete merit badge prerequisites before going to camp.  Proper documentation is required for credit for work completed before a Scout's arrival in Camp.

Bring a skit, maybe one of these skits for the Friday campfire program.

8. Pack for camp

Read supplies a two-person tent on a wood platform, a cot, and a mattress, as well as food.

8.1. Get supplies listed on the Camp Read Suggested Equipment List Scout Equipment.

8.2. Then, add to that suggested equipment list:

9. Donate if you have extra

Camp Read requests that people who have certain items to donate please bring them to camp.  They want:

10. Travel to Camp Read

Leave for Camp Read 6:00 a.m. or earlier Sunday morning.  Wear activity uniform.

Camp Read is in Brant Lake, NY, about a 4-hour drive 200 miles north of Westchester, about a half hour north of Lake George.

Google map: In the white bubble use the "Directions To Here" link to get driving directions.

Troop 174 does not provide transportation to Camp Read.

See the Getting to Camp page for Council -

Bring a bag lunch or eat an early lunch before you arrive on Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

Then, see the map for the parking area and Ranger site at Camp Buckskin.

11. Arrival at Camp Read

12. Between the first and second week

13. Pick up scouts at Camp Read at the end of the week




Boy Scout Troop 174, Yorktown, NY.  http://troop174.info
Revised April 4, 2005