S Iron MANITOGA MUSCOOT SPRING CAMPOREE MAY 4 6, 2018 DURLAND SCOUT RESERVATION TEAMWORK TECHNOLOGY Games, activities, and competitions designed to challenge patrols to work together. Share your dutch oven skills and recipes at the first full camporee dutch oven buffet dinner! EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES CAMPFIRE PROGRAM DUTCH OVEN BUFFET DINNER Street Address City, ST ZIP Code Telephone
Friday, May 4 5:00pm - 8:30pm Troops arrive for check-in at Durland Scout Reservation Site 40 8:30pm Cracker barrel meeting for all Scoutmasters and SPL s at camporee headquarters Pavilion 10:30pm - Taps - Lights out and quiet. Saturday, May 5 7:30am - Reveille 8:30am Opening Ceremony, flag raising, last minute notices 8:45am Day activities begin 12:00pm Lunch Patrols will halt all activity for lunch break. Activity stations are closed. 12:30pm Stations reopen. Patrols resume activity. 3:30pm All stations closed. Patrols return to camp to prepare for diner and evening activities 6:00pm Dutch oven buffet dinner - Pavilion 7:15pm Scouts own service Pavilion 8:15pm Campfire program 10:30pm Taps Sunday, May 6 7:30am Reveille 9:00am - Closing Ceremony 9:30am Check out. SPL s must report to camporee headquarters to request a campsite inspection before they leave, and receive patches.
OVERVIEW WHAT IS A CAMPOREE? Camporees are opportunities for patrol camping. The best troops make full use of the patrol method, and the best camporees do likewise. Some camporees have lots of patrol competition, where patrols test their teamwork and Scout skills against each other. Other camporees are less competitive, but are still structured around Scouts doing things in patrol groups. A camporee starts with the recognition that a patrol is the basic unit. The patrol demonstrates its very best camping techniques and shares its experiences with other patrols. The camporee involves the type of equipment that can be carried in a pack by boys and can be set up entirely by boys. The equipment thus set up enables the boys to be completely self sufficient for a self-reliant experience over a period of 2 or 3 days. --Official BSA Field Guide The 2018 Muscoot-Manitoga Spring Camporee will take place at Durland Scout Reservation from May 4-6, 2018. Scouts from Manitoga and Muscoot District will team up for this special event. The activities of this weekend will be to challenge patrols to work together to accomplish a task. In addition, some activities require the scouts to utilize their mobile technology to complete the task. GENERAL FORMAT OF EVENT REGISTRATION: All registrations must be done online by midnight Thursday, May 3. Registrations after that date or walk ins may not be able to be accommodated. The cost is $10.00 per person (scout or adult). ARRIVAL: Troops are invited to arrive on Friday, May 4 or before 8:00am May 5. Check in will be at camporee headquarters, site 40 large pavilion. At 8:30pm, a Cracker barrel meeting will be held at headquarters for all Scoutmasters and Senior Patrol Leaders to discuss Saturday s events. All troops will retire by 10:30pm. CAMPSITES: For camping we will be using the wooded campsites around sites 40, 41, and 42. Troops will choose their own campsites when they arrive.
PARKING: Due to the size of this event, we ask that you bring as few vehicles as possible. Parking will be at Sperling Center. Units will pack in and pack out all their food and gear. LEAVE NO TRACE: Everyone should follow Leave No Trace principles during the entire camporee. Specifically follow these guidelines: Campsites: 1. Camp in an existing high impact campsite 2. Minimum campfire in the campsite. Do not bring firewood from outside the camp 3. Dispose of waste properly: Pickup up garbage, separate garbage from recyclables 4. Cleanup: 3 bucket method, screen out waste, biodegradable soap, disburse grey water 5. Meal preparation: Pre-make as much as possible, make just enough, no left overs On the trail: 1. Pick up trash Dutch Oven Buffet Dinner: 1. No disposables will be provided and should not be brought 2. Bring your own mess kit and drinks ACTIVITIES: Saturday morning begins with Reveille at 7:30am. Troops will rise and prepare for the day s events. All troops will assemble at 9:00am for a flag raising ceremony and opening remarks. Troops will then be dismissed to participate in the day s events. At 3:30, all activity will cease, and all Scouts will be dismissed back to their campsites to prepare dinner and get ready for the evening campfire program. DUTCH OVEN BUFFET DINNER: Dinner on Saturday will be a buffet style dinner for all participants. Each troop should provide one or more dutch oven meals for everyone to share. The dinner will be setup in the pavilion. Participants should bring their own drinks, mess kit, and utensils. Please contact Howie Gershman 845-531-9222 howieg890@aol.com or Stella Landi-Lopez 914-715-0961 starrey417@outlook.com with what you plan to bring. Dinner will conclude with a Scout s own service. CAMPFIRE PROGRAM Troops will retreat for evening campfire program to be held at 8:15pm. Troops will participate in the campfire program with a short approved skit of their own design. The day ends with taps at 10:30pm.
SATURDAY ACTIVITIES The camporee activities are designed to challenge patrols to work together to accomplish a task ALL ABOARD Materials: 12-inch square board for each patrol Method: Six to eight patrol members attempt to fit on the board at the same time. They must have both feet off the ground and try to remain on the board for at least 10 seconds. BLIND SQUARE Materials: 50-foot rope for each patrol, blindfolds for each Scout. Method: All patrol members are blindfolded and a 50-foot rope is thrown on the ground next to them. They are then instructed to make a square, using the full length of the rope lying on the ground next to them. No other instructions are given. BLIND TRAIN Materials: winding, roped off, 4-foot wide track, blindfold for each Scout Method: Patrols line up in single file at the start of the track, with each Scout grasping the belt of the one in front of him. All Scouts except the last in each line are blindfolded. On signal, that appointed patrol member must direct his patrol through their course. The leader may only use verbal directives and may not touch individual Scouts.
STEPPING STONES Materials: 6-inch-square wooden block ( life-support capsule ) for each patrol member Method: The patrol must get from point A to point B, about 15 to 20 feet, without touching the ground, using the life-support capsules as stepping stones. If anyone touches the ground, the patrol must start over. Each life-support capsule must be in contact with at least one Scout at all times. The capsules can be touched by more than one person. If a capsule loses contact with a person, it is taken away. HELIUM STICK Materials: a 6-foot long, thin, light rod (lightweight plastic tube or lightweight bamboo pole, referred to here as a helium stick ) for each patrol Method: Patrols line up in two rows facing each other. The helium stick is introduced, and Scouts are asked to point their index fingers and hold their arms out. The Helium Stick is laid down on their fingers. The group needs to adjust their finger heights until the Helium Stick is horizontal and everyone s index fingers are touching the stick. The challenge is to lower the Helium Stick to the ground. The catch is, each person s fingers must be in contact with the Helium Stick at all times. Pinching or grabbing the pole is not allowed. It must rest on top of fingers. (The tendency is to exert an upward force to keep the tube from falling, and hence the operation of lowering it to the ground is more challenging than it appears.) LASSO THE STEER Materials: Several 10 15 foot ropes. 1 - log 2 feet long and 6 inch diameter Method: Place the log upright in the center of a circle about 15 20 feet in diameter. Scouts stand outside the edge of the circle. All scouts tie their rope into a lasso and toss the lasso around the steer. The goal is to have all the scouts lasso the steer.
HOT ISOTOPE TRANSPORT Materials: for each patrol, one 32-oz. can filled to a mark 1/2-inch from the top with water, in the middle of a circle 20 feet in diameter, six 15 foot cords, elastic band (ends of a short bungee cord joined together works well) Method: The patrol assembles a Hot Isotope Transporter by attaching the cords to the elastic circle with two half hitches. They then line up around the can staying outside the circle at all times, and under the direction of their patrol leader, the Scouts pull the cords to stretch the elastic band. The object is to bring the expanded elastic band down over the can, then relax the elastic band to fit tightly over the can. They then lift and deposit the can upright to a point outside the circle, without spilling any water. NIGHT CROSSING Materials: a blindfold for each Scout except the patrol leaders, ten 4-inch diameter cardboard or plastic cylinders, 18 to 24 inches long for each patrol Object: to provide an opportunity for patrol leaders and their patrol to put their verbal communication and listening skills into action Method: The cylinders are set up at irregular intervals across the course for each patrol. It is the patrol leader s job to coach his patrol across the course without bumping over a cylinder. The patrol leader cannot get on the course. If a cylinder is bumped over, that Scout must start over. Once a Scout has successfully navigated the course, he is allowed to take off his blindfold. All members can be on the course at once, or one at a time.
NITRO TRANSPORT Materials: for each patrol, a 16 oz can filled with water about 1/2-inch from the top, a 1-foot-square board with either four or eight 6 to 8-foot braided nylon cords tied through a hole drilled equidistant along the edges, (marking pen to draw a fill line for each can) Method: The patrol must move a can of radioactive nitro (the can full of water) from point A to point B (a distance of about 25 to 30 feet) by lifting the can on the board without spilling any water. If any water spills, the Scouts must start over. It can be run as a relay or simply a challenge for each patrol s best time. ONE HANDED, BLINDFOLDED, SANDWICH MAKING RELAY RACE Materials: Table, white bread, tubs of jelly, spreading knives Method: All patrol members are blindfolded except the patrol leader. Patrol leader guides 2 scouts to the table. Patrol leader then guides the scouts in making a jelly sandwich. Scouts are blindfolded and can use only one hand each. When complete, scouts eat the sandwich. When finished they run back to the rest of their patrol and give blindfolds to the next 2 scouts.
LOG HAULING Materials: 1 100 foot rope, 1 - log 4 5 feet long and 1 foot in diameter Method: The patrol ties a timber hitch around the log. Then each scout ties a bowline on a bight at intervals along the rope. Then, the patrol places the bights over their shoulders as a harness and drags the log 50 feet across the finish line. WHAT DO I SMELL Materials: Paper bags with different smelling items in each (onions, orange, cinnamon, vinegar etc), blindfolds, paper, and pencil for each patrol Method: Prepare several paper bags with different smelly items in each. The bags will be places on a table. Blindfolded scouts walk past the bags and sniff each one. When all members have passed by they huddle and write down the names of the different items they smelled. IORIENTEERING At its simplest, orienteering is navigating, normally using a map, to find check points or markers. iorienteering allows anyone with a smart phone to try the sport. All you need is the iorienteering App, a course and a little time. Digital Scavenger Hunt Scouts will use their smart phones to discover and record objects and places throughout Putnam Park
. SAFETY AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES NOTE: Please be observant for deer ticks and poison ivy. This is a carry in, carry out event, all trash must be bagged and taken with you when you leave. Common Sense and Good Judgement along with the Scout Oath and Law will be your guides for the weekend. Anyone found in violation will be asked to leave camp. Thank you to all the volunteers who made this event possible. Thank you to the Troops for participating in this event. Your comments and suggestions are welcome: Muscoot District Howie Gershman 845-531-9222 howieg890@aol.com Manitoga District Stella Landi-Lopez 914-715-0961 starrey417@outlook.com HAVE FUN