2017 Peter Shields Program Director Brian Gorman & Chris Roeler TRC Advisors Group Number Campsite Emergency Numbers Medic Pete: 516-790-9044 Important Check in Notes: Cracker Barrel Meeting for Adults in the dining hall 9:30pm. There may be some changes to the program. Announcements made at Flag Ceremonies. Be there or wander around lost. There s a special commemorative patch to anyone taking part in a skit or song at the Saturday Campfire. If you don t take part in one, you don t get the patch. Check your emails on your phone if you can. Last minute announcements may be made by emailing the participants for this weekend. WHEN DROPPING OFF AT THE SITE KEEP ALL CARS ON ROAD. PRESERVE THE NATURAL SETTING BY NOT PULLING INTO THE SITE.
Cub-Family Weekend 2017 Schedule of Events Friday: 5:00 8:30pm Registration and Check-in Main Camp Office 6:00pm-9:00pm Friday evening Programs. Open Program at your leisure. Archery @ Archery, Life size checkers, Basketball, Indoor Rockwall & More @ Dining Hall 9:30pm Cracker Barrel for Adults at Hickox Dining Hall 11:00pm Taps - Lights Out ssssshhh!!!!! Saturday: 7:00am 7:00am-8:15am 8:30am 8:45am 12:15pm-1:30pm 1:40pm 5:30pm-7:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:15pm 9:30pm 10:30pm Sunday: 7:00am 7:45am 8:00am 9:00am-12:00pm 9:00am Reveille Breakfast Come and eat when you want between these times Opening Ceremony (Assemble on field in front of Dining Hall, wear any Class B T shirts for the day) Saturday Activities Begin (Schedule handed out at check-in) Lunch Come and eat when you want between these times. Join us by 12:30 for Bingo during lunch for cool prizes Saturday Activities Resume Dinner Come and eat when you want between these times Flag Lowering (Assemble on field in front of Dining Hall in Class A s) Religious Services (Catholics Dining Hall, Jewish Chapel, Protestants Front porch of Dining Hall) Please stay quiet in your sites if not going to services, DO NOT congregate around Dining Hall. Council Fire at the Dining Hall Fireplace. Bring Camp Chairs Ice Cream and Oodles of Fun in the Dining Hall Taps Lights Out ssssshhh!!!!! Reveille Flag Raising (Assemble in front of Hickox Dining Hall) Breakfast Begins Sunday Program - Open Program at your leisure. Waterfront (log roll) open, Slingshots by Catholic Chapel, BB range. Campsite Inspections by request after 9am. Listen for announcements or Cubmaster can call (516) 790-9044 PLEASE NOTE: Class A Uniforms are required for Saturday Religious Services, and flag raising on Sunday!! *Remember to stay with your group at all times
Cub-Family Weekend Rules & Regulations CHECK IN TIME WILL START AT 5:00PM ON FRIDAY, ALL OUT BY 1PM ON SUNDAY 1. It s all fun and games until someone loses and eye. Our medical officer is the one staffer we don t want working hard this weekend. Please keep an eye on your kids. If you are a kid who is here with Dad and he likes to start the campfire, then keep a special eye on that guy. He s usually a volunteer fireman. Why is it that firemen are so good at starting fires anyway? Shouldn t that be the other way around? I digress moving on 2. Camping areas will be assigned by the Cub-Family Weekend staff at check-in. There s one fire pit per site, so the tables and fire pit WILL be shared with all of the packs in your site, and there WILL be a few. It s not first come, first served, it s all served with those things when they come. If you need more tables, ask. They are mobile. Don t be a pig about it. Scouting is made of good people, right? 3. Parking is restricted to DESIGNATED AREAS (Main parking field and auxiliary fields). I think we re pretty cool about letting you bring your car to the site on Friday and Sunday to unload. It s supposed to be an outdoor camping experience. NO CARS IN CAMP ON SATURDAY. Please. We want you to have a pleasant weekend and hate being the bad guys always talking about removing cars. Remember that workout plan you had as a New Year s resolution? We do. Carry something from here to there. It won t kill you. If it does, we have a medical officer on duty and a shovel. It ll be like hide and go seek. Without the seek. 4. Children must be accompanied by an adult when in the bathrooms. Please help us keep the bathrooms clean. We use the buddy system, but when you send 2 kids to the bathroom, that just means they have help redecorating. It should go without being said that that at the Lyon Shower house/bathrooms (the big bathroom by the campsites), that boys and men should use the boys side and girls and women, the women s side. So Moms, if you need to be in the bathroom with your young son, or Dads with the young daughter, please use the bathrooms in the Dining Hall, or down by the camp office, or on the road to the waterfront as they will give you, and everyone else the privacy needed. There, I said it. 5. DO NOT cut or disturb standing trees, bushes or shrubs. Erosion is a problem and your cooperation is required. Sitting trees are fair game. Disturb them all you want. Play them some of your kid s music. Some of the lyrics are quite disturbing. 6. All buildings are off limits, unless otherwise instructed by staff. 7. Report all accidents, lost scouts, illnesses, damages and fires to the Cub-Family Weekend staff, even if you don t want the lost scouts back. You brought them, you have to bring them home. 8. The use of firearms, fireworks, archery equipment, and gas or air guns is strictly prohibited. No matter how cool that all would be. 9. Swimming, wading, bathing or entering into the lake is prohibited unless in the designated swimming area with the lifeguard on duty. 10. Fishing is permitted, except within 100 feet of the swimming area. A New York State Fishing License is required for anglers over 16 years old. State Law. Not my rules. 11. Dogs, cats, and other pets are not permitted in camp (except service dogs with papers). 12. At least two adults must be in attendance at the campsite at all times during occupancy by any child. A scout never enters another s camping area unless invited, and never touches anyone else s camping equipment or personal gear. 13. Camp fires shall be extinguished before going to sleep. No fires are to be left burning when leaders are absent from camp. Only one camp fire will be permitted within a pack s campsite under adult supervision. Keep fires under control. If you share your site with
another pack, share the fire, share their company, just try not to mooch too much of their food. That s annoying. 14. Keep the camp clean at all times. Put all trash in plastic rubbish bags. Keep your own gear in order. As a BSA member, you own the camp too. If you see trash, pick it up. It s on your property. There are dumpsters behind the dining hall and in the lot by the camp office. Don t leave trash out by the road. 15. Class B uniforms (Scout related T shirts) may be worn during the day. Class A uniforms (Cub Scout/Boy Scout Official Uniform or Costume) are to be worn for the evening program including dinner, and religious services. The campfire is a black tie affair unless you just want to wear your T shirt. Just please wear a shirt. 16. Dining hall courtesy The Cub Scout sign is the signal for immediate silence and attention. Be alert to the staff s signals and instructions. If you don t join us in singing, I ve been known to point you out and keep singing until you do. Mu-haha 17. The use or possession of alcoholic beverages or other controlled substances is prohibited in a scout camp and, therefore, violators will be asked to leave. It s just 2 days. You can handle it. If you need emotional support or a number to call, see Pete. 18. Each Cub-Family participant must have a Medical Information Form (Under 72 hour) on file with their unit leader. Surrogate parent statement to be signed if appropriate. Moms we know you have the info in your head. But what if you get hurt? Your husband has no clue when your birthday is, much less when your kid got a shot. That s why we need the forms for ALL, not just your scout. 19. Sheath knives are not allowed in camp!!! It s camping not Survival of the fittest. Who you kidding anyway? You d be the first one voted off the island the way you gossip. You can barely share the tables and campfire. Your social game needs work. 20. No radios, TV s, stereos, tape players, Game Boys or other similar electronic equipment are allowed in camp. Anyway, get with the times. You should have an ipod by now. Geez. Leave that in your car too though. When I was a kid, I actually had to spend time with my parents and talk to them. It was brutal. I got through it. You will too. 21. SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED in or near the dining hall. If you smoke while you are in camp, please do not smoke in front of the children. Do not litter the grounds with your butts. Yeah, I said butt. Stop snickering, that s what it s called. Find a receptacle to toss them in. Pocket them if you must. If you do smoke in front of the children, you must be on fire. If so, Stop, Drop, and Roll. 22. Bicycles may be used by any of our campers. A helmet must be worn by all riders regardless of age. 23. The most important thing you wear is a smile. You must still wear other stuff, so please don t just wear your smile. We have rules against that. Just don t forget the smile. And the other stuff you were going to wear anyway before you remembered that you had to smile too. Ok? Good. This got awkward for a minute. 24. Unattended children will be given lots of sugar and a free puppy and returned to you. 25. We provide religious services on Saturday night. They re usually pretty good, they cater to the kids well and they are in an outdoor setting. Besides that, it s part of the program, and you paid for the program. Don t waste your money. We ask you to join us. Now, we re not going to force you, even though it would be setting a good example for your kids, so if you don t go, please don t hang out by the Dining Hall, because that s where a lot of us will be. Go to your sites and please keep the kids quiet. Just know that God is watching you, and he s not looking happy. 26. You always tell me you re busy. This weekend, you re stuck here and this is what you re busy doing. Get in the game, get wet in the lake, sing loud and do something fun with your kids. You re on vacation, so have fun with the kids! If you don t look like you re having lots of fun and participating, I m going to give you a job to do. That ll give you something to cry about.
Group # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2017 Cub-Family Weekend Saturday Activity Schedule 8:45-9:30 9:40-10:25 10:35-11:20 11:30-12:15 12:30-1:30 L U N C H 1:40-2:25 2:35-3:20 3:30-4:15 4:25-5:10 Archery Archery Range Fishing/Boats/Swimming - Waterfront BB Guns BB Range Billiards Cope Field Crafty Game TR Pavilion Foosball Across from Trading Post
2017 Cub-Family Dining Hall Information ABOUT THE DINING HALL: We are serving meals a new way we re calling Rolling Meal times, meaning 1. The Dining hall will be open for a little over an hour for any given meal. Come up whenever you want in that time frame. Come into the kitchen, take your tray and you will be served. I ll give you a hint though, the big rush is always at opening. Everyone around you thinks if they get there first, they can swoop in quick. Sometimes showing up casually late pays. 2. Serving meals this way provides us the opportunity to have less crowds and more selections available on the menu. 3. Please use the meals as a learning opportunity for your family and pack. Graces are posted in the dining hall, but you are free to say your own. 4. There is open seating, meaning nothing is assigned. Eat inside or out as your heart desires. If you see open seats at a table, ask to join them for the meal and make new friends! 5. We ve been known to burst into spontaneous song in the dining hall. When this happens, stand up and have fun. Smile whether you like it or not. It s more important that you sing loud than it is for you to get the words right. 6. When you finish your meal, please throw all trash in the garbage cans and bring your trays, silverware and cups up to the metal doors (our washing station). Helping us keep your tables clean is appreciated, please wipe down your area after you eat. We will have wipe down rags available. 7. SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED in or near the dining hall. If you smoke while you are in camp, please do not smoke in front of the children. Do not litter the grounds with your butts. Find a receptacle to toss them in. Pocket them if you must. NOTE: The Cub-Family Weekend Staff is here to assist you. Please feel free to call upon them at anytime. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AT SCHIFF SCOUT RESERVATION!!!
2017 Cub-Family Weekend HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS Every Group is asked to do one housekeeping item during the weekend. Please be sure that your group completes its assigned task as listed below. No item should take more than 10 minutes of your time. If brooms, trash bags, or cleaning supplies are needed, you will find them in the closet in the ladies room. Please report any issues to the staff. We are just asking you to do a quick policing job, picking up any papers or trash, changing trash bags if necessary. You do not have to scrub the place. THANKS!! Saturday Lunch Time Group 5 Bathrooms at Lyons Bath house Group 6 Shower areas at Lyons Bath house Saturday Dinner Time Group 7 Both Bathrooms at Lyons Bath house Group 8 Both Shower areas at Lyons Bath house Sunday After breakfast Group 1 Police campfire area Group 2 Police parade field around dining hall Group 3 Both Bathrooms at Lyons Bath house Group 4 Both Shower areas at Lyons Bath house Important Dates: Come back to us at Schiff. Here s what s coming up: (Contact Pete at pshields@optonline.net) August 18-21 Webelos Resident Camp (Sleepaway Camp) September 16 & 17 Cub Adventure Camps focused on outdoor advancement requirements. See Pete for details. September 22-24 Webelos Woods October 20-22 Halloween & Fall Festival Camping Weekend Also - Check out our STEM Camps at the Council office during school vacations in the coming year! Contact Cody Oher for details! 516-797-7600