CAMP WHITSETT Memorial Day Weekend Cub Pack Event I. LETTER PG. 2 II. CHECK-IN INFORMATION PG. 4 III. SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEKEND PG. 5 IV. WHAT TO BRING PG. 6 V. DIRECTIONS TO CAMP PG. 7 VI. MAP TO CAMP PG. 9 VII. REQURED FORMS PG. 10
Dear Cub Scout Family: We are very excited to have your family attend Camp Whitsett Cub Weekend this Memorial Day! Driving directions to camp are included at the bottom of this letter. We encourage you to take your time driving through the river communities as traffic during this weekend may be heavier than normal. Check-in begins on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 9:00 AM and ends at 12:00 PM. When you arrive at camp you will be greeted in the parking lot by a staff member who will guide you to your campsite. Some campsites have easier traffic access than others. Therefore you may wish to bring a cart or wagon to carry your belongings from the parking lot to your tent area. Each vehicle can approach their respective campsites to unload and must immediately clear the road to make space for other vehicles. When you return to the parking lot a staff member will assist you with a proper space for your vehicle. After arrival, you will need to find your designated unit leader and obtain wristbands for your family. Once you have a wristband, you are free to explore camp until lunch at 12:00 PM. Please be sure to submit your completed paperwork to your unit leader PRIOR to your arrival at camp. All required paperwork is included in this form. Adult and camps must fill out and complete a BSA Annual Health forms. Minors who wish to take part in our shooting sports activities must have a Permission to Shoot Firearms form. Please make photocopies as needed. This weekend provides an exciting experience for the whole family. There are activities for all age groups, including adults such as BB Shooting, Archery, Boating, Swimming, Fishing, Nature, Scoutcraft, and Handicrafts, and more. NOTE: If you have any dietary or medical restrictions of which we need to be aware, please contact us PRIOR to 2 weeks before camp. Please contact Joshua Bryan at 818-785-8700 or Joshua.Bryan@scouting.org if you have any questions before leaving on this exciting adventure. Once at camp, staff members are more than happy to assist you in any way that they can. We look forward to seeing you soon! Sincerely, Joshua Bryan Camp Director
A few reminders for participants: The # 1 rule at camp is to Have Fun! If you have ANY dietary restrictions AND/OR medical restrictions/concerns, please let us know prior to camp. Leave your pets at home We have animals in the Sequoia National Forest like squirrels, snakes, and the occasional bear. No food is permitted in tents or campsites. First Meal is lunch on Saturday and last meal is breakfast on Monday. Meals before or after those meals will need to be attended to independently without prior contact. Required forms: Personal Health Record (Part A and B); one each for all Children and Adult(s) Signed Firearms Release Form (Minors Only) Activity Restrictions: Aquatics: All persons wishing to swim must first pass a swimming ability test. Boating requires that each child is accompanied by a parent. Shooting: Children ages 6 11 may only shoot BB guns. Those 12 and over may shoot.22 rifles. Fishing: A fishing license is required for any participant over the age of 16. Single-day and annual licenses must be purchased before arriving at camp. The camp has poles available, but participants must supply their own bait. Fishing is catch and release only and only non-barbed hooks may be used. Camp Information: Camp Whitsett Website: www.campwhitsett.org Camp Whitsett Phone Number (for the weekend only): 760-376-6469 Camp Whitsett Address: HC 1, Box 105 Kernville, CA 93238
CHECKING INTO CAMP Check in starts at 9:00 AM We recommend you have the main contact person be at check-in as soon as possible since they will be the one with all of the group s paperwork and will receive the wristbands for the group. Upon your arrival at camp, you will meet a staff member who will show you to your campsite. You can take your car close to the campsite to unload, but we ask that you move it back to our parking lot once you are done unloading. All participants will remain in their campsite until they receive their wristbands from the group s main contact and ensure that all needed paperwork is turned in. After you are checked in you are welcome to walk around camp. Lunch will be at 12:00 PM Leaders meeting at 12:30 PM to go over the weekends schedule and any other important information. *If your group plans on participating in any flag placements on Saturday please notify Joshua Bryan at (818) 785-8700 or Joshua.Bryan@scouting.org so that special arrangements can be made for the group.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE Saturday 9:00 AM 12:00 PM Check In 12:00 PM 12:30 PM Lunch 12:30 PM 1:00 PM Leaders Meeting 1:30 PM 4:30 PM Open Program Areas 5:00 PM 6:00 PM Evening Flags/Dinner 7:30 PM 8:00 PM Campfire 9:00 PM Lights Out Sunday 7:50 AM Morning Flags 8:00 AM 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:00 AM 12:00 PM Program Areas Open 12:30 PM 1:00 PM Lunch 1:30 PM 4:30 PM Program Areas Open 6:30 PM 7:30 PM Program Areas Open 7:30 PM 9:00 PM Break Time in Campsites 9:00 PM Lights Out Monday 7:50 Morning Flags 8:00 AM 9:00 AM Breakfast 10:00 AM 11:00 AM Depart From Camp *Please note this is a tentative schedule, time are subject to change, please refer to the leaders meeting at camp for a more updated camp schedule. ** Program areas include BB Guns, Archery, Rock Climbing, Crafts 5:00 PM 6:00 PM Evening Flags/Dinner
WHAT TO BRING MANDATORY ITEMS Completed forms (see page 8) Merit Badge Prerequisite Forms Notebook, Paper, Pens* Scout Handbook Flashlight* CLOTHING Scout Uniform (Field) Required for travel and evening meals Pajamas Sweater/Jacket* Hat or Visor* Jeans T-Shirts (min. 3)* Shorts (min. 2) Swim Suit and Towel Hiking Shoes and Socks Tennis Shoes Water Shoes/Old Tennis Shoes Socks (min. 4 pair) Undergarments (min. 6 pair) CAMPING GEAR Sleeping Bag TOILET KIT Toothpaste and Toothbrush* Soap and Shampoo* Medication (if needed) Bath Towels/Washcloth Emergency Toilet Paper Deodorant* Shaving Gear First Aid Kit -All troops should have. Comb/Small Mirror Sunscreen* VERY IMPORTANT Chap-stick* MISCELLANEOUS O/A Sash Camera Flashlight Batteries* Compass* Scout Knife* Water Bottle* Daypack Watch Fishing Tackle* Spending Money - $75-$100 recommended * Can be purchased from the Trading Post. If taking Lifesaving, Swimming, or Canoeing MB bring extra clothes for survival in the water: long pants, long-sleeved shirt, socks, shoes. See following page for a list of items we ask that no Scouts bring to camp. THINGS TO LEAVE AT HOME Please do not bring the following items to camp. Valuables Illegal Substances Alcohol Water Balloons Water Guns Pets Firearms Ammunition Matches Fireworks Jewelry Television Radios Music Players Pornography Large/Illegal Knives Music Players Cell Phones - (Cell phones do not work at camp)
DIRECTIONS TO CAMP FROM THE SOUTH Take Highway 99 (Highway 405/5 in So. California) to Bakersfield. From Bakersfield, go east on. Highway 178 to Lake Isabella. Take the 155 to Kernville. Follow the highway to the town of Kernville. Take Highway 155 to Sierra Way. Turn Left on Mountain Road 99 Labeled Sierra Highway (a T-intersection) and go 26 miles to R-Ranch at Johnsondale. About a mile past Johnsondale, is forest service road 22S82 which takes off to your right; it is signed for Camp Whitsett and also Peppermint Campsite and the Wilderness Trailhead. Camp Whitsett is on the right, about 3 miles from the turn past public campsites 1, 2, and 3. Or Travel West to Highway 14. Then South to Highway 178. Go west on Highway 178 into the Kern Valley. Go toward Lake Isabella, turn right on the Kernville turnoff. Travel around the back of Lake Isabella to Kernville. Go north out of Kernville, about 28 miles. The "R" Ranch will be to your left. Continue on for several hundred yards until you come to a fork. The main road will curve up to the left, TAKE THE RIGHT HAND FORK, Forest road 22S82. Continue for about three miles. You will cross three bridges over three streams, and will pass three campsites: Campground 1, 2 & 3. The road will curve sharply to the right a short distance past campsite 3. Whitsett's entrance is just beyond this curve, on the right. ALTERNATE ROUTE - FROM THE NORTH. Go south on Highway 99 to J22, the DUCOR exit. Go east through DUCOR and wind up through California Hot Springs and on toward Johnsondale. You will travel over Parker Pass, passed the Western Divide highway turnoff, and down, once again, toward Johnsondale. Near the bottom of the road, you will see a turnoff to the left onto 22S82. This Forest road is the turnoff mentioned above (if you get to the "R" Ranch, Johnsondale, turn back). Continue for about three miles. You will cross three bridges over three streams - and will pass three campsites: Campground 1, 2 & 3. The road will curve sharply to the right a short distance past campsite 3. Whitsett's entrance is just beyond this curve, on the right. 7
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FORM REQUIREMENTS Annual BSA Health and Medical Record Youth Permission Form Medical and Youth Permission Forms are also found online at: www.campwhitsett.org/summer/forms A current BSA Annual Health and Medical Record is required for all participants at camp. All participants must have parts A, and B, Christian Science faith members must have a written statement from their practitioner attesting to their health if they choose not to have a physical exam. Request for religious exemption from Medical Care and Treatment must be completed on form 680-452 (available upon request). Please note: The Parental Firearms Permission and Release and Consent to Full Program Form is necessary for Consent to Furnish Firearms to Minor. If a Scout arrives at camp without the parent s written consent he will not be allowed to use the range. If a parent does not wish to give consent, please write the words: No Permission across that portion of the form. This form can be found on the following pages, please make sure all three pages are filled out. 10
Boy Scouts of America Western Los Angeles County Council Parental Firearms Permission and Release and Consent to Full Program MINOR S NAME (Please print): Section A. Parental Firearms Permission and Release California State Law prohibits any person from furnishing, loaning or otherwise providing a minor any firearm or live ammunition without the express permission of their parent or guardian. Your child will not be allowed on the shooting range without the following signed release. If you do not wish your child to participate in shooting activities please write NO PERMISSION at the bottom of this Section A (immediately above the line Consent to Full Program ) and then continue to Sections B and C. If you do wish your child to participate in such activities, please complete the rest of this Section A, sign and date it and continue to Sections B and C. I (Please print) the Parent [ ] Legal Guardian [ ] of the above named minor do hereby give permission as required by California Penal Code Sections 12552, 12070, 12072 and 12078, et. seq. to the Boy Scouts of America, Western Los Angeles County Council (the Council ), and to instructors certified by the Council meeting the requirements for instructors established by the Boy Scouts of America (National), to furnish a firearm (including without limitation a BB gun, air rifle, pellet gun, or C02 gun), and related ammunition, to said minor for the purpose of instructing your child in the safe handling and loading of firearms, the safe discharge of firearms and marksmanship. Signed: The Parent [ ] Legal Guardian [ ] Print full name: Date: Section B. Consent to Full Program The Council s camp programs may include some or all of the following activities: horseback riding, archery, camping, swimming, snorkeling, boating, sailing, hiking, mountain biking, crafts, use of sharp instruments, including a knife and ax, rock climbing, rappelling, team sports, and other similar activities. Your signature below will grant consent for the above named minor to participate in all of the above activities at camp without limitation if you check the box marked Consent to full program. Alternatively, if you wish to limit or exclude your child s participation in any of the aforementioned activities, please check the other box below and explain the activity or activities in which your child s participation is restricted or excluded and the manner in which it is to be restricted: [ ] Consent to full program [ ] Consent to program with the following limitations/exclusions: Signed: The Parent [ ] Legal Guardian [ ] Print full name: Date: 1 OF 3 11
Section C. Prohibited Activities Each camp (the Camp ) has rules and policies that all scouts and other participants (collectively, Participants ) are required to abide by in compliance with Boy Scout and, in the case of Camp Emerald Bay, Catalina Conservancy, rules and policies. Upon arrival at a Camp, staff members will review all rules and policies with the Participants. These rules and policies include, but are not limited to: 1) A Participant must not throw rocks. 2) A Participant must follow the buddy system such that he must have a buddy for all activities at the Camp and may be asked to return to the Camp if found without a buddy. 3) In the case of Camp Emerald Bay, the Camp has undeveloped and potentially unsafe areas including, but not limited to: Doctor s Point, the Chapel, all cliffs, and all hiking trails. Use of these areas by a Participant is considered to be at his own risk and any minors venturing into these areas must be accompanied by an adult. 4) A Participant may not swim or otherwise enter the water when the waterfront is closed. 5) A Participant may not enter areas designated as off limits or having a similar designation. Off limits areas include, but are not limited to: a) Staff areas such as staff housing, laundry area, maintenance area and the staff lounge, except in case of emergency. b) Program areas when closed. This includes but is not limited to: the field sports ranges, and, in the case of Camp Emerald Bay, the Pennington Marine Science Center, Scoutcraft area, Nature area, the Ship s Store, and the Camp water tank and helipad. 6) A Participant may not smoke. 7) A Participant may not feed, handle or in any way interact with animals. This includes, but is not limited to: feral cats, insects, foxes, squirrels, bison, deer and snakes. 8) A Participant may not use prohibited items which include: a) Alcohol and narcotics (including medicinal marijuana) b) Ammunition, firearms, compressed air guns, pellet guns, martial arts weapons, fish spears or spear guns, and bows and arrows (unless participating in an authorized and supervised activity designed for such purpose). c) Bikes d) Fireworks, fuel or propane e) Any other illegal substance or items By signing below I agree, on behalf of the above minor, to have my child abide by the above rules and policies as well as any additional ones he is informed of by the Camp staff. Additionally I certify that I have discussed the foregoing rules and policies with my child and that he will follow and abide by these rules and policies as well as any other they are informed of by the Camp staff. Signed: The Parent [ ] Legal Guardian [ ] 2 OF 3 12
Section D. Exculpation and Indemnity With regard to those activities listed in Sections A and B as to which you have given your consent to have your child participate (the Participatory Activities ), and with respect to the any activities engaged in by your child that violate the rules and policies of a Camp, as summarized in Section C above (the Prohibited Activities ), by signing below, you (for yourself and on behalf of your child and his/her parents, if applicable), agree that (i) the Council, the Boy Scouts of America and each of their respective directors, officers, members, activity coordinators, instructors or participants, employees or volunteers (collectively and individually, the Indemnified Parties ), shall not be liable or responsible for any injury or damage your child may suffer or incur as a result of participating in the Participatory Activities or the Prohibited Activities unless solely attributable to the gross negligence or intentional misconduct of the Indemnified Party, and (ii) your child and you, to the full extent of your liability under applicable law for your child s actions or omissions, jointly agree to defend, hold harmless and indemnify the Indemnified Parties from and against all losses, claims, damages, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees and court or similar costs) in connection with any action or claim brought or made (or threatened to be brought or made) for, or on account of, any injuries or damages received or sustained by any person or persons (including your child) arising or in any way related to any action or omission of your child during the course of engaging in said Participatory Activities or Prohibited Activities, unless solely attributable to the gross negligence or intentional misconduct of the Indemnified Party. Signed: The Parent [ ] Legal Guardian [ ] Print full name: Date: 3 OF 3 13