CENTENNIAL CAMPOREE UPDATE
Registration
After parking, the unit's Scoutmaster and Senior Patrol Leader are to come to registration Friday evening with the following items:
· A roster of youth and adults attending
· Payment for all participants not paid in full
· A list of Order of the Arrow Ordeal candidates who are attending the camporee and wish to be tapped out Saturday evening
· We would appreciate the name and cell phone of anyone in your troop with EMT or greater medical training. While we will have medical coverage, we always appreciate extra help if needed.
· You will be given your troop's t-shirts, a camporee booklet for each participant, wristbands, camping and program maps, parking permits, inspection criteria and emergency contact information.
· Please ask each person leaving their car in the park for the weekend to indicate on the permit what troop they are staying with. If you would like to print them and complete them before the event, they are available on our website and blog.
Camping
· We were just informed late this afternoon that no firewood may be brought into the park unless it is certified as kiln dried and originated within 50 miles of the Blue Mountain Park. This is a Westchester Park's Department response to the Asian Long Horned Beetle crisis. We realize this causes an inconvenience for many troops, but there are no exceptions. There is very little wood available in the park for burning.
· Please keep in mind that no propane tanks larger than 1 pound are allowed in the park.
· The campsite locations by troop will be laid out Thursday morning. We will email a copy to all troops Thursday afternoon or early Thursday evening. It will also be posted to the web site and blog.
· We are requesting that all bathroom structures at the park be limited for use by adults only. We had a tremendous problem with bathroom cleanliness and damage at the last camporee and want to avoid a repeat of that situation. Portable bathrooms will be in place throughout the park for use by your Scouts and will be cleaned Saturday afternoon.
Other Items
· We continue to search for lifeguards, 17 or older, with current BSA Lifeguard or Red Cross Lifeguard certifications. Please contact Steve Hammonds if you have someone in your troop that possesses these certifications and is willing to help on Saturday with the boating.
· We will be communicating during the camporee using Twitter. If you have a Twitter account, follow "wpcbsa 2010 camporee" If you do not have a Twitter account, you will want to sign up for one. It is free. Please also encourage your Scouts to follow our camporee Tweets. Get updates via SMS by texting follow wpcbsa2010campo to 40404 (standard txt messaging rates apply).
