Spring Family Camp 2018
Hello, Pack 359 Family!!Spring Family Camp is upon us!!! LET YOUR DEN LEADER KNOW HOW MANY OF YOUR FAMILY PLANS TO ATTEND!* Campout date is Friday, May 18th through Sunday, May 20th at Pirkey Environmental Park near Hallsville, TX (directions attached). If you can't make it Friday, come Saturday!!! If you can't camp at all, come out Saturday for the day and campfire.* The Pack will provide meals for Saturday morning and evening. Parents/Dens will be responsible for Friday night, Saturday lunch, and Sunday breakfast. For Friday, most families will stop and eat on the way to camp. For Saturday lunch and Sunday breakfast, it can be as simple as a sandwich or a meal prepared and shared with your Den (please check with your Den Leader). Most Dens plan to eat breakfast and lunch as a den. Pack Menu– Saturday Morning: Breakfast Tacos– Saturday Evening: Hamburger and hot dogs* Saturday Schedule6:00-8:00am Breakfast food prep and cooking – Webelos8:00am Breakfast8:30-9:30am Breakfast Clean-up – Tigers9:30-10:30am Fishing Dock – Wolves10:30-11:30am Fishing Dock – Tigers12:00-1:00pm Lunch with your family or Den1:00-2:00pm Fishing Dock – Bears2:00-3:00pm Beekeeper Presentation3:00-4:00pm Fishing Dock – Webelos3:30-5:30pm Food prep and cooking – Bears5:30pm Dinner6:30pm Dinner Clean-up – Wolves7:00pm S'mores with your Den7:45pm All Scouts change into their uniforms8:00pm Campfire9:30-9:45pm Cubs get ready for bed10:00pm Lights out for Cubs. Parents can quietly sit around the fire and chat.* Sunday Schedule6:00-8:00am Breakfast with Den8:30am Chapel ServiceDe-camp, Leave No Trace and return home at your leisure* Permission forms will need to be filled out for each child, under the age of 21, attending the camp. This includes siblings. One form per child unless they share the same birth date and age. Even if you are only coming out for the activities on Saturday and not going to camp we will need a permission form filled out. A copy of the form is attached.* Youth Protection Training should be completed by all adults attending. If you have not done YPT, please go to my.scouting.org to complete this training. It MUST be completed prior to attending family camp.* Den Leaders will be planning the Saturday activities for their Den outside of the fishing times and meal help times noted above. Please note that parents will need to also help with their Den during food prep, cooking and clean up.* The campfire is a Field (Class A) Uniform event. Don't forget to bring these with you to the camp. We will also be doing the neckerchief changing ceremony at campfire. Buy your Scout's next rank neckerchief and slide at the Scout Office before coming.* Attached you will find a map to Pirkey Environmental Park. There is a guard house by the main gate where you may need to check in before entering the plant site.* Be sure to bring fishing poles and bait.* PACK FOR THE WEATHER!!!* NO smoking allowed at the campgrounds. If you must smoke, you must go to the parking area.* WATCH YOUR SCOUTS/KIDS!!!* One final note: If you need any camping gear, tent, sleeping bag, cook stove, etc. let me know. I have several extras so I just need to know how much extra to bring and for who.Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me or your Den Leader.