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THIS WEEKEND, 04/28-04/30
Spring Cleaning at Recompence Shores Campground,
Site of Scout O Rama Camporee in Freeport
Come as a Scout family, for a day of volunteer service or stay for the weekend!
Event Details
Here's another great opportunity for Troops!
Free Camping and Service weekend at Recompence Shore Campground,134 Burnett Rd, Freeport, ME 04032 .
Come help with Spring cleanup to prepare for the Camporee during Scout-o-Rama.
Arrive Friday evening. Help get the sites ready for camping; rake leaves and branch removal, Saturday and Sunday mornings. Come for just one day or stay for a weekend of service and fun! All Boy Scout Troops invited to camp for the weekend.
Spring Training Conference, Saturday, May 6
for all program (Cub, Scout, Venturing) volunteers
Camp William B. Hinds, Steam Center
May Leader Training has changed location, but the schedule and classes are the same! There's still time to sign up.
Scoutmaster Training
Three Thursdays, May 11, 18, 25
St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Brunswick
Spring Recruiting events? Let us know when and where and we can provide flyers!
Please contact Athena Mann: athen...@scouting.org
Early Bird discount for Summer Camp - deadline is April 29th!
Day Camp is a boy's first major experience in the Scouting Program. With their peers, under the guidance of trained and caring adult volunteer leaders. Every Pack and Scout is encouraged to attend day camp this summer. Come along this summer and enjoy all that day camp has to offer: ADVENTURE, GROWTH, AND FUN for all Cub Scouts Trekking the Trail towards becoming a future Boy Scout.
DAY CAMP FEES:
$150 if paid in full by April 29, 2017
$175 after April 29.
Camp William Hinds 2017
Some of our 2017 Highlights:
- BRAND NEW DINING HALL
- Exciting COPE Course
- Shooting Sports Specialty Week
- Boy Scouts Enabled Week
- SCUBA Specialty week
Make sure you check out our
NEW WEEK-LONG HIGH ADVENTURE TREKS!!
Moose River Canoe Trek and Whitewater Experience
Backpacking Trek in the 100 Mile Wilderness
Sea Kayak Trek in Casco Bay
"Catch the Vision, Seize the Moment"
Join us this summer on the Shores of Great Pond for an experience like no other - in the Fabled Lakes Region of Maine.
Immerse yourself and your troop in the lore, culture, and history of the Pine Tree state, Abenaki Native American Tribe, and Chief Bomazeen. Enjoy the pristine waters and thick pine forest of this central Maine camp.
CANOE TREK - Paddle across Great Pond and into the wild for the week. For Scouts 13+ years old. Earn 50 Miler Award, canoeing, orienteering, and cooking merit badges. Volunteers to serve as assistants will be requested.
Sign up for the canoe trek and other high adventures at: http://scoutingevent.com/218-2017adventures
TRADES TREK - Focusing on life skills. Earn electricity, welding, plumbing, home repairs, and parts of emergency preparedness merit badges.
BUSHCRAFT-THE FRONTIERSMAN METHOD - Life like the frontiersmen of the 1800s fur trade. For Scouts 13 years old and 1st Class Rank.
Bushcraft 1, earn Archery, Indian Lore, and Leatherwork.
Bushcraft 2, For Scouts 14 years old and 1st Class earn Rifle Shooting, Metal work and Basketry.
Bushcraft 3 for Scouts who have completed Bushcraft 1 or 2 and 1st class Rank, no merit badges earned.
AQUATICS WEEK - Get wet and stay wet for the week. Earn canoeing, kayaking, swimming, sailing and lifesaving merit badges.
MEGESO (EAGLE) TRAIL - Helping older Scouts along the trail to Eagle, for youth First Class and above. Work on required merit badges for the week.
JUNIOR MAINE GUIDE/MAINE WOODSMEN - Work on requirements to earn the State of Maine Junior Maine Guide or Junior Maine Woodsman Awards. Earn orienteering, fire safety, first aid, and part of backpacking merit badges.
NICHEMIS (MY YOUNGER BROTHER) PROGRAM - Designed for first year Scouts. Work on Tenderfoot, 2nd Class and First Class ranks. PLUS swimming, first aid, and orienteering merit badge requirements. Earn totin' chit and fireman chit cards.
DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY:
STEM -Learn from experts in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic. Work on Cyber Chip, several STEAM related merit badges and the STEM Nova Awards.
SHOOTING SPORTS:
Rouse Island Sea Kayak Adventures Weekend
Ready to add an adventure to your week of camp? Want an awesome 2 night 3 day adventure? The Rouse Island Adventure works for you!
This 2 night sea kayaking adventure starts when your week of camp ends on Friday. It includes an overnight at our Rouse Island outpost with an introduction to the coast of Maine. You'll spend Friday night in a cabin after learning the basics of sea kayaking in Panther Pond. Saturday morning you'll launch your kayak into the Kennebec River and travel to our Rouse Island Outpost. There you'll explore the island, learn about marine ecosystems and marine signaling. Sunday you'll finish your adventure surfing your kayak into Popham Beach.
The Rouse Island adventure is great for whole units or provisional scouts. It will be led by Pine Tree Council Trekking staff.
More to come...
MAY
6: Pine Tree Council Training Conference (Sat)
CAMP HINDS Steam Center Basement of new Dining Hall, Raymond, Maine
All Unit Leader and Commissioner Training
Contact: lynne...@ptcbsa.org
11, 18, 25: (Three Thursdays Format)
SM/ASM/Troop Committee,
St. Charles Borromeo Parish Hall, McKeen St., Brunswick
13: Scout-O-Rama (Saturday) LL Bean, Freeport
12-14: Scout-O-Rama Camping,
Scouts--Recompence Campground, Freeport
Cub Family Camping--Winslow Park, Freeport
19-20: Intro to Outdoor Leadership Skills (ITOLS)
Camp Hinds, Raymond (Fri, 5:30 p.m.–Sat, 5:30 p.m.)
29: Memorial Day. Check your community to
participate in local activities
.
JUNE
24: Camp Hinds 90 Anniversary Celebration
Silver Beaver Luncheon in the new dining hall.
Tours and Events in the afternoon
Youth Recognition Dinner in the new dining hall
Amazing Celebration Campfire
25-30: National Youth Leadership Training (Sun–Fri)
26-30: Maine Youth Law Enforcement Academy
26-30: Cub Day Camp, Camp Bomazeen
25-28: Webelos Resident Camp, Camp Bomazeen
(Sun-Wed)
JULY
10-14: Cub Day Camp, Camp Nutter, Acton
17-21: Cub Day Camp, Camp Gustin, Sabbatus
19-28: National Scout Jamboree
The Summit, New River Gorge, West Virginia
Leave July 18
22-23: Family Fun Pack Weekend (Sat-Sun) (Cub Scouts)
Camp Bomazeen
31-August 4: Cub Day Camp, Winslow Park, Freeport
AUGUST
5-6: Family Fun Pack Weekend (Sat-Sun) (Cub Scouts)
Camp William Hinds
14-18: Cub Day Camp, Camp Hinds, Raymond
13-16: Webelos Resdient Camp, Camp Hinds, (Sun-Wed)
SEPTEMBER
15–17: Wood Badge Weekend 1, Camp Hinds
OCTOBER
Begin your unit Rechartering on-line October 2.
Contact your unit commissioner for more information.
6–8: Wood Badge Weekend 2, Camp Hinds
20-22: Fall Camporee (Fri – Sun) (Date Tentative)
21: Den Chief Training
ORDER OF THE ARROW, MADOCKAWANDA LODGE
JUNE
3-5: Ordeal Weekend
9-11: Section NE-1, New England Fellowship
16-18: Ordeal Weekend
SEPTEMBER
15-17: Ordeal Weekend
NOVEMBER
26: Family Lodge Banquet (Sat, 11 a.m.)
For information on Scouting’s honor society or to schedule an OA election in your troop, contact
Steven Nadeau, chapter chief, stev...@aol.com or Arthur Morse, chapter advisor, agm...@gwi.net
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