Resident Camp 2015 – Racing Towards Adventure!
June 17 – 20, 2015
Camp Raven Knob (See below for Address & Contact Information)
Campsite: Piney Ridge B (See below for more details)
Packing Check List: (See below for suggested list),
Raven Knob Address/Contact Information: Raven Knob Scout Reservation 266 Raven Knob Road Mt. Airy, NC 27030. Office Phone: (336) 352-4307 Fax: (336) 352-3445 – See more at: http://www.ravenknob.com/ .
Check in/Pack Picture: Please be at camp by 1:00 pm on Wednesday, June 17th, so we can get checked in, have the pack picture taken and then have time to set up the campsite before dinner at 6:00.
Forms:
◾Medical Forms – Every attendee (scouts and parents) needs a medical form completed, parts A and B only. If you didn’t turn in a medical form to me, please bring it with you to camp. You will go over these forms with the medical staff at check in.
◾Outdoor Permission Forms – Every scout must have an outdoor Youth Protection form. If you didn’t turn one into me, please bring it to camp. You will give this form to the medical staff at check in.
◾YPT Card – Every adult attending camp must have taken the youth protection course after which you will print the YPT Card at the end of the on-line course. If you have not turned in your Youth Protection Training card to me, I need as soon as you can get it to me. This year, we cannot check in as a pack without showing one for every adult registered for camp. This is a brief on-line course. This link has more information about the course: Youth Protection Training On the right side of that webpage you will see instructions about how to take the course. If you turned these in to me then I have them and you are set.
◾Swim Check Forms: If you came to swim checks with me at my pool then I have your swim check form and will turn it in with the aquatic staff. We have had two opportunities to do swim checks. If someone needs more, please contact me. You can also get the forms off of our pack website and do them at your pool or at Resident Camp in the lake with the boy scouts staff after check in.
Meals: All meals are eaten at the dining hall. I turned in a form for all of our food allergies. We will also have s’mores one night at our campsite as a pack.
Campsite: The Piney Ridge B Campsite has platform tents and cots with mattresses. You do not need to bring tents, Raven Knob will provide platform tents. I have been told that each tent has two cots & mattresses. See attached camp map. Some of you may remember the Piney Ridge campsites from the parent/son camporee this fall.
Campfire: Each year there is an opening and closing campfire for Resident Camp. During the closing campfire, the scouts are required to wear class A uniforms but they may also add a funny piece to their uniform to go with the camp theme. Last year, we had flowered lays to go with the Sand, Sun and Surt theme. This year the theme is Racing Towards Adventure. I called the camp and they told me that you can wear car racing items but anything that is related to a particular real professional car racer must be licensed “fanwear”. You cannot make homemade car racing paraphernalia that relates to any professional car racer.
Suggested Packing Check List:
◾Cub Scout Rank Book (the boy scouts that run the sessions can sign off on completed parts of loops, pins and badges)
◾Medicine
◾Flashlight
◾Lantern
◾Water bottles
◾Swim suits
◾Towels/washcloths
◾Shower shoes
◾Class A Uniform
◾Class B t-shirts
◾Shorts/Long Pants
◾Underwear
◾Socks
◾Pajamas
◾Closed-toe shoes (no open-toe shoes are allowed when walking around camp)
◾Soap/shampoo
◾Second pair of closed toe shoes
◾Toothbrush/toothpaste
◾Sunblock
◾Bug repellant
◾Sheets/sleeping bag/blanket/pillow
◾Hat
◾Jacket
◾Rain gear
◾Alarm Clock (optional)
◾Duffle bag, suitcase or backpack – to bring clothes & toiletries to camp
◾Light, string backpack to carry to sessions (water bottle, rank book & session schedule)
◾Fishing gear (optional)
◾Notebook & pencil/pen
◾Extra batteries
◾Camera (optional)
◾Money for the Camp Store (t-shirts, walking sticks, candy, ice cream, pocket knives)
◾Frisbees/campsite games (no waterguns are allowed this year)
Daily Camp Schedule:
◾7:00 am Reveille
◾7:30 am Waiter’s Call
◾7:45 am Assembly in front of dining hall
◾8:00 am Breakfast
◾Leader’s meeting (after breakfast)
◾8:45 am – 9:00 am Walk to Session One
◾9:00 am –10:15 am Session One
◾10:15 am – 10:30 am Walk to Session Two
◾10:30 am – 11:45 am Session Two
◾12:00 pm Waiter’s Call
◾12:15 pm Lunch
◾12:45 pm –1:30 pm Rest Period
◾1:30 pm –1:45 pm Walk to Session Three
◾1:45 pm –3:00 pm Session Three
◾3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Walk to Session Four
◾3:15 pm – 4:30 pm Session Four
◾4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Pack Free Time (Campsite activity, fishing, visit museum, visit trading post)
◾5:30 pm Waiter’s Call
◾5:30 pm – 5:45 pm Walk to Dining Hall
◾6:00 pm Supper
◾Vespers (after Supper)
◾7:00 pm –9:45 pm In-campsite activities
◾10:00 pm Taps (please be in your campsite at this time)
Dining Hall Tables: Our Pack will be assigned tables in the dining hall for the duration of our stay at Resident Camp. It is every scout in our group’s responsibility to clean up the tables after each meal. This includes clearing all the dishes and trash, taking the trash to the dumpster, wiping down the tables and sweeping the floor under the table. It is expected that each scout will perform a particular role each meal.
Waiter Duty: Every Scout gets the chance to be a “waiter” at camp. That means that you and your scout(s) will go to the Dining Hall 15 minutes early when it is your turn and set up our pack tables. You will be responsible for getting the silverware, cups, drinks and meal specific extras for our tables. If you are late or don’t remember to go, our pack tables will not be ready when the pack comes to eat. Most Scouts like to be waiters because they get to be first in line to get their food!
Campfires: Opening & closing Campfires are Class A
Dinner/Supper is Class A
Online Pictures Posted on the Raven Knob website during Camp – the Raven Knob staff will take pictures during Resident Camp post them on the website. Click this link to see RK site.pictures from last year’s boy and cub scout camps. You have to scroll down to see all the weeks of camp. They will post this year’s pictures on this page too.
Please contact me 336-692-4519 or Stefano 336-749-2949, if you have questions or arrival updates.