Hi Fellow Campers,
We are looking forward to our Spring Family Camping Trip this weekend. If you missed the previous email, we will be at Camp Raven Knob this year. The address is 266 Raven Knob Road, Mt. Airy, NC 27030 . It will take approximately one hour to reach the destination. Some of this information was covered in the last email, but I am including so you can have all the info in one place.
We will be pitching our tents in the Johnson Training Shelter area at the bottom the valley. (Please see the attached map. Johnson Training Shelter is at the very end of the road on the left side looking at the map.)
The plan for meals is:
Friday- bring your own dinner (or eat before you come)
Saturday – Breakfast: Breakfast Burrito Bar (eggs, cheese, sausage, ect,,,)
Lunch: Sandwiches and fruit
Dinner: “Pig Pickin” (chicken for those who can’t eat pork only)
baked beans, and slaw
Dessert: Dutch Oven treats (Bring your favorite recipe!)
Sunday – Breakfast: Muffins and Fruit
The set up and serving of each meal will be handled by the dens and their parents as follows:
Bears – Saturday breakfast
Wolves – Saturday lunch
Webelos – Saturday dinner
Tigers – Sunday breakfast
If you can not eat pork, could you please send me a quick text or email so we’ll know how many chickens we need. Once again you may bring a cooler for your family. Please be mindful that boys often want what they see you with. Also, if you are bringing a cooler, please bring extra ice so we can keep the camp food cold.
We will be loading supplies on the trailer Friday at 2:00 pm. If you can help, please meet us there. We are in need of several portable tables. If you have one you can bring, please do so.
Cup Mugs: In an effort to reduce waste of disposable coffee cups, we would like to ask that you bring your own camp mug and/or refillable water bottle. This is a great time to invest in an insulated metal mug- they are great for camping. Please write your name on your mugs unless you don’t mind drinking someone else’s coffee.
Whittling Chip – Rising Third Graders and up – Our rising bear scouts are eligible to work on their whittling chip on the Spring Family camping trip. The Whittling Chip includes training for how to safely handle a small pocket knife. The rising bear or current wolf den leaders will handle this session for the boys and their parents. Older scouts that are new to the pack or missed this session earlier, can attend as well. Our pack takes the safe use of knives very seriously, we have posted rules and information for our parents on the website to ensure that we keep everyone safe. Please read this information and be aware of our parent’s responsibilities concerning the boys handling knives. Some families make getting a pocket knife a part of this event for the boys.
Dutch Oven Contest: We will have a Dutch Oven Contest on Saturday. We have dutch ovens that will be available. If you own a dutch oven, please bring it along with a chimney and charcoal.
Saturday Night Campfire: Saturday night, after dinner, we have a campfire. We usually sing songs, the kids do skits, stories are told, and we will retire a flag. Since we will be roasting marshmallows, if you have a marshmallow stick, please bring it or bring a non-painted wire coat hanger.
Class A uniform: Scouts will need to bring their Class A uniform to wear for dinner Saturday evening and for the campfire/flag retirement ceremony that evening. This is the only time the Class A will be required to be worn over the weekend. We do like for the scouts and those who have class B uniforms (any scout t-shirt) to wear them when not in Class A.
Suggested items to bring:
§ Chairs
§ Tent
§ Sleeping bags
§ Ear plugs
§ Pillows
§ Flashlights
§ Lantern- helpful if you have extras to bring to put around campsite
§ Toiletries
§ Shower Shoes
§ Towels
§ Sunscreen
§ Bug spray
§ Hat
§ Cup for hot drinks and water
§ Comfortable shoes and clothes
You should also bring rain gear, as it is in the forecast for the weekend!
We don’t have a strict schedule for the weekend. There will be a hike. You can bring fishing poles if you would like to fish in the lake. Breakfast should be around 8 am and Lights Out at 10 pm.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call, text, or email me.
I look forward to seeing you there,
Hope
615-516-8922
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! We have some wonderful news to share for the upcoming Scout year, so please read to the end of this email. We do have our normal den meeting tonight at 7pm. We will all be downstairs.
The Leader’s would like to request the boys wear as much of their Class A uniforms (the formal uniform) as they have for their den and pack meetings please. They are not to carry the flag or participate in any of the formal ceremonies (for Webelos this means, they can not be the “Denner” or serve in various rolls) if they are not in full uniform. If anyone does not have a uniform or specific parts of the uniform and needs help with this, please see either Mack or myself. You may call either of us if you are not comfortable grabbing us at a meeting. There are funds set aside to help families. So, unless you have been told to do otherwise for a messy activity, please have your scout wear his Class A Uniform.
One last item of business pertaining to Den and Pack Meetings. If you can not stay with your scout during the meetings for whatever reason, please kindly ask another parent to watch after your child. We realize life is hectic and there are many things going on at the same time as scouts, so that is all we ask. Please make arrangements with another parent.
If your child helped collect food during “Scouting For Food” please see me at the table. We have another patch for you. The council has sent their own patches for that event.
A HUGE THANK YOU to all our families for making sure you let us know of your intentions for rechartering! We really appreciate our families help with everything we need. You all are great!
I also have information for this year’s Cub Scout Day Camp and the new Twilight Camp at the table. Please come see me if you are interested.