Approved Cub Camping Sites

2012-03-24 @ 23:45, Updated by Webmaster

Suffolk County Council maintains a list of approved camping areas for Cub Scouts. Remember, a Baloo-trained person must be in attendance at every Cub camping outing.

Approved Pack Overnight Campsites

Camping

2010-09-10 @ 00:01, Updated by Webmaster, from Golden Empire Council

The Boy Scout program is based on many outdoor skills, and by learning and using these skills, Boy Scouts prepare for responsible adult lives. Troop meetings, hikes, and overnight campouts give boys the opportunity for advancement, leadership experience, and the ability to live with others - under the wise counsel of a Scoutmaster who sets an example for the boys he leads.

Resident camp is the climax of the troop's year-round program. In the setting of this Boy Scout training center, boys live Scouting's ideals, participate as members of a patrol, make strides in their personal growth, and have opportunities for advancement and other meaningful programs. With a trained staff, resident camp can help the troop, the patrol, and the individual Boy Scout.

The resident camp experience strengthens the troop by providing a goal toward which the troop can prepare throughout the year. Resident camp is an integral part of a troop's total program.

Why Troops Go Camping

2010-09-10 @ 00:01, Updated by Webmaster, from Golden Empire Council

Troops that regularly have a resident camp experience are usually the ones that have a good year-round program, maintain continuing interest among youth members, and have the support of adults, parents, and the chartered organization.

Troops see many values from resident camp:

• Troop program. Camp becomes an extension of the year-round outdoor program and provides 24 hours a day for a week to participate in the Scouting program.
• Scoutmaster influence. There are more opportunities for the troop leaders to know the Boy Scouts, to work with them, and to provide a high-quality mentorship to their lives.
• Camp staff. The troop is served by a highly qualified group of adults and young men who offer various skills related to Scouting and for other camp activities.
• Advancement. Boy Scouts have advancement opportunities at camp that are not as easy to find at home, and the camp surroundings provide them an inspiration to advance.
• Challenges. At resident camp, boys find that they can stretch to new challenges because of the variety of programs made available.
• Patrol method. Day and night, the smaller, boy-led group in the troop learns how to work together and to become a special democratic entity.
• Afterward. The troop returns home with a new enthusiasm that carries on in the regular troop program during the following months. Skills learned at camp continue to be practiced at troop meetings, on hikes, and on overnight campouts.