Pack 88 Summer Camp Instructions

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All scouts are to be at their assigned campsite by 12:30pm on Sunday.  Scouts may begin to check-in at 11:30am on Sunday.  Please Check-in with one of the assigned campsite leaders as soon as you arrive.  Parents will be expected to stay until approximately 4pm, after the Health Lodge Check-in.  Please be sure your son has eaten a full lunch or bring one along because dinner is not served until 6pm.

On Friday, please plan on coming up for family day.  It is a great way for your son to show you what he has learned during the week.  Parents and siblings are welcome.  You can come up as early as you want, but we suggest you come up at 1pm and stay through the evening campfire.  The boys will be performing a song or skit at the campfire.  We would like all parents to be at the site by 3pm.  When you drop off your son on Sunday, please let us know approximately what time you will pick him up on Friday.

We are requesting that each Scout pay $10.00 toward site decorations and site snacks.  Please pay this to the campsite leader.

If you are planning on attending the BBQ dinner on Friday, please let us know.  Typically we have some extra tickets to distribute, however, they are on a first come, first serve basis.

Each scout should bring $10.00 - $15.00 to spend at the Trading Post.  Please place the money in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and the amount clearly marked on the outside.  Please give this envelope to the site leader at check-in.

Please do not forget your Medical Forms – Scouts or adults with no medical forms will not be allowed to stay at camp!

WHAT SHOULD I PACK?

We suggest packing all clothes in plastic bins available at Wal-Mart.

PERSONAL GEAR

 OPTIONAL PERSONAL GEAR

LEAVE AT HOME

If you have any questions about what not to bring, just ask your Den leader or any Committee member.

LABEL YOUR GEAR

Cub Scouts should "Mark" all personal Gear.  Many times items are lost or misplaced and are never claimed.  Items that are marked and found will be announced at evening retreat.

MEDICAL FORMS

All Scouts and Leaders must have a current Medical Form.  Cub Scouts and Leaders under 40 need a physical every three years with an attested review annually.  Leaders 40 years and over must have a Class III physical within a year prior to your departure from camp. All forms are on the Forms webpage.

Example: Your camp date is 7/29/07 to 8/3/07; your medical must be dated after 8/3/2006.

MEDICATIONS

All Medications must be checked in with the Camp Health Officer.  You will be permitted to keep with you only those medications necessary to sustain life.  The Health Officer will dispense only legal medications.  Legal Medications are medicines in their original container, label affixed, doctors name, patients name, date and name of medication contained therein.  If there has been a dosage change, it must be so noted by your doctor.  A weekly pill dispenser box will be permitted if your pharmacist or doctor provides printed information as to the contents.

TELEPHONE: Office (570) 629-0599

The camp pay phone is available for adults on the back porch of the Program building.  Cubs must have an adult or their Camp Leader with them in order to use the phone.  We also have a FAX in the Camp Office.     

MESSAGES

During the day and evenings we receive a number of calls for campers and leaders.  Phone messages will be placed in your mailbox at the Camp Office.  Emergency messages will be hand delivered in an expedient and professional manner

MAIL

Mail is delivered on a daily basis.  When it arrives, it is sorted and placed in your mailbox at the Camp Office.  A pick-up card will denote an oversized letter or parcel.   

It is the unit's responsibility to check for and pick up the mail after 4:00 PM.  Out-going mail should be placed in the mailbox outside of the Trading Post prior to 9:30 am each day.

Every scout likes to get mail – Please pre-write a letter and mail it on Saturday (before your son leaves for camp) this way he gets mail on Monday or Tuesday. 

MAILING ADDRESS:

(Name), Pack 88
T S R Akelaland – Delaware Campsite
RR #1 Box 1629-A
Kunkletown, PA.18058

 UNIFORM

At Cub Camp there are times in our program that "grubbies" are the most appropriate clothes to wear.  However, the Class "A" or Class "B" uniform is the expected attire in camp.  At Retreat, Dinner, Campfires, and Vespers, a class "A" uniform is required.  Exceptions to this rule permitted with prior approval from the camp director.  Akelaland Camp staff will be properly attired at all times.

TRADING POST

Akelaland has a well-stocked Trading Post.  We carry the basic equipment that all well prepared Cubs or leaders need to round out his or her gear inventory.  Gift items are also available for friends and family left at home.  We also have a snack bar for those special treats we occasionally enjoy.  The Snack Bar is not open until after lunch.

FAMILY NIGHT

Friday night is family night at Akelaland.

All moms, dads, and other family members are invited to an old fashioned Chicken Bar-B-Que.

This year's menu will be:

 Cost is $7.00 per person, children 10 and under $4.00.