Augustcampout

This is the leaders' guide to the annual Pack campout, held mid-August at Mt. Madonna.

Adult positions:

• Camp director
• Program director (games, events, and campfire)
• Chef (in charge of food)
• Parent leader - asks parents to help (usually supervise free time)

Boy Scout positions:

• Troop guide - leads a den on hike, in events, and to campfire, teaches skit for campfire
• Game host - sets up game, directs game, records dens' scores and ranks
• cook - helps Chef, sets up meal, serves food, cleans up

Friday evening

• Boy Scouts and Webelos arrive, responsible for their own dinner. Boy Scouts are in Cherokee. Webelos are in Buckhorn.
• campfire prep

Saturday morning

• everyone responsible for his own breakfast
• make sure campfire is dead-out. Have Webelos build campfire (not light it) for Saturday night. (This is an AB req.)
• Cub Scouts start arriving
• Boy Scouts help Cub families unload and direct them to campsites. Cubs are in Buckhorn and Arrowhead.
• 6 Cubs make a den. As soon as there are 6 Cubs set up (tent pitched, etc.), a Troop Guide (Boy Scout) and at least one adult (with a watch) takes them on a hike. The first group to set out is Den A, then Deb B, etc. Make sure everyone has a water bottle. Do not return from the hike until 12:45. If they are tired or you're not sure where to go, hang out and play at the Miller Ruins.
• As you approach the arrival of the last expected Cubs, be sure that the last couple dens have at least 4 and no more than 7.

Saturday morning, late

• Begin lunch preparation. Game hosts eat first and then go set up their games.
• Have lunch ready for Cubs as they get back from the hike.

Saturday lunch

• Dens eat together and stay together.

Saturday afternoon

• Games are in a round robin. Den A starts at Game 1, Den B at Game 2, etc. It is important to have at least as many games as dens. (It is better to have a bye at a game than a den with nothing to do.)