Alders
Scout Camporee – Haliburton 2007
1. Never wash dishes in the lake.
2. No hand soap or shampoo in the lake. Use a washbasin. Build a camp shower.
3. Drinking/Cooking water is obtained at the
tap outside the Grocery Store, at the Grocery Store
dock,
or at the bottom of the stairs at the Hub. Water for personal washing, or water to heat
for dishwashing may be taken from the
lake.
4. We use the 3 Dishpan method for
dishwashing:
i) Hot Soapy wash
ii) Clear Rinse
iii) Clear Rinse + One Capful
Javex/Clorox
5. Hang dishes to dry in gauze bags.
6. Clean pots are hung on a pot hanger you
make.
7. Clean cooking utensils and eating
utensils go in the Patrol Box drawer.
8. Keep only Food, Snacks,
Toothpaste, Matches, and your Patrol First Aid Kit in your Patrol Box.
9. Keep your Patrol Box clean !!
10.
Wash Picnic Table, Patrol Box, Stove, and outside of Coolers with hot soapy
water every day.
11.
Wipe down your Picnic Table with pure Javex/Clorox early in the week and let it
dry. No flies
will hang around your eating area. Be careful not to get the Javex on your
clothes.
12.
Be careful not to spill sugar, syrup, Koolaid
or Hot Chocolate in your campsite.
Yellowjackets like sugar and get mad
easily. Bee stings hurt !
13.
Don’t leave any dishes overnight. Hot
Chocolate mugs and spoons, etc. should be rinsed out and
left on your Picnic Tableafter MugUp.
14.
Cutting boards should be disinfected after using, in your Javex/Clorox
dishwashing rinse.
15. Buy ice daily on your water runs. Cold Koolaid and cold food are both
important. Dump
melted ice (water) out of your food
cooler so the food isn’t contaminated.
16.
Popcorn is not to be made in your Patrol Pots. A Popcorn Popper is available on loan from the
Leaders. First come, first served.
Buy your own popcorn at the store.
Or buy “Jiffy Pop”.
17.
Bring your garbage down to the Campfire Pit for burning after campfire. Or hang it up.
Separate Glass, Batteries, Aerosol and Propane Cans –
anything sharp or dangerous - put these
in the Recycle container at the dock –
they are dangerous if burned, or on your campsite.
18. Axes may only be used by those with an Axe Chip. Ask a Scouter to train and test you.
19.
Raccoons will make a real mess. Keep
food secure in your Patrol Box, and never have any food
in your tent. Raccoons won’t come through the door – they always come through
the tent wall.
20.
Don’t even try to buy matches at the store.
Matches are supplied to Patrols at the Leaders’
campsite (no charge), as is Lantern
Fuel. Matches are not toys, and it is a
privilege to be able
to use them. Butane or other cigarette lighters are banned completely. Matches are to be kept
dry and safe in your Patrol Box, and
used only for legitimate purposes.
Scouts have been sent
home for playing with matches or
vandalism. ‘Nuff said ?
21.
Midnight Inspection will be merciless.
If there is food, garbage, or dirty dishes left out, I’ll get
the Patrol Leader up for cleanup, and
neither of us will be happy.
22. Those who can’t live by our Camp Rules will be disciplined by the Patrol Leader’s Council.
Three
Whistle Blasts - Extreme
Emergency. Gather at the Flag
Pole.
Never
use this last signal lightly. It could
mean Life or Death !
(2)
1.
P.F.D.’s must be worn at all times
during boat use. Boat use is defined as
having at least one foot
in a boat. Even if the boat is pulled up on shore.
2.
Fishing is permitted from Shoreline,
Dock, or Rowboat. No standing up
in a boat to cast.
No multiple barb hooks. A Scouter will cut off extra barbs if
asked. Fishing gear is not to be left
lying around. No one want to step on your hook or dead worms.
3.
The Whistle Board is our method of knowing who is on or off Site.
Please advise a Scouter if you
are going off Site. We’ll know you are back if your whistle
returns to the Whistle Board.
An alternate is a P.F.D. Board for each
Patrol in the Leaders’ Area.
4.
Maximum Boat Load:- Canoes = 3 Rowboats = 5 (Fishing = 2) Queenboats = 15
5. Whistles are to be worn whenever you are in a boat. The whistle attaches to your P.F.D.
Don’t leave your P.F.D. in your boat when
you are at the Hub or Grocery Store or anyplace
on the mainland. H.S.R.
P.F.D.’s all look the same, and so do the boats. Some other kid will
take your P.F.D./boat by mistake, and
score your Fox40.
6.
Fox40 whistles are supplied as part of your camp fee, and you take them home at
the end of the
camp.
(Unless you lose yours). Every
time you bring your whistle to summer camp in the
following years, your Patrol will have
$5.00 credited to your food budget.
7.
If you lose your whistle, your Patrol will have its Food Budget charged $5.00
for the replacement.
Big winners don’t lose their
whistles. Whistle Bonus every year !
8.
P.F.D.’s are never to be used as a seat or cushion or kneeler at any
time. This also applies to
personal P.F.D.’s. They will fail as a flotation device if we
mistreat them. Use only your own
assigned P.F.D. (it’s your size), and hang
it up to dry after use. It’s O.K. to
keep it on your
Patrol site, but never in your
tent, and always off the ground.
9.
Porcupines love the salty taste of a wooden Canoe Paddle’s handle, or wood axe
handles.
The sweat from your hands makes them
salty.
Make a hanger for all canoe paddles, that
will keep them off the ground when not in use.
That way they won’t get stepped on and
broken. It’s just good Scoutcraft
10. Canoes may be singled if you have a Canoe Single Chip. Requirements at the bottom of
Paddling Badge requirements. Takes a strong, skilled paddler to earn a CanoeChip.
11. Lake Curfew Hours: 8:00 AM to 8:30 PM. No water activities that require a P.F.D.
outside those hours except for Emergencies, or Star Hikes.
12. Breaking Water Safety rules usually results in a grounding. For the culprit and the
rest of his Patrol. This also applies to adult Leaders. All adult leaders and their guests on
a campsite are considered to be one Patrol. Grounding means you are stuck on the camp site
with no access to the Grocery Store and Tuck Shop (except through the mercy of other Patrols).
13. If you’re caught on the lake during a bad rain or thunderstorm, go to the nearest campsite.
14. If you hear a siren, get off the lake immediately – go to the nearest campsite and take shelter.
15. Patrol Leaders’ Council decides Grounding severity and duration.
16.
Skip is not allowed to drive home alone after the camp.
1. Flag Break 8:00 AM (One Whistle Blast) Flag Down 8:30 PM (One Whistle Blast)
Rest of Camp stands and faces Flag until they hear the “Carry On” (Two Whistle Blasts)
Minimum wear: Shorts/SwimSuit and Neckerchief.
2. All Day: Keep the Log Book updated.
3: Morning: Clean out last night’s Campfire pit. Unburnables to Recycle Bin (Not the ashes!).
4. Afternoon: Gather firewood, keep it dry, build tonight’s Campfire.
Prepare Campfire Program, including asking for input from all Patrols.
Put the garbage and Recycle Bin on the end of the dock for pickup.
5. Evening: 9:00 PM Light Campfire (2 matches) Lead Program. Read the Log. Hand it over.
Log received kneeling: “The Log is good, the Log is great. I surrender my will, as of this date.”