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Odawa White-Tail and Howler Camp at Apple Hill Scout Reserve

May 8 to 10, 2020 (Friday night optional)

Calling all White-Tail Beavers and Howler Cubs! 

Come for a taste of youth-led activities you can enjoy in Cubs or Scouts next fall. 

Separate activities for Beavers and Cubs are planned and run by Scouts (supported by Scouters).

Ratio

At the camp, you only need to BRING 1 Scouter per 8 youth. Yes, ONE Scouter can bring up to 8 youth without needing a second Scouter BECAUSE at the White Tail / Howler camp, we all camp together. We thus provide two deep to each other.

Where

Apple Hill Scout Reserve (http://applehillscoutreserve.ca/) 

18739 Concession 2 Road (Hughie Munro Street), North Glengarry, Ontario. Use the main south entrance. 

When

  • Arrive: Friday, May 8, after supper (or Saturday morning by 8:30 a.m., before programming) 
  • Depart: Sunday, May 10, 11:30 a.m. (before lunch)

Cost

  • $45 for Beaver and Cub Scouts; $35 for Scouters, parents and youth helpers. 
  • Fee covers food (Friday snack, Saturday meals and snacks, Sunday breakfast), camp fees and crests; the fee is the same if you arrive Friday night or Saturday morning.

Registration and payment

  • Fill out the registration sheet and email it to Nicole Washington at nwashington @ Rogers (dot) com by 17:00 on Friday, April 26.
  • Bring payment to camp with you. We must ask you to pay for the number of attendees listed on your group’s form even if you have late cancellations (we buy groceries for those numbers). 
  • Make cheques payable to Scouts Canada, Odawa Area. 

Emergency information, training and paperwork

  • Bring to camp all emergency/contact info for the Group’s youth, Scouters and parents.
  • Ensure that the relevant members of your Group know where to find that info at camp.
  • Before coming, read the Apple Hill Scout Reserve (AHSR) rules, which are posted at camp. 
  • AHSR emergency plan
  • Adults at camp must be current on training/paperwork. If in doubt, ask your Group Commissioner. 

Food, equipment, garbage, parking

  • Bring your own tents and sleeping gear. No kitchen equipment is necessary.
  • Bring your dishes and water bottles — we’ll feed and water you!
  • Helpers needed: People to bring home garbage/recycling, to direct traffic on Friday evening/Saturday morning, to act as registrar and to assist youth running stations as requested.
  • Parents dropping off and picking up youth are to park in the lot near the entrance to the camp and walk gear in/out. Youth should try to carry their own gear. Each Group may designate one emergency vehicle/gear hauler and park it in the lot just past the lodge (decide ahead of time). Please inform parents before camp about parking. 

Need info? Want to help? Send an email to tombreuer3@gmail.com. See registration form, Apple Hill Emergency Plan and a kit list .

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2019 Odawa Howler and White Tail Camp

Calling all White-Tail Beavers and Howler Cubs!

Come for a taste of the youth-led activities you can enjoy in Cubs or Scouts next fall. Activities (separate for Beavers and Cubs) are planned and run by Scouts (supported by Scouters).

Where

When

  • Arrive: Friday, May 10, after supper (or Saturday morning by 8:30 a.m., before programming)
  • Depart: Sunday, May 12, 11:30 a.m. (before lunch)

Cost

  • $45 for Beaver and Cub Scouts; $35 for Scouters, parents and youth helpers.
  • Fee covers food (Friday snack, Saturday meals and snacks, Sunday breakfast), camp fees and crests; same fee if you come Friday night or Saturday morning.

Registration and payment

  • Fill out the registration form (page 2 in the information package and email it to liddlesj [at] gmail.com on or before Friday, April 26.

Included in information package

  • Kit list for youth
  • Registration form
  • Link to Apple Hill Scout Reserve (AHSR) rules
  • AHSR emergency plan
  • Important info for attendees and parents

What you need to bring

  • Tents and sleeping gear. No kitchen equipment needed.
  • Dishes and water bottles.
  • A few large jugs of drinking water to help out the kitchen crew.
  • Helpers to
    • bring home garbage/recycling
    • direct traffic on Friday evening/Saturday morning
    • assist youth running stations as requested
    • provide first aid

Need info? Want to help? Send an email to liddlesj@gmail.com.

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Howler and White Tail Camp

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May 10 to 12 at Apple Hill Scout Reserve

Join us at Apple Hill Scout Reserve (near Maxville, about an hour from east Ottawa) for a weekend camp that prepares White Tail Beavers for Cub Scouts, and Howlers for Scouts.  

Calling Odawa youth and Scouters!

If you’re a Scout, Venturer or Rover who’d like to come and play for the weekend and show some youth leadership, let us know. We’re recruiting the camp committee now. It’s a great way to earn volunteer hours. Planning and running a camp looks great on your resume, too.

If you’rea Howler Cub Scout or White Tail BeaverScout, ask your Scouters to plan to come to this camp so you can preparefor advancement to your next section.

Scouters, worried about ratio? Never fear! You can bring a group of youth even if you have only one Scouter. We’ll be camping close to one another, and the other Scouters at camp will be able to help ensure that the two-deep rule is followed. 

Where

When

  • Arrive: Friday, May 10, after supper (or Saturday morning before programming starts)
  • Depart: Sunday, May 12, 11:30 a.m. (before lunch)

Cost

  • $45 for Beaver and Cub Scouts; $35 for Scouters, parents and youth helpers.
  • Camp committee: free.
  • Fee covers food (Friday snack, Saturday meals and snacks, Sunday breakfast), camp fees and crests; same fee if you come Friday night or Saturday morning.

Registration and payment

  • Registration form and kit list will be available in February 2019.
  • Registration will be due April 10, 2019
  • Payment will be due at camp upon arrival.

Seeking crest designs

  • Send your crest ideas for this joint camp to liddlesj at gmail.com by February 15, 2019.
  • Theme ideas: basic skills, advancing to next section, growing in Scouts… come up with your own

Need more info? Want to help? Send an email to Scouter Susan at liddlesj at gmail.com.

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Join us for Howler and White Tail Beaver Camp

Calling all White Tail Beavers and Howler Cubs! Come for a taste of the youth-led activities you can enjoy in Cubs or Scouts next fall.

Where: Apple Hill Scout Reserve
When: May 11 to 13, 2017 (Friday night optional)

Activities (separate for Beavers and Cubs) to be planned and run by Scouts, with the help of Scouters.

Registration due Friday, April 27, 2018.

Download the form for more info:

2018-Odawa-Howler-Camp-Info-Registr-Emerg-Kitlist

Knife safety, one of the things Howlers learn at Howler camp

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Fall/Winter Beaveree: November 4, 2017

Date: Saturday, November 4, 2017

Location: RJ Kennedy Community Centre, 1115 Dunning Rd., Cumberland, ON  K4C 1P6

Registration: Email rainbow.beavers at gmail.com no later than Wednesday, October 25, 2017.

Registration form: Odawa_Fall_Winter_Beaveree_2017_Info_Registration

Cost: $15 for all Beaver Scouts; $7 for Scouters/parents.

  • Pay by cash or cheque (payable to “SCOUTS CANADA ODAWA AREA”).
  • Payment due at the event for the total listed on registration form; no refunds from Area.

Check-in and payment:

  • 9:30 to 9:50 a.m. (no earlier!), inside the community centre (one Scouter per Colony).
  • Gather your Colony outside at the front of the community centre with a designated Scouter from your Group.
  • Once all youth are present, have one Scouter per Colony check in at the table outside the gym in the lobby.

Lunch is included:

  • Each participant will receive 2 hot dogs, 1 juice box, 1 bag of chips
  • Lunch orders will be prepared for your group. When lunch pick-up is called, please have ONLY 1 Scouter come to pick your Group’s box of food.
  • Special requirements: On the registration form, mention if you need any vegetarian or no-pork meals, and how many of each. This will help us make sure we have appropriate food on hand.

Be prepared: It is November. Programming takes place indoors and outdoors, so dress for the weather!

Opening: 10:00 a.m. in the field behind the community centre.

Closing: 2:00 p.m.; pick-up immediately afterwards.

Who can attend:

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Seeonee Award for Cub Scouts/North Star Award for Beaver Scouts

Not to be confused with the Council event a couple of weeks later, which you can find out about at the Council website.

The top section awards for Beavers and Cubs for Odawa Area (North Star Award and Seeonee Award) will be handed out on Sunday morning at the year-end camp. The top awards for the older sections, Chief Scout Awards and Queen’s Venturer Awards, will be handed out on the Friday evening of camp.

Date:   June 11, 2017
Time:   Morning, during Scouts’ Own
Where:  Apple Hill Scout Reserve

Print off the junior section certificates ahead of time and bring them to Apple Hill to hand to the youth. If you wish to purchase a plaque, you can do so at the Scout Shop.

If your Beaver or Cub wants to receive his or her North Star Award or Seeonee Award at the Odawa Area June Camp on June 11, please email Susan Liddle at liddlesj at gmail.com with your group name and the youth’s name BY JUNE 7, so we have an idea of how many youth will receive an award.

Parents\family welcome.  Bring chairs and bug spray.

Modifiable and printable version of the North Star Award certificate here: http://www.scoutinglife.ca/wp-content/uploads/bs/north-star-award-certificate.pdf

Modifiable and printable version of the Seeonee Award certificate here: http://www.scoutinglife.ca/wp-content/uploads/cs/seeonee-award-certificate.pdf