Spend Saturday May 7th exploring Brandywine Creek State Park with Pack 231
Campfire! Family Camping! Siblings welcome! Close to home!
You are not required to camp over - come for the day and have fun!
Schedule attached - lot of available time to enjoy the outdoors.
Brandywine Creek State Park is a great setting for a Cub Scout day of fun, and a very approachable overnight adventure close to home. The campsite access road is mostly paved, and parking will only be a short walk to the campsite. We have our own oasis nestled in the hillside, the perfect blend of ease of access with a remote wooded feel. Portable toilets are on-site and only for use by our group. There is ample room to set up tents in a large field, allowing each family plenty of space to maintain social distancing guidelines while enjoying time with the Pack. Adventure abounds with a number of hiking trails that lead to other parts of the park, and each Den will have a lot of time to explore. We will end the day with a campfire.
Each camper must bring his/her own drinking water. Recommended 2 gallons of water per person per day. Parking will be close enough that you could leave reserves in your vehicle. The Pack will provide utility water for hand-washing and fire safety.
Saturday lunch will be BYO - brown bag lunch for camp setup
Saturday dinner will be pizza, and Sunday we will have cold breakfast options available.
We hope to return to more traditional Pack cooking in the fall - with social distancing guidelines our aim is to keep the menu simple and minimize the amount of preparation and additional precautions inherent with group meals.
YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING REQUIRED FOR ALL ADULTS - INSTRUCTIONS ATTACHED
For those attending: please be sure to complete your Youth Protection Training (YPT) if not completed in the last year. Please also bring complete medical forms A & B and bring with a copy of your Health Insurance Card.
For our Spring Campout we are going to participate in the C5 Cub Camporee at Camp Ware. The theme is Ware Goes Medieval. If you can't sleep over you can choose to attend just for the daytime activities.
Program Activities will range from several medieval themed games, jousting, branding, Dutch Oven cooking, and archery, just to name a few. While participating in the games, collect gold coins to increase your realms wealth courtesy of the Duke and Dutchess.All of these activities will lead up to a camp-wide Royal Banquet with all the fixins’. Then as the sun sets over Horseshoe Scout Reservation for a Campfire.
This will give families a taste of what it is like to attend Summer Camp. We would like to register as a Pack so please use this signup genius and send payment through square (link in signup genius).
Please see below for an opportunity to learn about Letterboxing. The program is offered by a Girl Scout for her Silver Award project and is open to all Cub Scout families. Participation in this activity will count toward the Cub Scout Summer Activity Award.
Find attached a letterboxing program on August 13 or 14th at the John Chadd house in Chadd's Ford. This program is offered by one of my scouts, Abby Voytilla, for her Silver Project. It is a family event, not just for scouts - so bring your friends! Registration is required for each person (not each scout) because part of the fee is for the use of John Chadd house facilities. The program is from 12-5, but it's not a 5 hour program, so late arrivals are more than OK.
If you have any questions, contact Mike Ritter and they will be forwarded to Abby.
Please consider attending if at all possible. The girls learn many things by putting on these programs and community participation is so important.
