TROOP 827 2009-2010 PROGRAM PLANNING CHART

LEADER MEETINGS
SPECIAL COURT ORDER ROUND
PROGRAM OUTDOOR EVENTS / NO TROOP ELECTIONS OF OF THE PARENT OWL TABLE
MONTH THEME ACTIVITY HOLIDAYS MEETING & TRAININGS HONOR ARROW PLC MTG PATROL & OA
SEPT Theme:
7 Labor Day,
19 11-13 Fall
18-20 Tugaloo SP Service Project
Motorboating 7 13 PLC training Tugaloo Fellowship 13 14 3 15
Pioneer Site Celebrate
Family Campout State Park WSR
Service 9/26
OCT
16-18 Silver 9 & 12 No
Cycling MB 12 25 19 1 20
Comet school

NOV
20-22 11/16 Troop
25-27 T'giving
Cooking Stone Mtn Park Meets at NGHS 8 9 5 17
Break
Group Site Rm 502

DEC
11 or 12 overnight 16-18 Exams; 12/14 Troop
Climbing at Adrenaline 19-Jan 4 No 21, 28 Meets at NGHS 13 14 3 15
Climbing School Rm 502

JAN 15-18 3-nighter

18 MLK Jr., No
25 NGHS
Oceanography USS Alabama and 4, 18 Media 10 11 7 19
School
Estuarium Center
FEB
Cold Weather 7 Scout Sunday
5-7 Klondike 1 SPL; 8 PL;
Camping 7 Super Bowl 15 14 8 4 16
Derby WSR TRAINING TBA
Scout Skills 12-15 No School

MAR 19-21Coosa
3/8 Troop
Wilderness Backcountry Trail 12-14
12-15 No School 15 Meets at NGHS 7 8 4 16
Survival Two option PowWow
Rm 502
program
APR 16-18
23-25 District 2-11 Spring Conclave;
Scout Skills Spring Camporee; Break 4 Easter 5 30-May 2 18 12 1 20
Jamison @ BASR Sunday Ordeal
WSR
MAY
14-16 AAC 30-Jn 5
9 Mother's Day 17 in Lyke
Scout Skills Centennial 31 Greenbar 10 11 7 18
24-26 Exams 31 Hall
Camporee BASR (tentative)
Mem'l. Day

JUN Merit Badge

Summer Camp 6-12 or 13-19 6/21 Troop mtg needs
13-19 Camp 20 Father's Day 14 Greenbar alternate location; At Camp 14 10 15
Advancement
Daniel Boone (tentative) church closed
JUL 7/12 & 7/26 Troop mtg
Patrol Method Patrol Activities 4th of July 5, 19 needs alternate 11 12 1 20
location; church closed
AUG 20-22 7 Planning Mtg
9 SPL; 16 PL;
Kayaking Standing Indian 9-11am; 9 30 7 9 5 17
TRAINING TBA
NF CG Group Site School Starts

SEPT Theme: 17-19

10-12 Fall
Fellowship
Pioneering Black Rock Mtn 6 Labor Day 6 12 13 2 21
WSR
Family Campout SP
(tentative)
Key: BASR - Bert Adams Scout Ranch; WSR - Woodruff Scout Reservation
 TROOP 524 2010-2011 PROGRAM

SPECIAL
PROGRAM OUTDOOR EVENTS / NO TROOP
MONTH THEME ACTIVITY HOLIDAYS MEETING
SEPT
Labor Day,
Patrol Method &
Bonfire Logan's Eagle
Leadership
Scout Project

OCT

Sports & Physical

Chumpkin Pumkin 11 - No School
Fitness MB

NOV

Hiking MB (10 22-28 T'giving

miler) Break

12 or 19th @
Green Lane
DEC
23-Jan 3 No
Computers Build the Sled
School

JAN
Cold Weather
17 MLK Jr., No
Camping Sledbuilding
School
Scout Skills
FEB Klondike Derby,
Entrepreunership
Wharton School 6 Super Bowl;
& Salesmanship
Tour/Lecture 18 18-21 No School
MB
FEB

MAR 19-21Coosa
Backcountry
Wilderness
Trail 12-15 No School
Survival
Two option
program
APR 21-23 Gettysburg
Battlefield Tour &
Encampment 450 21-25 Spring
Scout Skills Boy Scout Road, Break; 4 Easter
New Oxford,PA, Sunday
17350
(717)624-8125

MAY American
Heritage, 12 or 19th, Battle
8 Mother's Day;
Emergency New Jersey
17, 27-30th No
Preparedness, Overnight
School
First Aid and Campout
Radio
JUN
Summer Camp 19 Father's Day;
Merit Badge
13-19 Camp 20 Last day of
Advancement
Daniel Boone school

JUL
Patrol Method Patrol Activities 4th of July

AUG 20-22
Standing Indian
Kayaking School Starts
NF CG Group
Site
SEPT
Theme: 17-19
Pioneering Black Rock Mtn Labor Day
Family Campout SP

Key - Musser Scout Reservation

NAYLE- National Advanced Youth Leader Experience
willow grove naval air station
civil air patrol
music - kimmel center/ walnut street theater
climbing
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LEADER MEETINGS

COURT ORDER
ELECTIONS OF OF THE PARENT OWL
& TRAININGS HONOR ARROW PLC MTG PATROL

28
Preparation
for NAYLE
National Youth
Leadership
Training (NYLT)
1-3 & 8-10 @
Musser Scout
Reservation
University of
Scouting 6 NOV
@ 0800-1600
Valley Forge
Military
Academy 1001
Eagle Rd
Wayne, PA
19087

18 Trainer
Development 14
Conference
 22

12-14
PowWow

16-18
Conclave;
Do we have a
26 30-May 2
jamboree?
Ordeal
WSR

26

Fall
27
Fellowship?
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ROUNDTABLE & PROGRAM OUTDOOR

OA THEME ACTIVITY Theme Activity
21-23
19-21 AT Hike
First Aid MB Backpacking
USS Yorktown Tray Mtn to
US 76

17-19 AT Hike 19-21

Hiking MB & Car Camp Cycling Silver
NC Border Area Comet Trail

wkend of
14-16
Advancement 3rd
Cloudland Cooking
Family Campout Providence
Canyon
Canyon SP

wkend of
Rocketry/Space 1st or 8th;
Exploration 13-14 overnight
Athletics Chattahoochee Athletics lock-in
Personal High Lockin Chattahooc
Fitness MBs hee HS
Gym
18-21:
None
Oceanography Space Huntsville
(Cumberland
MB Exploration Space
Isl. cancelled)
Camp
 8-10
Cold Weather Klondike
6-8 Klondike
Camping Winter Camping Camp
Derby WSR
Scout Skills Sydney
Dew
14-16
20-22 AT Hike Webelos
Pioneering MB & Car Camping Leadership Woods &
Hightower Gap Crossover
BASR

25-27
24-26 District
District
Spring
Pioneering & Spring
Scout Skills Camporee;
Scout Skills Camporee;
Jamison @
Jamison @
BASR
BASR

17
Day Hike;
Nature Env Sci 15-17 AT Hike
Hiking AT Tray Mtn
MBs Blood Mountain
to Unicoi
Gap

Summer Camp 1-7 Week 1

Merit Badge
May 31-June 6 Summer
Advancement
WSR Camp WSR
PATROL
CAMPOUT
S
Patrol Method Patrol Activities Patrol Method 7 & 21
Patrol Mtgs
14 & 28
Troop Mtgs
14-16 Raccoon 15-17
Caving Canoeing
Mountain Scoutland

19-21
18-20 Black
Family Campout First Aid USS
Rock Mtn.
Yorktown
 2006-2007

Theme Activity

Backpack
Hiking Panther
Creek

Backpack
Backpacking AT Hogpen
Gap

Stone
Cooking
Mountain

Climbing Adrenaline

Warner
Aviation
Robins AFB
Winter Camping Klondike

Webelos
Leadership Woods &
Crossover

District
Scout Skills Spring
Camporee

Backpack
Orienteering AT Springer
Mtn

Summer
Camping
Camp WSR

Canoeing None

Aquatics Rafting
http://www.nps.gov/gett/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm

McMillan Woods
Youth
(HARRY WATERS, NPS)
Scouts enjoying the day at McMillan Woods youth Campground.
For scouting and organized youth groups that visit Gettysburg National Military Park, we offer McMillan
Woods Youth Campground, located on West Confederate Avenue in the park. The campground is open from
mid-April through the end of October every year. Any organized youth group with adequate adult supervision
(minimum of one adult for every 10 youths) is welcome to use the camping area. Camping is free by
reservation only. Camp sites are reserved through an annual lottery held in February, after which space
availability is open to first come, first served though we highly recommend that groups participate in the
lottery to insure a reservation for desired dates. Please note that adults accompanying every group must
be supervisors such as troop scoutmasters or youth counselors; family members are not permitted to camp
with their child’s organization.

The 2010 Camping Season runs from April 9 to October 25, 2010. McMillan Woods Youth Campground is
closed from October 26, 2010 through April 10, 2011.

AUGUST 18, 2010: The ban on open burning in Adams County was lifted on August 17. For further information, visit to the Pe

To Make A Reservation at McMillan Woods Youth Campground:

1. During the Lottery Season (From November 1st through mid-January), please print and fill out theCampground Reservation

Fax or mail it to the following –

Gettysburg National Military Park

Attn: Campground Coordinator
1195 Baltimore Pike, Suite 100
Gettysburg PA 17325
Fax # (717)334-1997
2. The lottery is held on or about February 1st every year. We will only notify your group through the mail if
they received a reservation or they have not. We do not release results of the lottery over the phone. All the
notifications will be mailed shortly after February 1st.

3. After the lottery has run, about mid-February, we will post the dates that we have left for the camping
season here on this web-page. Please check back often. At that point the reservations become on a first

As of August 16, 2010, all weekend dates have been booked through the end of the 2010 Camping season.
Weekday dates are still available through October.

(Reminder: The busiest time for the campground is Spring and early Summer. If you are flexible with
your date, you may want to consider late Summer or early Fall.)

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Layout of McMillan Woods Youth Campground

More Information Regarding the Campground:

Facilities: Provided are nine portable toilets and one handicapped unit, two potable water faucets, and a
trash receptacle. There are ten camp sites, each with a picnic table and fire ring. Tents and dining canopies
are the only shelters permitted. Campers or recreational vehicles are not permitted. Vehicles must remain in
the parking lot only at all times! Camp stoves using propane or white gas are permitted. All wood fires must
be contained within the fire ring. The park does not provide firewood. No trenching is allowed for drainage
around tents. Note: The water provided is for drinking only; there are no shower facilities at the campground.

Quiet Hours: 10 P.M. to 6 A.M. There are no outside lighted areas. No walking/hiking on the Battlefield
during the quiet hours.

Check In/Check Out Procedures: A copy of all site assignments will be posted on the bulletin board at the
campground. You do not need to check in with a ranger. Locate your site and make camp. Arrival and
earliest set-up time is 11:00 A.M. and the site must be cleared by noon on the day of departure. Please keep
your camping permit in your possession at the campground.

Fees: There is no charge for your stay at McMillan Woods Youth Campground.

Directions: McMillan Woods Youth Group is located on West Confederate Avenue in the park, accessible from West Middle St

Scout Trails Information: The "Boys Scouts of America Gettysburg Heritage Trail Guide" is available in the park Museum and V
Security Notice: In planning your visit to Gettysburg National Military Park, please
keep in mind that the National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center is a federal
facility. For reasons of safety and security backpacks, day packs, large handbags,
packages or other large containers are prohibited in the buildings and cannot be left
outside the building. All persons entering are subject to search. Please lock your
valuables in your vehicle trunk out of sight while in the park and while camping at
McMillian Woods Youth Campground.
Overnight Encampment:
Spend a night on the Battleship New Jersey! Come aboard....chow down....bunk up....live like a sailo

During this overnight adventure, participants will have a terrific time as they enjoy: 

- a delicious catered dinner and breakfast served "Navy style" in the original Crew's Mess Deck
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- sleeping in the original enlisted sailors' bunks
- a ride on the 4-D Flight Simulator
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- and much more!

For Boy Scout troops, we also offer (at no additional cost) badge work opportunities in American Her

For Girl Scouts, including Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadets and Seniors, we also offer special "girls

For all encampment programs, we can accommodate groups of all sizes, up to 300. The minimum gr

Please call our Encampment office toll-free at 866-877-6262 ext. 203 orovernights@battleshipnewjersey.org for booking inform

http://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/group_tours/scouts_and_students.php
nk up....live like a sailor! Ideal for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, our Overnight Encampment program provides y

Crew's Mess Deck

unities in American Heritage, Emergency Preparedness, First Aid and Radio — all led by our own certified Merit

also offer special "girls only" encampments where participants earn the new "Women Serving Our Nation" Try-I

300. The minimum group size is 2 (one adult and one child between the ages of 6 and 17).  

wjersey.org for booking information. .

nt program provides your group with memories to last a lifetime.  

our own certified Merit Badge Counselors.  

ving Our Nation" Try-IT/Badge. In addition to all of the features noted above, our "girls only" encampments als
only" encampments also include a live USO-style show and even a live, interactive session with a female code
on with a female code breaker from World War II! Please call for available dates.