Monday, August 7, 2023

2023 Fall Camporee - Are you tougher than a Scout?


The fall Southern Prairie District Camporee will be held September 22-24 at 5049 American
Legion Road, east of Iowa City (Trent's parent's place where we went fishing last year). Scouts are encouraged to join other Troops from the District for a two-night camporee with activities on Saturday that will show which troops have the toughest scouts. This is also the fall campout that we'll be inviting Webelos to get to know our Troop prior to their spring crossover.... so let's have a good showing at this event!

Troops can enter the SPAM dinner cook-off Saturday night, so get your best recipes in mind! 

We won't be meeting at the church for this one. Since it is local, scouts can be dropped off and picked up from the address above. Scouts helping to staff, should be there as soon after 5pm that you can make it. Scouts/Webelos should plan to arrive around 6pm. We will be taking a trailer and it will be available for personal gear to be loaded at the church the night before (21st) from 6:30-7 if you want your stuff to go directly to where we'll be camping. Pick-up time will be between 8:30 and 9am on Sunday.

The fee (which covers registration for the event and our Troop's food costs) is $35 per Scout, $15 per T2000 adult and $15 per Webelos (Pack adults are no cost). Any T2000 scout 13 or older that wants to help staff the event can get $15 off their registration (contact Trent for more info). The deadline to register is September 7th. You do not need to register on the council site.

Sign up link: Fall Camporee 2023 (google.com)

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