2009 Summer Camp Options
We have talked with many of the Councils that are close to Vermont. All wanted to help out. Please look over all the camps and then contact the Council or Camp that you are interested in attending this summer. Many have adjusted Fees to help us out. Please don't wait, they are making plans and ordering food and materials, they need to know if you are coming. Five different Councils are listed below.
Western Massachusetts Council
On the Web Site you can see a place where it says check on Camp Site availability.
Week #1 - Chesterfield Scout Reservation, Chesterfield MA - July 5-11, 2009 Boy Scouts - Three sites completely open and 4 to 5 sites have small numbers and can take more.
Week #2 - Chesterfield Scout Reservation, Chesterfield MA - July 12-18, 2009 Boy Scouts - Three sites will be open and 3 to 4 sites have space available.
Week #3 - Horace Moses Scout Reservation in Russell MA - July 19-25, 2009 Boy Scouts - All sites are booked but we can add a few Troops to this week.
Week #4 - Horace Moses Scout Reservation in Russell MA - July 26 - August 01, 2009 Boy Scouts - All sites are booked but we can add a few Troops to this week.
Week #5 - Horace Moses Scout Reservation in Russell MA - August 09 - 14, 2009 Boy Scouts - This week is extremely flexible.
Fee Information:
- Weekly Scout Rate $260.00 per week (Early Bird until June 01, 2009)
- After June 01, 2009 $290.00 per week
- First two adult leaders at no charge - $50.00/ leader for each additional leader beyond 2
- If a unit has an issue with two deep leadership we can help out by site sharing and supplement that with staff coverage. We can work this out on a unit by unit basis.
Contact Information:
Steven P. Roberts, Camp Director
249 Exchange Street, Chicopee, MA 01020
Office: 413-594-9196
Mobile: 413-531-6720
Daniel Webster Council - New Hampshire
We welcome units from the Green Mountain Council to our summer camping programs at Griswold Scout Reservation, and will do whatever possible to accommodate both their needs and requests. This facility offers two unique camping experiences at Hidden Valley Scout Camp and Camp Bell. Both camps are located in the town of Gilmanton Iron Works, New Hampshire. Information about each of these camps may be found on our website
www.nhscouting.org
, then click on Camping.
Hidden Valley Scout Camp offers a dining hall camping experience with a variety of advancement and activity opportunities, including a exceptional First Year Camping program.
Camp Bell on the other hand offers a patrol cooking camping experience with a variety of programs such as aquatics, environmental studies, Scoutcraft, etc., as well as several theme areas such as Mountain Man, Logging Camp, Equestrian and Foxfire. This is a great patrol centered camping program for Scouts 11-18 years of age.
Camp Fees:
- We will honor the Mt Norris fee schedule at our camps (for this summer), $260 per week for your early-bird date payment and $290 after this date (May 31).
Contact Information:
Twin Rivers Council - Albany, New York
The Twin Rivers Council has two fully operational Boy Scout resident camps that provide accredited summer and year-round programs and facilities.
Resident camp is fun! Programs include archery, aquatics, handicrafts, marksmanship, first-year camper program, mountain biking, ropes course, scoutcraft, ecology conservation and the opportunity to work toward earning more than 40 merit badges.
Camp Wakpominee is located on Sly Pond Road, five miles north of Route 149 in Fort Ann. It is situated on more than 1,000 acres in the Adirondacks. It boasts one lake and three ponds. The summer program is designed to meet the needs of all scouts, from Tenderfoot to Eagle. The Camp also offers Adirondack Treks throughout the summer camp season. Wakpominee’s Treks provide a trained guide to ensure Scouts have a safe, memorable experience traveling the lakes, rivers and trails of the Adirondacks while backpacking or canoeing.
Camp Wakpominee is full most weeks. Availability in Weeks 1 and 6.
Call Nancy 518-869-6436 X 39 for limited availability.
Rotary Scout Reservation is located on 1,500 beautifully wooded acres located 25 minutes from Albany in Poestenkill, New York. The summer program features a traditional Scouting experience based in camping and environmental science, in addition to newer favorites for older boys such as mountain biking, climbing and repelling. Scouts can earn a wide variety of merit badges. Rotary uses Sodexo Food Services and utilizes buffet style feeding.
Rotary Scout Reservation still has some openings in most weeks.
Call Nancy at 518-869-6436 X 39 to book your week.
www.twinriverscouncilbsa.org
Revolutionary Trails Council - Utica, NY
The Revolutionary Trails Council has 2 Boy Scout residents camps operating in 2009; Cedarlands Scout Reservation in Long Lake, and Camp Russell in Woodgate.
Cedarlands is a 5000 acre patrol cooking camp. There are campsites with standard wall tents and sites for units that wish to bring their own tents. The menu is designed to be flexible so units can pick the meals that best match their program. The program offers a variety of merit badges as well as hiking, biking, overnight camping, and climbing and rappelling opportunities.
Cedarlands: Program Guide Administrative Guide
Camp Russell is a dining hall camp. The campsites all have standard wall tents. The program includes a first year camper program, a wide variety of merit badges. The camp is located with 20 minutes of a water park for a unit wishing to come in a day early or stay a day later.
Camp Russell: Program Guide
- Our weeks start July 5 and run for 5 weeks
- $260 fee is compatible with our in-council fee
- June 1st deadline
Currently the council website is under construction. Anyone wishing more information can contact me directly.
Thomas M. Labayewski
Field Director
Revolutionary Trails Council, BSA
1401 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13501
w 315-735-4437 ext. 215
Westchester Putnam Council - Hawthorne, NY
The Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation is a 1,000 acre facility located in the town of Brant Lake, NY. Brant Lake is approximately thirty minutes north of Lake George, NY and about 45 minutes southwest of the Crown Point bridge.
The Read Scout Reservation is comprised of three camps and offers an outstanding, varied program that is sure to meet the needs of any troop and their Scouts. We operate a dining hall in Camp Buckskin, patrol cooking in Camp Waubeeka and week-long treks throughout the Adirondack Mountains from the Summit High Adventure Base.
In addition to the traditional summer camp merit badges and tenderfoot through first class rank advancement programs, we offer a wide variety of activities that include horseback riding, caving, COPE, indoor climbing wall, rock climbing and rappelling, a slide for life into a pond and whitewater rafting. We also have a tremendous high adventure rock climbing trip that challenges Scouts at several popular climbing sites in the Adirondack Park.
The major strengths of Read are twofold – our staff and our food. We have a fantastic camp staff with an extremely high percentage of them returning year after year. All of our camp directors and the Reservation Director have successful prior years experience in their position. The staff is in camp to serve the needs of the campers. Their actions and willingness to always work harder to help campers results in a very high level of camper and leader satisfaction. The quality and quantity of the food cannot be equaled in a summer camp. We are very fortunate to have an excellent chef who also manages all of our food services. No youth goes home hungry.
A lot more information can be found at our web site www.wpcbsa.org/Read
Camp Fee:
Contact Information:
Steve Hammonds
Director of Support Services
Westchester-Putnam Council, BSA
41 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, NY 10532
Phone: 914-773-1135 ext. 225
Fax: 914-773-1411
E-mail: shammonds@wpcbsa.org
Jersey Shore Council, New Jersey
Website: www.CittaScoutReservation.org
Leaders Guide Reservation Form
I am the director of the Citta Scout Reservation in beautiful Barnegat, New Jersey and would love to be able to offer assistance with some of your campers for the summer. We have the capability of accommodating approximately 700 additional Scouts over the duration of our resident camping period.
We have recently restructured some of our campsite layouts as well as consolidated some of our weeks, which resulted in an increased capacity. I have attached our Leaders’ Guide for your review to give you an idea of what we offer. While we are a bit of a hike from your location, I can assure you that the trip is well worth it. I am fortunate to have an outstanding Program Director and Assistant Director this year, both with over 8 years experience on our staff. From our redesigned first year camper program for the new guys to our trek program for the 14+ crowd to our new adult leader activities, we have an opportunity for every member of a Troop.
Fees:
- Offering our extra early bird rate which was due in full April 15th
- We are also very flexible with check-in times and other accommodations.
Contact Information:
Ryan D. Weisbrod
Property Manager / Resident Camp Director
Jersey Shore Council, BSA
Joseph A. Citta Scout Reservation
229 Brookville Road, Barnegat, NJ 08005
Office: 609-698-2855 x11
Cell: 732-604-3057
Fax: 609-660-2588
www.cittascoutreservation.org
www.jerseyshore-bsa.org
Pine Tree Council, Maine
Camp William Hinds- Maine
Camp Hinds is located on Panther Pond in Raymond, Maine is operated by the Pine Tree Council.
Camp Hinds offers an extensive aquatics program, COPE and Climbing, SCUBA, 2 Trail to Eagle weeks, a wide variety of merit badges and the “Polaris” program for our first year campers.
Camp Hinds runs six weeks of Boy Scout Resident camp starting July 5 – 10, running consecutively to Aug. 9-14. Space still available in every week with limitations on available campsites.
To help out the Vermont troops, we will offer the in-council pricing for the Camp Morris troops of $280 per Scout, with a $20 early bird discount if paid in full by June 1st.
Camp Information and Leaders Guide available at www.pinetreebsa.org
Contact Information:
Cathy Gosselin
Camping Administrator
(207) 797-5252 x 14
cgosseli@bsamail.org
Boston Minuteman Council – Barnstead, NH
T.L. Storer is a beautiful camp set between two lakes in the heart of New Hampshire. The program offered is extensive: our first year scouts love our “Trailblazer” program for its fun and skills; our aquatics program includes two waterfronts that include programs such as climbing a 20 ft. tall inflatable wall, motor boating, tubing, waterskiing, BSA lifeguard and more! We also offer all of the traditional Scout programs including: Ecology, Scoutcraft, and Handicraft. Our climbing program is second to none, including an offsite trip to the rock faces of Mt. Rumney. We also offer a Trek program based on either an individual or group basis with treks leaving for both water and land adventures.
Our mission is to make sure that every Scout has the best camping experience of their lives (regardless of where they are from).
Camp Website: www.tlstorer.org - Registration for Merit Badges is all online, this allows us to open additional sections so that classes almost have no limit. Contact us so that we can set you up with a username and password.
Camp Fees: In order to help every Scout get to camp we will honor the Mt. Norris fee of $260 per Scout and drop any late fees.
Camp Meeting: We will be setting up a meeting in early June (in Vermont) so you can meet our Camp Management and select afternoon activities.
Availability: If you would like to get the most out of your visit we suggest coming either Week 4 (July 26-August 1) or Week 5 (August 2-8) as we can offer your Scouts any of our afternoon activities. However we will offer the highest level of service any week you choose to visit.
Contact Information:
Hunter McCormick, Camp Director
hunter@tlstorer.org
(Camp Office) 617-615-0004 x322
(Cell Phone) 413-429-6934
Nashua Valley Council, MA
Camp Wanocksett in Dublin, NH.
Fee Information:
- We will honor your price of $260 per Scout
If troops are interested they should talk to Scott at our office at 978-534-3532 and check out Camp Wanocksett on our web site www.nashuavalleybsa.org.
Connecticut Yankee Council - Milford, CT
I serve as Camp Director for Camp Sequassen in New Hartford, Connecticut. The camp is operated by Conn. Yankee Council, BSA.
We invite your units and provisional Scouts to spend week at our Camp Sequassen. We will have about 2000 Scouts during our six weeks of operation and all of them will have a great week of Scouting. We have good facilities, a great staff and three times a day we serve the best camp food anywhere---that’s garunteed.
Our web site tells the rest of the story, please visit us at www.ctyankee.org/camping/camps/sequassen
Contact Info:
Dan Cooley
Camping Director
Conn. Yankee Council, BSA
Dcooley@bsamail.org
Rip Van Winkle Council
We have sites available all weeks of camp
Week of July 12 - one campsite capacity 22 people
Week of July 19 - one campsite capacity 38 people
Week of July 26 - two campsites; both capacity 22 people
Week of Aug 2 - five campsites; capacity ranges from 22 to 36 people
We also offer a variety of Specialty Camps in which a boy camp come to camp provisionally and experience a different type of class.
Specialty Camp Schedule:
Week of July 12 - Provisional, Catskill Adventure
Week of July 19 - Provisional, Catskill Adventure, Trail to Eagle, This Old Camp
Week of July 26 - Provisional, Catskill Adventure, Trail to Eagle
Week of Aug 2 - Provisional, Catskill Adventure, Capture your World, 911-EMS, Shooting Sports
Fees:
Regular Camp
"Be Prepared" Early fee: $275 (We will extend our deadline to May 31 for all troops relocating from Mt Norris)
Fee after May 31: $355
Specialty Camp
"Be Prepared" Early fee: $300 (We will extend our deadline to May 31 for all troops relocating from Mt Norris)
Fee after May 31: $380
Contact Info:
Cathy Texter
518-589-6208
Otchodela Council
We are 12 miles from the National Baseball Hall of Fame our week 1 July 5 has the most openings.
Contact Information:
Scott Brady, Camp Director
Otschodela Council
800-778-6813
Connecticut Rivers Council
There is currently space available at all 3 of our camps. Our camp websites are www.jnwebster.org, www.campmattatuck.org, and www.campworkcoeman.org.
Camp Brochure
As a courtesy to any unit that was registered to attend Mt. Norris this summer, that decides to attend one of our camps, we will honor the discounted camper fee until June 19.
Contact Information:
Robert G. Steele
Director of Support Services
Connecticut Rivers Council
Boy Scouts of America
P.O. Box 280098
60 Darlin Street
East Hartford, CT 06128-0098
860-913-2750
Patriots Path Council
Here is our council web site troops can go to for summer camp information. www.ppbsa.org Sabattis is the camp in Long Lake NY. We also have two NJ based operations. Camp Winnebago and Camp Somers
Narragansett Council, Rhode Island
Yawgoog is in Hope Valley RI and Cachalot is in the Miles Standish State Forrest, Plymouth MA close to the Cape.
www.yawgoog.org
www.campcachalot.org
Housatonic Council
<:orma>Edward D. Strang Scout Reservation - Located in Goshen, Connecticut (the rolling hills of the northwest corner of Connecticut).
Program: consistently rated among the best camps, Edward D. Strang Scout Reservation offers a program designed to help Scoutmasters accomplish their goals with their troops. A dedicated and experienced camp staff makes a special effort to get to know every Scout in camp on a first-name basis. Program areas include a full aquatics area with all merit badges, a top-shelf shooting sports area with rifle, shotgun, and archery ranges, and dynamic handicrafts, scoutcrafts, nature, and first-year camper programs. In addition, high-adventure programs include canoe trips, cycling, and a new program specially designed to challenge Venturers.
Dates: Edward D. Strang Scout Reservation will conduct four weeks of Boy Scout Camp:
- July 5-11
- July 12-18
- July 19-25
- July 26-August 1
Fee:
The Housatonic Council will offer troops from the Green Mountain Council the Green Mountain Council summer camp fee of $260 per Scout if paid by May 31st, and $290 per Scout if paid after May 31st.