VERMONT DAYS, BOY SCOUTS AND VERMONT STATE PARKS
Vermont State Parks invites you to
lead an outdoor skills program in the parks during
VERMONT DAYS weekend June 14 & 15, 2008.
Vermont Days is a statewide celebration of our public parks, waters and historic sites. Highlights include:
- Free entry into all VT State Parks
- Free Fishing Saturday, June 14
- Free concerts, programs and performances
- Free entry in Vermont Historic Sites
- Free Ice Cream at selected parks
- And more, with your help!
This is an opportunity for the Boy Scouts to partner with Vermont State Parks to run programs for the public during this weekend!
Some ideas include:
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Guided hikes
Fishing clinics
Fire building
Tarp setting
Outdoor cooking |
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GPS
Orienteering
Camp craft
Leave No Trace
Knots & Rope work |
Or other outdoor skills you would like to teach!
Guidelines:
Programs should be between ½ and 2 hours long and require little or no equipment from participants and no electricity or complicated set up from park staff
Day Use parks are the parks with the most visitors during this weekend, so we would like to start with the following parks first:
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Camp Plymouth (Ludlow)
Silver Lake (Barnard)
Bomoseen (Fair Haven)
Branbury (Salisbury)
Emerald Lake (Dorset)
Kingsland Bay (Ferrisburgh)Boulder Beach (Groton) |
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Mount Philo (Charlotte)
Shaftsbury (Shaftsbury)
St. Catherine (Poultney)
Kill Kare (St. Albans)
Knight Point (North Hero)
Sand Bar (Milton)
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Your whole unit need not participate; just a few leaders and scouts would be great! It can be as simple or grand as you’d like!
You’re Rewards:
A chance to spread the scouting experience to families across the state.
To provide an opportunity for other young people to join your unit!
Community service! Sharing your knowledge and skills with others.
A punch card good for free future park visits; (Number of cards determined by number of participants)
What to do:
Provide the following information:
Program Title:
Description:
Program Length:
Preferred Park:
Date:
Preferred Times:
Number of Scouts & Age range:
Number of Leaders:
Contact person:
Contact email and phone:
Send to:
Rochelle Skinner
Vermont State Parks
103 South Main Street, Building 10 South
Waterbury, VT 05676
Phone: 802-241-3665
Fax: 802-244-1481
Rochelle.skinner@state.vt.us
Rochelle Skinner will contact to you determine times and to confirm details.
Once programs are confirmed, they will be posted at www.vermontdays.vermont.gov
Thanks so much for your willingness to participate!