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2010 NS District 100th Anniversary Fall Camporee
Sept. 24-26 at Fort Sisseton State Historic Park
Activities and events for both Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts
The event was attended by 254 Scouts and Scouters . . . from Packs 2, 8, 18, 23, 31, 35, 33, 35 38, 51, 128, 169, 182, 242, 262, 264, and 293 . . . and from Troops 10, 23, 33, 35, 45, 51, 128, 188, 209, and 359.
See what you missed . . . see who was there . . . see what happened during the weekend . . . . click on the link below to view photos taken throughout the weekend.
Event Patches - Event patches (shown at the bottom of this page) have been ordered and should be able to be picked up at the November Roundtable. Thirty extra patches have been ordered for those who would like to purchase additional patches for $1.25 each.
100th Anniversary Fall Camporee Campfire: The closing campfire at the 2010 North Star District Fall Camporee contained campfire ashes from Boy Scout campfires from as far back as 1907 - including past National Jamborees. Ashes from this campfire can be obtained from Greg Grajczyk.
These ashes started at Brownsea Island, where Lord Baden-Powell tried his experimental Boy Scout Camp over 103 years ago. Although they were removed later, these ashes actually contain microscopic particles from that very fire.
Since then they have picked up particles from 749 campfires around the world:
From 60 countries, 35 U.S. States, and the District of Columbia
From 51 Jamborees, 96 Camporees, 59 Wood Badge Courses, and 57 OA ceremonial fires
From 2 flag retiring ceremonies
From 1 Eagle Scout Courts of Honor
From the ashes of three scout camps destroyed by Mount St. Helen's Volcano
2010 NS Dist. Fall Campfire Ashes Pedigree.pdf contains the 20-page history or "pedigree" of the ashes of the fall camporee campfire.
Boy Scout Troops: Check the Boy Scout Troop 2010 NS Dist Fall Camporee.pdf flier for a tentative schedule and other information for the North Star District Fall Camporee to be held at Ft Sisseton Sept 24-26, 2010. Cost for the event will be $22 per person for the boy scouts, provided will be 2 breakfasts, lunch and dinner on Saturday, camping and entrance fees into the state park. If you have questions about the Boy Scout activities contact Todd Garry
On Friday, registration will be at the shelter at the north entrance. Everybody who arrives on Saturday will park south of the fort and come in through the south entrance by buildings E & D, and register at the Guardhouse - building D.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
 Each unit is to turn in an Event Registration Form.pdf to the registration table upon arrival at the event. Forms will also be available at the registration table.
Unit headcounts are due no later than Tuesday, September 21st of how many people from your unit will be attending all or a portion of the weekend. Please e-mail your unit's headcount to Todd Garry.
Also, all units are to turn in a completed BSA Consent & Release Form (2).pdf or part C of the Boy Scout Health and Medical Form #30605 for each person attending with your unit. Forms will also be available at the registration table.
 All troops and packs are asked to bring their unit flags for the opening ceremony at 9:00 am Saturday morning, and stanchions or some other method to secure your flags in the ground in the "Avenue of Flags".
Troops will need to bring lighting for the evenings (lanterns, etc). Fort Sisseton has few street or outdoor lights.
Friday Night: Wii Tournament, Bowling, Rock Band, other Wii Games, Air Hockey table, Popcorn & other Snacks
Saturday's Boy Scout Activities
GFP Laser Shooting Range
GFP Jetski Trainer
Star Lab
Blacksmith Demonstrations
Tours of Ft Sisseton
SD National Guard Climbing Tower (tentative)
Historic Trails Award
Tomahawk Throw
Cross Buck Saw
Check the links below for the Camporee Schedule and location of events.
Fort Sisseton Camporee Schedule.pdf Ft Sisseton Camporee Map.pdf
Please start promoting this great event with your troop, last fall the Order of the Arrow held their Section C1A conclave, we had roughly 250 people at the Fort for the weekend and it was a wonderful time.
Thank you for volunteering for a job during the Camporee, if it was not for the volunteers, there would not be a program or camporees.
Check back for more details and the latest updates.
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HISTORIC TRAILS AWARD
Boy Scout Troops - Plans are being made for Boy Scouts to earn the Historic Trails Award while at Fort Sisseton.
A unit historic activity requires members to:
1. Locate a historic trail or site and study information relating to it. (This information may be obtained from an adult historic society, public library, or from people living near the trail or the site.) Ft. Sisseton Historic State Park has two historic trails.
2. Hike or camp 2 days and 1 night along the trail or in the vicinity of the site.
3. Cooperate with an adult group such as a historic society to restore and mark all or part of this trail or site. (This may be done during the hike or overnight camp.) Or cooperate with such a group to plan and stage a historic pageant, ceremony, or other public event related to this trail or site : such event should be large enough to merit coverage by the local press.
Boys will be performing a maintenance project at Fort Sisseton to fulfill this requirement.
Historic presentation sessions will be held at the dining hall of the North Barracks building at 9:30 am and 1:30 pm.
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CUB SCOUT PACKS
Cub Scout Packs: The following are the latest details for the Cub Scout activities and schedule being planned for the North Star District 100th Anniversary Fall Camporee. Cub Scout cost is $14.50 per person, which includes Saturday lunch and dinner. Details are still being worked out, so some changes can be expected. If you have any questions about Cub Scout activities contact Rhonda Stengel
On Friday, registration will be at the shelter at the north entrance. Everybody who arrives on Saturday will park south of the fort and come in through the south entrance by buildings E & D, and register at the Guardhouse - building D.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
Each unit is to turn in an Event Registration Form.pdf to the registration table upon arrival at the event. Forms will also be available at the registration table.
Unit headcounts are due no later than Tuesday, September 21st of how many people from your unit will be attending all or a portion of the weekend. Please e-mail your unit's headcount to Todd Garry.
Also, all units are to turn in a completed BSA Consent & Release Form (2).pdf or part C of the Boy Scout Health and Medical Form #30605 for each person attending with your unit. Forms will also be available at the registration table.
All troops and packs are asked to bring their unit flags for the opening ceremony at 9:00 am Saturday morning, and stanchions or some other method to secure your flags in the ground in the "Avenue of Flags".
Cub Scouts activities will include "push mobile" and "peddle mobile" races. If individuals have a push mobile they'd like to race, please bring it. All drivers must wear helmets. Anyone with an extra helmet is asked to bring it, in case someone doesn't have one.
Cub Scout Activities (Saturday)
Archery
BB Gun
Sling Shot
Waterballon Target Shooting
Push/Pedal Cart Races
Leatherworking
Bobcat Blast
Camp Photo Frames
GFP Laser Shooting Range
GFP Jetski Trainer
Star Lab
Blacksmith Demonstrations
Tours of Ft Sisseton
Tigers MUST have an adult with them at all times. Rest of Pack must have 1 Adult for every 6 Scouts signed up.
Hello NS Packs!
Have your Cubs had a fun time attending the Spring Camporees? Do you wish your Cubs could take part in a Fall Camporee? How about helping North Star celebrate the BSA's 100 year birthday?
Well, have we got good news for you! The Fall Camporee will be held at Fort Sisseton, and the Cubs are invited to attend the festivities on Sat. Sept. 25. Cubs and their families are encouraged to participate from the opening at 9am and stay through the dinner & program, ending approximately 8-8:30.
The day will start at 9:00am with a mass of flags. Each Unit, (Packs, Troops, and Crews) are asked to bring their flags and a ground stand for the opening ceremonies. We will have an anavenue of flags on display. After the welcome, about 9:30, will we get started with many Cub activities. There isn't a set rotation for the stations.
We will break for lunch from 11:30 to 1pm, and start up again with the activities until 4pm. At that time will do some "Leave No Trace" and ˜Outdoor Activity Award" projects until 5:30. There will be a campwide flag ceremony, dinner, and 100-year celebration program.
Some of the activities available will be Archery, BB Gun, Climbing Wall, Leatherworking, Branding, Star Lab, GFP Laser Shooting Range, GFP Jetski Trainer, and many more. Please see flyer for more details on the NS website.
There will be push-cart races & Scouts need to wear helmets. There will be some bike helmets there, but please bring one if you can.
We will also be providing laptops to do Youth Protection Training.
We need a "head-count" to plan for enough food. Please get of a number of Scouts & adults who plan to attend this event. Someone from your Pack needs to contact Todd Gary (gtgarry@itctel.com) with your numbers by the evening of Tues. Sept. 21.
As with most events, this not possible without help from parents & Leaders. We would like to have enough help to have "shift" of workers, so no one would be tied to a station for the day, but could be available to go to the other activates with their Scouts. Some of the activities will be covered with help from the Park. Pass this info on to others in your Packs, so they may offer to help. Please look over the activities and let Rhonda Stengel (scoutingstengels@yahoo.com) know how & when you can help. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. But if there aren't enough people to run a station, we will drop that activity from the schedule.
Easy list of things to do before Ft. Sisseton Camporee:
**Go to North Star web site to see the details, schedules, and maps
**Invite your Scouts, including newly registered & their families
**Get head-count to Todd Gary ASAP---TODAY!!
**Let Rhonda Stengel know how & when you can help
**Print out Registration from NS web site & fill out with names of Scouts & Adult
**Tigers MUST have adult with them at all times
**1 Adult per 6 Scouts
**Print Out Part C from NS web site & have all participants fill it out.
**$14.50 includes Lunch & Dinner, Patch, Activities, Insurance, Entrance to State Park
**1st Adult coming on Sat, bring your Reg. & Part C paperwork to Reg. Table.
**As Scouts register, they will be asked what Pack they are from & they will be checked off.
**Near end of afternoon, please have someone from your Pack double check the attendees from your Pack to settle the bill.
Thank-you for your continued support for our North Star events.
Rhonda Stengel
Check the links below for the Camporee Schedule and location of events.
Ft Sisseton Camporee Map.pdf Fort Sisseton Camporee Schedule.pdf
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The Iyatonka Chapter of the Order of the Arrow will be
running a concession stand during the day on Saturday.
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Check back for more details and the latest updates.
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For those with questions concerning the fees set for this
event, please refer to the 2010Fall Camporee Budget.pdf
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