GREAT LAKES JAMBOREE 2010 PROGRAM
The program at the Jamboree is divided into a series of villages and day trips designed to allow your youth the maximum amount of program during their stay at the Jamboree. Even though villages are designed to be experienced in a single 3 hour time period, it is not generally possible to do everything in the village in 1 visit so you will have to discuss the various options carefully with your youth. Some villages are available for more than 1 scheduling time per troop. Full details about schedules will be e-mailed to units that fill in their registration form. Listed below is a quick outline of each village to give you an idea of what to expect. Unless otherwise noted, these on-site villages are designed to provide fun for youth of all Scout ages including Cubs who have completed 3rd year and are coming into the Scouts.
VILLAGE 1 – “Cooking With Crazy”
Each station is designed to allow hands on experience, as well as teaching of various “old time “ and “current” techniques and Scouting skills. E.g. are Dutch Oven cooking (and EATING of what is cooked),
VILLAGE 2 – “Down at the Forge”
We have 3 blacksmiths and a tinsmith that have hands on training and making for youth and Leaders also.
VILLAGE 3 - Adventure Village
In this area we will have the Repel towers, a climbing wall, Ariel runway, archery ranges, BB rifle ranges, Orienteering, 3 way tug o war and fire brigade wars. No way to be bored here!
VILLAGE 4 - HANDICRAFT VILLAGE
In the Handicraft Village area, youth will have the opportunity to create special Scout age craft items. Specialty woggle making, T-shirt silk screen with area logos, woodcarving, porcelain painting (a huge hit in past years), personalized button making and much more.
VILLAGE 5 – LEATHERWORKS VILLAGE
In the LeatherWorks leather crafts such as arm bands, key fobs with special Jambo stamps and other hand crafted leather items will be made.
VILLAGE 6 – “Back to Brownsea”
This is an Overnight adventure for 18 youth at a time. No leaders. Youth hike into the event area after breakfast and set up camp using gear very much like BP had at Brownsea. Cooking is done on wood fires and a full day and night program of instruction and fun await the youth adventurous enough to sign up for this.Youth must have completed 1 full year in the Scout program to be eligible for this area.
VILLAGE 7 - What’s it? Village
A series of 25 Fun, Goofy events, many of which are self-directed that have proven to be a hit with Scout age youth. We also have a monkey bridge and high wire walk. A great village to hit twice.
CANOE PROGRAM VILLAGE
There are 2 levels in the canoe program. We will offer a full day program consisting of ½ instruction for beginners and ½ day regatta to put into practice the skills just learned. The second level is an advanced canoe trip for Scouts with prior canoe tripping and serious skill level. This trip is not for rookies. Further details on the day program and the trip will be available in the Program Selection package.
CULTURAL MYSTERY TOURS
The area around the camp lends itself to several self- discovery cultural / historical based tours. You will be loaded on a bus in the AM and taken all around the area, stopping at local areas of interest. We won’t tell you the sites, but we can tell you that we have found 2 great ones. For lunch will be stopping at a fast food outlet (cost is Troop item) and you will be back at the camp in time for supper. This trip is free, all admission costs for areas will be paid by the Jamboree; all bus costs are covered. Time in the bus is short compared to the time you spend checking out the areas.
GEOCACHE TRIP
We provide a GPS and a location sheet. You provide transport and an inquisitive streak. There are several geocaches buried in a location apart from the Jambo. After you find yours and “Sign In” you have the option of visiting a superb historical museum about 3 miles away.(Admission costs are covered by Jambo). We will also provide directions to one of the best beaches you will find in Ontario.
HIKE PROGRAM
Day hike is a 12 K hike on the Bruce trail suitable for 1st and 2nd yr. Scouts and adults in relatively good shape. Overnight is approx. 30 K on the Bruce Trail. You will be carrying your own gear. All trips are bused to and from hike areas.
Water Park OUTTRIP
All units will be scheduled to go on a day trip to an area Water Park. There is no added cost for the trip or for the admission fee. It is part of the Jambo package. You will have unlimited use of the water events and 2 added areas. You will leave camp by bus after breakfast and return just prior to supper.
SPECIAL NIGHT SUBCAMP PROGRAM
Game Show Madness
This will run from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM. The Game Show is split over 2 nights. Two nights of crazy fun and events that run rain or shine (but not in First Class Thunderstorms). Game Show night will consist of each Troop running their favourite game show one night and being a contestant the next. You can go nuts with costumes, prizes etc. Game picked may be from the past or present. Full “guidelines” on Webpage after registration. Special prizes and awards as well as tons of fun plus the opportunity to make new friends will make this a special part of the Jamboree program.
LOCATION
Camp BEL is just EAST of London Ontario, 2 hours from Detroit, 2 1/2 hours from Niagara Falls & 2 hrs from Toronto. Full map to all registrants. The camping grounds are flat with a clay and gravel base covered by a layer of timothy and grass. There is limited tree shelter from the north. Subcamps are in open areas. Municipal water is available in Subcamp common area, a first aid station is located in the Subcamp area, and there is round the clock security on the site.
ARRIVALS and DEPARTURES
Please note that with the exception of overseas Troops, no Troops will be allowed on site until after 9:30 on the morning of the 10th (Saturday) and the Jamboree runs until 10:30 PM on the 17th so departures will be SUNDAY morning the 18th by noon.
LEADER RATIO and FEES
The minimum leader complement is 2 per troop. Please check and abide by your Region / Area and Country regulations.
A growing trend in Troops is to have Leaders rotate in and out for part weeks so that youth can get to camp and Leader obligations can be met. That is fine and we have a policy of only charging you for the actual leaders present. If you have a schedule that has coverage of 2 leaders per day with a small overlap of a night here and there we call that 2 leaders. We use Scouts Honour when it comes to this issue. In this case we would provide 2 sets of scarf / badge and you can purchase extras for the rotating leaders.
Leader fees are $100 per Leader.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR LEADERS
For any Troop that pre registers by April 30 2009, the Leader will get a FREE Jamboree souvenir upon arrival. Register now and get this special promotional item FREE!!
Note: Registration
This Jamboree is ALL electronic from this point on. We will do all of our communication via E Mail. I realize that not all have E mail BUT, someone in your group does. ALL unit updates and forms and maps etc will be downloadable from the Jambo homepage. PLEASE list an E MAIL CONTACT on the form when registering. It will greatly improve communication for all concerned. If you paper register and do not list one , we will call you looking for one.
FEES, DEADLINE DATES, SUBSTITUTIONS,
REFUNDS AND REGISTRATION PROCESS
Camp fee is $225 (Canadian) per person attending. There is a $100 Troop Registration fee which is NON REFUNDABLE. Fifty dollars of the $100 can be used as a credit with your second payment. This $100 must be sent with your registration form if registering by snail mail. If E Mail registering (PREFERRED), you must mail the $100 within 2 weeks to confirm the E Mail or you will be deleted. If you back out you lose the $100 Troop pre registration. The camp fee is divided into 2 payments to make it easier for youth to afford. We give the full bank exchange rate that we get on foreign registration monies.
The first $ 125 per youth payment and the $100/ leader is due November 1, 2009. THIS PAYMENT IS NON REFUNDABLE and NON CREDITABLE. If you are just getting the package and it is past Nov 1,2009, don't panic, Call me to see if there is still space and to let me know you are coming and send off the $100 Troop fee and make arrangements for the $125 per youth. The second $100 per youth is due March 1st, 2010. Again, if you get the package late, call me to see if there is still room. At this point, this fee is now also NON REFUNDABLE. ( In the event of a physician supported claim or verifiable extreme family crisis, this portion of the fee IS refundable.) You may substitute youth right up to 2 weeks prior the Jamboree with no penalty, as long as you e mail me with a SUBSTITUTION form and the sub accepts the program set up for the original youth. You can also ADD youth and leaders, IF SPACE IS AVAILABLE, up to 4 weeks prior to the Jamboree but please keep this to a minimum as it really adds to our paperwork. Forms for program choices, medical etc. will be on the website no later than September 1, 2009. For program picks, the sooner you fill in the web form, the better.
FULL DETAILS OF DATES AND REGISTRATION/ SUBSTITUTION POLICY WILL BE SENT TO CONTACT LEADER
STAFF APPLICATIONS
If you have spare Beaver, Cub, Group Committee adults, SIT’s, Life or Eagle Scouts or Canada Cord earners that are interested in serving on Staff for this event, we want them! We are always on the lookout for good people. Full details and staff application can be found here, or by contacting Skip Locke at 519-383-7947. Cost for staff is $90 for the week & INCLUDES FOOD.
Display Area
We will again make every effort to have things on site that are of interest to youth of Scout age and leaders. The list will be published in the first Jamboree newspaper that you will get when you arrive on site.
********INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION********
Information on this Jamboree will be on the WEB. In the past we have had participants from England, Scotland, USA Denmark, Columbia, Holland and Belize.
Tuck Shop
Shop will carry pop, bottled water, ice and candy as well as a limited supply of camp souvenirs. We will be carrying some limited groceries such as milk, bread, fruit and other items.
FOOD SERVICES
You will be doing your own cooking at this Jamboree. Each Troop will leave 1 car in the “Active” parking lot. The remainder of vehicles and all Troop Trailers will be in “Dead” parking The car in the Active lot will be available between 9 AM and 5 PM for 1 leader to go into town to get food as needed. It is 5 minutes to town. For units from overseas, we will provide transport once per day into town from the camp.
OTHER ADMINISTRIVIA
A health lodge staffed by nurses will be maintained for the duration of the Jamboree. A hospital is 10 minutes down the road. Water is municipal water. WEATHER DEPENDING, gear can be driven right up to the Subcamp. No cars or Troop trailers on site. A Table will be provided for you to cook on, 1 per site. (Table is a 6 foot banquet style table). Troops with more than 15 will get 2 tables. Ice is available at the tuck shop. All cooking must be with propane or naphtha or Dutch Ovens. NO WOOD FIRES. Units are expected to come self contained for food for the first 2 days.
Scouts Canada is a Co Ed movement. Please be advised of this if you are coming from the US. ALL Subcamps will be co ed and will have co ed Leadership in the Subcamp Staff.
I look forward to seeing you all at the Jamboree!
Register Your Troop Today!
QUESTIONS : slocke1@cogeco.ca Phone – 519-383-7947