Colonial District Spring 1999 Camporee Home Page

COLONIAL DISTRICT
SPRING 1999 CAMPOREE

Friday, April 9, to Sunday, April 11, 1999

Note that this date is one week earlier than the dates
originally listed in the Colonial District 1998-1999 calendar

Colonial District Boy Scouts and Venturing Scouts will help the Boy Scouts of America kick off a new emphasis on Leave No Trace outdoor skills and ethics at district's Spring 1999 camporee. This event will be held from Friday, April 9, to Sunday, April 11, at Prince William Forest Park, which is located about a dozen miles southwest of the Occoquan River beside I-95.

In order to prepare yourself and your unit for this exciting event, check out the following pages:

	Leave No Trace principles and links
	Leave No Trace programs for Scouts at the Spring camporee
	Other program activities at the Spring camporee
	Opportunities to help out at the Spring camporee
	Information about Prince William Forest Park
	Registration for the Spring camporee (Registration information is expect to be available in mid-January 1999. When it is finalized, it will be posted on this site.)

Scout Trainers Are Needed to Conduct the LNT Program

In keeping with the goal of having Scout-led programs within the Boy Scout troops and Venturing crews, the Leave No Trace program at the Colonial District Spring 1999 camporee will rely heavily on mature Scouts who can lead their colleagues in a set of LNT-related activities during the Saturday program.

In order to serve as LNT Trainers at the camporee, 36 Scouts will need to participate in a train-the-trainer session at Prince William Forest Park on Saturday, March 20, and Sunday, March 21, 1999. Those Scouts who participate in this training and who serve as trainers at the camporee will fulfill most of the requirements of the BSA Leave No Trace Outdoor Awareness Award. About eight adult Scouters also are needed to participate in this training and to serve as staff advisors to the LNT training teams at the camporee.

Troop and crew leaders are asked to identify mature (not necessarily older, but definitely mature in attitude and action) Scouts who have a well developed, confident presentation style. Send the names and phone numbers of these Scouts to Dominick Caridi at 703/360-9206 -H; 202/268-6488 W; DSCaridi@aol.com -H; or dcaridi@email.usps.gov -W.

In order to facilitate training for this exciting element of the camporee program (and a wonderful leadership opportunity for the Scouts who participate), please send this information to Dominick as soon as possible.

If you have questions about the Colonial District Spring 1999 Camporee, contact one of the camporee leaders:
Camporee Director:	Destry Jarvis (703/780-5258 -H; Destry_Jarvis@nps.gov -W)
Camporee Program Directors:	Dominick Caridi (703/360-9206 -H; 202/268-6488 -W; DSCaridi@aol.com -H; dcaridi@email.usps.gov -W) Jim Poole (703/799-7046 -H; 202/565-1174 -W; Jim_Poole@nps.gov -W)