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CFL offers many opportunities for a troop to build teamwork between its patrols. Here are just a few examples that your troop can prepare themselves for. Please check this website as your week at camp draws closer for the most up to date troop programs that we will be offering.
Troop Competitions
Troop Tournaments: New for 2010! Troops will now be able to sign up and participate in troop tournaments against other troops in camp. Tournaments will be scheduled by camp staff and the troop that wins will have a chance to play a staff team for the select tournament championship. Tournaments to be offered are volleyball, water polo, human foosball, and pioneering competition.
Campsite Gateway: Any troop can enter this competition. Each campsite gateway will be judged by 5:00 pm Wednesday evening. If a troop would like to enter this competition the SPL must register at any of the SPL meetings prior to the judging. The judges will be looking for creativity, ingenuity and proper lashings and knots. The winning troop of this competition will receive a free pizza party on Friday night after the campfire. Anything may be used in the creation of a gateway, and bringing supplies up to camp for the sole use in the gateway is encouraged. Only one gateway per campsite will be allowed to enter this competition. If more than one troop is sharing a campsite, cooperation between them to make one gateway is encouraged.
 Troop Inspection: This competition challenges a troop’s ability to keep a clean, organized, and efficient camp. If a troop is interested in competing, the SPL must register the troop no later than the Monday SPL meeting. The competition runs four days, Tuesday through Friday. During that time the CFL Staff Inspection Team will drop by unannounced once a day each day. Points will be awarded to the troops that meet the standards of the inspection team. On Friday the points earned throughout the week will be tallied together. The winner will be announced at the closing campfire. Here is the list of a few things that the inspection team will be judging on.
• Tents and dining tarps properly pitched with all the proper knots and ropes.
• Cooking area clean and organized, including patrol box.
• All fires properly attended or extinguished.
• Blue supply tent clean and organized.
• Outhouse clean and stocked.
Troop Overnights
Tree Top Overnight: Spend a night in the trees. Your troop can enjoy a quiet evening and night on the shore of Lake Emrick. This overnight is unstaffed, meaning that adults are required to participate to follow youth protection guidelines. The overnight is designed to be used as an opportunity for a troop to use the facility and plan their own program. Depending on the troop’s desires, a cracker-barrel the night of the overnight or a breakfast the morning after can be supplied. This overnight is offered on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. If a troop is interested the SPL can sign up for any of these night at the SPL meetings. Spots will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
Other Troop Opportunities
Troop Service Project: Give back to the camp. Use the skills of your troop and perform a service project at camp. Come up with your own project and approve it by our ranger or do a needed service project that is on our list. Giving back to other troops that come up to camp is the best way to keep the spirit of Scouting alive.
If you have a special program or idea of a troop activity let us know. We are more than happy to help you develop a program for your own troop.
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