Buses for our camping trip will be leaving on Friday, October 12th, at 4:30 pm from Deerfield's front parking lot, and again on Saturday morning at 7:00 am. We will all be returning on Sunday, October 14th, at approximately 12:00 pm.

Due to parking constraints, each troop is allowed only one car at Hoover. Any younger troops that are interested in coming for the day only, must provide their own transportation.

This year, lunch and dinner for Saturday will be provided for our town's encampment in the dining hall at Hoover! Troops will be in charge of breakfasts only!

A deposit of $25.00 per girl is due to Heather Leonardis, no later than May 21st. Please send one check per troop made out to Mountainside CAC. Balance due to be determined later.

From those who were at the leader meeting on April 19, it was decided that First grade Brownies would go up on Saturday for the day, Second Grade Brownies will go up Saturday for one night and Third grade Brownies will go up for two nights

We will exchange swaps up at camp, you can make them before hand or bring up your supplies and do them in the creation studio.

Each troop will have a chance to visit the camp store and we will decide the maximum amount of money the girls can bring.

If you have extra parents who really want to come camping with us please talk to Nancy or Mary. We would like to give them a half day job assignment (mind the creation studio, ball field, etc)

No more than 2 pieces of luggage - a small duffel or backpack and a sleeping bag. Each girl will have to carry her own stuff (a friend may help).

One car per troop and it will be parked in the parking lot once unloaded. Every troop must have one leader on the bus tending to her troop.

Everyone is to think of how we want to handle quiet time violators - it will be enforced (giggles and whispers fine, running around screaming - NOT)

Each troop will donate a few prizes for bingo (collected in September - start looking through the closets)

Everyone is encouraged to early bird register so it is done before the summer in order to go camping.

Responsibilities

Generally one person can handle each of the following jobs:

Encampment Director: Nancy Kinney
Prepare initial permission slip: Heather Leonardis
Health cards - collect from each girl/leader and make one copy for the people in charge of the buses: Heather Leonardis
Council liaison for campsites and paperwork: OPEN

Putting paperwork together for girls/leaders; i.e.: "what to pack", directions, permission slips, etc.: Joan McLaughlin and Jessica Nordstrom
Schedule of events: Carol Goggi

Training records - see that the appropriate training has been completed: Elisa Roland

First Aid person (nurse): OPEN

T-shirts: order form for scouts/leaders; collecting $; ordering; distributing: Anjali Mehrotra

Truck rental/pick up on Friday afternoon 10-12-07 @ about 3:00 PM: OPEN
Buses: order 2 for Friday @ 4:00 PM, 1 for Saturday @ 7:00 AM and 2 for Sunday @ 10:00 AM (depending on numbers) - Vogel Bus: Kathy Goldbeck
Bus check in people: One for each bus (5 total, you will be supplied with a list of those that should be on the bus): OPEN

Waterfront certified person; organize and oversee boats: OPEN
Ropes certified person; oversee ropes course: Mary Greeley

Person to oversee/clean up the sports field at the end of the day: OPEN
Person to oversee/clean up the "Creation Studio" during the day and at the end of the day: OPEN

Saturday evening events:
good weather: donation of wood, needs to get on the truck before luggage: OPEN
S'more makings (marshmallows, chocolate, grahams) scouts/leaders will get their own sticks: Susan Buchner

inclement weather: SMALL prizes for Bingo (gather bingo boards for evening):OPEN

Organize ice skating fund raiser night over the summer (just a matter of collecting money and keeping track of numbers): OPEN