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Florence, Oregon Oregon Trail Council |
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Camp Baker Program |
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The programs at Camp Baker are many and among the best any camp can
offer. Below are the general camp offerings.
Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience. Camp Baker is excited to offer our newest high adventure program, Project COPE. Project COPE, a national program of the Boy Scouts of America, stands for “Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience”. The program is composed of group initiative games, trust events, low course events, and high course events. Some activities involve a group challenge while others develop individual skills and agility. Participants climb, swing, balance, jump, rappel, and devise solutions to a variety of problems. Most participants achieve more than they imagined they could. COPE emphasizes building self-esteem, developing leadership, and working as a team to accomplish tasks, and it provides opportunities for every participant to succeed as an individual and as a member of a group. The program runs for the whole week, starting on Monday morning and ending on Friday morning. Participants will have time in the afternoon to join activities with their troop. It’s the perfect activity for your older Scouts or leadership core to develop leadership and communication skills. Individual Scouts or adults are also encouraged to enroll. The program has space for about 24 participants per week that work in groups of eight to twelve to emphasize teamwork and trust. Participants must be 14 years of age. The low course is made up of 15 elements with names such as Trust Fall, The Beam, Wild Woosey, The Wall, Spider Web, Nitro Crossing to name a few. The high course (most elements are 40 feet high) has 9 elements with names such as Heebie Geebie, Commando Line, Zipline and more. Meeting the challenges of COPE allows individuals and groups to develop self-esteem and encourages them to adopt challenging, attainable goals. The Camp Baker COPE Program emphasizes seven major goals. They are: teamwork, communications, trust, leadership, decision making, problem solving and self-esteem. Be sure to visit with the Tower Staff on Sunday (or early Monday for LDS troops) so you and your troop may benefit from Camp Baker’s newest High Adventure Program. THE TOWER Camp Baker offers an exciting and challenging adventure in climbing and rappelling. This program is for Scouts ages 13 and older. Our tower, operated under the guidelines of the Boy Scouts of America, and the supervision of experienced climbers, offer Scouts the opportunity to challenge themselves on any of seven routes (optional), each requiring varying levels of difficulty. Prior to climbing, each Scout receives detailed safety instruction on the opening tour from our tower staff--to insure proper procedures are followed. Climbing Merit Badge is offered in the morning sessions. Scoutcraft Look for the pioneering projects and Scoutcraft demonstrations to locate this area. Scheduled merit badges include Orienteering, Pioneering and Wilderness Survival. We see the Scoutcraft staff as our camping experts and they are always ready to answer questions or share a Scoutcraft trick or two Aquatics No other Scout Camp setting in the Northwest can offer all the waterfront opportunities Siltcoos Lake offers Camp Baker. Aquatics merit badges on our schedule include Swimming, Canoeing, Rowing, Lifesaving, and Small Boat Sailing. The waterfront is also the obvious place to complete the swimming requirements for Second Class and First Class. Basic swim instruction is also available during open program area time and on request. The boats and swim beach are also open for free time use. The Aquatics staff will also assist with canoe overnighters. The aquatics staff takes responsibility for all the camp’s water related activities, helping each Scout and troop to safely take full advantage of all the recreation Siltcoos Lake has to offer. Other offerings include Safe Swim Defense training, Safety Afloat training, Snorkeling BSA, the Mile Swim, and BSA Lifeguard Ecology The Ecology staff works out of Barney Carlson Lodge, an open-sided building just down the trail from the Leaders’ Lodge. This staff runs a program of scheduled merit badges (varied by year) including Archeology, Environmental Science (an Eagle required badge), Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, Geology, Mammal Study, Oceanography, Soil & Water Conservation, and Space Exploration. The ecology area is dedicated to more than merit badges. Encourage Scouts to use this area to develop their curiosity about the camp environment. The staff is always ready to look at an interesting bug or answer a question about whether or not there really are bears in camp. The ecology staff puts on some other nature oriented activities like the popular night owl hike & nightly star gazing. They maintain a nature trail that is an especially good resource for Scouts working on the plant and animal identification requirements. Finally, this staff takes a special interest in the overall ecology of the camp. They are the experts on planning effective conservation projects and on seeing that we treat the camp environment with wisdom and respect. Scout Skills For scouts that have not yet earned the rank of First Class, or need to brush up on their scouting skills, Camp Baker provides the Scout Skills area. This area is devoted to not only teaching Scouts the skills needed to earn the rank of First class, but also to ensure that they have a fun and exciting time at Camp Baker. Expect from this area not only great teaching of scout skills, but also fun camp games and activities to demonstrate scouting skills and scouting spirit. This is a great area to visit and be recharged with Scouting Spirit! Timber Slugs This older boy program combines pioneering, leadership, camping, and sailing all into one! The boys in this program get to build their own sailing vessel out of canoes, poles, tarps, and rope. Then at the end of the week, sail it across the lake and camp overnight! A must do for that boy who has "been there and done that". Handicraft The Handicraft staff works out of Buck Badley Lodge near the Trading Post. The handicraft merit badges are Art, Basketry, Indian Lore, Leatherwork, and Woodcarving. Help on other badges will be provided as materials and the expertise of our staff allows. Scouts will need to purchase materials for these badges at the Trading Post. The cost will be minimal. There is a wide range of materials from basic to expert. This will be limited only by the scouts desire create! Scouts do not have to be working on a merit badge to use the Handicraft Area. The staff is happy to help with any craft project, merit badge related or not, and the Trading Post will stock a wide range of craft supplies and kits. The area is staffed all day long to assist Scouts with their free time projects. Outpost Camping Your program potential at Camp Baker extends far beyond its borders. Active troops strike out of camp and make use of the many outpost opportunities the environment around Camp Baker offers. There are patrol campouts on the peninsula, many canoe outposts around the lake, or even camping on the dunes. If your unit decides to do an outpost, you must maintain your two-deep leadership both in and out of camp (if some Scouts are staying behind). Patrols can camp within the camp proper, without adults present. Shooting Sports Our Shooting Sports staff operates two busy shooting ranges. The rifle and archery range are two of the most popular spots in camp. You will receive information during orientation meetings at camp. Camp Wide Games On Friday afternoons, all troops and patrols gather to compete in a set of games covering the whole of camp! BAKER GAMES
We encourage you to bring troop and patrol flags to all
events you attend as a group. Throughout the week, there will be
opportunities to highlight your teamwork and special awards throughout
camp during evening flags. Dune Night
One mile west of camp
are the greatest sand dunes any Scout camp in the world has access to.
The dunes are a great outpost destination, whether for an afternoon hike
or an overnight trek. The “tree islands” in the dunes are a unique
camping destination. The lakes in the dunes (some years they are there,
others they are not) are great spots for a troop swim (conducted on the
eight point safe swim defense plan). A push across the dunes reaches the
ocean, a hike of about eight miles, round trip. Campfire Our staff will amaze you with energetic campfire programs throughout the week! Your troop is encouraged to join with another for an inter-troop campfire. Chapel Sunday evening, all are invited to participate in a non-denominational Scout's Own Chapel service. Song, prayer, and skits are uplifting and fun! BAKER ANTHEM SEGMENTS
The Camp Baker Anthem calls on a Scout to become a Baker
Camper, Baker Hiker, Baker Swimmer, and Baker Climber. This program is
designed to recognize Scouts who meet those challenges.
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