02/28/23 Cubmaster Update

Good evening Pack 333 families. It's that time of year - preparing for Summer Camp. The Baltimore Area Council hosts Camp Linstead at the Howard County Fairgrounds, a Cub Scout Day Camp (https://camplinstead.com/registration/), this year 26 - 30 June 2023. Cubs entering 2nd grade through 5th grade this fall are eligible to participate for all 5 days; Tiger Cubs entering 1st grade are able to attend Wednesday and Thursday of the week with an adult partner with them in camp. This year's theme is Space which will be celebrated through out the stations and Dens. Siblings who are 4 years or older (and potty trained) can also participate as Tagalongs (and must be registered and accompanied by an adult). Anyone 14 or older who wishes to volunteer to help is also welcome. Registration is open through the first week of April 2023. Registration is online only this year and is on an individual basis following the link listed above and includes1 T-shirt (it is recommended for those participating more than 1 day to have more than 1 T-shirt). Cubs, adults, and Tagalongs must register to attend. Once registered online, you must complete the BSA medical forms and provide those to me BEFORE 5 April 2023 to ensure I can follow-up with any missing or incomplete information. All forms are required to be hardcopy (yes hardcopy - you are reading that right) and will be submitted for the Pack as one physical submission. I am currently serving as the Camp Coordinator in addition to Cubmaster duties and need to couple days to ensure we do not suffer any penalties for incomplete forms before the 9 April deadline.

There are volunteer requirements that assist in subsidizing the Camp (https://camplinstead.com/camp-information/volunteers/). It's a bit confusing of a read but in general, for every 4th Cub registered and for every 4th Cub of each Rank, we need an adult volunteer. This can be one or more adults as long as we have 1 adult for each of the 5 days for each group of 4 Cubs. For every 8 Cubs registered, we need a dedicated 5 day volunteer (I am currently filling the first slot for this as the Science Station Manager); if we register more than 15 Cubs, we will need another adult 5 day volunteer. There is training required for all volunteers (https://camplinstead.com/training/) which includes online zoom meeting training and in person training. If you are interested, please let me know. Once you have registered, please let me know so I can tally and keep track of registrations and volunteer requirements (I will set up excel on google docs). As always, any questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome.

Respectfully,

Tara Lydick, Cubmaster Pack 333