PROGRAM PLANNING (Do’s and Don’ts):

DO:

1. Allow patrols to plan and carry out some things they thought of and want to do.
2. Have enough scheduled to keep everyone busy -BUT...
3. Allow for and suggest some time when a Scout can "go and do with a pal".
4. Be sure there are personal achievement, advancement possibilities, and fun in the program.
5. Keep in personal touch with what's happening in the patrol; get verbal patrol reports each day.
6. Set a tone that will give your troop real class. Insist on good manners, good fellowship, clean Sportsmanship, clean fun, and clean camp.
7. Make the patrol method work by expecting it to work.

DON'T:

1. Allow too many activities to be scheduled. Camping should not be an exhausting experience.
2. Be alarmed if things happen that are not in the schedule – some circumstances warrant changes in plans.
3. Judge the success of the camp by the number of merit badges earned.
4. Give boys a title and a camp leadership job and then do all the leading yourself.
5. Permit a violation, an error in operation, to persist or continue. "Stop the show" – correct it immediately. A Scout camp is a training camp. Be kind but firm, when necessary

C.O.P.E. (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience)

Designed to test and strengthen one’s faith inself and others with a series of Challenging Outdoor Personal Experiences.

Goals:

1. Teamwork
2. Communication
3. Trust
4. Leadership
5. Decision Making
6. Problem Solving
7. Self-Esteem