The 2008 Cub Scout Day Camp was held at Leesylvania State Park last week, June 16 - 20 and was a huge success! The theme was "Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Wheels". As in most camps, the scouts have their favorite activities. For this camp, Archery, BB Guns, Leatherwork, Woodworking and Fishing were the big hits! Well, until the last day when the O.W.L. Fire Dept sent one of their trucks out to spray the kids! That was an awesome finale to a wonderful week!





The typical day at camp was started off with the Flag Ceremony followed by each den participating in 7 activities focusing on wheels and teamwork. On Monday, Den 12 participated in Woodworking - (the scouts built a covered wagon), Treading - (they climbed into a "track" of sorts and walked a course), Craft - (they decorated a backpack), played a game of Marbles, played Volleyball, learned about First Aid and shot bow and arrows at the Archery station.






Tuesday, the scouts enjoyed Leatherworking, where they were able to decorate a holder for the beads they received from each activity. They also participated in Fishing, shooting BB Guns, did painting at the Art station, planted grass seed at the Nature station, cleaned up the beach at the Conservation station and got to cross a Rope Bridge.





Wednesday was another day filled with fun and teaching the scouts teamwork! They went to the Sport station where they climbed into a blow-up hamster wheel and had to work together to get the wheel from one end of the course to the other. They also built Wheel Barrows at the Woodworking station, made butter and bread at Cooking, made a water wheel at Water Works, a spin wheel at the "Gears" craft station, learned about pulleys and weights and showed what they learned at the Archery station.





Thursday, more teamwork and more wheels! They started off decorating a leather bracelet at the Leatherworks station, learned aboutt he water cycle at the Weather station, made leaf imprints on clay and foil at the Nature station, clay pots at Art, shot BB Guns, went fishing and showed their skill on the Rope Bridge.





Friday, the last day of camp and Family Day, the scouts raced hot wheel cars, raced baloon driven cars, decorated frisbies, made some great pictures at art, ran in the hamster wheel, made pin wheels and shot BB Guns. Then all dens performed a skit or song they all came up with which was very cool! We got to thank all of the camp directors and staff for all of their hard work to put together a totally awesome time for the scouts! And last but not least, everyone awaited the arrival of the O.W.L. Firetruck so they could all get sprayed!







I would personally like to send out a "BIG THANK YOU" to all of the camp directors and staff for a job well done. And a special THANK YOU to Kelley T. and Jim P. and to all of the Den 12 den walkers made up of volunteers from Packs 611, 964, 1149, 1189, I can't thank you all enough! You sincerely made the camp that much more enjoyable and my hat's off to all of you. I would also like to thank Mr. Pleasant for the wonderful pictures! All scouts received a very nice patch (pictured on the left) along with an unforgettable experience! If any of you from Den 12 have any pictures you'd like to add, or any comments at all, please send me an email by Clicking Here and let me know! If the picture shows a close up of your scout, I also need permission to place it on the site (that's why you see my son in almost every pic, for now).