Health Forms

Every Scout and adult attending camp for the week must have a current National Health Form (No Exceptions). This form is renewed annually by a physician. New forms are available at the Scout meetings and on our web site.

Medications

All medications must be checked-in with the Health Officer during medical checks on Sunday. All prescription drugs (including those needing refrigeration) are to be locked up. An exception may be made for a limited amount of medication to be carried by a camper, leader or staff member for life-threatening conditions, including EpiPen’s, heart medication and inhalers, or for a limited amount of medication approved for use in a first aid kit. Campers that are going to be taking medications need to have filled out the “Parent Medication Control Permission Form” include with this enough medication for the week in the original bottle (your pharmacist can help you by making out a special labeled bottle for camp). Put everything in a gallon sized zip-lock bag and using a marker to put the campers name on the outside of the bag. We will have our own nurses in camp to make sure that the medications are distributed using the instructions you give us on the form.

Scouts Leaving the Camp

We take keeping track of where the Scouts are at all times very seriously. For this reason we ask that no parent should ever remove their son or daughter from camp without first checking in with our leader in charge. No person may remove a Scout from the camp without their name appearing on the National Health Form (authorization section on part A).

Homesickness

TIPS FOR PARENTS TO HELP US COMBAT HOMESICKNESS:

If a Scout calls home, ask to talk to the Scoutmaster to get the facts. (Scouts sometime embellish the situation to get sympathy i.e., “Someone is being mean to me.” “The food is bad.” “I don’t feel well.”) Talk to the Scout about the positive experiences they have had as well as those they can look forward to. Encourage them to continue and let them know how proud you are of them. Don’t write your Scout telling them how much you miss them and don’t send special items or food to camp. If you are in camp, try to stay away from your Scout and their activities, let them know that you are there to help the troop and that they should continue to work with their leaders.