What to Bring
Summer Camp Packing List (initialing items with permanent marker is recommended):
Scout Packing List:
Sleeping bag and/or bedding/sleeping pad & pillow
Full Class A uniform
Shirt
Neckerchief w/ slide
Scout pants / shorts
Belt
Hats
Hanger
Several Class B T-shirts
Bathing suit(s)
Sneakers/hiking books and water shoes/flip-flops
Sweatshirt/jacket
Poncho/rain gear
Several changes of clothes, including Scout shorts and long pants, and some warm clothes for sleeping
Bath towel(s)
Toiletries
Insect repellent
Sun screen
Scout Handbook (photocopy signed pages before leaving home)
Flashlight, lantern and/or headlamp (w/ extra batteries)
Pocket knife (optional and only with Totin' Chip)
2 Canteens/Nalgene water bottles
Pens and small spiral notebook
Merit badge schedule and any completed pre-requisites
Camp map
Orienteering compass
Small knapsack/day pack/drawstring bag for daily use
Medication/EpiPen if necessary (advise camp nurse ahead of time)
1/4 inch rope/clothesline (10-feet)
Mosquito netting for over bed, either:
Pop-up net or
Netting and four 1/2 inch diameter by 36-inch long dowels and duct tape to create corner posts on cot for netting
Timepiece (wristwatch or otherwise)
Hand sanitizer
Labeled footlocker to hold the above items (link is a suggested style of footlocker).
Camping chair
Black trash bag(s)
Ziploc bags (e.g. gallon size for wet clothes)
Duct tape
Playing cards, soccer ball, basketball, football, frisbee or the like, and/or reading material, for down time
Fishing rod & reel/tackle (for Fishing Merit Badge; otherwise optional)
SCOUT SPIRIT
PLEASE: Parents NO packing for your son; NO excessive amounts of food/snacks; NO massive footlockers
PARENTS must also wear Class A uniform shirt, Troop neckerchief and slide at breakfast and dinner in the dining hall.
Troop Gear (for leaders to bring):
Battery charger
Citronella candles for picnic tables
Extra toilet paper
Solo stove and fire starter
Tiki torches and fuel
LED string lights for picnic table area
Milk carton for patrol and troop flag display
Fantastic
Toilet paper
Paper towels
Wipes
6 pack of lighters
Two flag brackets for lean-to
Cooler