Food and Beverge Reminder for Next Weeks Day Camp

Just a quick reminder about food and beverages at next weeks day camp…

At our training meeting we had shared that we have a couple of boys with peanut allergies. Initially we were under the impression that one was quite severe. We have since found out this is not the case. We do ask that anyone who might bring something like a peanut butter sandwich please take care to wash hands at the restroom after eating to help minimize the chance of transferring peanut butter residue to other areas of camp.

Scouts, leaders and staff must bring their own REFILLABLE WATER BOTTLE, lunch and snacks every day. There will be no food items available in the trading post.

There will be potable water available. We will also have water jugs and coolers available to check out. Packs are responsible for filling water jugs and bringing their own ice (dry ice is not permitted). Please do not put drink mix in the camp water jugs, they are for water and ice only. Lunches should be placed in the cooler in the morning. Snacks could be taken with boys in a small day pack if they are going to ranges and fishing as they won’t be able to go back for snacks during that time.

We also ask that energy drinks not be sent to camp. We know that with all of the excitement of camp, the boys will have plenty of energy already.

Ft. Clatsop Day Camp Daily Flag Ceremonies

While attending Ft. Clatsop Day Camp, dens will take turns raising and lowering the flag. There will be a “prepare for flag” session at the end of each day where the den lowering the flag that day as well as the den raising the flag the next morning will review the ceremony. We will start with Webelos dens, most of whom have either witnessed or participated in flag ceremonies before, and work down to the Wolves and Tigers.

Packs going to resident camp may wish to practice their flag ceremonies as well. Your group may have the opportunity to participate in a flag ceremony either for the entire camp or in your own campsite (leaders may get extra points toward their leader award for this…)

Also, be mindful that in the Pledge of Allegiance…there is no comma in the phrase “One nation under God”, therefore there should be no pause between “On nation” and “under God”…

 

To preview the ceremonies we will be using, download the following…

Flag Ceremony – Lowering

Flag Ceremony – Raising

Name That Moon…Strawberry, Rose, Perigee or Supermoon…

Full Strawberry Moon: Strawberry-picking season peaks during this month.  Europeans called this the Rose Moon. Very high ocean tides can be expected during the next two or three days, thanks to the coincidence of perigee with the full moon.

One of the biggest celestial events of the year is almost upon us!

Set to peak on Sunday, June 23, the 2013 supermoon is noteworthy not only for the remarkable sight it will present to skywatchers but also because it will be the largest supermoon this year.

Also known as a perigee moon, the event occurs when a full moon lines up with the Earth and the sun at a specific point in its orbit, called the lunar perigee. That’s the point at which the moon is nearest to Earth as it traces its elliptical path around our planet.

Since it’s closer to us, the moon appears up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than usual. Coined by astrologer Richard Nolle, the term “supermoon” essentially means a bigger and brighter full moon.

But what makes Sunday’s supermoon so special?

While skywatchers will be able to spot another supermoon in July, the moon will not be this close again until August 2014. (The July full moon will be the Full Buck Moon: Named for when the new antlers of buck deer push out from their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, thunderstorms now being most frequent. Sometimes it’s also called the Full Hay Moon.)

The moon will turn full at 7:32 a.m. EDT Sunday. It will reach its closest point to the Earth 22 minutes earlier and will be visible after the sun sets that evening.

So be sure to step outside Sunday night to catch a glimpse of the June 2013 supermoon. (To see the perigee moon in all its oversized glory, try to spot it at moonrise or moonset, when it’s on horizon.)

For a list of all the full moon names for 2013, check out http://www.space.com/19464-full-moon-names-2013.html