Heroes on the Grand

Friday May 4 to Sunday May 6, 2018

Riverside Park 2001 Monroe, Grand Rapids, MI 49505

Help us Celebrate Troop 215's 100 Years in Scouting!!

Come join scouts from across Michigan on the Grand River at the first campout in 50 years to be held at historic Riverside Park. We will celebrate Troop 215's Eagle Scout Heroes, Gerald R Ford and Roger B Chaffee as well as other heroes. Awesome activities include GRFD smokehouse, American Red Cross, Military/Veterans, Police, First Responders, Astronaut activities, Gerald Ford Historic Trail, Ford Presidential Museum, Chaffee Planetarium and more. Come prepared to celebrate your own personal heroes, both real and fictional, as we encourage troops to decorate themselves and their campsites. Best costume/decorations will be decided by special guest judges. Come celebrate the hero in you!

Remember to bring your Boy Scout Health Form parts A and B. 

*Optional Hike/Museum/Planetarium includes a 3-mile hike on the Gerald Ford Historic Trail from Riverside park to downtown, Ford Presidential Museum visit (free in uniform), and Planetarium Show at 3:00 or 4:00. Does not include VanAndel Museum admission. Includes President Ford Trail patch if all requirements are met (link to requirements). You can have some of your unit do the Hike/Museum/Planetarium and some of your unit do park activities as long as you arrange for two deep leadership for both groups. Space is limited and advance registration is required.

COST:  $25 before March 1, $28 before April 15, $32 after April 15 & walk-in

Info for Packs: 

Cub Scouts, Webelos and their families are welcome to visit Saturday from noon to 4pm. $8 regular and $12 walkin. 

Come play in our Moon Sand sandbox.  See if you can conquer our obstacle course--it's out of this world!!  We'll have yard games, some cool crafts, and of course, rockets, rockets, and more rockets!!!  (If you received an Estes rocket, bring it along and we'll help you send it to infinity and beyond!!)

AND you can help with our service project for our Veterans and our Hometown Heroes--Police, Fire, EMT, and First Responders.

3-2-1!!!  Blast off for a great time!!!