Spring Camporee @ Bear Paw Scout Camp

May 2-4, 2025

Come outside and participate in the Bear Paw Spring Camporee, on the "May the Fourth be with you" weekend!  We will have special Star Wars themed events, along with a one of a kind Star Wars Camporee patch! This is your chance to complete a merit badge or finish one that you started at summer camp or just come for the fun!  When registering online, Scouts must register for specific programming from the activities being offered. This year will be a joint camporee effort between Gathering Waters, Twin Lakes, and Voyageur Districts!  Let's get outdoors and have some fun!

PROGRAM DETAILS
Cost: $25.00 for youth and adults - includes lunch on Saturday, campsite reservations, patch, and all activity supplies.  All meals, except lunch on Saturday, are the responsibility of your unit to cook in your campsite.

Program Overview:
     Friday - 4:30pm Check-in opens
                   7:00pm -10:00pm- "Star Wars Cantina" DJ Dance Party in the Dining Hall
     Saturday - 8:45am Flag ceremony
                   9:00am to 4:30pm Activities/Sessions, with lunch from 12-1pm at the Dining Hall 
                   7:30pm Scouts Own Service & Campfire Program with OA Call Out Ceremony
     Sunday - 8:00am Flag Ceremony, Closing and Good Turns

16 MERIT BADGES TO CHOOSE FROM!
Electricity (offered as an all-day badge, run by Faith Technologies), Collections, Archery*, Rifle*, Shotgun*, Climbing, Public Health, Energy, Auto Maintenance, Aviation, Chess, Radio, Scholarship, Insect Study (all-day badge), First Aid (all-day badge), and Wilderness Survival.  Some badges are full, so make sure to review the Class Attendee Counts report link on this page, to review which sessions are currently filled up (those listed in red are full badges).

*All Range & Target Activities merit badges will only be for Scouts with partials from summer camp in the morning sessions, with open sessions in the afternoon for all to partake (an additional $5.00 fee will apply to Rifle and Shotgun).  Reminder, if you take the Electricity or Insect Study merit badges, they are a FULL day, meaning Scouts will only have time for this one merit badge, as it takes up both morning and afternoon sessions.

OPEN ACTIVITIES:

• DJ Dance Party on Friday night, in the Dining Hall from 7-10pm, come request your favorite tunes to play!
• Golden Fork Award (Dutch Oven Cookoff), judging will begin at 11:00am at the Commissioner building on Saturday.
• Patrol Competitions, more details to come...
• The Trading Post will be open, times will be posted on the Trading Post door.
• Saturday night campfire with skits and song, which will include an OA Call Out Ceremony at the end.

-ATV Trail Ride Tours and ATV Training is available for ages 14 and over.  An additional fee of $50.00 will apply for the beginner course (to pay for the ASI Rider Card) and a $10.00 fee for the long ride course, where you must already have an ASI card to participate. You must register in the registration link for this and spots are very limited.  If you do not have your Rider Card already, you will need to take the ATV eCourse at this link (before 5/2/25) and print off your certificate to show the instructor.  https://atvsafety.org/atv-ecourse/  

TRAININGS AVAILABLE:

IOLS  *Adults to register for this course at this link. https://scoutingevent.com/635-IOLS

ILST  *Youth will register for this training class, in this Spring Camporee registration link.