Comments for Save Camps: The Blog to save Boy Scout, Girl Scout and outdoor camps for kids http://www.savecamps.org The Blog for SaveCamps.org Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:18:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Comment on Sale of Girl Scout Camps in Northeast Ohio to Continue by ashley http://www.savecamps.org/?p=371&cpage=1#comment-524 ashley Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:18:15 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=371#comment-524 hey do girl scouts have the right to overthough the genius who dreamed the sales up? hey do girl scouts have the right to overthough the genius who dreamed the sales up?

]]> Comment on Camp Lion in Salem, MA Saved by Volunteers… and the Economy by tom lutyens http://www.savecamps.org/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-522 tom lutyens Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:07:46 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=329#comment-522 Your article seems to end with a victory of saving Camp Easton...NOT true YET...BSA council and developers are still pushing and intimidating the locals and Scouts into submitting..BUT WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN get to stop this destruction of beautiful land being replaced with condos and massive commercial buildings...THANK YOU for your help Your article seems to end with a victory of saving Camp Easton…NOT true YET…BSA council and developers are still pushing and intimidating the locals and Scouts into submitting..BUT WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN get to stop this destruction of beautiful land being replaced with condos and massive commercial buildings…THANK YOU for your help

]]> Comment on Boy Scouts of America Wants Feedback by Sandra Williams http://www.savecamps.org/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-512 Sandra Williams Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:51:47 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=351#comment-512 I do hope that the council members deciding this issue will follow the vote of the MI coucil and say no to plan of selling any camp. I hope our council says "no" to any trades. If it is too good to be true, it is! I do hope that the council members deciding this issue will follow the vote of the MI coucil and say no to plan of selling any camp. I hope our council says “no” to any trades. If it is too good to be true, it is!

]]> Comment on SAVING CAMP EASTON FOREVER: IT’S A MATTER OF HONOR by Sandra Williams http://www.savecamps.org/?p=333&cpage=1#comment-511 Sandra Williams Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:33:03 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=333#comment-511 I too, wish Camp Easton to remain where it has for the past 82 years. How else can I help keep Camp Easton from being moved? I too, wish Camp Easton to remain where it has for the past 82 years. How else can I help keep Camp Easton from being moved?

]]> Comment on Viral Email Spark Camp Sale Concerns in Detroit Area by Reynolds http://www.savecamps.org/?p=251&cpage=1#comment-503 Reynolds Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:37:23 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=251#comment-503 Sorry to see that the Charles Howell Reservation is no longer. I spent my first away-from-home there in 1952 and enjoyed another stay in 1953 (or was that '53 and '54?) . It was a great camp and a lot of fun. Detroit was a great city back then, but we left in 1954 for the safety of Lincoln Nebraska. Sorry to see that the Charles Howell Reservation is no longer. I spent my first away-from-home there in 1952 and enjoyed another stay in 1953 (or was that ’53 and ’54?) . It was a great camp and a lot of fun. Detroit was a great city back then, but we left in 1954 for the safety of Lincoln Nebraska.

]]> Comment on All Involved in BSA Should Read Cross Road’s Recommendation by Donald Crout http://www.savecamps.org/?p=348&cpage=1#comment-482 Donald Crout Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:18:57 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=348#comment-482 Oh my gosh! After nearly 59 years of BSA involve ment/registration and visiting and/or working in over 50 Scout camps, I was unaware of this mass divestiture of Scout camp properties including several in which I have been involved. I see it as a disaster, and doubt that the trend can be reversed. Sad, truly sad!! Whither Scouting?? Oh my gosh! After nearly 59 years of BSA involve
ment/registration and visiting and/or working in over 50 Scout camps, I was unaware of this mass
divestiture of Scout camp properties including several in which I have been involved. I see it as a disaster, and doubt that the trend can be reversed. Sad, truly sad!! Whither Scouting??

]]> Comment on Possible Lost Boy Scout Camp Saved. Camp Easton by ron groff http://www.savecamps.org/?p=331&cpage=1#comment-481 ron groff Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:58:36 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=331#comment-481 Being a resident at Arrow Point, I do not trust Discovery!!.....Watch your every step when dealing with them....I trust them less than the distance I can throw them.....Good Luck with saving camp Easton....Ron Being a resident at Arrow Point, I do not trust Discovery!!…..Watch your every step when dealing with them….I trust them less than the distance I can throw them…..Good Luck with saving camp Easton….Ron

]]> Comment on New BSA Summit Betchel Reserve Given As One Reason for Sale of Canadian Canoe Base by Bryan http://www.savecamps.org/?p=361&cpage=1#comment-478 Bryan Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:34:08 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=361#comment-478 Just to throw some additional information into the mix. The Tinnerman base did not operate this past summer due to the failed septic system that was referenced in the article that was linked. The crews that were scheduled to go to Tinnerman were instead given the option to go through the Northern Tier High Adventure Program, and my base in Atikokan, ON served between 15 and 17 of these crews this July (I would have to go back and check my files for an exact number) and the feedback that I received from those crews was very positive. I am sure that the availability of a viable substitute program (and N-Tier is an excellent program) influenced the GCC. I would also like to point out that in addition to the 200K that would have been necessary to fix the septic system, having the camp shut down for a summer cannot have helped their across the board maintenance in other areas. Also, the sort of hiatus that Tinnerman experienced this summer may have been devastating to the continuity of its staff and the institutional knowledge base necessary to provide good program. I work at N-Tier in a summer where the base that I was at had experienced a very high turnover in staff. It created many difficulties that took us several years to overcome, and we were able to pull from the experienced staff at our other bases. That advantage may not apply to Tinnerman. It is regrettable that Tinnerman is shutting down, but all those scouters who enjoyed its program should take comfort that an excellent substitute is available to all scouts at Northern Tier. Just to throw some additional information into the mix.

The Tinnerman base did not operate this past summer due to the failed septic system that was referenced in the article that was linked. The crews that were scheduled to go to Tinnerman were instead given the option to go through the Northern Tier High Adventure Program, and my base in Atikokan, ON served between 15 and 17 of these crews this July (I would have to go back and check my files for an exact number) and the feedback that I received from those crews was very positive. I am sure that the availability of a viable substitute program (and N-Tier is an excellent program) influenced the GCC.

I would also like to point out that in addition to the 200K that would have been necessary to fix the septic system, having the camp shut down for a summer cannot have helped their across the board maintenance in other areas. Also, the sort of hiatus that Tinnerman experienced this summer may have been devastating to the continuity of its staff and the institutional knowledge base necessary to provide good program. I work at N-Tier in a summer where the base that I was at had experienced a very high turnover in staff. It created many difficulties that took us several years to overcome, and we were able to pull from the experienced staff at our other bases. That advantage may not apply to Tinnerman.

It is regrettable that Tinnerman is shutting down, but all those scouters who enjoyed its program should take comfort that an excellent substitute is available to all scouts at Northern Tier.

]]> Comment on New BSA Summit Betchel Reserve Given As One Reason for Sale of Canadian Canoe Base by diablo 3 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=361&cpage=1#comment-475 diablo 3 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:44:54 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=361#comment-475 I desired to thanks for this wonderful examine!! I surely taking pleasure in each tiny little bit of it I've you bookmarked to examine out new things you post… I desired to thanks for this wonderful examine!! I surely taking pleasure in each tiny little bit of it I’ve you bookmarked to examine out new things you post…

]]> Comment on Eastern Pennsylvania Girl Scout Camps to Be Closed by Kathy W http://www.savecamps.org/?p=317&cpage=1#comment-458 Kathy W Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:29:57 +0000 http://www.savecamps.org/?p=317#comment-458 What a shame that camps are being sold and our selection of badges have been abandonded. What a way to celebrate our 100th anniversary. Keep the camps! Keep the old badges! Get rid of the Girls Guide and the Journeys. What a shame that camps are being sold and our selection of badges have been abandonded. What a way to celebrate our 100th anniversary. Keep the camps! Keep the old badges! Get rid of the Girls Guide and the Journeys.

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