Rules and Regulations
In just afew short weeks you will be arriving to take part in the 12th Annual GENESIS VENTUREE. Please share the information contained in this package to your youth and advisors / leaders. Enclosed is information that you need to assist you and your Troop / Company in having the most enjoyable time. Please take time to read this package, as you will be expected to know the guide lines of the venturee and live by them. Also enclosed is a map to get to GENESIS and some helpful hints for registration and arrivals. WHEN YOU GET HERE!
If possible try to arrive after 5pm onFriday. Please try to have all registration and medical forms filled out Prior to arrival. UNLOADING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Campers will unload all equipment at “unloading area”. 2. Vehicles then will be parked in the designated “Parking area”. 3. Advisor and Youth President will first register before loading equipment on to the wagon. 4. Participants will be shuttled down to the flats by wagon “NO” vehicles will be allowed down to camping area. 5. At registration groups will receive a number which coincides with a campsite. This number will also be the number in which you are loaded on to the wagon. 6. Participants may have to walk slightly to get to there sites…therefore the more equipment you have the more you may have to carry. DEPARTURES
*IMPORTANT*When you pack up on Sunday, your site must be inspected by your subcamp chief. They will then give you permission to get your vehicle. We do this because we do not want garbage left around the field. Please be courteous. Instructions on departure will happen during the advisors meeting on Saturday and closing onSunday. FIRST AID, EMERGENCIES, MEDICALFORMS AND AMBULANCE
A health lodge will be maintained for the duration of the camporee starting Friday. Your subcamp chief will inform you of the location. It is important to report all accidents to the health lodge. If necessary, the first aid chief will arrange transport to the hospital by area ambulance. Troops or leaders will be responsible for any fee arising out of such transport. Please make copies of the medical provided for each member and give these copies to your subcamp chief IMMEDIATELY UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SUB CAMP. After they have noted the informationon the sheet they will turn it over to the first aid lodge. Do not hand in any irreplaceable originals of information on the youth! Make photocopies of these originals end hand in the copies! In the event of a fire please keep all your people on site (unless of course it is your site that is on fire). We have procedures for handling this. If your troop is all over the road it makes our task of controlling the fire impossible and will result in greater loss. In the event of a lost youth we will get on the PA and ask all leaders to return to the sub camps to assist in a grid search of the area. The first aid chief also requests that: All participants should bring appropriate sunscreen minimum 15 and use it. All participants must be wearing a hat at all times during activities. All participants should bring appropriate hand washing supplies. CAMP EMERGENCY NUMBERS
(519)268-7703 This number is to be used for emergencies ONLY. We do not have the time to run all around the camp looking for someone for non-emergency reasons CAMP FEE
The campfee this year is $15.00 / $20.00 Canadian per participant - payable upon arrival. For American participants - we will use the exchange rate used at the bank the day before the camp, and re-calculate the camp fee accordingly. GROUND FIRES
1. Must bring your own fire ring 2. All fires must be up off the ground 3. All fires must be continually supervised 4. Must have a fire extinguishers orlarge buckets of water located near your fires. 5. “No” horse play around fires, keepfires small and manageable. 6. At anytime staff may extinguish your fire or ask you to extinguish it. 7. Having camp fires is a luxury at larger camps so please practice safety near and around fires so we can allow you to continue to have them in the future. WATER SUPPLY
There must not be ANY washing done at the water stations. We have town water at this camp but please practice water conservation. Gray water must be dumped into leaching pits at back of sites as per subcamp chief instructions. LOST AND FOUND
There will be a lost and found box located at the registration building. If you've either lost or found something, please check in with registration and we will assist you the best we can. PICNIC TABLES
Picnic tables for campers will not be provided. Make sure you bring your own collapsible table thanks SAFETY
Please drive slowly through the camp - the speed limit is 5mph or 10km/h. Just to help us ensure that each of you have a safe and enjoyable time. All camp guidelines are implemented for very practical and good reasons! Please leave the following at home: WEAPONS 2 - WAY RADIOS DRUGS ALCOHOL FIREWORKS AC/DC TV'S PETS SMALL CHILDREN ETC. ** ANY ONE FOUND WITH WEAPONS OR ALCOHOL WILL BE TURNED OVER TO POLICE - no warnings or exceptions. Please be advised that in Canada, sale of tobacco to minors is illegal. The Scouts Canada"Duty of Care" policy informs all leaders to avoid smoking in front of the youth. All those of age of majority please be discreet about your smoking habits - let's not give youth any negative influences. Besides, the youth are here to have fun, not learn bad habits! SANITATION, TOILETS, GARBAGE
There will be Port-a-johns on site. Please use them for the purpose that they were designed, not as a garbage disposal. Please leave the physically challenged Port- a- Johns available for those who need them. We will also have leader and female only toilets available as posted. Anyone caught misusing the facilities will have the joyful pleasure of cleaning them. Please put the garbage in the bins provided after each meal. The raccoons are on a diet and do not have much willpower so lets help them out end not tempt them - they will be watching... ADVISOR SUPERVISION
We will remove companies acting in a non-Scouting manner. Please act appropriate when going around to the events. LIQUID FUEL POLICY
Each sub-camp will have at least one area away from the tenting area in which ALL liquid fuel will be stored. Cans must be marked as to whom the owner is. All camp equipment that uses liquid fuel is to be re-fueled only in this area. Only adults will be allowed to re-fuel the equipment at this site. We are simply trying to keep everyone's safety in mind. Please adhere to this request. TUCK SHOP
We will have a tuck shop open all day Saturday which will be selling woggels, badges and other camp items. SPECIAL NEEDS
Please let us know before the camp if any special requirements that are needed. We can usually accommodate these request given we have enough time PRESIDENTS MEETING
On Sunday after closing there will be a quick Presidents meeting under the tent. Please make sure the president from the Company is there. We want feedback from the youth, so it is important that we have as many presidents as possible there.The advisors meeting will be Saturday night before the entertainment. KARAOKE
On Friday night everyone is invited to participate in our Karaoke. This is where everybody can go and talk, relax and meet some new friends! MOVIES
Everynight before lights out movies will be played. This is so if people are tired they can be somewhere. If you are up after lights out, please be at the movies, or on your site! To all U.S. Participants forGenesis
Genesis has always tried to keep all advisors and youth informed of any concerns that come up for the venturee. You may or may not, be aware that the Ontario government has been revamping the heath care system in Ontario over the last few years. In the past, when we sent youth or leaders to the local hospitals to be treated, they did not worry about charges or insurance forms until later - if at all. Our government has changed policies. Due to this change we areletting all our American units know they must have out of country medical insurance for everyone in the unit. Please check with your local council office for the steps or procedures you must follow to ensure that proper insurance coverage is in place. Over the last few years I've heard that your local council may carry an insurance policy with Mutual of Omaha for this type of coverage. You should hand this in at registration. Please let us know if you have any questions. ALL INTERESTED DISTRICTS /COUNCILS
The tuck shop for the camporee would like to start a display board with all the districtor council strips of the groups who have attended Dorchester, just to see how far the camporee has reached scouting/guiding youth and adults. So if you could donate one of your council or district badges for this effort it would be greatly appreciated. Please see the support beam in the large building to viewthe collection so far. Thank you for your co-operation. If youhave any questions please contact Joel Desrosiers – camp chief SUGGESTIONS & COMMENTS
We are always looking for ways to improve the camporee, and if you have any ideas for events, displays or just a plain great idea we want to hear about it. This camp is your camp - if it's good for the youth let us know. Joel Desrosiers Thorndale, Ontario PHONE 1-226-688-4456 E- MAIL: joel@genesiscamp.ca
|
