What: Michigan International Camporee 2004 will be an 8 day camping experience for Scouts, Venturers, and leaders from over 20 countries, held from August 1 - 8, 2004, at Northwoods Scout Reservation near West Branch, Michigan.

Participants: All youth participants must be registered members of Scout units and must be at least 12 years old, or at least 11½ years old and have completed the sixth grade in school, by August 1, 2004.  Scouts under 13 years old on that date must be endorsed by adult leaders who will participate in the camporee.  U.S. Boy Scouts must be at least First Class by that date.  Other participants must have similar camping experience.  All youth participants must be under 18 years of age as of August 8, 2004.  Northwoods is a NO SMOKING camp, and we expect all camporee participants, youth and adults, to be nonsmokers during the 8 days of the camporee.  There are no alcoholic beverages permitted at Northwoods at any time.

Program: Swimming, rowing, canoeing, fishing, tubing, archery, rifle and shotgun shooting, Scoutcraft, nature, activities related to Michigan history, and opportunities for Scouts and leaders from other countries to share their songs, games, and other Scouting activities.  There will be no badge work.

International Participation: As of October 1, 2002, there are already groups of Scouts from Australia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jordan, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Slovakia, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, UK (England) and UK (Scotland) planning to participate.

Fee: US $, including food, for U.S. and Canadian Scouts and Venturers, US $, including food, for U.S. and Canadian troop leaders and camporee staff members

Uniforming: the same as at a U.S. National Jamboree, with all participants required to wear full official Scout uniforms of their countries at ceremonies and other campwide activities

Unit Participation – There will be a very limited number of spaces for groups of Canadian Scouts and Venturers.  Each Canadian group will consist of 8 Scouts or Venturers and 2 adult leaders.  Additional adults who will be traveling with a group can apply to be camporee staff members.  Canadian groups must bring their own tents and personal camping equipment with them.  All groups participating in the Michigan International Camporee must travel with approved tour permits and follow travel rules of their Scout Association.

Each Canadian group will be placed in a campsite with 16 Scouts/Venturers and 2-4 troop leaders from Michigan and with an international group of 16 Scouts and 4 adult leaders from outside of the U.S. and Canada, either one large contingent or several small contingents.  This will result in a total of 40 Scouts and 8-10 adult leaders in each campsite.  The campsite troop leaders will form the 40 youth participants into 4 mixed patrols of 10 members each for the week’s activities, so it is likely that 4 buddy pairs from the Canadian group will be placed in 4 different campsite patrols.  One of the campsite adult leaders from Michigan will serve as the campsite Scoutmaster.  The other 7-9 adult leaders in the campsite will serve as campsite assistant Scoutmasters.

Canadian groups are welcome to arrive at Northwoods on Saturday, July 31, so they can set up and get ready for the camporee.  However, food service from the commissary will begin with the evening meal on Sunday, August 1, and will end with lunch on Sunday, August 8.  Groups arriving on July 31 are responsible for providing their own meals until the evening meal on August 1.  The nearest airport to Northwoods is Flint, but Detroit can also be used.

If your group would like to participate in the 2004 Michigan International Camporee, fill out the attached UNIT RESERVATION FORM, have it endorsed by your District or Council representative with their statement that your Scouts/Venturers and leaders will be good representatives of your council and Canadian Scouting, and return it to Michigan International Camporee

All Canadian and out-of-state U.S. UNIT RESERVATION FORMs that are received by February 1, 2003, will be given first priority.  If more unit applications are received by that date than we have spaces, priority will be given to groups that allow us to have many different regions of the U.S. and Canada represented.  Units that have applications in by February 1 will be notified by March 1 whether their application has been accepted.  Once a unit has been notified that they have a space, they will have until May 1, 2003, to hold that space by making a payment of US $ per youth participant.

Our unit, ____________________________                     _________________________ District

City, Province ________________________                     _________________________ Council

would like to form a group of 8 youth and 2 adult leaders to participate in Michigan International Camporee
2004.

We expect our contingent to be : _____ All Boys _____ Mixed Boys and Girls

If we are accepted:

• We will form a group of 8 Youth Participants and 2 Adult Leaders and submit all their camporee fees

by the specified deadlines
• We will make sure that all members of our group are registered with Scouts Canada or Association des

Scouts du Canada, meet all Michigan International Camporee 2004 requirements, have the maturity and
camping skills necessary for an activity like this, and will have complete uniforms for all Michigan
International Camporee ceremonies and evening activities.
• We will communicate with the Michigan hosting team and its leaders about our campsite organization.
• We will participate in the entire camporee from Sunday, August 1, to Sunday, August 8.
• We will bring tents for our 8 youth participants and personal camping equipment for our entire group.

Address: ___________________________________________________________

Phone: ______________________ Email _________________________________

Alternate contact person _______________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________

Phone: ______________________ Email _________________________________
 
 

___________________________________ ________________________________
                     Unit Leader Unit                                  Committee Chair

As a representative of the __________________ District, ____________________ Council, I believe that
the Scouts and leaders in this group will be good representatives of Canadian Scouting.I recommend that
they be selected to participate in the 2004 Michigan InternationalCamporee.
 
 

______________________________________ Position _____________________________

Name _________________________________ Phone ______________________________
 
 
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