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 U. S. Boy Scout and Venturer participants must be registered members of BSA 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.

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: $, including food, for U.S. and Canadian Scouts and Venturers, $, 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 U.S. participants required to wear full official BSA Boy Scout or Venturer uniforms at ceremonies and other campwide activities
 
Unit Participation - Each Michigan International Camporee campsite will be assigned to a hosting team.  The hosting team will be responsible for recruiting 16 youth participants and 2 to 4 adult troop leaders.  If one troop or crew has 16 youth and 2-4 adult leaders who plan to participate, they will be the hosting team for their campsite.  If a troop or crew has less than 16 youth who plan to participate, they can join with one or more neighboring troops or crews to form a hosting team.  Hosting team troop leaders can also accept Scouts/Venturers from other troops/crews as part of their 16 youth participants, but they are not required to do so.  A Scout or Venturer who wants to participate in the Michigan International Camporee and is a member of a troop or crew that is not planning to be part of a hosting team should work with his/her troop/crew leaders to find a hosting team that has space.  Each campsite troop will have a maximum of 4 adult leaders from the hosting team.  Other adults are welcome to apply for the camporee staff.

Each hosting team will be assigned an international group of 16 youth participants and 4 adult leaders, either one large contingent or several small contingents.  The hosting team will be responsible for hosting those international Scouts and leaders in the homes of Scouts/Venturers and leaders of their unit(s) during the hosting week of July 24 to August 1 and bringing their international guests to scheduled group activities during that week.  At the Michigan International Camporee, the 16 youth participants and 2-4 adult leaders from the hosting team will camp in the same campsite with the international group that they hosted.  Each camporee campsite will also contain a group of 8 Scouts/Venturers and two leaders from some other state or some province of Canada, so there will be a total of 40 youth and 8-10 adults in each campsite.  The hosting team will be expected to supply the campsite with patrol boxes, cooking equipment, wash basins for dish washing, propane stoves and tanks, tents for their 16 Scouts/Venturers, and other group equipment.  One of the hosting team adults will serve as campsite Scoutmaster.

If your unit would like to form or be part of a hosting team, fill out the attached UNIT RESERVATION FORM, have it endorsed by your District Executive or District Commissioner with their statement that your unit has the resources and ability to be an effective hosting team and that your Scouts/Venturers and leaders will be good representatives of your council and American Scouting, and return it to Michigan International Camporee 2004, P.O. Box 70147, LANSING MI  48907-0147

All UNIT RESERVATION FORMs that are received by February 1, 2003, will be given first priority.  Units that have applications in by then will be notified by March 1, 2003, 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 $ per youth participant.

Our unit, _____________________, __________________ District, _______________________ Council, would like to be part of the 2004 Michigan International Camporee.

We expect to:   _____ form an entire hosting team from our unit.

  _____ be part of a hosting team with _______________________

  _____ be part of a hosting team with other units to be determined.

We understand that the responsibilities of a hosting team are to:

• Recruit 16 Scouts/Venturers and 2-4 troop leaders for their campsite
• Select a qualified adult leader to be the campsite Scoutmaster
• Make sure that their hosting team and troop leaders are represented at all Michigan International Camporee hosting and troop leader planning meetings
• Make sure that their 16 youth participants meet all camporee requirements and will have complete BSA Boy Scout or Venturer summer uniforms for all ceremonies and evening activities
• Arrange for the hosting of an international group of 16 youth participants and 4 adult leaders in the homes of Scouts/Venturers and leaders of their unit(s) during the hosting week of July 24 to August 1 and bring their guests to scheduled group activities during that week
• Supply the campsite that contains their Scouts/Venturers and adult leaders, their international guest contingent, and a group of 8 Scouts/Venturers and 2 adult leaders from some other state or some province of Canada with patrol boxes, cooking equipment, wash basins for dish washing, propane stoves and tanks, tents for their 16 Scouts/Venturers, and other group equipment

Our contact person is ________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________________
Phone: ______________________     Email ______________________________

Alternate contact person ______________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________________
Phone: ______________________     Email ______________________________

________________________________          _____________________________
                   Unit Leader                                             Unit Committee Chair

As a representative of the ________________ District, _______________________ Council, I believe that this group has the resources and ability to form an effective hosting team and that their Scouts and leaders will be good representatives of our council and American Scouting.

____________________________________    Position _____________________________
 
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