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Boy Scout Encampment at Valley Forge Nation Park
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| The Sigma Nu Chapter at Delaware Valley College assisted with a local Boy Scout troop on "stake day". They helped set up camp sites for 1500 incoming boy scouts for next weekend's camping. This was the 100th annual pilgrimage to Valley Forge National Park for camping. Pictured: Bethanie Ehrhardt, Courtney Tomasello, Tricia Klein, Daniel Parrott, Richard Hendricks, Dee Jay Butler, Nadia Abdel-Hamied, Brian Kahil, Kim Diehl, Mike Matusheski, Kristen Guillan, and Katie Patterson. |
| Project Title: | Boy Scout Encampment at Valley Forge Nation Park |
| Project Date: | 2/12/2012 |
| Contact Name: | Bethanie Ehrhardt (Send Email) |
| Chapter: | Sigma Nu |
| School: | Delaware Valley College |
| Region: | II |
| Section: | 92 |
| Project Type: | |
| Area of Service: | Service to the Community |
| Project Location: | Valley Forge National Historical Park |
| Project Description: | Assist the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America with preparing for their 100th annual pilgrimage and encampment at Valley Forge National Park. The service project was to help lay out where camp sites will be, drive stakes in the ground to mark the sites, and help in putting up staff tents. with Sigma Nu's help, the camp layout the prior week was done in about 5 hours. We helped make an all-day project into a little more than half a day, and lightened the load of the other helpers. |
| Project Results: | We recieved compliments and thanks from the Scout people. The sites were laid out in a much shorter amount of time. As a result of APO's help, the campers the following weekend were able to find their camp sites easily and it made the organizer's jobs a little easier, too. |
| Preparation Hours: | 1.00 |
| Total Service Hours: | 201.00 |
| Member Participation: | 10 members with 50.00 total service hours. |
| Alumni, Advisory, and Honorary Member Participation: | 3 members with 15.00 total service hours. |
| Non-Member Participation: | 27 non-members with 135.00 total service hours. |
| Participation Percentage: | 10 members out of 43 total 23.26% |
| Average Hours Per Member: | 5.00 |
| Outline of Planning Steps: | Contact Scout coordinator for details. They just needed to know how many people would be helping. Announcements were made at chapter meetings and a sign-up sheet was passed around. Designated drivers were chosen, along with a meeting time. |
| Other Organizations: | BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
The Cradle of Liberty Council of the BSA was laying out camp sites for their annual Pilgrimage and Encampment in the park. They had a plan on how to accomplish things, but with the numbers of camp sites that were needed to set up, the process would take almost a full day. Fortunately, with the help of Sigma Nu chapter, that time was reduced and we were all done in about 5 hours.
Cosponsor Name: Mike Matusheski, event staff and APO brother |
| Number of Youth Reached: | 1500 |
| Youth Age Range: | 10-18 |
| Children that attended: | 10-18 |
| Scouting Project: | Boy Scouts of America |
During the execution of the project, what areas/procedures went well?
ALL. The planning by the organizers was good so that teams went to work and had fun doing it.
During the execution of the project, what areas/procedures could have been improved?
Not our are place to change the stake day procedures, but for organize are members to go and help was good and efficent.
Future Plans: Does your chapter plan to do this project again, or would your chapter plan to do this project again? What would you do differently?
Yes. The scouts would like to have us help again.
Additional information provided regarding this project:
This was a very special event for the Boy Scouts. The Valley Forge Pilgrimage and Encampment is the longest running annual Scouting event in the world. This year was the 100th annual Pilgrimage. The event is held on President’s Day weekend each year. The Pilgrimage is on Saturday of that weekend, where Scouts tour the park and see re-enactors and historians bring history to life. This gives a glimpse into how things were during that winter during the Revolutionary War. This year, 4,000 people attended. Many Scouts camp out for the weekend as well, from Friday through Sunday. This is what Sigma Nu chapter helped in setting up for. This year, 1,900 people camped out for the entire weekend.
