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Website Updates
When you visit the
Keowa site, check here first and we
will tell you which portions of the site have been updated.
 All
sections of the Keowa Webpage have been updated for the 2008 season
including; Home, Keowa News, Pre-Camp Planning, Key Staff, Program
Areas, the 2008 Merit Badge Schedule, Special Programs, and the Daily
and Weekly Schedule.
Camp Improvements
2008
Check back here often
to get the latest about these
improvements as more information becomes
available.
New
COPE Course at Keowa!
Camp
Keowa is now
boasting a brand new C.O.P.E. Course with both high and low elements.
C.O.P.E. stands for Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience and is a
program that helps scouts achieve the following goals; Teamwork,
Communication, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Self Esteem, Trust,
and Leadership. We are installing a total of 13 Low COPE elements and
14 High COPE elements, including a 350-foot
“Slide-For-Life” Zipline!
This gives us the fantastic opportunity to offer your
troop a private program session to take advantage of our elements.
Low-COPE (1.5 hours) is perfect for strengthening your patrols, and
high COPE (3 hours) will keep your older scouts coming back year after
year.
Additionally, we will run a Progressive COPE program
for scouts 13 years and older, where they will join other scouts their
age in a daily, week-long challenging COPE experience! Scouts who are
13 may enjoy Progressive COPE Mon-Fri at 3:30.
Scoutmasters may schedule their troop for a High or Low
COPE slot with the Program Director upon arrival on Sunday. Scouts must
be 13 years old to participate in high-course elements, and Scout Age
for low-course elements. Long pants must be worn.
First
Aid Merit Badge
This summer, Camp Keowa
will see the addition of the First Aid, Eagle required merit badge, to
our program! Your scouts will participate in an intensive two-hour a
day class, culminating in a realistic disaster experience to test their
skills! To ensure scouts receive a quality program, our instructor is
licensed as a Nationally Camp School Certified Director, with
additional training in ‘Responding to Emergencies’
and ‘Wilderness First Aid’ from Red Cross. First
Aid MB will be offered in the Scout Skills area from 3:00 to 5:00. Pre-Requisite:
As per First Aid requirement #1, scouts must have attained the rank of
First Class to be eligible for this badge.
Four
New Merit Badges at Handicrafts
This summer you will see significant additions to the
Handicraft program. Formerly, the area was the home to the Arts and
Crafts merit badges such as Art, Basketry, Leatherwork, and Wood
Carving. The program has evolved and will make a strong move toward
emphasizing all of “the arts”.
The new program will be home to four new merit badges including
Photography, Public Speaking, Painting, and Theater. These will be
offered in addition to the traditional badges listed above.
Scouts taking
part in Photography merit badge will be required to bring a digital
camera and the USB cord connector
to camp.
As such, we suggest Scoutmasters ensure
their scouts will be dependable enough handle this
additional
responsibility. We are excited to offer these new opportunities as part
of our goal to continually improve our camp and deliver quality program
to your scouts.
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