Camping

Fall Family Camporees
All Yellow Jacket Cub Scout families are invited to attend one of our three Fall Camporees. Our Fall Camporee is a very exciting camp out just for Cub Scouts and their families located at Camp Pine Mountain in West Point. For your convenience, we have three different Camporee dates to choose from, October 1-2, October 8-9, and October 22-23.

Freeze-O-Ree
The Yellow Jacket Freeze-o-ree started as a community event over twenty years ago. It was originally sponsored by the LaGrange Jaycees at Camp Gallant on Lake West Point. After a couple of years the campout was dropped as a project by the group. A short time later, however, two Yellow Jacket Troops, 21 and 324, restarted the outing as a dare to see which troop was the bravest to camp at the coldest time of the year.

While the Freee-z-o-ree is officially a Yellow Jacket District event, many troops across the Council have participated through out the years. Today, the event normally draws close to 500 people from all of the Council's Districts and even some out-of-council troops have attended.

It's not uncommon for it to rain and be very cold - a true Freeze-o-ree - but we have often seen short sleeve weather from time to time too. This event has grown larger and larger every year. It is a great time for Scouts to come together for a good time; to learn and apply those skills required in their trail to Eagle.

For more information on our District Camping opportunities, please email our District Camping Chair, Fred Lundberg, at lundberg104@att.net.