Camp Sikorsky September 21-23, 2018

Scouts and Parents,

Troop 49 has an opportunity for 8 scouts and 2 adults to visit Camp Sikorsky, held at the Sikorsky Aircraft factory in Stratford, Connecticut September 21-23, 2018.  The event is run as a STEM-related merit badge fair on Saturday, with a rare opportunity to tour the amazing Sikorsky helicopter factory on Sunday morning. You will get some close-up time with helicopters and the engineers that design and develop them.  In years past, there has been a featured speaker on Friday evening as well.  Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.  This is a highly-regarded trip and the tour is exceptional. Scouts will visit areas of Sikorsky’s operations which most visitors (including employee family & guests) are unable to see.

To participate, you must:

  • Be a First Class scout
  • Be age 14 by September 21, 2017
  • Be a U.S. Citizen or Provide your Green Card Number.
  • Be available from Friday 9/21 afternoon departure (~3:00-3:30 PM) to Sunday afternoon (~1:30-2 pm) return.

The trip is to Connecticut, and there is no opportunity to arrive late, leave early, or somehow join in-progress.  As we have to provide names and personal ID information well in advance due to U.S. Government security restrictions, there is no opportunity to substitute scouts once we register.   Therefore, if you register, it is considered by the Troop as a commitment, as you will be taking a spot that another scout cannot use.   Please consider carefully if you will have conflicts with academic events, athletics events, band, personal commitments, scouting events or anything else which will overlap.  If so, please leave the slot for another scout.

Merit badges offered include those listed below.  You will sign up for three in rank order, and you will be notified in August which of the three you will be working on, as well as what prerequisites must be complete prior to arriving at Sikorsky Aircraft:

  • American Business
  • Aviation
  • Chemistry
  • Crime Prevention
  • Digital Technology
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Fire Safety
  • Geocaching
  • Inventing
  • Public Speaking
  • Robotics
  • Search & Rescue
  • Space Exploration
  • Truck Transportation
  • First Aid*

*No Blue Card will be issued for First Aid.  The session is for review purposes only.

Trip cost is $60, which includes: Merit Badge instruction, meals (Friday snack, all meals on Saturday, and Sunday breakfast), and a Camp Sikorsky patch.

Memorabilia Shirts and Hats are available if ordered ahead of time.

You must register for this trip by Sunday night, July 15. Troop 49 will then submit our reservation to Camp Sikorsky regardless of whether the trip is full. If the eight slots fill prior to July 15, we will notify the Troop that the trip is full and submit at that time.

Registration Page: http://www.troop49oakland.org/survey/index.php/294967?lang=en

Payment Page: https://www.thepathfinders.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Camp-Sikorsky-2018-Payment-Page.pdf

 

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