Chief Logan Reservation has additional opportunities for
scouts and leaders that are not confined to on of our six main program
areas. On any given day, there will be a variety of additional oppurtunities
available to scout and leaders taking place all over camp. This page
is just a look at some of those oppurtunities.
THE CHIEF LOGAN RESERVATION
FRONTIERSMEN PROGRAM
The Chief Logan Reservation Frontiersmen Program is our
camp adventure program geared towards older scouts and adult leaders.
Requirements to join the program are 1st Class rank and age 12 or older.
There are three levels to the frontiersmen program: Pioneer, Trapper,
and Mountain Man. Each level requires a list of survival requirements,
group projects, and an overnight Rendezvous at the end of the week!
Some requirements include: matchless fires, knots, lashings, wild edibles,
and a group pioneering project! The Thursday night frontiersmen rendezvous
in the mountains behind camp at the end of each week at CLR is an experience
that will never be forgotten. If you are an older scout or adult looking
for some adventure, check out the Frontiersmen Program! Contact the
Brigade Commander at the beginning of the week.
Check out the program's own website Friends
Of The Frontier.
Automechanics
Merit Badge
NEW FOR 2005! WATCH
FOR DETAILS AT CAMP.
This summer our camp ranger and staff are going to try
offer Automechanics Merit Badge 
to
scouts. This will a great oppurtunity for scouts to learn automobile
maintenance and techniques.
Citizenship
Merit Badges
We
are proud to offer all three citizenship merit badges. These badges
require some prerequisit work, but can be completed at camp. They are
usually taught by our provisional staff, and our international scout.
First Aid Training
First Aid is one of the most important skills that a Scout
learns. CLR’s First Aider will counsel scouts on their first aid
requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class, as well as
for the First Aid Merit Badge. Please contact the First Aider in the
McKell
Health Lodge early in the week for more information. In general, he
will counsel the rank requirements in the morning and the merit badge
in the afternoon as his duties allow.
Training Programs
COUNSELOR-IN-TRAINING
One of the wonderful things about Chief Logan Reservation
is that the vast majority of the staff are former campers. It is common
for many Scouts, after experiencing the friendship and dedication of
our summer camp staff, to want to return for additional weeks in camp
and eventually become staff members themselves. The quality of the camp
staff is maintained by a well constructed counselor-in-training program.
In 1996, over ninety percent of the staff had gone through at least
one year of this two-year program.
At Chief Logan, CIT’s are not junior staff members.
They are in a fun, rewarding and challenging training program, not a
free labor pool. There is a trainer whose full-time job it is to work
with the CIT’s.
Scouts, 14 years old as of June 1st, 2005, are eligible
for "CIT A." This one-week program is a combination of a junior
leader training program and a behind-the-scenes tour of camp. In various
sessions, the Scouts will learn such skills from how to throw together
a hilarious skit in ten minutes to how to effectively help a scout to
learn a skill over the course of a week. The CIT’s also learn about
the Aims and Methods of Scouting and how we use such ideas as the patrol
method to run summer camp. Going through the COPE course or developing
a crazy and original name, flag, handshake and song with the other members
of the CIT A patrol, the Scouts will learn more about camp and about
Scouting.
Scouts, 15 years old as of June 1st, 2005 and who have
taken CIT A, are eligible for CIT B. This two-week program builds on
the training gained in CIT A and gives the Scouts a chance to spend
time in each of the areas, learning more of what it would be like to
work on staff. They are expected to "Live the Example" not
only for the Scouts and Leaders of the Troops in camp but also for the
CIT A’s. This time is an excellent opportunity for these Scouts
to get an idea of where they would like to work the next year. Since
it is just a training program, it is also the last time for many of
these boys to experience camp without the responsibilities of a staff
member.
SENIOR PATROL LEADER-IN-TRAINING
Since the Scouting movement relies so heavily on youth
leadership, the Senior Patrol Leader of each troop is very busy during
his troop’s week in camp. This program was designed to give an
opportunity for SPL’s to work on their own personal advancement
and become oriented to camp. Since we value youth leadership so much
at Chief Logan, the cost for this extra week of camping is much less
than for a regular provisional scout. "SPLIT" is open to the
Senior Patrol Leader of any troop. As this week is a good chance for
the SPL to get an idea of what camp is like that year, he should come
before his troop’s week in camp to take full advantage of the program.
ADULT LEADER TRAINING
We offer a variety of training oppurtunities for adult
leaders in camp as well. These include, but are not limited to, Youth
Protection, Safety Afloat, Safe Swim Defense, CPR Training, and Climb-On
Safely. If interested in any of these programs, please contact a commissioner
early in ther week. NEW IN 2005 will be
some opportunities for Hunter's Safety Training.
