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Information for Belk Scout Camp (Scout-owned)

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9408 Belt Rd Midland, NC 28107 Forecast for this area (at weather.com)	Mecklenburg County Council Council contact information Website

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Comments for Belk Scout Camp

Clear Creek Scout Camp was purchased in 1988 to meet the needs for a close outdoor facility to serve Scouting. Covering 231 acres, the camp serves local training needs, Cub Scout Day Camp and related Cub Scout activities, district and council outdoor events and a close by area for troops to camp. Open year round, the camp will provide a training ground for youth development for years to come.

(posted on Sep 4,2001)

Handicap accessibility -- currently have one scout on crutches -- any imput would help prior to arrival 4/5/03

pschexnayder@triad.rr.com

(posted on Mar 31,2003)

Our cub scout pack enjoyed this camp for a weekend outing this Spring. The camp is clean, well maintained and has great facilities. Best of all, it is about a 30 minute drive from my home - just off the I-485 loop around Charlotte, NC. - B. Helms

(posted on Jun 6,2004)

To whome it may concern:

I am just wondering about this camp down in the Carolina's as we are are always down there in the Spring and early Summer. We are from the New England area from Massachusetts and we are wondering about the camp fee to join.

Thanks,
Scouts of Massachusetts

(posted on May 9,2007)

Attended with Pack 173,
7/12-7/15
This was their 2nd session, and the lowest attendance session.

Our Pack has attended there for I think 5 + years, my first year in
attendance.

Pre Camp Information and Ease of Arranging the Trip C
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Another DL and the SM handled most of this, but it was a little bit spotty
- Some of the information was really late to come out - a lot of this was
because of moving to the new Advancement System for Webelos.

Merit Badge & Activity Registration System B
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Registration was a bit confusing, because they all had cutesy names related
to the space theme. (Archery was "John Glenn's Arm"? BMX was "Moon Rover
Testing")

Director said that was a point of confusion among staff, and would be fixed
next session.

Check in/out Process - Arrival & Departure
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Checkin was a lot slower than other Boy Scout Camps - Only one Medical
Officer to review all the forms, took a lot of time. Also, there were a lot
of cases where DLs had to contact parents to get medical info that was
missing on the forms. Part of that was inexperience by the DL who took the
forms, but it would have been great if they were reviewed before camp, and
not while dozens of cubs were waiting in line.

Also, Checkout, the additional cleaning tasks - some were ones that
Cubs/Webelos could not do, or not do well in any reasonable amount of
time. For our Webelos Group, it ended up with 3 Den Leaders cleaning
Latrines and Showers, 1 DL running herd on the 12 Campers, and 6 staff
members standing around waiting for us to get done cleaning so they could
inspect it.

Cleaning up the campsite made sense for the boys, but some of the other
cleaning tasks felt like they were just dumping it on the DLs - when we
were tired and trying to get out of there ASAP.

Camp Administration B
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Camp Commissioner Program D
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We barely saw our commissioners - Each pack was supposed to have a
commissioner who saw us in the morning and evening to pass on
announcements, eat with us at meals, and check in periodically during the
day. We saw them once in the morning, and once in the evening - that's it.

Camp Staff B
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Most were very good.

Campsite C
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We were in Adirondack A (Which has 6 tents also)

Spiders. Spiders everywhere. Spiders the size of my fist everywhere in
tents, and more than a few in the Adirondack also.

This is not necessarily fatal, but is not a great thing to face when
dealing with boys who are attending a Resident Camp without their Parents
for the first time. Lots and lots of scared kids who had to be talked down
off the ledge. Next time we will definitely take the option of setting up
our own tents in a different campsite, even if it's further to walk. I'm
convinced that Zippers stop homesickness.

Tents and Platforms in Campsite D
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Old canvas tents, looks like the hand-me-downs from their Boy Scout Camp,
possibly older than most of the staffers, with the mildew to prove it.

Fire Ants A
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None

Ticks & Mosquitoes B
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Did see a few ticks, did not have to remove any because they were spotted
before they latched on.

Latrine & Shower Facilities A+
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Very nice Bathhouse near us and the dining hall.

Merit Badge Program
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Because it was a Webelos Camp, they did not have Merit Badges, but they did
have an equivalent - sessions for Webelos Adventures. Each Den could select
what adventures it wanted to do, and what activities it wanted to do.

This is the first time I have ever seen a Cub or Webelos event where this
was possible - most of the time it is a rotation of activities and you get
what every other pack gets, just in a different order.

Doing this gave us the ability to pick out the elective adventures our boys
wanted to do, and avoid the core adventures ones that we would have to
repeat during the school year anyway for the den members who did not attend.

This is a HUGE step above what most cubs/webelos get in terms of options.
It wasn't a perfect process, but the fact they are stepping up in
comparison to the past and to other camps is worth an A.

Also, not for badges, but they also had a great number of other activities
- climbing / zipline, BMX, Canoes, Free Swim, Archery, Air Rifle and the
favorite unscheduled activity - Ga Ga Ball! (Google it, the kids LOVED it.)

Only big change I would make is to offer fewer sessions - boys were
overscheduled, and had no downtime back at the campsite to relax, build a
fire, or even straighten up their tent. Day 2, we literally didn't see the
campsite between 7:00AM until after bedtime.

Dining Hall & Food B+
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Very good - a few mixups, like the one night they realized the chicken was
expired and had to go to a Plan B, but generally the food was what kids
wanted, and they had a good salad bar

Overall Infrastructure A
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Very well maintained and new

Adult Training
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N/A - None available, all adults attending were leading Dens

Chapel Program
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C - very short, just after breakfast in the dining hall - felt like they
were doing it just to check the box saying "We had a chapel program"

Should have probably been done on Sunday instead of Wednesday.

Opening & Closing Campfires C
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Good and enthusiastic, but the closing one went on for at least 30 minutes
too long, and also started too late. Boy Scouts and Venturers are pretty
good staying up late - Webelos get tired a lot earlier in the night,
especially with a day long program with no downtime.

Order of the Arrow Activities B
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There was an OA Dance and drummers, but for the most part the Webelos have
no idea what OA is, or why these guys were up there.

Trading Post B
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Small, but cheap choices for the boys - I'm glad they weren't trying to
make 300% profit on stuff like slushies and ice cream sandwiches - a boy
could walk in with $1 and get something cold and sweet.

(posted on Dec 18,2015)

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