14 Dec 2024 — Camp Workcoeman has a variety of programs taking place this winter and spring for both Scouts BSA and Cub Scouts. In addition, training opportunities and campsite/facility rentals are available. We hope to you at camp!
Scouts can select one merit badge being offered connected to Science Technology Engineering and Math to work on during this day. Depending on the merit badge, the Scout may be able to complete all requirements during this day or may need to communicate with their counselor to complete afterwards.
There is a cap of 15 Scouts per badge, so be sure to sign-up early.
Check-in starts at 8:30 AM, with closing at 4:30 PM. Lunch and merit badge supplies will be provided.
Badges include:
Cost: $50 per Scout
Contact: Jeffrey Seiser, [email protected]
The Charter Oak District Klondike Derby is a “traditional” derby, tests all the skills a Scout is learning, and is unique in Connecticut. The purpose of the Klondike Derby is to develop patrol teamwork through an intensive orienteering and camping competition. Patrols pull Alaskan type sledges containing all their equipment to stations or “town” located in the woods. The patrols are required to plot course headings and directions to locate specific towns in a given order. They must then choose how best to get to them. Patrols will earn points based on total elapsed course time a patrol requires to reach five Klondike towns (stations), and the total number of nuggets awarded to the patrol by the mayor of each town for skills demonstrated.
We will run both a day and overnight course this year. The day course is a one-day event for patrols without winter tent camping experience and those patrols with fewer map and compass skills. The overnight course is for patrols experienced in orienteering skills and familiar with winter tent camping.
Webelos dens are invited to participate in the Day Course. Webelos cannot compete or be placed in Scouts BSA patrols.
See the Troop Leader Guide (below) for full event details (including information on the required preparation meeting and optional meetings).
Time: Starting times will be 8:30, 9:00, 9:30 and 10:00 AM on Saturday. The Day Course finishes at 3:30 PM on Saturday while the Overnight Course ends at 11:30 AM on Sunday.
Fee: $20 per Scout
Contact: Ted Sanford, [email protected]
2025 Charter Oak District Klondike Derby Info Flier 2025 Charter Oak District Klondike Derby Troop Leader Guide Register for Charter Oak District Klondike Derby
Scouts can select one merit badge being offered connected to winter adventures to work on during this day. Depending on the merit badge, the Scout may be able to complete all requirements during this day or may need to communicate with their counselor to complete afterwards.
There is a cap of 15 Scouts per badge, so be sure to sign-up early.
Check-in starts at 8:30 AM, with closing at 4:30 PM. Lunch and merit badge supplies will be provided.
Badges include:
Cost: $50 per Scout
Contact: Jeffrey Seiser, [email protected]
Scouts can select one merit badge being offered connected to crafts and trades to work on during this day. Depending on the merit badge, the Scout may be able to complete all requirements during this day or may need to communicate with their counselor to complete afterwards.
There is a cap of 15 Scouts per badge, so be sure to sign-up early.
Check-in starts at 8:30 AM, with closing at 4:30 PM. Lunch and merit badge supplies will be provided.
Badges include:
Cost: $50 per Scout
Contact: Jeffrey Seiser, [email protected]
This program incorporates hiking and orienteering requirements for Tenderfoot and Second Class Ranks—focusing mostly on the Five Mile Hike requirement and those related to it (safe hiking, use of a compass, identifying animals, etc.). Scouts will be provided with lunch, materials, and experienced counselors who will make this experience a success.
Scouts must come prepared with good hiking shoes, be dressed appropriately, and have a day pack with a filled water bottle and space to carry their lunch.
Check-in starts at 8:30 AM, with closing at 4:00 PM. Lunch will be provided.
Cost: $25 per Scout
Contact: Jeffrey Seiser, [email protected]
Scouts can select one merit badge being offered connected to sportsman activities to work on during this day. Depending on the merit badge, the Scout may be able to complete all requirements during this day or may need to communicate with their counselor to complete afterwards.
There is a cap of 15 Scouts per badge, so be sure to sign-up early.
Check-in starts at 8:30 AM, with closing at 4:30 PM. Lunch and merit badge supplies will be provided.
Badges include:
Cost: $50 per Scout
Contact: Jeffrey Seiser, [email protected]
Camp Workcoeman is located in the hills of northwest Connecticut in scenic New Hartford and Barkhamsted. The camp consists of approximately 427 acres on the shore of beautiful West Hill Pond, possibly the cleanest in Connecticut.
Established in 1924, it is one of the oldest continuously operated Scout camps in the country. For 100 years, thousands of Scouts and Scouters have had unforgettable Scouting experiences at Camp Workcoeman. This fine tradition of Scouting continues today.