Camp Famous Eagle, S bar F Scout Ranch June 14-20 June 21-27 June 28-July 4 July 5-11 July 12-18 July 19-25

Camp Gamble, S bar F Scout Ranch June 14-20 June 21-27 June 28-July 4 July 5-11 July 12-18 July 19-25 July 26-August 1

Camp Capacity: To assure that the facility is not overcrowded, we will close that week to additional troops when we reach the capacity of the camp.  Those troops not participating in the lottery will very severely limit their choices.  Sign-up capacity at Camp Lewallen will be 170 Scouts per week; at the S bar F camps, 320 Scouts.  We ask you to project as closely as possible your actual attendance.  Please don't make reservations for 20 Scouts when you believe you'll have just 10 Scouts attending camp, and likewise don't make reservations for 25 Scouts when you believe you'll have 40 Scouts at camp.

Camp Lewallen: Troops of the Shawnee, Sioux and Cherokee Districts are given priority for a spot at Camp Lewallen, provided that the troops participate in this lottery.  Once these troops participating in the lottery who desire Camp Lewallen are placed, the remaining spots will be available to other troops.  The camp will then be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

RESERVATION FEE
Please make reservations for the number of Scouts you anticipate attending at $5 per Scout.  This $5 reservation fee is refundable if requested in writing by May 1, 2009.  No refunds will be given after May 1, 2009.  There is no minimum number of Scouts necessary to make a troop reservation.

CAMP FEE
The summer camp fee for 2008 was $185. The fee for summer camp for 2009 will be announced at the beginning of October.  We encourage every troop to use the camper savings plan, which allows the Scout to save on the total fee if the full fee is paid by May 1, 2009.

LOTTERY PROCEDURE
On Oct. 15, 2008, the summer camp sign-up lottery will be held.  The number of every troop that completed a reservation form and submitted a $5 per Scout reservation fee will be in the lottery. 

The lottery begins at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 15.  When a troop's number is drawn, the reservation form will be checked and the first available date on the form will be assigned.  If all choices on the troop's reservation are taken, we will contact whoever is listed on the application as the person who can make another choice.  He or she will then select another date or camp, before we contact the next troop.  If no one can be reached or a decision is not made, then we must continue with the lottery.

FILLING OUT THE RESERVATION FORM
Help us help you.  We want to place you in your most desired spot possible.  To do so, we have to know what you want.  We make the assumption that the most important variables in order are  No. 1 date, No. 2 camp, No. 3 site.  If you have other priorities, please tell us. You may attach any additional information that will help us place your troop.

Important -- Please Read!
You must fill all spaces with alternate choices on the reservation form.  If you do not, we will not call you for the additional information or for alternate choices on lottery day.

OTHER HINTS:

1. Make reservations for the number of Scouts you anticipate.  Remember, you can get any unused reservation fees returned if requested by May 1.  Camps become overcrowded when underestimating by troops occurs.
2. Our most requested weeks have traditionally been the first two weeks and the week following the 4th July, so adjust your choices accordingly.  Everyone cannot attend during these three weeks, so give us alternative choices on the lottery request form.  We intend to do everything we can to keep from overcrowding. 

At your November Roundtable, a camp promoter will contact you with more information and your 2009 Camp Promotion packet.

CAMPSITE ASSIGNMENTS
Your campsite assignment is determined by your lottery draw but here is some additional information.

You may be entitled to an exclusive campsite for your troop if:

Your troop had 20 or more Scouts attend our camp the previous two summers.

     or

Your troop had 25 or more Scouts attend our camp last summer

     and

You expect 20 or more Scouts this summer and make reservations for them.

     but...

A few times, there are small troops that, because of the lottery, are pulled earlier and may be assigned to that site your troop desired.  In that case, your larger troop will be assigned as the second troop on the site and -- should you prefer -- you will have the option to choose an alternate site after the lottery.

If your troop does not meet the above criteria, plan on sharing a site with another troop.  Scout troops who would like to share a campsite with a particular troop are welcome to indicate the troop number on the reservation form.  That request will be honored, provided both troops have registered for the lottery and made identical choices for dates, camps and campsites.  This system does two things for your troop:

You share with a troop that you know and will enjoy camping with and it gives you a slight edge in the lottery.  Should the troop you arrange to share with gets pulled No. 1, then that becomes your lottery number.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
A letter and copy of the summer camp reservation form confirming your troops week of camp, campsite and date will be mailed to the individual listed on the Summer Camp Reservation Form by Nov. 16.  Please do not telephone.