| Boy Scout National Youth Leadership Training
"Kancamagus"
July 4 - July 10, 2010
Camp Bell, Griswold Scout Reservation
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What is Kancamagus? Kancamagus is a week long outdoor experience for present and future youth troop leaders, designed to help a Scoutmaster in his responsibility to train his Scouts in being better troop leaders and in maintaining a youth-run Scouting Program. It is based on the BSA National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) Program. The course focuses on teaching advanced leadership skills in a team-building atmosphere based on the patrol method. Participants will be regularly challenged to accomplish activities and projects using the leadership skills taught in the course. Participants will also have opportunities to improve their outdoor skills and apply them.
Kancamagus-NYLT Overview We set the example with a boy-led troop as all the teaching is done by a youth staff who have attended both Kancamagus and Philmont's National Junior Leader Instructor Training Camp. The experience and fellowship received by being with a patrol of other boy leaders from other troops and led by a quality youth staff is significant for the participants. Our objective is for the participants to return to their troops with enthusiasm and ideas that will help make their job a lot easier and improve the troop's program.
Is Kancamagus a week at summer camp? No. Kancamagus is a leadership training course in an outdoor environment. There are no rank advancement opportunities during the week. The purpose of this course is to develop leadership skills that Scouts will use in their home troop and throughout their lives. Who should attend Kancamagus? Kancamagus participants must be thirteen years of age by the start of the course, be in a position of leadership (Senior Patrol Leader or Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, or will be a candidate in the near future) and be First Class. A Scout must want to attend Kancamagus and have the enthusiasm and desire to participate in this learning experience. Kancamagus will nourish the leadership ability of the Scouts that are counted on to run a troop. Kancamagus will not help Scouts lacking in Scout spirit or Scouts who are generally not leaders counted on by their troop. If you have any questions about the appropriateness of any Scout attending Kancamagus, please contact the Course Scoutmaster. Important dates for Kancamagus NYLT 2010 Orientation - June 6th, 12:00-3:00 PM, Camp Carpenter Course start - July 4th, 12:00 PM Course end - July 10th, 9:00 AM Goal Completion Ceremony - November / December TBD Orientation: A Kancamagus Orientation meeting (MANDATORY) will be held at 12 PM on Sunday, June 6th at Camp Carpenter in Manchester, NH. Parents and Scoutmasters are required to attend. Please bring a completed BSA Annual Health and Medical Record (Parts A, B, and C), final payment and a signed pickup authorization/permission form. The meeting will divide into two groups: the youth staff will be gathering the participants for introductions and games with their patrol members, while the adult staff will meet with parents and Scoutmasters to discuss the week's activities and requirements. Course Dates: The 2010 course starts at noon on Sunday, July 4th at noon and ends on Saturday, July 10th. Scouts must be dropped off at the Camp Bell Administration Lodge. Each Scout should have one backpack with all of his items and be in a full Class A Scout summer uniform (with Scout shorts, Scout socks, Scout shirt and Scout belt). Scouts should have had lunch prior to arrival. The course concludes on Saturday morning at 9:00. Goal Completion Ceremony: Kancamagus has a graduation reunion in the fall at Camp Carpenter. At this graduation all Kancamagus graduates that have completed their challenges and mailed in the signed form, will receive a Kancamagus Trained Award Pin and a completion certificate. When does registration close/What paperwork is due when? The last day to register is on May 17, 2010. After that date, Scouts are taken IF space is available. No applications will be accepted after Orientation. This course is limited to 64 participants. To register, mail the application complete with parent and Scoutmaster signatures along with the registration fee to: Daniel Webster Council, 571 Holt Avenue, Manchester, NH 03109. DOWNLOAD 2010 APPLICATION After submitting the application form, the applicant will receive the following At Orientation, the applicant will need to bring the following: What is the NYLT participant cost? Daniel Webster Council: - $335.00 - Deposit of $50 by 3/15; final payment due by 5/17
- $345.00 - Deposit of $50 after 3/15; final payment due by 5/17
- $360.00 - Full payment after 5/17
Out-of-Council: - $360.00 - Deposit of $50 by 3/15; final payment due by 5/17
- $370.00 - Deposit of $50
after 3/15; final payment due by 5/17 - $385.00 - Full payment after 5/17
Make all checks payable to: Daniel WebsterCouncil. Please use attached payment form when making any/all payments. Is Kancamagus complete after camp? No, Kancamagus is a two phase program. Phase 1 is the training week at Camp Bell. Phase 2 is the completion of the challenges by each Scout in his home troop after he completes the course. These challenges can be completed at any time but we have a graduation ceremony in the fall to recognize all Scouts that have completed their challenges. The home Troop Scoutmaster approves the completion of these challenges by signing the form. He may also change the challenges as needed to meet the troop's needs. After completion the signed form and a cover letter should be mailed to the course Scoutmaster. Is the home Scoutmaster involved? Absolutely! Kancamagus is designed to enhance the Scouts relationship with his home Scoutmaster. The home Scoutmaster coordinates and encourages the Scout's completion of his Phase 2 challenges. The home Scoutmaster approves the completion of these challenges by signing the form. He may also change these challenges (one or all of them) to have a better fit to the needs of his troop. How will Scouts live during Kancamagus? In order to accomplish the objectives, the participants on arrival, are placed in a patrol composed of 6 to 8 Scouts (Scouts from the same home troop will be in different patrols). The Conference troop consists of 6 to 8 patrols. A Patrol Counselor (Youth Staff Member) is assigned to each patrol to advise and to be a resource to the participants throughout the learning process. The patrol method is used extensively at the course. Patrols are on their own to set up campsites, cook meals, construct patrol projects and plan and carry out other activities without direct adult supervision. How do I contact my son? Mail: (Scout's Name) Washington Site (NYLT)
Camp Bell
2-B Eileen Shore Road
Gilmanton Iron Works, NH 03837 Emergency Phone: (603) 524-0436 Is any special equipment needed? Each Scout is required to have at least one complete summer Scout uniform. A complete uniform includes the following; Scout shirt, Scout shorts, Scout belt and Scout socks. This is known as the Class A uniform and will be worn at breakfast and dinner during the week. Most other times the Scouts will wear a Class B uniform which consists of the NYLT T-shirt (two are provided on the first day of the course) along with Scout shorts, Scout socks and Scout belt. One set of civilian clothes will be useful for a couple of activities during the week. More information is given at the Orientation meeting. Please feel free to contact: Ray Bellemore, Course Director
(603) 424-2291 Gerald Boyle, Course Scoutmaster
(603) 496-3665 | 
