Spring Outing Information Booklet - Y Guides

1 Spring Outing Information Booklet 2 IMPORTANT CONTACTS Andrew Crook Director of Y Guides (919)418-7306 Abby Van Noppen Program Director of Y Guides (919)280-1393 Tim Whitehouse Program Director of Y Guides (919)815-0026 Y Guides Main Office (919) 719-9695 801 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 118 Raleigh, NC 27607 Camp Sea Gull 218 Sea Gull Landing Arapahoe, NC 28510 (252)249-1111 Camp Seafarer 2744 Seafarer Road Arapahoe, NC 28510 (252)249-1212 3 Table of Contents Weekend Schedule 4-5 YGP Info 6-9 History 10-13 Weekend Activities 13-18 Patches & Ceremonial Dinner 19-20 Menu & Mess Hall 21-23 Devotions & Closing Prayer 24-26 Contests (Chief Challenge) 27-29 Safety 30-33 Medical 34-35 Weather & Rain Activities 36-39 Helpful Hints 40-43 Forget Something?

2 44 Local Restaurants & Shops 45-46 Interesting Facts 47-53 Cabin Maintenance 54 Maps & Directions 55-58 Ferry Schedule 59 For Trailblazers Only 60-61 4 FRIDAY 5:00-8:00 Arrival (Tribes responsible for dinner) 8:30 Build your own Ice Cream Sundae (Mess Hall) 9:45 Devotion in Cabin 10:00 TAPS (a quiet camp PLEASE) SATURDAY 6:30 am Coffee/hot chocolate at Mess Hall porch 7:00 Reveille-Rise & Shine 7:30 Flag Raising Ceremony 7:30-8:30 Breakfast 8:30-12:00 pm Morning Activities 11:30-1:00 Lunch* 1:30-5:30 Afternoon Activities 5:30-7:00 Dinner Buffet 6:00 Flag Lowering Ceremony (Optional) 8:15 CAMPFIRE (at Sea Gull) 9:45 Devotion in Cabin 10:00 TAPS (a quiet camp PLEASE) *Saturday lunch free flowing picnic buffet SUNDAY 6:30am Coffee/hot chocolate & continental breakfast 7:00 Reveille-Rise & Shine 7:30 Devotion (SF at Amphitheatre/SG near Pier) 8:00 Sunday Activities/5K Run 8:30-10:00 Buffet Brunch (Come any time/Activities remain open) 12:00 Activities close Before you depart, please: Close Shutters Turn off lights/fans Bring Lost and Found to Mess Hall Place trash bags on porch Sweep cabins Pack up and bring home your recyclables Weekend Schedule 5 Spring Outing Activities for 1st-3rd Years The following activities will be offered at Camp this Spring Outing .

3 Some activities are for specific years, and are noted as such. Zipline All Years Canoes All Years Archery All Years BB s (Special Targets) All Years Joy Boy Boat Cruise 1st Years (Weather Permitting) Swim Lake All Years Basketball All Years Tennis All Years (Bring your own equipment) Golf All Years (Bring your own equipment) Fishing (Contest) All Years (Bring your own equipment) Sharks Tooth Hunting (Contest) All Years (Bring your own shovel/sifter) Field Space for Tribal Games All Years (Bring your own equipment) Creative Arts All Years Campfire Ceremony All Years Snakes Alive 2nd Years Only Raft Race 3rd Years 6 Aims & Pledge The Aims 1. To be clean in body and pure in heart.

4 2. To be Pals Forever/Friends Always with my father/son/daughter. 3. To love the sacred circle of my family. 4. To listen while others speak. 5. To love my neighbors as myself. 6. To seek and preserve the beauty of the Great Spirit s work in forest, field, and stream. Pledge We, father and son/daughter, through friendly services to each other, to our family, to this tribe, to our community and country, seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit. Y Guides 7 Pals Forever & Friends Always These respective slogans of the Y Guides and Princesses Programs are intended to describe a close and enduring relationship between fathers and their sons/daughters.

5 They mean communication and understanding, a sense of companionship. They describe a satisfying relationship between father and child, encouraging them to learn about each other and to achieve mutual respect for one another s differences. Theme Songs Pals Forever (Tune of Clementine ) Pals forever, Pals forever, That s our slogan, that s our song; Boys are strong-er, Dads feel younger, When they take the boys along. Dads are for it, Moms adore it, And the boys all think it s fine; Pals forever, Pals forever, Indian Guides will have good times. Through the days and through the years, We will wander side by side; Pals forever, Pals forever, The Great Spirit as our guide.

6 Friendship Always (Tune of Clementine ) Friendship always, Friend-ship always, That s our slogan, that s our code; and we work and play together, as we travel on life s road. Dads are for it, Moms adore it, and girls all think it s fi-ne; Friendship always, Friend-ship always, The Great Spirit as our guide. 8 9 We Build People is the YMCA of the Triangle s community-wide effort to raise funds for children, teens, families, and adults who otherwise cannot afford YMCA programs or services. We Build People helps the YMCA reach a great number of people in order to build a stronger community. The YMCA movement is particularly relevant in today s society because we fill a void in the community.

7 YMCA s welcome and support children, adults, and families and help build the values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. The YMCA is for everyone: people of all ages, races, religions, incomes and abilities. 100% of the funds raised are used to: Provide financial assistance in the form of full and partial scholarships, based on individual need. Fund outreach programs, which are then made available to participants at little or no charge. Donating your tribal wampum to the We Build People Program is an excellent idea which will surely help others. We Build People 10 Camp Sea Gull & Camp Seafarer In the late 1930s, as the General Secretary of the Raleigh YMCA and supervisor of a small summer camp in Wake County, Wyatt Taylor convinced the YMCA Board of Directors that a camp located near an unlimited expanse of coastal waters would have superb camping possibilities.

8 In 1948, with an initial fund of $50,000, plus Wyatt's persuasive leadership, Camp Sea Gull became a reality. His founding ideal was never to compromise with mediocrity. He considered the human investment in this venture to be of paramount importance, advocating that facilities do not make a great camp without a staff of high character and competence. Under his leadership Camp Sea Gull, and since 1961, Camp Seafarer, have grown and expanded so that now each camp is located on 350 acres and together they provide camping and character building experiences for thousands of young people from all over the world. From the beginning, character development has been the foremost objective of Camp Sea Gull and Camp Seafarer.

9 Both camps foster growth in self-confidence and independence, consideration of others, heightened respect for a fragile environment and a spirit of cooperation. Unique programs in seamanship, progres-sive development of skills and daily choices combined with positive role models in a nurturing cabin environ-ment provide campers with opportunities to learn, grow and challenge themselves while in a protected environ-ment. Camp Sea Gull and Camp Seafarer are branches of the YMCA of the Triangle Area. History 11 Atomic FireBalls Nello Ferrara had the idea to develop a spicy candy and thus, the famous Atomic FireBall was created in 1954. The "Atomic Fire Ball" gained world-wide recognition shortly after the product was introduced.

10 Within three weeks orders were rolling in at a rate of over 50,000 cases per day. The round, spicy, hard candy that was once a dream, had become a success! The Atomic FireBall was developed using the hot panned candy process. This process involves building candy pieces from single grains of sugar and tossing them into revolving pans while adding flavor, color and other candy ingredients. This process continues until the pieces become the desired size. An estimated 15 million fireballs are consumed per week by people all over the world and the number continues to grow. Y Guides consumes 100,000 FireBalls per year. For further Information on the process of how Atomic FireBalls are made, visit Ferrara Pan's "Atomic Fire Ball Virtual Tour.