Personal Equipment List

Required

■ Official Scout uniform for your current Scouting position

Note 1: A complete uniform includes the official shirt; official long pants, shorts, skirts, or culottes (long pants are best for this course); olive or blue colored socks (based on the color of your pants); and an official belt

Note 2: A sample “Uniform Inspection Sheet” can be viewed at www.scouting.org > Volunteer > Forms > just below the Annual Health and Medical Record or click here.

A special neckerchief, slide, and a Wood Badge baseball-type cap will be provided.

■ Warm Shoes or boots

■ Warm winter clothing (coat, hat, scarf, gloves or mittens, etc. – insulated underwear can be comfy…)

■ ***Warm bedding (sleeping bag or sheets and blankets of equivalent warmth – beds are provided except for the overnight experience)
■ Work clothes and shoes for conservation project

■ Pillow

■ Flashlight

■ Pocketknife or multiple tool–type knife (no fixed bladed knives)

■ Medication in labeled containers

■ Toiletries and personal clothing items

■ Towel and washcloth

■ Pens, pencils, pocket notebook

■ Handbook for your Scouting program
■ Camp Chair

Optional

■ Change of shoes

■ Moccasins or camp slippers

■ Shower footwear

■ Sunglasses

■ Religious book(s)

■ Books of camp songs, skits, etc.

■ Camera
■ Dutch Oven

■ Lantern
■ Ear Plugs

■ Backpack (nice for carrying your gear to and from Activities)
■ Spending Money...you will have the opportunity to donate to the "World Friendship Fund" during course as well as a trading post will be available to purchase Wood Badge memorabilia...ie T-shirt, Jackets, Patches, Pins, etc.  There will also be professional pictures available for purchase if desired. 

***You will have the opportunity to sleep in a tent one night as an outpost with your patrol.  This is optional, please come prepared to make this experience as comfortable as possible with appropriate bedding and layers to keep you warm overnight in a tent during November.