What's new for 2020?

​New Merit Badge OfferingsNew Activities
  • ATV: PowerSport - In partnership with the ATV Safety Institute, we will cover the ATV RiderCourse. This new program is open to Scouts ages 14-years-old and older. At the start of the week, Scouts will learn how to ride an ATV safely in an open field. With safe riding skills mastered, at the end of the week, Scouts will participate in trail rides in camp. Scouts will need to complete some online coursework prior to arriving at camp. The program is limited to 8 Scouts per session. We offer 4 sessions.
  • Scouts can earn BSA Lifeguard and American Red Cross Lifeguard certifications simultaneously.
New Check-in Arrival Time for Sunday
  • Units will check-in between 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm on Sunday.
  • This will allow us to move up the start time of the Sunday evening campfire.
New BSA Health Form
  • The BSA recently updated the health form.
  • 2020 is a transition year.
  • Starting in 2021 only the health form labeled 2019 printing can be used.
  • For 2020, we will accept health forms labeled 2014 printing if it contains an unexpired physical.
  • For those campers and adult leaders who need an updated physical before summer camp, you are encouraged to use the new form (2019 printing).
  • Remember, all people attending summer camp must have a current health form at the health lodge.
Construction Update
  • Each of the four existing shower facilities will undergo a remodel to add four new flush toilets totaling 16 new flush toilets added to camp.
  • Electricity will be available in each campsite prior to Summer 2020.
  • To support the new ATV: PowerSport program, we will extend the open field near the COPE course, add a new shelter for instruction and storage, and develop an internal system of ATV trails.
Local Membership Requirements for Adults  Spending the Night at an Old North State Long Term Camp (Summer Camp)
  • Effectively immediately, any adult who spends at least one night while accompanying a Scouting unit to a long-term camp activity, sponsored by the Old North State Council or any of its agents, must be a  registered member of the Boy Scouts of America with a completed criminal background check and completed mandatory Youth Protection Training.
  • For those who are not registered with the BSA, we recommend submitting their adult leader application to the council office no later than April 1.
  • Adult leader registration and Youth Protection training status will be verified during the unit’s 12-day-out meeting.
Open House for First Year Campers & Families
  • Allows Scout and family to see camp, visit campsite, see health lodge, enjoy lunch in dining hall, walk the Scout’s merit badge schedule, and meet the camp staff
  • Saturday, June 20
  • 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Includes lunch
  • Walk camper’s merit badge schedule
  • $10 fee per person in party
  • Register online by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, June 9
Merit Badge Completion Day
  • Did you end up with partial merit badges at summer camp?
  • Then come to Cherokee on Saturday, August 1
  • to complete those requirements.
  • We will only support merit badges that we taught during Summer Camp 2020.
  • Register online by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, July 29.
  • Cost is $20.
  • Includes lunch.
Friends & Alumni of Cherokee Weekend
  • Saturday, July 18
  • Start with lunch, open program areas, supper, closing campfire
  • $30 per person
  • Includes patch

What's new for 2019?

New Merit Badge Offerings
  • American Heritage
  • Home Repair
  • American Labor
  • Insect Study
  • Bird Study
  • Plumbing
  • Farm Mechanics
  • Woodwork
​New Activities
  • Advanced Welding – a 90-minuted welding classed for Scouts who already have Welding Merit Badge. It focuses on flat, horizontal, and diagonal welding and exposes Scouts to stick welding.
  • Leadership Challenge - The Leadership Challenge is a Scouting program that includes group initiative games, trust events, and challenges that reach from the ground to the sky. The Leadership Challenge will let you climb, swing, balance, jump, rappel, problem-solve, and become stronger both as individuals and as a team. Are you ready? Then climb on! Senior patrol leaders and youth leaders are the target audience.
  • STEM NOVA Award: Start Your Engines! – designed to help Scouts explore how technology affects our daily life. As a culminating activity, Scouts build a model vehicle not from a kit that is propelled by solar, wind, or battery power.
  • Challenge Instructor Course – open to adults and older youth. Certifies adults to be the second qualified, trained adult required for unit climbing events at the CSR tower and for unit COPE weekends. Provides Scouts with an instructor-in-training card.
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​Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS)
  • We will offer IOLS for adult leaders during summer camp.
  • There is an additional cost of $30.
  • See the training matrix for the IOLS schedule. 

Honor Camper Award
  • Each unit is entitled to nominate ONE of its campers as their honor camper.
  • The criteria for this award are determined entirely by the unit leadership.
  • Honor Campers are recognized at the Friday night closing campfire with a commemorative medal.​

Payments and Merit Badge Registration
  • The preferred method of payment will be online through the merit badge registration system – Summer Camp Systems.
  • You will still be able to make payments via the mail and face-to-face.
  • We will no longer accept credit card payments over the phone.
  • Parents/caretakers will be able to pay for their Scouts using the online merit badge registration system.
  • Parents/caretakers will need to know their Scout’s BSA ID to make an online payment.
  • After the early bird deadline has passed, once a unit has paid Payment 1 for at least 60% of its Scouts, we will grant them access to the merit badge registration system.

Construction Update
  • We are building 38 adirondacks this winter which brings the total number of adirondacks in camp to 115.
  • We continue to make headway with our community partners to increase the amount internet available within camp.
  • The Trade Skills Shop and STEM Lab will be complete this summer. This new building will feature two STEM classrooms, a woodworking shop, a mechanics garage, and a welding shop.
  • Due to damage from Hurricane Michael, we must rebuild the shelter in Saura Campsite. Plans call for a much larger shelter to be built in its place.
  • The council ring will receive a face lift this spring with a new lighted concrete center aisle with a handrail.
Out Lead. Out Serve. Out Achieve.
Cherokee Scout Reservation
3296 Boy Scout Camp Road  |  Yanceyville, NC 27379  |  336-694-6440
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An Old North State Council, Boy Scouts of America ​facility
1405 Westover Terrace    |    Greensboro, NC 27408    |    336-378-9166
It is the policy of the Cherokee Scout Reservation not to discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical condition), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or familial status, genetic information, citizenship status, ability, or any other legally protected characteristic in the administration of our program. Cherokee Scout Reservation will make accommodations, as far as is practical, to meet the needs of a person with disabilities as directed by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Any camper or leader with a disability requiring assistance of the camp staff should contact the camp director at least 12 days prior to arrival at summer camp.
 
To report a violation of this policy, please contact Old North State Council Director of Cherokee Scout Reservation and Strategic Initiatives Bud Harrelson at 336-378-9166 or bud.harrelson@scouting.org.