Here's a photo visit to our 1997 Cub Day Camp. Over 700 boys experienced many adventures in
their week-long camp at Bob Woodruff Park in Plano. The first two of three camp sessions were
interrupted by a storm that came through Monday evening, tearing down tree limbs and forcing
us to cancel Tuesday's activities and relocate to the meadow for the rest of the week. To see the
results of the storm (which hit right after the campers had left the park), click on STORM.

Camp activities for Wolves and Bears included Crafts, Games, Nature, and Scout Skills. Webelos
Scouts worked on several Webelos Pins, including Engineer, Artist, Craftsman, and Readyman. All
Scouts had opportunities to try BBs and/or Archery, and attend special events each day. Our theme
was "Scouting Around the World", and daily special guests and activities connected us with a different
county where Scouts are found across the globe. Dedicated volunteers put in countless hours of time
planning and producing this highlight of the Scouting year. Please stop by the CREDITS page so you
will know who gave so much with willing hearts and hands , because it's "For The Boys"!

Each session opens with the pledge of allegiance, led by one of the dens. This was Wednesday morning at Camp Wichita, when we met in the meadow after the storm had closed Tuesday's camp.	The dens gathered at their own Den Area each day, where lunch and den projects were shared together.
Ready on the Firing Line! BB shooting is always a highlight of each scout's camp experience.	In addition to learning the safety rules and skills of archery, scouts had the opportunity to see several different kinds of bows demonstrated.
Webelos listened carefully and helped to list the jobs Engineers do. The giant catapult was a fun way to learn about design and function.	Away she flies! Redshirts fired tennis balls and water balloons to demonstrate the catapult's firepower.
Becky Middleton was well qualified to teach us about Bike Safety, having judged bike races and run beside her husband's bike as he carried this Olympic Torch!	Here's another "special guest" - Tori Johnson with big sister Theresa. Campers from 1996 will remember Tori as a camper-yet-to-come - she was born in August to Camp Director Debbie Johnson.
Out in the meadow, the Academy of Classical Karate presented solo and group exhibitions of their skills.	For the twilight camps, Martial Arts America gave us a glimpse at their routines and karate abilities.
Who's that scary space cadet? It's Program Director Karen Earl in full fire rescue gear! Now the scouts know who to turn to in an emergency.	The Plano Fire Department helped teach First Aid and Safety to the scouts, and gave us a tour of their engine.
Cubs at Camp Sunset play at "Saxons and Dragons", Tug-o-War with a British flair!	It's the Shirts vs. the Skins at "Ultimate" frisbee at Camp Sunset.
"Crackers and Whirrers" are fun noisemakers Cubs learned to make at the Crafts station.	A proud Cub introduces his new "Porcupine Planter" made from a potato. Watch them grow!
Busy, happy, and safely watched, the little brothers and sisters had a good time in camp's "Papoose Land", in the shade of the park's trees.	What would we do without our "Redshirts"? These older Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts volunteered their time to be the extra hands the staff needed to make the camp run smoothly - wherever duty called.
Many Webelos families stayed for the campout, with tired Webelos heading to their sleeping bags after a long week of camp and a night of skits and songs.	At the Webelos Campfire on Friday, members of the Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow held a solemn ceremony to retire with honor an old American Flag.

If you were a camp participant, we hope you had a wonderful week, and will be back next year! If you are just
visiting our Web Page, please let us know you were here, and where you are from. If you didn't attend camp this year, but you will be a Great Plains Cub next summer, please plan to join us for Cub Day Camp 1998!
Information will be coming out at Cub Leader Roundtables, beginning with the Fall Program Preview on
August 19th. See you there!