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Camp Sequassen 2022
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Sunday, July 17th - Saturday, July 23

Camp Sequasen is a Troop 76 favorite and offers lots of activities for scouts...boating, fishing, snorkling, climbing, cycling, swimming, archery, rifle shooting and much more.  Earn Merit Badges for advancement and personal development.  Managing and coordinating the troop's involvement with Camp Sequassen this year is Nicole Genna (nsgenna@comcast,net) a generous adult volunteer.

Camp Sequassen is located just north of Torrington in one of the most diversified forests found on one tract of land in the state of Connecticut.  Meals for hundreds of scouts are prepared by a professional food service in the Dining Hall.  Scouts can take advantage of fully equipped program centers including Aquatics, Scoutcraft, Ecology, Handicrafts, Shooting Sports and Sports/STEM.  Senior scouts can elect to participate in high adventure activities such as COPE*, vertical climbing, rock climbing and off-camp tubing.  Camp Sequassen is managed by an experienced staff dedicated to providing a superior experience.  Please check out the brochure.  A comprehensive Leaders' Guide describes the programs, activities, opportunities and rules.  And here's a camp map.

If needed, here's a link to the Troop 76 Camper Registration and Code of Conduct forms which should have been completed and submitted to Nicole Genna. 

For summer camp to be a fun, learning experience for scouts, adult volunteers are needed.  Participating families are encouraged to have an adult volunteer at camp.  This is a great opportunity to spend time with your son and create great memories.  Here's the sign up sheet for adults. 

Fees, Forms and Important Dates
The camp fee is $495.00 for the week which includes meals and standard activities.  Sibling is $450.00.  There are additional fees for opti

If there any last minute requests for forms, merit badge courses, etc., here's a link to the Appendix of Camp Forms.

- Scouts eat in a common mess hall and the food is terrific.  Here's a camp menu.  (We're staying week 4.) 

What, When, How and other Details
Please bring your scout and their personal gear to the Baden Powell campsite at Sequassen on Sunday, July 17th between 1:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.  (We will not meet at the Jesse Lee.)  Please park in the main lot at Sequassen where camp counselors will direct you to our campsite, Baden Powell.  (Here's a link to the camp map.)  Wagons can be helpful to move gear from the parking lot to the campsite.  No lunch is available at camp on Sunday.  Parents will pick up their scouts at camp on Saturday morning, July 23rd.

Directions to Camp Sequassen, 791 West Hill Rd., New Hartford, Conn., 06057.  At the Danbury Mall, follow Interstate 84 East for approximately 25 miles to Exit 20 (left exit) in Waterbury.  Follow Route 8 North for approximately 25 miles.  Take Exit 46 (Pinewoods Road).  Make a right onto Pinewoods Road.  Make a left at the stop sign onto Torringford Street / Route 183.  Make a right onto West Hill Road. Camp Sequassen is 8/10 mile on right.  Or click here for Google driving directions from Jesse Lee to Camp Sequassen.  Estimated travel time on a Sunday is a little over an hour.
 
First day attire and activities - Scouts should wear Class B shirts to camp.  (Remember to also pack your Class A uniform.)  Scouts who have not completed the swim test beforehand, will need to take it at Sequassen.  After our Campsite is set up, a Sequassen counselor will take scouts and adults on an orientation tour of the camp.

Please download the camp's recommended equipment list. Scouts will wear full Class A uniforms to dinner at Sequassen and "Class B" on Sunday for orientation.  For their Merit badge classes and other day time activities, no uniform is required. 

Mosquito netting is required since the platform tents at Sequassen don't include built-in insect netting.  The net is draped over four supporting poles, are each 36" - 48" long.  Basically they're wooden dowels or PVC pipe (3/8" or 1/2" diameter) topped with cut tennis balls to avoid tearing the netting. (see photo at left).  The poles are attached to the cot frame with duct tape or cable ties, and the netting is draped over the top.  The troop will bring cable ties to camp.

Mosquito netting may be found on-line at sites such as Ebay.com, Campmor.com, Cabelas.com or Amazon.com  It may also be available at Dicks Sporting Goods, WalMart and REI.  Wood dowels and PVC pipe are available at area hardware stores, Home Depot and Lowes.  (PVC is less expensive than wood dowels.)

Cots and mattresses...not the most comfortable...are provided.  Nevertheless, bring a sleeping bag and pillow.  Please let us know if you have a buddy to share a tent.  Tenting requests will be accommodated the best we can.  Most scouts store their belonging (clothes, handbook, toiletries, etc.) in a large plastic storage bin with a secure lid that's kept at the foot of the bed.  There are no washing machines or laundry service at Sequassen.  Pack enough clothes for a week.

Also, scouts are expected to stay clean.  A heated shower is a short distance from our campground.  Please wear "flip-flops" in the shower and bring a small tote bag or backpack to carry clean clothes, towel, toiletry items to the shower.

Remember to bring insect repellant and sunscreen.  It may be good idea to add a deck of playing cards or a Frisbee for the camp.  There's no electricity at the camp site.  Light is provided from the troop's lanterns.

Please remember to pack a refillable water bottle.  Large water containers will be at the camp site.  If you wish, please bring only one BSA approved knife with your Totin' Chip card, a certificate for the responsible use of a knife.  We will make arrangements for new scouts to earn their Totin' Chip cards at camp. Also, boys should bring a notebook and pen/pencil to complete their merit badge assignments.  And include some spending money for the Camp Store; snacks and the Sequassen favorite...Slushies!

Don't pack electronics or they'll be confiscated.  The adults will have cell phones if you need to call home.  The camp office phone is 860-379-2009.

No Food in Tents - Snacks are inviting to animals such as raccoons.  Storage coolers will be available at the campsite for limited snacks.  Do not load your scout with huge amounts of snacks.  Please put your son's snacks in a zip-lock bag or plastic container, label the bag/container with his name and store the bags in the cooler at camp.  The boys can access the cooler anytime.  In addition, please put toothpaste in a plastic bag (Ziploc works well) with your son's name on it.  Toothpaste, which smells sweet and may attract animals, will be kept in a separate cooler.  Again, scouts can access their toothpaste at any time but it's expected the snack coolers will get more visits. 

If any Scouts or adults are bringing Medical forms to Camp, submit to the Camp Nurse and please have an extra copy in case of any complications.  The camp nurse and health officer, Dave Nicol, would like to speak to the parents of scouts who have medications at camp.  The medical office is called the Health Lodge. 

Merit Badges - We will not have the final list of merit badge course assignments until the first day at camp, Sunday afternoon, July 18th.  If you're merit badge requests were submitted early, then there's a good chance you'll land in these classes.  Later registrants may not get their choices.  After confirming your assigned classes, the Merit Badge books are available at the Camp Store, and we'll also be bringing our "library" of Merit Badge books to the campsite. 

Mail - Scouts love to receive mail and Care Packages.  The address is:
   Camp Sequassen, BSA
   Attn: (Scout's Name), Baden Powell Campsite, Troop 76
   791 West Hill Road
   New Hartford, CT 06057-4218

 Financial scholarships to attend are available if needed, please contact the Troop Committee Chair.  And if you have any questions about Camp Sequassen, please contact Nicole Genna (nsgenna@comcast.net).