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May 2009
Courage to Stand Camporee Newsletter
August 11 - 15, 2009
www.camporee.org
"When he saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased with her and held out to her the gold scepter that was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter."
Esther 5:2 NIV
This issue:
1. Registration Updates
2. Prayer - Petition & Praise
3. Daytime Programming
4. Nighttime Programming
5. Facility/Campsite
6. Security/Transportation/Medical
7. Communication
8. Travel Information
9. Resources
10. International Updates
11. Volunteer - CTS Staff
12. Miscellaneous
13. Advertisements
14. Quips & Quotes
15. CTS Corporate Sponsors
16. Corrections
THE 2009 CTS CAMPOREE IS SOLD OUT! It happened on April 8th, 2009. Can you believe it? The CTS Camporee sold out four months in advance of the event. This is an Adventist event world record! God is good! The 2014 International Camporee tickets go on sale August 15th at midnight (EST) Eastern Standard Time. The first 5,000 will receive a special souvenir lapel pin.
CTS TICKET MAILING: We have decided to transition from mailing paper tickets to sending e-tickets directly to the email addresses registered. You will need to print out the e-ticket and bring it with you to the Registration booth at Camporee. You can still pick up your souvenir ticket(s) when you collect your wristband(s) at the Registration booth. If you have sold tickets to another club, there will be a way to transfer the tickets from one account to the other. Read the next newsletter for details. For more info, email admin@camporee.org or call (800) 968-8428.
AVAILABLE TICKETS: The only tickets available are volunteer tickets or day passes. If you would like to help by volunteering 5 hours per day (25 hours min), click here to download your application. If you are age 18 or older, volunteer ASAP.
RESELLING TICKETS: If you would like to trade, resell or exchange tickets, contact your conference youth director or feel free to use the CTS Facebook group to post your information or find available tickets. You can browse all the information but will need to create a Facebook account to post your details. If you have sold tickets to another club, watch the next newsletters for instructions on how to transfer the tickets from one account to another.
ESTHER BIBLE STORY ACTORS: The nightly Bible story presentation has over 100 actors/extras, hundreds of costumes and 22 new Bible story songs. We ask for your prayers for this nightly presentation.
CTS PARTICIPANTS: Continue to pray for God's blessings for each of the Camporee participants as they prepare and finish their planning to come to this historic youth gathering. We need the Holy Spirit.
HONORS REGISTRATION: There is no honor registration prior to the Camporee and most honors do not require pre-registration during the Camporee. However, the following honors do require pre-registration. Pathfinders can register Tuesday morning starting at 10:00 am for the Tuesday afternoon schedule and at 5:00 pm for the next day’s honors that require pre-registration.
- Edible wild plants
- Kite honor
- Model boats
- Paper quilling
- Sand honor
- Sign language
- Glass etching
- Preach It honor
OFFSITE ACTIVITIES SHUTTLE: There will be shuttles provided from the Camporee to the offsite activities. All groups need to have at least 1 sponsor 18 years of age or older. Events marked with and Asterisk (*) are Teens Only Events.
- *Basketball @ YMCA
- *Canoeing/Kayaking
- Service Opportunities
- Knigge Dairy Farm
- Drill Team demo at Mall
- *Golf Driving Range/Par 3
- *Ice Skating @ YMCA - No fee involved
- Menominee Park Zoo
- Pollock Community Water Park
- Prayer Walks
- *Sailing
- *Settlers Mill Adventure
- *Skiing/Tubing/Wakeboarding
- *Soccer at the YMCA - "Pathfinder World Cup"
- *Golf Tournament - Friday
- Oshkosh Community Parade on Sabbath
- Ski Show - One time Event
DRILL AND DRUM CORP: The deadline has been extended to May 29th for those wishing to participate in the Drill and Drum Corp portion of the Camporee. Complete the application form on our website. For more info, contact Joel Hutchins at thsldu@comcast.net or call (301) 802-4326.
SPECIAL EVENT - DAILY PARADE: Antique/classic cars needed for the daily 4:00 p.m. parades. More info: Denny Grady at dennyg@pcsda.org or call (540) 886-0771.
LETTERBOXING HONOR: The Oregon Conference will be sponsoring this honor. They will display the honor requirements and resources needed to complete this new honor. For those who have started this honor and bring their stamp and log book, a special CTS stamp will be available to imprint into their logbooks. You can also imprint your stamp in a special logbook at the booth. The booth will provide a site to exchange stamp imprints with other letterboxes. We will also have clues to find two additional letterbox stamps located somewhere at the Camporee. More info: Rod Bardell at rodanntreesrus@iinet.com or (541) 367-5971.
ROCKS AND MINERALS HONOR: The Oregon Conference needs 12 clubs to bring rocks from their state or country to CTS. More info: Rod Bardell, Pathfinder Coordinator, 38887 Mt. Home Dr., Lebanon, OR 97355 or rodanntreesrus@iinet.com. Send a postcard or email with your name, club, address and rock type.
BOATS WITH DRIVERS NEEDED: We are in need of ski boats for the water ski offsite activity at the Camporee. The Camporee will cover the fuel and other expenses. Click here for more details. More info: Wendy Eberhardt at (615) 859-1391 or youth@kytn.net.
THEME SONG ON THE WEBSITE: We encourage you to download the music and lyrics so that you can learn the song in time for the Camporee.
2009 BIBLE-&- BUCK PROJECT: Bring an English or Spanish Bible and a dollar bill to cover shipping cost to help share the gospel to someone in another country. At the 2004 FOF Camporee, we collected 32,000 Bibles (18,000 dollars in shipping). Just think, if we all bring just 1 Bible and a buck; we will have 35,000 Bibles to give away around the world. Click here for more info.
BAPTISM FORMS: If you would like to be baptized or know of someone who would like to get baptized during the Camporee, please click here and follow the instructions.
PORTABLE AM/FM RADIO: Be sure to bring a large battery operated AM/FM radio so you can listen to the nighttime presentation of the Esther story, even if it rains!
INVESTITURES: If you are interested in the Master Guide/PLA/PIA Investiture please click here and fill in the application. The pins will be available for purchase at the AdventSource booth only for those who have registered to be invested at the Camporee. Deadline has been extended to June 1st. More info: Erin Hannah at hannahe@andrews.edu or call (269) 471-8388.
MORDECAI ACTOR NEEDED: Calling all wiser generation pathfinders! We are seeking one male actor 50+ years of age that could help portray the character of Mordecai. This person would need to be available July 21st through August 17th. Please send us your DVD or YouTube link with a 60 second monologue, preferably showing both a serious and funny side. More info: Erin Hannah at hannahe@andrews.edu or call (269) 471-8388.
NIGHTTIME SEATING: We encourage you to bring a chair to sit through the nighttime program to have the best experience each night.
THEME SONG PHONE RING TONE: Soon the CTS theme song ring tone will be available on the Camporee website under the nighttime program icon. What a cool idea!
FACILITIES INFORMATION: Need to know about RV’s, port-o-lets, campsite, measurements, motor homes, generator usage, dump station, pumping availability, gray/waste water, pets, parking, pay phone phones, shower house and more? Click here.
ICE: Blocked and crushed ice will be available at the Big Red Barn starting Monday August 10th at noon. Ice will be for sale from 8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m, Tuesday through Friday. Be sure to bring a "little red wagon" to hall the bags of ice back to your campground.
- Crushed ice: 7lb bag for $2.50 US.
- Crushed ice: 20 lb bag for $5.00 US.
- Block ice: 11 lb for $5.50 US.
PROPANE TANK REFILLS: We plan to have a propane refill station near the South Gate where the RV pumping station is. Look for more information in our next newsletter for times and prices.
6. SECURITY / TRANSPORTATION / MEDICAL
SECURITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We are still looking for more security/transportation volunteers. More info: Ralph Shelton at rshel412@aol.com or call (773) 846-2661 ext 205 or contact Kevin Wilkinson at kwilkinson@ci.neenah.wi.us or call (920) 982-8600.
MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you are or know of a paramedic, nurse or other medical staff who will be willing to use his/her expertise during the Camporee, please fill out the volunteer application and contact Pam Krueger at kregfam@charter.net.
CTS NEWSPAPER IDEAS: If you have any ideas or stories you will like to see in our daily onsite CTS newspaper at the Camporee, contact Keri Suarez or Pat Spangler at pr@andrews.edu.
OFFSITE ACCOMMODATIONS: There are rooms available in area dormitories, all within 25 miles or less of the CTS/EAA campground. To reserve a room at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Dorms, call Marc Nylen at (920) 424-1106. For a complete list of dormitories, click here.
OFFSITE CAMPING OPTIONS: If you have a CTS Day Pass, remember that you are required to leave the CTS/EAA campground 30 minutes after the end of the nighttime program. Here are some options for offsite camping:
- Circle R: www.circle-r-camp.com or call (920) 235-8909.
- Hickory Oaks: www.hickoryoakscampground.com or call (920) 235-8076.
- Kalbus Country Harbor: www.kalbuscountryharbor.com or call (920) 426-0062.
- Sleepy Hollow Farm: www.sleepyhollowfarm.com - (920) 231-0122.
For more camping areas click here.
RV RENTAL: If you need to rent an RV while in Oshkosh; here are some recommendations: Apple Valley Camping in Appleton at (920)757-0676 or Fox Valley RV rental at (920)757-1597. Submitted by Kevin Wilkinson. More RV rental options can be found on our website.
HOTEL INFORMATION: If you have been unable to find hotels in Oshkosh, for those who are staying offsite during the Camporee, due to either pricing or hotels being sold out, there are hotels located in the surrounding areas, only 20-30 minutes from Oshkosh. Look for hotels in Neenah (11 miles away), Menasha (17 miles away) and Fond du Lac (20 miles away). Safe journeys as you travel!
LETTER TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Click here to find a letter that can be presented to Public School administration to inform them of the Camporee and request an excused absent.
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS QUESTIONS ANSWERED: You can find answers to frequent questions at the information page for international participants.
VISA APPLICATIONS: Once registration is confirmed by email, you may request a letter of confirmation on Camporee letterhead be emailed to you; this is not a letter of invitation. We've created a letter providing background information about Pathfindering, the Adventist church, and this event. You may wish to download, print, and present this with your visa application.
CAMPOREE SITE ADDRESS: Here's the Camporee location, for visa applications: 3000 Poberezny Road, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54902 USA.
SPECIAL TLT/VOLUNTEER STAFF NEWSLETTER: A special volunteer/TLT newsletter will come out in early June. It will include names of volunteers who've signed up with their position, positions still open, and the number of volunteers that we still need.
TLT VOLUNTEERS: We are still in need of 275 TLT's who can serve 5 hours a day. Here is how to register a quality TLT:
- For the director (or person who bought the ticket)
- Set up a volunteer account
- Go to the Already Registered page of the website.
- Log in with your username and password.
- In the Member's Area that appears, click on "Set up volunteer accounts."
- Enter the names, usernames and passwords for each applicant you would like to create an account for.
- Log Out.
- Set up a volunteer account
- For the TLT
- Apply to be a volunteer
- You will receive an email telling you your username and password.
- Go to the Volunteer Tab of the website.
- Log in to your volunteer account (the information from the email).
- Click on "TLT Volunteer Application."
- Fill out all four pages of the application and click "complete."
- In the page that appears click "Download Application Form."
- Clicking this will give you a pdf file.
- Save the resulting pdf to your computer.
- Print the pdf.
- Give the leader endorsement forms to the appropriate people.
- Sign and date the form.
- Send the application by mail or fax.
- Apply to be a volunteer
More info: Jose Torres and Tony Montenegro at tltvolunteers@camporee.org.
CTS VOLUNTEERS: The CTS volunteer application forms have been updated. If you will like to help out, click here for the new form. More info: Erin McLean and Lindsey Shotwell at volunteers@camporee.org or call (269)471-8386.
KELLOGG'S FOOD ORDER: The deadline to order veggie foods from Kellogg's is extended until May 31. The food order forms are available on our website. Log into your Camporee account and click on "Purchase Camporee Food". All orders must be prepaid with a credit card by May 31, 2009. Food orders will be delivered to your campsite. More info: Vern Byrd at vernon@andrews.edu or call (269) 471-8384.
BANKING OPTIONS: There are 2 banks with ATM machines 1.7 miles away from the campgrounds. U.S Bank (920)424-4310 and Anchor Bank (920)236-3884.
REVIEW AND HERALD'S NEW BOOK: Pre-Camporee special offer! Esther: Courage to Stand – a new biblical narrative written for juniors and teens by Trudy J. Morgan-Cole. Click here for more info.
NATHAN GREENE'S CTS PAINTING: Nathan Greene will be unveiling a special Esther painting live on stage during the nighttime program. This painting and posters of the painting will be on sale at the Camporee. Watch for more details in the future newsletters. More info: Dan Houghton at Heart Research (800)487-4278.
INSURANCE NFORMATION: Adventist Risk Management is offering insurance; click here to see their brochure and prices. You can purchase this insurance by clicking here. More info: Joshua Nieblas at jnieblas@adventistrisk.org or call (301) 680-6863.
FOOD CONCESSION VENDORS: This is a great way to raise money for your Pathfinder Club. To find out more information, contact Dan Burtnett, Coordinator, by phone (574) 315-4191 or at campfoodvending@aol.com. You can also visit our website.
2004 OSHKOSH COMMUNITY RETAIL STORIES: We want to know what items the local area stores ran out of in 2004. We’ve heard about hot dog buns, peanut butter, fruit, beans at Taco Bell, and ground tarps for tents. If you can think of other items, please email our operations manager and community retail representative, Vern Byrd at vernon@andrews.edu.
ADVENTIST WORLD AVIATION: Pathfinders built an airplane in 1999! Earn a mission aviation patch in 2009! Opportunities for Youth in Missionary Aviation:
- Work on the only youth-sponsored missionary plane in history!
- Go on short-term mission trips!
- Complete missionary aviation courses at the Courage to Stand Camporee; earn a special patch and certificate in missionary aviation!
GRIGGS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY: As a global SDA educational institution, the mission of Griggs University & International Academy is to provide educationally sound, values-based, guided independent study and distance education programs that build a foundation for service to God, church, and society. More info: www.griggs.edu or call (800) 782-4769. For the full advertisement, click here. [Paid advertisement]
W2 PRODUCTIONS: Don't forget to order your trading pins. Any orders placed before April 1, 2009 receives a special discount. We design pins, banners and T-shirts. More info: Wimberly Wolfe at wwolfe@cfl.rr.com or call (407) 509-4772. For the full advertisement, click here. [Paid advertisement]
PATHFINDER SHIRTS: Pathfinder Shirts has Courage to Stand T-shirts available now with club names for just $8.00. More info: www.pathfindershirts.com. [Paid advertisement]
CTS NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT SIZES AND RATES:
| SIZE | 1 DAY RATE | 5 DAY RATE |
| Full Page | $1000.00 | $2500.00 |
| Half page (horizontal) | $500.00 | $1300.00 |
| Half-page (vertical) | $500.00 | $1300.00 |
| Quarter page (horizontal) | $250.00 | $700.00 |
| Quarter page (vertical) | $250.00 | $700.00 |
| Eighth page | $140.00 | $500.00 |
| Personal Ads | $1.75/word |
Ads bought in the CTS Newspaper will run in our daily issue, package prices are available upon request. Ads will be placed on the CTS website after the Camporee. For more info, contact Keri Suarez pr@andrews.edu.
"You can either complain that rose bushes have thorns – or rejoice that thorn bushes have roses." - Unknown.
Andrews University (www.andrews.edu) - 2 Camporees
Adventist Risk Management (www.adventistrisk.org) - 5 Camporees
Lake Union Conference (http://lkuc.netadventist.org) - 3 Camporees
ADRA (www.adra.org) - 3 Camporees
Worthington Kellogg's (www.kelloggs.com) - 3 Camporees
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital (www.keepingyouwell.com) - 3 Camporees
FOOD AND SUPPLIES PRE-ORDER: Walmart SuperCenter in Oshkosh is taking pre-orders only for non-perishable food items, not all food items as stated on our February newsletter.
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