You'll want to be prepared for your week at Camp Barton. The following lists
should be a good beginning. Feel free to add to the list, but remember that
whatever you bring you have to carry!
Be sure to bring:
Completed health form
"Class A" Boy Scout uniform: shorts, shirt, socks.
Boy Scout Handbook
Flashlight
Normal summer clothing (t-shirt, shorts)
Notebook and pencils
Personal gear (towel, soap, toothbrush/paste, comb)
Raincoat or poncho
Sleeping bag or blankets
Sneakers and/or hiking shoes
Spending money
Sweatshirt or light jacket
Swim trunks
Underwear and socks
Old sneakers, aqua-socks or other water shoes. Please Note: Zebra
Mussels have arrived in Cayuga Lake, as they have in most of the large
bodies of fresh water in northern New York. These pesky mollusks have sharp
shells which can cut feet, so leaders are urged to see that Scouts bring
some form of footwear to wear while swimming.
Optional - you might want to bring:
Camera
Clothes hangers
Clothes line or rope
Clothes pins
Compass
Individual first aid kit
Merit badge pamphlets (you can get these at the Trading Post, too)
Musical instrument
Pocket knife
Watch
Please do NOT bring:
Archery equipment
Boom boxes
Fireworks
Gasoline fueled stoves or lanterns
Guns of any kind
Sheath or switchblade knives
Slingshots
Boy Scout Troop 221 | 328 Main
St. Vestal, NY 13850