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WE ARE PROUD of the many Scouts and adult Scouters who serve on our staff. Listed here are the program departments of our summer camp and links to schedules and more information. We hope that you will have time to acquaint yourself with our Camp Program Director and the Department Heads as they are key to the camp program.
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Ed Heierbacher Program Director This is Ed’s 2nd year as Program Director, and 7th year working here at Ockanickon. He has worked at 4 different scout camps (including Treasure Island, Resica Falls, Sea Base and of course, Ockanickon) for the last 17 years. He has also worked in almost every area in camp at some point during that time. In the off-season, Ed works at a College Prep Boarding School in Exton, PA running a dorm of 20 High School Students. He also attends Nursing School at Delaware County Community College and is the Committee Chairman for his scout troop. He loves camping, canoeing, and sailing. He is a certified Rescue Diver, as his favorite thing to do is to go SCUBA Diving. |
Ages & Stages
| It is the goal of the Boy Scout program to offer appropriate challenges for each age group. Participating in an activity well above or well below a Scout’s ability level often leads to disappointment. When advising your Scouts on which merit badges and activities to participate in at camp, please keep in mind this Ages & Stages format. Our departments offer programs appropriate for the different age groups in your troop. For example: The Dan Beard Program, some Handicraft and Scoutcraft badges are appropriate for first year campers. Second and third year campers may still be involved in the offerings of the Dan Beard, Handicraft and Scoutcraft Departments, but they should be ready for the new challenges in the Aquatics and Shooting Sports Departments. Third and fourth year campers may be ready for the more challenging activities offered in the Ecology, Eagle, Rock Climbing, Mountain Biking departments. Your older Scouts should be ready for just about anything we have to offer, including the required Eagle badges and the unique offerings of the Science Center.Ages & Stages has not been designed arbitrarily. It involves constant feedback from Scoutmasters and members of our own staff as to what age Scouts tend to get the most fulfillment out of a specific program or merit badge. Ages & Stages has been designed to act as a guide. A particularly gifted or challenged Scout may move outside the normal range of activities of their peers. For some physically challenging areas like Aquatics, Adventure Sports or Climbing, the staff may request that a Scout not participate for the Scout’s and other participants’ safety. |  |
A Special Note about Ages & StagesAges and stages is a guideline, and in most areas, is not entirely set in stone. When a scout comes to you saying he wants to do a badge, please consider the setting the instruction will occur. If it’s a scout that is younger, and cannot sit still for very long, he probably would benefit from waiting another year before taking a badge at Science or our Eagle Department. Some of our programs have strict age requirements, like COPE and Climbing MB require scouts to be at least 13 years old, while Robotics requires scouts to be 15 years old. Our new Merit Badge webpages and Activities webpages, which can be found on our Program Webpage, have detailed age information on age requirements. |
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