Camporee

In the Boy Scouts of America, districts or councils may hold a camporee once or twice a year.{{Cite web |title=U.S. Scouting Service Project, Camporee |url=http://usscouts.org/usscouts/camporees.asp|access-date =2005-04-04}} Typically, the camporee involves patrol-based competitions, with events such as: hiking preparedness, fire building, knot tying, first aid, emergency preparedness, pioneering, citizenship, patrol mystery event (team building), outdoor cooking, camping or orienteering. Some camporees also integrate work on merit badges. The camporee may be centered on a central theme such as living history, horsemanship, aquatics, shooting sports, a historical trail, a service project, and most recently Geocaching. Camporees often have a campfire program with awards and presentations, skits and songs. Camporees also may have a service project that helps the hosting facility. Typical service projects could be pruning trees, spreading mulch, clearing brush, trail repair, tree planting or trash pick up.{{Cite web |title=Camporee events|access-date =2008-05-22 |url=http://usscouts.org/camporees/general.asp |website=U.S. Scouting Service Project}}

The scouts usually camp, compete and cook by patrol. The patrol will have a patrol name, patrol flag, patrol cheer or yell and a patrol leader.{{Cite web |title=BSA Patrols |url=http://clipart.usscouts.org/library/BSA_Boy_Scout_Patrols |website=U.S. Scouting Service Project}} Patrols are usually made of six to eight scouts, a patrol duty roster is made and posted so patrol responsibilities are rotated, like: head cook, assistant cook, cleanup, KP, fire builder, and water duty.{{Cite web |title=Troop 218 Camp Duty Roster |url=http://www.troop218mn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CampDutyRosterMenuPlanner.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718013513/http://www.troop218mn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CampDutyRosterMenuPlanner.pdf |archive-date=2013-07-18 |access-date=2012-04-30 |df=mdy-all}}{{Cite web |title=U.S. Scouting Service Project, Patrol duty roster |url=http://www.usscouts.org/netresources/forms/gencampoutprep.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501074544/http://www.usscouts.org/netresources/forms/gencampoutprep.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-01 |access-date=2012-04-30 |df=mdy-all}}

Councils sometime use the term camporall or scoutoree{{Cite web |title=BSA web site, Prairie Hills Scout-O-Ree |url=http://www.siouxbsa.org/PrairieHills/Events/ScoutORee2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055807/http://www.siouxbsa.org/PrairieHills/Events/ScoutORee2011 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2012-04-30}} for a council level camporee, or they may use a unique name.{{Cite web |title=Southern Sierra Council, Camporall 2010 |url=http://www.sscbsa.org/councilcamps/camporall.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705013101/http://www.sscbsa.org/councilcamps/camporall.php |archive-date=2008-07-05 |access-date=2012-04-30 |df=mdy-all}} A Scoutorama is a show of Scouting activities, when combined with a camporee; it may be called a camporama. In some southern councils Scoutorama is replaced by "Scout Show". $2 Tickets or $10 discount card are sold by units to promote Scout Show to the public, and to help raise money for individual units.{{Cite news |last=Potthoff |first=Gina |title='Scout-O-Rama' marks BSA's 102nd anniversary |url=http://www.timespressrecorder.com/articles/2012/02/09/news/fivecities/news06.txt |work=Times Press Recorder}}{{Cite web |title=Scout-O-Rama |url=http://www.ocbsa.org/events/scout-o-rama |website=Orange County Council}}

The Order of the Arrow is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of the America, which is a recognized group of scouts that have displayed high enthusiasm and performed at high skill throughout their scouting careers. The Order of the Arrow often helps hold the event or will be leaders for part of the event, like the campfire or hike in. In doing so this gives older boy scouts new leader opportunities.{{Cite web |title=Order of the Arrow History |url=http://usscouts.org/honorsociety/oa.asp |website=U.S. Scouting Service Project}}{{Cite web |title=BSA web site, The Order of the Arrow, Scouting's National Honor Society |url=http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/boyscouts/orderofthearrow.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424200435/http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/OrderoftheArrow.aspx |archive-date=2012-04-24 |access-date=2012-04-30}}{{Cite web |title=Mikanakawa Lodge 101, Order of the Arrow, Council-wide Camporee |url=http://www.miki.org/archives/144-council-wide-camporee.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906205938/http://www.miki.org/archives/144-council-wide-camporee.html |archive-date=2012-09-06 |access-date=2012-04-30 |df=mdy-all}}

It is common for Girl Scouts to have camporees as well. Sometimes Girl Scout camporees are hosted by council or individual troop leaders, but camporees are frequently hosted by older Girl Scouts.{{Cite web |title=Camporee |url=http://www.girlscoutsofpaloalto.org/camporee.html |website=Palo Alto Girl Scout Service Unit |publisher=girlscoutsofpaloalto.org}}

The campers attending a camporee are usually between the ages of six and ten when they are old enough to be away from their home and family for a weekend, but too young to go camping on their own. Activities at a Girl Scout camporee are oriented towards building character and leadership, while having fun and helping the community at the same time. They might include: earning a patch or badge verifying that they improved skills in a certain area, playing a variety of games, having a traditional bonfire with skits and snacks, and doing a community service project.{{Cite web |year=2012 |title=Centennial Camporee |url=http://www.gshg.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=300&Itemid=383 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418083654/http://www.gshg.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=300&Itemid=383 |archive-date=2012-04-18 |access-date=2012-04-30 |website=Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia |df=mdy-all}}

Pathfinder camporees are sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They are organized around large camps, often in parks or land granted by the town hall or host of the event. At these camporees, the Pathfinders camp out and participate in activities such as: competitions for music and Bible knowledge, parades (similar to military parades), and sometimes socio-environmental activities involving the entire local community. The camporee usually ends with an award ceremony based on each of the clubs' performance.{{Cite web |title=Campanha "Ajude Filipe" recebe apoio dos desbravadores |url=http://surgiu.com.br/noticia/50904/campanha-ajude-filipe-recebe-apoio-dos-desbravadores.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015152543/http://surgiu.com.br/noticia/50904/campanha-ajude-filipe-recebe-apoio-dos-desbravadores.html |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |website=Surgiu: é notícia! |language=pt}} The main goal of the camporee is for the Adventist youth to have a closer relationship with God.{{Cite web |title=Manual do Conselheiro - XIV Campori APS - Escalada Radical |url=http://www.cms.paulistasul.org.br/component/download/file/xivcamporimanualdoconselheiro.pdf |website=Associação Paulista Sul |language=pt}}

The Pathfinder Club also promotes large camps called "camporees". These camporees are divided into five levels: Area, Conference, Union, Division and [https://www.camporee.org/ International] (previously held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin every five years, now in Gillette, Wyoming).{{cite web| url = https://www.southerntidings.com/feature/pathfinder-camporees-make-a-difference| title = PATHFINDER CAMPOREES MAKE A DIFFERENCE| first = ALLAN R. | last = WILLIAMSON| work=Southern Tidings}} The camporees are the biggest events of interaction between Pathfinder clubs around the world.{{Cite web |date=2011-12-14 |title=Camporis |url=http://desbravadores.org.br/camporis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214071954/http://desbravadores.org.br/camporis/ |archive-date=December 14, 2011 |website=Desbravadores -Site oficial da DSA}}

The younger sibling to the Pathfinder Club known as the Adventurers Club also conducts periodic camporees.{{cite web| url = https://sydney.adventist.org.au/events/adventurer-camporee| title = Adventurer Camporee 2023}}{{cite web| url = https://secpathfinders.com/camporee| title = Hay's Wood Adventurer Camporee}}{{cite web| url = https://gnycyouth.com/event/gnyc-adventurer-camporee-2023| title =GNYC ADVENTURER CAMPOREE 2023 }}{{cite web| url = https://nnsw.adventist.org.au/event/adventurer-camporee-2024| title =Adventurer Camporee }}{{cite web| url = https://adventist.uk/events/event/em/2023-05-26-adventurer-camporee| title = Adventurer Camporee}}

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