Join Us at Valleyfair Saturday, Oct 14, 2017 – Open to All Scouts, their Families and Friends!

All Scouts and Venturers are Invited to Attend the Lake Minnetonka Camporee on Saturday

Discounted Park Admission $28.25* (a $53.00 Value – front gate price for All Day Saturday admission)

Join us at the Lake Minnetonka District Camporee on Saturday when the park is open to all Scouts and Venturers, their Families, and Friends from outside of Lake Minnetonka District BSA. As of this printing, we have Scouts and their families coming from northern Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, AND South Dakota!

Saturday – CUB SCOUTS, WEBELOS, BOY SCOUTS, VENTURERS, their FAMILIES AND FRIENDS are welcome to come out to Valleyfair on Saturday. You must pick up your Valleyfair admission by 2:00PM on Saturday at the Valleyfair Admissions building, windows 11-13.

Cub Scouts – invite your friends (non-Scouts or Scouts), as well as your family, to come out on Saturday and Cub Scouts can participate in the Cub Scout version of the STEM/ NOVA program held inside the park. Starting at 7:00PM there will be special Halloween themed events for Cub Scouts.

Boy Scouts and Venturers – you, your family and friends are welcome to join us at Valleyfair when the gates at 11:00AM. There will be a STEM/ NOVA program offered inside the park on Saturday. Starting at 7:00PM there will be special Halloween themed events for WEBELOS, BOY SCOUTS and VENTURERS inside the park, provided by Valleyfair staff. You may stay as late as you like. The park closes at midnight. The Camporee is over when you leave the park on Saturday evening.

ValleySCARE is the upper Midwest’s largest Halloween attraction! Join Snoopy and the Peanuts gang for some not-so-scary daytime fun at The Great Pumpkin Fest. As night falls, experience tight spaces, extreme situations and unforgettable encounters designed to test the boundaries of your worst fears during Halloween Haunt!

Cost Per Person

• Saturday All Day Admission Ticket Only – $28.25*

* Does not include a 5% processing  fee.

**STEM/NOVA PROGRAM

Who would have thought you can go to an amusement park and get a scouting award? The STEM/NOVA activities will focus around the various engineering Nova Awards:

SWING! for Cub Scouts http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Swing%21

WHOOSH! for Boy Scouts http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Whoosh%21

HANG ON! for Venturing http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Hang_On%21

We will not be working on the adventure, the merit badges, or exploration requirements (requirement 2) for the awards so Scouts will need to complete those on their own. We will have videos for the reading/ video requirements though I would expect given the opportunity to ride roller coasters or watch videos, many scouts will choose the coasters, so participants may want to do some of those (requirement 1) before hand as well. We will have activities on Friday night and Saturday morning for those that campout and then more activities in the park on Saturday for those coming for just the day.

Please bring a printed copy of the appropriate workbook (from the links above) for the Nova award that you would like to work on.

Sorry, Tiger and Lion Cubs are not eligible to participate in STEM/NOVA program (BSA rules, not ours).

If you have any questions, please call us.

Don Mack
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Scott Vondracek
STEM Committee District Representative
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This will be a fantastic event you won’t want to miss!

Thank you.

Daron Meyer
Interim Activities Chairman
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Nick Pedersen
District Chairman
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Scott Janke
Vice Chairman
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