Hi All,

Just a polite reminder that your stage payment for Camp 2016 is due by the end of November.

By that date, you should have €300 in total paid.  (Your initial deposit was €50 so assuming you’ve paid nothing else, an additional €250 is now due).

As we have bills already coming due for camp, it’s essential that everyone is paid up by this date.

Any questions, contact your section leaders or Conor or myself.

Thanks,

Enda.

53

is a bit of a magic number!!

53

is the number of seats on a coach!!

53

is the number of people who have now signed up for camp 2016 – Austria!!

Congratulations to all those who have confirmed their place for Camp 2016, Elmen, Austria.

If you have NOT booked your place, then unfortunately at this stage we can no longer guarantee that you can go to camp.  We really hate disappointing anyone though – so if you still want to go let us know asap.  We’ll do our best, but no promises at this stage.

Camp 2016 is not going to be great.  It’s going to be so much better than that, we’ll have to invent a new adjective to describe it!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi All,

As mentioned at the meeting announcing camp, we will be having stage payments for Camp 2016 – Austria.  The group has decided that the following will apply:

• €300 must be paid by end of November 2015.  (€50 deposit already paid plus an additional €250).
• €600 must be paid by end of February 2016.
• €900 must be paid by end of May 2016.

Yes, it’s not easy coming up with lot’s of money, but it’s probably easier to do it a few times than all at once next year!

With regard to fundraising, 12 days of Christmas etc, the credits received for these will be taken off the “next” payment due.  Hopefully we can bring down the price for everyone going!

Any questions, please talk to your section leaders.  If they don’t have an answer for you, they’ll get one!

Regards,

Enda.

Hi All,

Just to let you know, we are now fully booked!

All the seats that we had hoped to fill – have now been filled.

So what happens now if you want to go to camp & have not already paid your deposit?

Please get it in ASAP.  We are NOT guaranteeing that anyone now joining the list will get to go on camp, but as we said before, we’ll do our very best to make it happen.

SO…    If you’ve paid your deposit before today – congratulations!  You’re in!!  If you have NOT paid it, pay it very quickly.  I think it’s likely that you will get to go, but can’t absolutely guarantee it at this stage.

Keep checking the web for more updates

Hi All,

Quick update to the numbers for camp.

As of this evening, there are 2 seats left!!!

As discussed at the meeting last week, we will try to get anyone who wants to get to camp there, but there are no guarantees.  Once we fill the next 2 seats, we will try to accommodate anyone who wants to go – but there will be no promises!

You have been warned… :-)

Any questions, contact your section leader or any of us.  We’re here to help….

Breaking news…. We just announced the location for Scout & Venture Scout Camp 2016

It’s going to be Elmen, Austria

Every few years we arrange a ‘once in a lifetime’ location for Camp and this year we decided to head to Austria.

Following our very positive experience with using the tour company JEKA for Czech Republic back in 2013 we decided to go with them again for 2016

• When is Camp 2016?
• Departing on Thursday June 30th 2016 and arriving back on Wednesday July 13th  (All subject to change but if these dates do change it’ll only by a day or two)

• How much will it cost?
• Camp 2016 has a ‘cost’ of €900 per person
  This can be reduced however with fundraising efforts arranged specifically for those going on Camp
  This will also be reduced by the sale of the 12 days of Christmas tickets (first full book sold comes back to the group, and every subsequent full book sold comes off your camp fee)

• How are we traveling?
• By coach! (Not just any ould bus either, a very nice coach complete with DVD screens, air conditioning and other comforts)
• Departing Douglas, heading for Rosslare then to Cherbourg, across France, into Germany and then down into Austria

• How do we get our tents and troop gear out there?
• We don’t! This is summer camp with a difference, we won’t be in tents, instead we have our own hostel to stay in for the duration of camp (exclusively for ourselves)

• How do I secure my place? What do I do now?
• Because of space on the coach places are going to be limited this year
  We require a non refundable deposit of €50 to be handed up to one of the Scout or Venutre Scout Leaders. You can do this at any of the Scout or Venture Scout meetings (you don’t have to wait for your own section meeting) and once your place is secure we’ll have stage payment dates set over the next few months
  Beaver and Cub Scout leaders WILL NOT be accepting deposits

Calling all our Scouts (12, 13, 14 yr olds) Venture Scouts (15, 16, 17 yr olds) and their parents

You are invited to our Scout Hall on Tuesday 22nd next at 8pm for the announcement of Scout & Venture Scout Camp 2016

Yes we’re only back a week or so and you’re wondering why so soon…

Well this one is going to be special; we need to get the details out there now and we need your support and involvement