OWASIPPE...As A Regional Camp?
Mood:  loud
Topic: Celebrate Owasippe
Returned from Period V with my Troop at Camp Wolverine. Awesome week! We are returning next year for sure! With all the rhetoric, what are the chances that National would purchase OSR and turn it into a National camp similar to Sea Base, Northern Tier, Philmont? Just think of the possibilities. For those boys that don’t have access to a “traditional” camp, OSR could be the answer. With National exposure, the program could be expanded, facilities restored, and boys would not miss the truly great experience OSR provides.

~ Mark Janus
Scoutmaster, Troop 7
Springfield, IL

[Note: This concept has been talked about among scouters for years, however National would need the will to take an unprecedented leap of faith to make this a reality in Michigan similar to the bases it runs in Minnesota, New Mexico (2), and Florida. It's a GREAT idea whose time has indeed come...now more than ever. Owasippe has the facilities, the land, the infrastructure and human resources, and the community support to make this work for ALL of our Scouting brothers and sisters.]