Ranger Kids Jamboree

General information about Jamboree 2013
**Online registration extended until June 1st!**

Date: June 7-8, 2013

Location: Masterpiece Gardens Lake Wales, Florida

Registration: post marked by May 31
Online registration cutoff: June 1st

I get asked a lot of questions about Jamboree, and I usually respond with this answer: its got to be the most exciting event a Ranger Kid could attend. If you haven't attended a Jamboree, you and your boys are missing one of life's great experiences.

All the fun begins as you arrive at our district conference center, Masterpiece Gardens, in Lake Wales Florida. Check- in opens on Friday at 10 AM. You get your room assignment and off you'll go to begin your great adventure. We have lunch and orientation and then all the action of the afternoon begins. There's swimming, go carts, putt putt golf, big wheel events, paint ball target shoot, a train ride on the Happy Day Express, moon walk and the list go on.

Junior Missions Camp

Junior Missions Camp (JMC) prepares the boys for home and world missions construction projects. Boys must have attended an Advanced JTC and have completed the ninth grade. Classes range from building walls to witnessing. Witnessing skills are taught and put to use in a visit to a local community or another ministry opportunity. Boys are taught fundamental construction skills to enable them to attend a missions trip.

Requirements: Must have completed the ninth grade and have completed JTC and AJTC. Trainee must have parents,sr. commander and pastor signatures to attend.

Note: This is a very physical camp, loading and unloading a semi trailer, lifting boxes. Offsite activities will take place at this camp. Instruction will take place at Camp Wilderness and offsite trips will go to plant city to participate in several outreach opportunities including delivering food to shut ins (with adult supervision) and participating in "back pack bash" (passing out back packs with school supplies).

To register for this camp download an application here for more information contact Robert Hutcheson - District Junior Camp Director

Royal Ranger Night At The Park Fundraiser

Commanders...how many of you have boys who would like to campout on a baseball field played on BIG LEAGUE PLAYERS?

Make plans to join us for the 4th Annual, Royal Rangers Night At The Park!

Cost per ticket is $11 and the outpost keeps $3 of every ticket sold, or you can charge your Rangers and dads $8 per ticket and not make it a fundraiser, the choice is yours.

We'll watch the Lakeland Tigers take on the Tampa Yankees, then we'll pitch our tents in the outfield, watch a movie on the big screen and have fun with your friends playing pick-up games of ! Saturday morning we'll pack-up our gear and then be treated to a hot breakfast at the players café! You can't beat the value for the money, not to mention the memories that will be made!

This a great father/son event too!!!

Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for tickets. Each outpost will sell your tickets, return the unsold tickets, and write one check to "Florida Rangers Central Division" for $8 x # of tickets sold. Easy as that!

Event flier attached...

Details

Contact: Shawn McIlroy
Location: Joker Marchant Stadium - Lakeland, FL
Files:

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SMC 2013 - Be There!

Summer Merit Camp is a “summer camp where boys happen to earn merits.” That’s our motto, and I think we stay true to that meaning.

If history is any indication of the future, SMC 2013 will be better than SMCs 2011 and 2012!

There are a few slots left, and the camp is open to the entire district. For those who went to Pow Wow, that means every boy you saw at Pow Wow (except Ranger Kids) are eligible to attend this camp. The last two camps have filled up and we’ve been over capacity so make sure you register NOW.

So, if your son or Rangers are interested in attending, complete the appropriate registration form attached and get it mailed pronto!

At SMC, not only do we jump out of trees, swing off of rope swings and go on canoe trips, but this year we’ll be going to Bartow for some swimming therapy (that means a lot of splashing), and we’re also assembling the largest slip-n-slide EVER at the Ranger Property. It’ll be the a ride the boys won’t soon forget!

Oh yeah…they’ll be earning 6 merits too in a “no pencil” zone. We don’t use pencils at SMC…that’s too much like school. Instead all the merits are taught interactively.

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Details

Contact: Dave Smith
Location: Camp Wilderness
Files:

Ranger Trails Issues

Does anyone know where old copies of the Pen FL Ranger Trails may be located? I am doing a Historical project and they would be very helpful. Any information can be directed to me by email or comment here or posting on Section 5 face book page. My email is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

- Steve Bridges

SMC 2011:Recap

Greetings to each of you! SMC 2011 has come and gone. I’ve been reflecting on the awesome time we all had together, as well as, the tremendous accomplishment of what we had set out to obtain.
The planning for SMC 2011 started in late 2010 by defining a visionfor the camp, identifying the ideal staff qualifications, creating an organization chart, and putting a promotional campaign together. Thus, we set the ground work in place…..the staging ground for God to work with.

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