Camp Allatoona Support Team

Watch The Video of.......Day of Fire and Fish habitat build 2024

DoF 2024

Numbers are in. 84 adults. 156 scouts. 240 total. Over 1,000 service hours performed at “Day of Fire 2024”.

CAST and your professionals rangers do not anticipate the weather impacting The annual “Day of Fire”. Several shifts to choose from.

05:00-08:00- First match fire start
08:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 4:00
4:00 – 7:00

A CAAB tradition where scouts burn driftwood for 12 hours the second Saturday in January.
This year the date is January 13th 2024
Scouts can earn three conservation service hours or stay the entire 12 hours.
There are bragging rights for anyone working the entire 12 and a patch for anyone working 3 hours.
We also repurpose Christmas Trees as fish habitats.
Here is a video from 2023 to show you what to expect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjXhm39Xn3o
Schedule: Sign up for one shift, multiples shifts or all day
• 08:00 – 11:00
• 11:00 – 1:00
• 1:00 – 4:00
• 4:00 – 7:00
What to bring:
Bring food, snacks, a sack lunch and plenty of water.
UoD (uniform of the day) is activity t shirt
Dress warm.
Jeans with shorts under jeans
Mud boots
Gloves
At the car, scouts can remove muddy jeans and ride home in shorts. Parents should bring garbage bags to put muddy jeans and boots in prior to scout ridding home in car.
Please plan and prepare for the volunteers to be and get muddy.
https://www.atlantabsa.org/CAST

No rain for the weekend.

Today December 5th, is International Volunteer Day! Thank you to the over 400,000 volunteers in the Boy Scouts of America who are devoted to preparing young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the Scout Oath and Law values.

Prepping camp for Day of Fire 2024.

Jan 13th's DoF Adult LEADS needed: Easily recognizable by their safety vest, each of 6 fires have a lead giving instructions and directions each shift.

A virtual training meeting in January will be available. Sign up today. You are welcome to work multiple shifts.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F49AEA92FA13-46553345-dayoffire

Day of Fire January 13th new EVENT Patch. You will want one.

Day of fire! New this year! Each cove, each shift with have a “vest wearing” lead scout or scouter directing activity and answering questions.

Comment below if you would like to be a fire lead this year.

Registration is open for Day of Fire 2024!!!

Camp Allatoona Support Team | Atlanta Area Council | Boy Scouts of America The Atlanta Area Council is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America. It serves 13 northern Georgia counties: Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, and Rockdale.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! We are so thankful for all the volunteers who dedicate their time to this wonderful program; all the scouts who participate, learn, lead, and serve their communities; and the worldwide scouting movement for making the world a better place!

Saturday's Lumberjack Day is

CAAB needs a Camp mileage marker sign post. Who wants to help with the first signs?

CAST exhibiting at Conservation Weekend’s midway

Watch our 30 second promo. CAST is exhibiting at Conservation weekend at Woodruff Scout Camp promoting conservation and fish and wildlife projects at our belove camp

CAST Projects

CAST needs 2 adults and a few older teens to chip the brush pile at the main flagpole left over from storm ZETA. The camp will look better and it will help with our path to the cub fishing area.

Sign up and help for 4 hours.

CAST will be at the woodruff Conservation Weekend 10-11-12 exhibiting at the midway. Scouts looking for conservation service projects will be able to consider CAAB as a host.

Scouts wishing to work on “fish and wildlife mgt” merit badge get in touch with CAST now as it’s time to plan our fish habitat builds scheduled in January.
770-500-7771
Oh ya and we make it FUN too!!!!

CAST needs a formalized “talent coordinator”.
Role includes managing contact list for CAST team members and volunteers willing to help.

Important role we hope to fill be 11-15-23.
Contact 770-500-7771 for more info.

Adult scouters needed to split wood November 18th.
4 adults rotating with 4-6 older teens doing some lifting and wheelbarrow work is ideal.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F49AEA92FA13-45182790-lumberjack

Last nights CAST restructure meeting discussed the next stages. CAST is formalizing and structuring with set roles and defined responsibilities while staying true to our original fun cheerful service and love of our Camp.

PM or comment to see how you can get involved.

Tonight Wednesday at 7 is the cast structure meeting.

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Allatoona cleanup day

CAST is recruiting team members for our 23 / 24 year. Theres a virtual meet Wednesday night the 11th with details. Call in. Lets chat.

Camp Allatoona Support Team Proposed Org structure.
CAST Chair
CAST Vice Chair
CAST Service Project Chair
CAST Marketing Chair
CAST Training Chair
CAST Talent Skills Coordinator

The Great Lake Allatoona Clean Up 2023! Thank you scouts and scouters

GLACU 23