LSAAR BSA, Orange Frontier Council, Camporee

[woburn210]

LibertySeed After Action Report


Date:  May 4th 2013

City, State:  Brea, CA

Venue Name:   BSA,  Orange Frontier Council, Camporee

Number of Attendees: 400

Volunteers involved: Phil Terry(V), Jerry Richardson(Woburn210)

Which volunteer performed each Strike:  The presentation was limited to one hour and was modified to cover the theme of the Camporee which was "Colonial Times".  Phil opened, introduced RWVA, Appleseed, British and Colonial culture, Paul Revere, condensed three strikes, the importance of our American Heritage, American Revolution and closing.  Jerry spoke on the colonial experience and challenges from 1640 to 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren, David Lamson and Mother Bathrick.  Offer was made by V to contact him for organizing AS/BS shoots explaining the problems of BS Merit Badges.

Pre-Event promotions: Jerry made the contacts to set this event up attending initial contact at Pack 658 Scout meeting, and two Camporee planning meetings.

Promotional material handed out at event:  Appleseed trifold brochure with schedule of local events included, No Redcoats stickers. As well as being available all day at the booth, we also walked around each troops camp and V handed out contact cards to troop leaders who might be interested in organizing troop AS shoots.

Props used: Appleseed/RWVA banners, Battle Road Map, Colonial era flags, related books on American Revolution.

Booth cost:  Minimal, used existing supplies and borrowed tables and EZ-up.

Good: The presentation was just before lunch on Sat. and the 300 Boy Scouts were exceptionally attentive and interested in hearing the truth about our colonial times and American Heritage.  Many seeds were planted and the story was clearly told about the American Revolution then and today.
Some troops hosted us for breakfast, lunch and dinner where we met up with Troop 620 who had previously done an AS/BS shoot at Corona back in 2010 so fond stories and names were swapped. We were also asked to judge the cooking contest! We were free to walk around the campgrounds and events during the day to talk with scout leaders about AS/BS events and attended the evening campfire events.

Bad: At the noon presentation there were few parents and Scout leaders in comparison to the amount attending the Camporee.  They may have seen this as an opportunity to prep for meals and events latter in the day.  Again we tried to counter this by making ourselves available for contacts and giving out contact information during the day.

[gratefuldog]

Good job, guys!  I expect this will pay off somewhere down the trail