Camp Chawanakee

It is with deep regret that we announce we will be closing Camp Chawanakee for the summer of 2020. With respect to the impacts of the COVID-19 Coronavirus the Executive Committee feels the safety and well-being of our youth members, customers and employees remain the Sequoia Council Boy Scouts of America's top priority. To all units that are impacted by this we are offering the option to move your reservation over to a 2021 Summer Camp Reservation or a full cash refund. Please see this link below for further details.

Hello fellow Scouters, In these ever-changing times, we are working our best to help units plan for their summer camp and help with the ongoing event that is Covid-19. As of today, the Fresno City Council has asked all businesses to stop non-essential services at this time. We will be closing our Fresno and Visalia Scout Shops for the remainder of the month. We are however also wanting to help units in their summer plans. As such we will continue with class signups but are go...ing to update the start dates to allow units who's checks are still in the mail time to work their way to our office. Here are the new start times: Week 2: March 23 Week 3: March 24 Week 4: March 25 Week 5: March 26 Week 6: March 27 Week 7: March 30 Week 8: March 31 Class signup times are still set to start at 7 AM. Also for units asking if our camp is still going to happen, we are still planning on hosting this summer as that is outside the timeline from the CDC. Though it is not convenient by any fashion we ask that you please not call our offices and leave a message as we will be unable to reliably answer them in a timely fashion. Our staff is working from home so we can assist you but we need you to please send your messages and questions to [email protected] so that we can assist you.

Now that we're past the March Payment it's time to get ready for Class Signups starting on the 18th. Please check out this news post to get caught up on what you need to know.

Now that National has published the list of Merit Badges that have been updated for 2020 we can now say the Pre-Reqs listed are good to go.

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