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2012-2013 Okpik Flyer | Youth Permission Slip

Northwest Suburban Council announces Okpik Cold Weather Camping Training For Troop Leaders, Senior Scouts, Troop Trainers Ages 14 & Up

This Train the Trainer program will provide you with the knowledge and materials to conduct winter camping training within your units. This program covers the skills and techniques that must be learned and the planning that must be done to ensure a successful, fun, and safe cold weather camping experience.

These include physical preparation, clothing, food and water, sanitation practices, first aid and emergency procedures, shelter and shelter building, methods of travel in snow, and making equipment.

Cold weather camping mistakes can be deadly. The skills learned in the Okpik Program will make cold weather camping an enjoyable, safe Scouting experience.


Captain Palmer and three of his classmates died of hypothermia on February 15, 1995, suffered during such an exercise in the Florida swamps on Elgin Air Force Base


2012-2013 Okpik Schedule
Participants must attend all four Sunday sessions and the outing at Camp Lakota in order to complete the course

2012-2013 Staff Application

Indoor Sessions Sunday Afternoons: Map to First United Methodist Church in Arlington Heights

Session #1
October 21
1:00 - 5:00 PM
12:30PM check-in
Location:First United Methodist Church
1903 E Euclid Ave
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Session #2
November 4
1:00 - 5:00 PM
12:30PM check-in
Location:First United Methodist Church
1903 E Euclid Ave
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Session #3
November 18
1:00 - 5:00 PM
12:30PM check-in
Location:First United Methodist Church
1903 E Euclid Ave
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Session #4
December 9
1:00 - 5:00 PM
12:30PM check-in
Location:First United Methodist Church
1903 E Euclid Ave
Arlington Heights, IL 60004


Outdoor Session (The Practical!)

Saturday/Sunday
January 5-6, 2012
Camp Lakota, Woodstock, IL


Please also fill out a Health Form


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