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2011 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
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2011-2012 Okpik Schedule
Participants must attend all four Sunday sessions and the outing at Camp Lakota in order to complete the course
2011-2012 Staff Application
Indoor Sessions Sunday Afternoons: Map to Our Lady of Hope in Des Plaines
To register online for Okpik please click here
Session #1
October 23
1:30 - 5:30 PM
1PM check-in
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Location:Our Lady of Hope in Des Plaines
9711 W Devon Ave
Rosemont, IL 60018
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Session #2
November 6
1:30 - 5:30 PM
1PM check-in
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Location:Our Lady of Hope in Des Plaines
9711 W Devon Ave
Rosemont, IL 60018
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Session #3
November 20
1:30 - 5:30 PM
1PM check-in
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Location:Our Lady of Hope in Des Plaines
9711 W Devon Ave
Rosemont, IL 60018
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Session #4
December 4
1:30 - 5:30 PM
1PM check-in
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Location:Our Lady of Hope in Des Plaines
9711 W Devon Ave
Rosemont, IL 60018
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Outdoor Session (The Practical!)
Saturday/Sunday
January 7-8, 2012
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Camp Lakota, Woodstock, IL |
Please also fill out a Health Form
Okpik Home Page |
Registration
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