ClassB Sponsors BSA Centennial Camporee
Last weekend, the Gulf Ridge and West Central Florida Councils held their Centennial Camporee at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. This was the largest-ever gathering of Scouts in the West Central Florida area. Thousands of Scouts, from Tigers to Venturers, crossed paths at the Fairgrounds for an exciting, action packed weekend of Scouting, Camping, Learning and a whole lot of fun.
As a proud sponsor of the Camporee, ClassB attended the event on Saturday and had the opportunity to setup a display booth and showcase our impressive display of custom patrol t-shirts, patches and flags.
Representing ClassB at our booth were several members of our customer service team, and a few other employees from our screenprinting and marketing departments. What a great time we had! The weather was beautiful and it’s always so nice to be able to relax and socialize with Scouts and Scout Leaders from different locations across the area.
We were also proud to see hundreds of t-shirts from all over Florida that were designed and printed by our team at ClassB.
But perhaps the biggest hit of all were the 1300 wooden nickel spinner toys we handed out to the Scouts – which ended up to be one of the most sought after items at the Camporee! Consisting of a wooden nickel and a piece of string, you can make the spinner do all sorts of different things and
make some pretty interesting noises too.
Before we handed them out, we contacted Groundspeak for permission to imprint the Geocaching, “Cache In, Trash Out,” logo on the nickel as our way to commemorate the “100 Years of Scouting” theme and tie together the old-school spinner toy with the modern activity of geocaching. Not surprisingly, it wasn’t just the kids that loved them, the adults did as well.
Our friends at Leave No Trace were also at the Camporee. They too had a display which was visited by hundreds of Scouts, and they held two workshops that taught dozens of Scouts about minimizing their impact on the outdoors. The Leave No Trace team wrote about their experience in their blog here – Leave No Trace at the West Central Florida and Gulf Ridge Councils Centennial Camporee.
The Centennial Camporee was a great success, and a great time was had by everyone involved. We only wish that it wasn’t going to be another 100 years (and a bicentennial celebration) before we get a chance to do it all again!