Start, Stop, Continue

The boys assess each activity by asking. What should we start doing on this campout that we didn’t do? What should we stop doing; what didn’t work? What should we continue doing?

Summer Camp 2025 SSC (July 7-12-2025)

Island Park Scout Camp, Island Park, ID

  • Starts

    • Free time every day- water front, mb’s

    • Mb’s whenever you want

    • Wake up later

    • Stop having expired food

    • Free time

    • Stop fires

    • Wider variety of foods

    • Remove dead trees - to prevent forest fires

    • Come to this camp more

    • Listening to and be respectful of staff

    • Make sure kids are hydrated

    • Provide shaded fountains

    • Provide a less deep spot for swim test

    • Provide ice

    • Have something to carry at all times, with sunscreen, water, etc.

    • Buddy tags at all campouts

    • Finding a buddy to go to different program areas

    • Provide mile swim during free time

    • Eat in private not just as a whole camp

    • How the $310.00 is being used

    • Have a Dinner bell

  • Stop

    • Repeat after me songs

    • Cook meals in camp (jambo style)

    • Making large fires

    • Organize bear box

    • Mean bear box

    • Stop getting sick

    • Stop stomach aches

    • Fires- under 3 feet

    • Hypothermia and shock

    • Profanity- within our troop

    • Eggs they cook here

    • Dinner at an early time, need it later cause we get hungry later

    • Lunch so early, got hungry later

    • Cook food fresher - food not cooked well - fries tasted boiled

    • Stop KP duty

    • Stop sap on toilet - Cole thought it was puke

    • Weird schedules and being late

    • Better scheduling, classes repeated, classes not scheduled

    • Watch allergic reactions

    • Food being undercooked

    • Bacon chewy not crunchy

    • Fresher food

    • Cold food

    • Better food handling

    • Extra fees

  • Continue

    • Rifles were amazing

    • Camp staff

    • Waterfront

    • A lot of things

    • Siren

    • Merit badge focused

    • Cope

    • Spirit stick

    • Safety

    • Showers

    • Summer camps

    • Help teach and help at camp

    • Hiring great people

    • Breakfast lunch own dinner was great.

    • Staff listened to us

    • Kitchen duty is a way to grow and learn

    • We’re here to learn not to treat staff like dogs

    • Troop friends are great

    • Cracker Barrel’s

    • Our troop was most respectful and obedient

    • Up to date on current teen trends

Troop SSC (June 5, 2025)

  • Start

    • More cookies and treats

    • Better hygiene [Need to train on good hygiene]

    • Start Saturday activities

    • Exercise as a group

    • Finish Movie Merit Badge

    • Be more serious and respectful

    • More hiking in the Wellsville’s

    • More service projects (like tree planting)

    • Bear River float trip

    • Climb Mt Olympus or Timpanogos

    • Be outside for troop meetings

    • Do merit badges based on age and skill level

    • Have three-day campouts

    • Use the patrol method better [Need to train on patrol method]

  • Stop

    • Stop interrupting

    • Making fun of other people, other groups, other scouts

    • Stop hitting, even playfully (keep your hands to yourself)

    • Don’t worry about things that aren’t a big deal

    • Stop being inside for Thursday activities

    • Don’t do SSC’s so often

    • NO rude or distastful jokes

  • Continue

    • Being respectful

    • Snack/cookies

    • Service projects

    • Patrol method

    • Cooking amazing meals on campouts

    • Continue being genuine friends with each other

    • Buddy system

May 2-3, 2025: Teal Springs Campout

  • Start

    • Using bug spray

    • Bring fish seasoning

    • Fish earlier in the year

    • Cook fish

    • Fish more often

    • Cooks also do dishes

  • Stop

    • Bugs

    • Waking up so early

    • Stop throwing dirt

  • Continue

    • Fishing campouts

    • Backpacking trip

April 18-19-2025: Spiral Jetty Campout

  • Start

    • Bigger variety of Food

    • More free time to explore

    • Bring canoes

    • Better prepared

    • Start sleeping in a tent

    • Paddleboarding

    • Bring duct tape

    • Bonfire activities

  • Stop

    • Throwing rocks

    • Stay away from tar pits

    • Eating

    • Stop being cold

  • Continue

    • Campouts and fires

    • Exploring Great Salt Lake Bed

    • Sleeping

    • Bonfires

    • Variety of food

  • Campouts

January 17-19, 2025: Goblin Valley Campout

  • Stop

    • Staying in camp

    • Ignoring campout

    • Cold

    • Camping

    • Staying in place

    • Being cold

    • Not listening

    • Radio active rocks

  • Start:

    • Exploring

    • Listening to leaders; boys and adults

    • Go camping more

    • Bringing more snacks

    • Bringing Warmer clothes

    • More cultures of food

    • Being warm

    • Exploring more

    • Extreme activity

    • More camping

    • Starting being fast when we are trying to gather

    • Free time on campout

    • Options

    • Being prepared for cold

    • Go warmer campouts

    • Start staying later

    • Fires

    • Pack check

    • Let patrols go exploring

  • Continue

    • Fun campouts

    • Variety of food

    • Winter campouts

    • Holding hands

    • Goblin valley

    • Fun introductions

    • Weird camping places

    • Exploring and climbing

    • Camping

    • Camping in places to explore

    • Good food

    • Camping as troop

SSC - Lava Hot Springs Campout: Oct 11-12, 2024

  • Start

    • Bring extra food for snack

    • Bring Frisbee

    • Bring Football

    • Flags for flag football

    • Make our own hot springs with hot rocks in water

    • More variety of food

    • Organized activities planned in advance

    • Let everyone vote on food

    • Get to the campground earlier

    • Have a duty roster

    • Role sheet

    • Bring hatchet and axe

    • Keep things positive not derogatory or degrading “knock it off”

    • Start talking like your mom is there

  • Stop

    • Going to bed so late

    • Be in bed by 9:30 so everyone settles down by 10:00

    • Stop doing winter campouts

    • Set bedtime

    • Extra time to poop

    • Stop fighting and arguments

  • Continue

    • Visit more hot springs

    • Make a wilderness sauna

    • Set time to wake up

    • Continue hot springs tradition

    • Bringing eggs in bottles

    • Being friends

    • Mini-bags for tacos in a bag

    • Movies

SSC - White Pine Campout: August 23-24, 2024

  • Start

    • More breakfast

    • Pack check

    • Bring a projector and screen

    • Games

    • More backpack trips

    • Planning in advance

    • Split weight more evenly

    • Start earlier in summer so it doesn’t conflict with school

    • Bring matches

    • Pitch in money

  • Stop

    • Taking stops, breaks, taking pictures

    • Stay together

    • Split apart

    • Better schedule

    • Crude comments

    • Swear words

  • Continue

    • Swimming

    • Backpacking

    • Meth cake

    • Buddies and sticking with your buddies

    • Tents

    • Continue each summer

    • Continue bonding

    • Timing on Saturday for swim, breakfast camp

    • Getting along together

    • Spaghetti, meth cake, swimming

    • Cracker Barrel

SSC - Spiral Jetty  April 19-20, 2024

  • Start

    • More campouts

    • Hiking

    • More tents if tent is crowded

    • Start making knives

    • Mountain biking

    • Go closer to the Great Salt Lake

    • Swim in great Salt Lake

    • Better food/menus

    • Experiment with food (cooking show)

    • Start Archery MB

    • Experiment with food (cooking show)

    • Start Archery MB

  • Stop

    • Not get sick

    • STOP disrespecting each other

    • STOP sex related talk, jokes

    • Didn’t like stinking springs

  • Continue

    • Continue stinking or stinkier springs

    • Continue fun activities like rockets

    • Launching rockets

    • Make bigger rockets

    • Pyrotechnics

    • Dinner merit badges

    • See more trains

SSC - Bear Lake  June 28-29, 2024

  • Start

    • Job board (duty roster)

    • Boating/tubing

    • Go to a regular campground

    • Start inviting Dads

    • New foods - themes like Mexican, Hawaiian

  • Stop

    • Sunburns

    • Inappropriate conversation

    • Limit time with technology

    • Stop picking on others

    • Stop staying up so late

    • Be considerate of the boats

  • Continue

    • More water activities

    • Swimming

    • Good food

    • Coming to Bear Lake

    • Food and water activities

    • Bringing boats

    • Simple and different foods

    • Carl Weezer impressions

    • Sleep in back yards

    • Rice Bowls

SSC Goblin Valley: January 19-21, 2024

  • Start

    • Do this campout again

    • Milk and chocolate milk bfast

    • More mountains

    • Camp in Forests

    • More hikes

    • More Troop activities on a campout

    • More considerate of buddy system

    • Have radios if we’re split up

    • Setup time for rank advancement

    • Electronics???  Some parents had their kids leave them at home, some brought them, some don’t have any. What is the troops policy on electronics for the boys?

  • Stop

    • No fire around tents

    • Sleep with friends

    • Stop walking around after we hike

    • Older kids staying behind younger kids

    • Quiet time - kids couldn’t sleep because of the noise

  • Continue

    • Come back to Goblin Valley

    • Buddy system

    • Slot canyon

    • Hikes

    • Exploring

    • Break apart the groups for slot canyons

    • Older boys longer hike

    • Younger boys shorter hike

    • Camping

    • Longer campout

    • Continue southern Utah camping

    • Campground with multiple places around to explore

SSC - Summer Camp 2023

  • Start

    • Going to multiple Scout camps, e.g. Camp Hunt

    • Whole troop polar bear

    • Organized troop meetings at camp, going over what is coming next, be more organized

    • Organize camp schedule - overnight canoe trip

    • Troop supplies like extra water bottle bottles

    • Water - bring electrolytes

    • More hands-on troop activities like a knot tying competition

    • Bring an Armstrong Washer

    • Clothesline

    • Bring a hot tub

    • Patrol flag

    • Class B - neon orange/pink/light blue

    • Black lights

  • Stop

    • Arguments - name calling

    • Staying up late talking - get your sleep

    • Less Confusion - Stop being late to activities

    • Stop procrastinating- get up on time

    • Have one person have an assignment for the day

    • Have all camp assignments assigned prior to going to camp

    • All boys in a complete uniform

    • Telling Ormond to do dumb stuff/watch out for Ormond

    • No salt eating

  • Continue

    • Going to Army Surplus Store

    • Big Jud’s

    • Continue going to camp Loll

    • Continue getting along so well with each other/being good friends