Campfire 2024 Open House
Please join us for "Campfire 2024" on Saturday, April 20, 2024. All Camp Louis Ernst alumni, scouts, and community members are cordially invited to attend our annual open house. A full schedule of events can be found below.
Alumni guests wishing to spend Friday or Saturday night in camp are encouraged to do so. Please provide your own sleeping bag and pillow. We have plenty of bunks in the Winter cabin. All guests are advised that accommodations are “Co-Ed” and restroom facilities are primitive.
Guests, families and Scouting organizations are also welcome to tent camp in the fields near the Shelter House. All camping fees are waived for the weekend .
Donations are appreciated to support the camp.
0800 – 0900 Sign in and Fellowship Maintenance Barn
0900 Flag Raising – Morning Colors Parade Field
0915 - 1500 “Paul Bunyan” Scout Activities Parade Field
0930 Coffee, Juice & Donuts Maintenance Barn
0930 – 1130 Archery, Knife and Axe Throwing Maintenance Barn
0930-1130 “Outback” ATV & Camp Walking Tours Parade Field
1000-1130 Patch Trading, Scout Display & Slideshow Dining Hall
1130-1230 Lunch Scouts - Prepare Own Meals
Alumni & Guests - Lunch Provided Dining Hall
1230-1500 “Outback” ATV & Walking Tours Continue Parade Field
1300 Guided Outback Trail Hike - FOCLE Staff Dining Hall
1300-1600 Patch Trading, Scout Display & Slideshow Dining Hall
1500 Dennis Kern Nature Center Dedication “Outback”
1600 Friends of Camp Louis Ernst Presentation Dining Hall (With FOCLE Executive Board)
1700 Evening Formation/Retire the Colors Parade Field
1730 Evening Meal – 2nd Annual Alumni Dinner Dining Hall
1830 Vesper Service – Scouts and Alumni Old Lodge Hearth
1845 Campfire 2024 – Scouts and Alumni Irv Schein Fire Ring
1930 Open House/“Campfire 2024” Concludes
1930 – 2200 Fellowship Time Around the Fire Irv Schein Fire Ring