May 11-13, 2018 Orange Fairgrounds, 525 Orange Center Rd, Orange, CT

Register today at: http://www.ctyankee.org/program/connjam

PROGRAM CATALOG Revised Printing — April 2018

Questions: ConnJamProgram@ctyankee.org.

Connecticut Yankee Council, Boy Scouts of America

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ConnJam Check List to fun and adventure:

Register today! You can continu-ally add to it.

Share the excitement! Share the Program Catalog and Leaders Guide with everyone in your unit.

Make your plans! Are you camping, or coming for the day? Cooking or taking part in the ConnJam Food Service? Get your unit ready for ConnJam.

Volunteer! Individual and unit vol-unteers are needed to provide pro-gram assistance.

All set to enjoy the adventures of ConnJam18!

Attention Packs, Troops, Crews & Posts!

Are Your Ready for the Fun and Adventure of ConnJam18? May 11-13, 2018

Orange Fairgrounds, 525 Orange Center Rd, Orange, CT

Join over 3,000 Scouts, leaders and parents for a weekend filled to the brim with activities for every age group capped off with a rockin' arena show and fireworks. Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, Sea Scouts, Explorers are invited. Camp or just come for the day.

We’ve added more fun and excitement to this revised Program Catalog.

Registration and more information at: www.ctyankee.org/program/connjam

Questions: ConnJamProgram@ctyankee.org.

Expanded Cub Scout Program

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Boy Scout and Venturing Page 4

ConnJam Spe-cial Programs

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Plus ConnJam Midway — Page 6 Special Guest Michael

Manyak Page 7 ConnJam Tournaments —

Page 8 Pinewood Derby Champi-

onship Page 9 Iron Scout Culinary Chal-

lenge Page 10

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CUB WORLD Come as a pack, den or with the family! Spend a day or stay the weekend- the choice is yours! We want you to enjoy the fun- leave the cooking to us! We’ll have several commis-sary & canteen pavilions for food purchase - all proceeds benefiting our program!

The Star Wars Cub Adventure Area May the Force Be With You in in more than 11 Star War activities including Blaster tar-get practice, Lightsaber Training, Use the Force, Escape the Death Star (obstacle course), and a Bounce House to name a few.

STEM Adventure Area Get into it with hands-on learning activities hosted by Venture Crew 353 Darien! Build and program several kinds of robots. Explore Makey-makey board kits to transform items into musical instruments. Experiment with amazing substances that can act like a liquid and act like a solid, learn about the solar system, and make a snowman.

Shooting Sports Area Get in on the action! Even the Cubs can learn and try safe shooting with our trained professionals for:

BB Guns Archery Slingshots

Supervised by BSA Certified Instructors.

But Wait! There’s More!

Climbing walls Giant inflatable challenge course

and slide Pinewood Derby Championship

with the top winners attending the World Championship in New York City

PRO Brick Derby: build and race a LEGO™ Pinewood Derby Car

Chess Tournament Radio Scouting—Amateur Radio Log rolling indoor pool OA Indian Village Scouting Museum Rest and Relaxation with quiet

craft area

Meet our Heroes! Coast Guard rescue demon-

stration US Army Reserves US Navy local Police and Fire demos Stratford Police Department

K9 Corps. Our midway will be packed full of

displays from both Scouting and outside organizations.

See the huge arena show with fire-works!

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Boy Scout & Venturing Program

Come with your troop, crew, ship or post and camp as a unit for the weekend or come for the day and see it all! Don’t worry about cooking- we’ve got plenty of food!

Ultimate Tournament Get ready to face off with troops and crews from around the Council in Ultimate USA approved tournament! Learn more: http://www.ctyankee.org/fs/page/002711/connjam18_ultimate_flyer.pdf

Chess Tournament Checkmate! Practice your strategy and chess skills with in US Chess Federation ranked tournaments.

Fun at the Pool

BSA SCUBA Program (age 14 and older) Log Rolling

Shooting Sports

Pellet Guns Hatchet/Knife Throwing Paintball Target Shooting Supervised by BSA Certified Instructors

PLUS...

Spark an interest in a Merit Badges STEM Activities Zip through the air from a 28 feet platform at the Zip Line

Station Mountain Bikes Cast Iron Chef Finals—Judged by celebrity Chefs from the Cook-

ing Channels. Each District to enter a team

Patch Trade-O-Ree Order of the Arrow activities including a Tap Out Ceremony 501st Star Wars reenactment group Climbing Walls Ga Ga Pit Explore with the National Explorer’s Club, creators of the Ex-

ploration Merit Badge Radio Scouting—Amateur Radio A midway full of Scouting and non-Scouting displays, activities

and groups

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ConnJam Special Programs

Star Wars: Experience the magic and wonder of a long time ago in a gal-axy far, far away with a costuming organization. They’re in-vited to join celebrate the adventure with us at ConnJam!

Be a Cartoonist: Ever wonder how comics come to life? Bill Janocha, expert Cartoonist and fellow Scout, who worked with the Beetle Bai-ley comic strip is hosting a workshop on drawing tips and even teach Scouts how to make up a comic strip or book.

Trumbull BMX Track: Learn about the thrill and excitement of BMX Bike Racing with the team from the Trumbull BMX. Stay tuned for updates- we’re working on securing a bike course!

Trade-O-Ree: Join the Southwestern CT Scouting Heritage Museum and patch traders from across the region at the ConnJam Trade-O-Ree. Scouts can also check out rare, historical materials that you can buy, sell, or trade. Be prepared! Bring your trading patches and get ready for a fun time! The Museum will be giv-ing out free patches and memorabilia to some visitors.

Meet Nation and Local Heroes…

US Coast Guard Rescue Boat Demonstration US Marines Corps with vehicle, pull up bar, inflatable Devil

Dog and plenty of give a ways US Army with Eagle Scout SSG Brandon Piche with games

and military vehicles. US Navy and we’re working on having a SEAL Team visit. Stratford Police K9 Unit & Demonstration Other Military Units with activities

Play-Well Technologies LEGO Create and make interactive and mechanical building projects with LEGO Projects provides interactive and mechanical build-ing activities with LEGO.

Order of the Arrow Indian Village and Dancer Experience Native American culture, history and traditions at the OA Indian Village and a show of Quinnipiac Dancers..

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American Radio Relay League

Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park

Bushy Hill Nature Center

CYC HOYT

CYC Membership Family Scouting

CYC NYLT

CYC Popcorn

CYC Powder Horn

CYC Scout Store

CYC SEQUASSEN

CYC WAH WAH TAY SEE

CYC Woodbadge

CYC World Jamboree

Danbury Railway Museum

DCF - Foster Care and Adop-tion

ConnJam Midway

Discovery Museum and Planetar-ium

Emergency Response Training Center

Empower Leadership Sports and Adventure Center

FUNdraising Specialist

RIGHTRESPONSE-Fundraising with First Aid Kits

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Institute of American Indian Studies

Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum

Leave no Trace

LL Been

LNT Outdoor Ethics

Maine High Adventure

MAssawepie Adirondack Trek

Monster Mini Golf

Mystic Aquarium

Old State House

Old Sturbridge Village

Play-Well TEKnologies

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Look what’s a coming.. A midway full of Scouting and non-Scouting displays, activities and groups.

Does your Unit have an activity they want to show off? Join the ConnJam Midway!

Email ConnJamProgram@CTYankee.org We would like your unit to actively participate in this year's Council- wide Scouting event - ConnJam 2018. We are eager to put together a program that will truly reflect the opportunities that Scouting has to offer all of our Youth today. The program midway will be open on Saturday May 16th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and we would like your unit to have an activity or booth that highlights one of your unit's interests. Let the whole council know what makes your unit unique. It could be as simple as a static display of an exciting event your unit participated in or as complex as a pioneer-ing tower or interactive game.

Anything you can think of.... be creative, have fun!!!

Rock Climb Fairfield

Rockin’ Jump

SCOUTbox Store

Scuba Steve

Shoreline Trolley Museum

Sound School

Sports Center

UCONN SPORTS

White Memorial Nature Mu-seum

Conservation Center

WPLR

Blue Moon Raptors

CYC Camps

White Water Challengers

Old State House

More to come!

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MICHAEL J. MANYAK, MD

Internationally known explorer, innovator, and physician Vice President National Eagle Scout Association

Chairman NESA World Explorer Program** BSA Distinguished Eagle Scout

Lead Author and Developer of the Exploration Merit Badge National Fellow of The Explorers Club

Presenting

"A Peak into the World of Exploration" Morning 10 AM Community Center Cafeteria Afternoon 2 PM Community Center Cafeteria

Eagle Scouts can meet Dr. Manyak at a Gathering of Eagles

4 PM Community Center Cafeteria Dr. Manyak was the Field Medical Advisor to the International Society of Cryptozoology (ISC) which investigated unknown or recently discovered animals throughout the world. He has led a scientific expedition to the Ndoki rain forest in the Congo Basin with the World Wildlife Fund, has dived the Spanish treasure galleon Nuestra Sen-ora de Atocha in search of artifacts, was the ship physician on the icebreaker MV Polar Star for an Antarctic ex-pedition with Students On Ice, and was the medical director for the RMS Titanic salvage expedition where he dove to the Titanic wreck site in the Russian MIR submersible. In recent years, Dr. Manyak was the medical offi-cer on an expedition to the deepest canyon in the world in Peru, on the first scientific dive in Mongolia in Asia’s second largest lake, on an expedition to evaluate a new spectacular finding of early human footprints in Tanza-nia, did a site visit to the remote Amazon Yasuni Reserve, and rode camels in the Gobi Desert observing the newly discovered, very highly endangered wild camel. ** NESA World Explorer program. The National Eagle Scout Association’s World Explorers Program pairs stellar Eagle Scouts with world-class researchers at sites around the globe. Since the program's launch in 2012, over fifty Eagle Scouts have earned the distinction to be considered a NESA World Explorer. These young men have assisted researchers in destinations including the Galápagos Islands, Mammoth Cave, Amazon rainforest and South Africa. –nesa.org

Special Guest ConnJam

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ConnJam Ultimate Frisbee Tournament Ultimate is a fun, fast-paced team sport that combines the nonstop movement and athletic endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football using a flying disc. Ultimate relies on sportsmanship, invoking the "Spirit of the Game" to maintain fair play.

Join us for a USA ULTIMATE approved tournament.

1. Troops/Crews can enter a team in a Single Elimination Round-Robin tournament. 2. A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tour-nament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. We hope to offer each team 2 games before elimination. 3. A regulation game has 7 players on each team. Each team can have up to 11 to al-low for substitutes. If you can’t field a team let us know, and we’ll do our best to com-bine you with another smaller team. 4. We are limiting this to 16 Teams. Each team consists of youth (under 18 years of age) from a Boy Scout Troop or Venturing Crew. 5. Each Team must be ConnJam registered with their unit to play in the tournament. 6. Participation recognition will be provided for each team and a Championship Trophy presented to the winning team. 7. USA ULTIMATE through the New England Ultimate Chapter will be providing guid-ance, official rules, and game officials.

This will be a youth run event. Team Captains will meet at 9:15 am to meet with Game Officials to fi-nalize setting up the Tournament. Play time will start at 10 AM. We will have adult observers to inter-cede if necessary.

Sign up your team early. Deadline is Monday, May 7 or 12 teams — whichever comes first. To reserve a Team spot for your Troop or Crew http://www.ctyankee.org/webpay/event/new/?form=000533 Or email ConnJamProgram@ctyankee.org

Chess Tournament ConnJam is offering United States Chess Federation (USCF) Ranked and Non-ranked Tournaments for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Ventures. 9:45 AM — Check-in, 10 AM to 1 PM — Game Playing Chess Tournament will take place inside the Community Center Building

If you think Scouts avoid games that lack batteries or power cords, think again. Chess has consistently ranked among the 25 most popular badges — 100,000 Scouts have earned the badge. The Chess Tourna-ment is not just for Boy Scouts working on the merit badge.

1. There is no age restrictions but players must have game playing experience. This is not for beginners. Parents are not permitted to coach and/or assist their son/daughter in play.

2. Each youth must be ConnJam registered with their unit or paid individually to play in the tournament. 3. Advance sign up required by May 7 or 100 sign ups — which ever comes first. We have set up a special

Chess online registration at http://www.ctyankee.org/webpay/event/new/?form=000532. This is in addi-tion to the payment registration.

4. The Tournament is being run by the Chess Club of Fairfield County LLC (CCFC)- 710 West Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850 - fairfieldcountychess.com:

5. CCFC will provide all necessary staffing, chess sets and clocks, and will generate pairings between rounds for all of the designated sections. they will be responsible for submitting the results to the US Chess Federation for rating. CCFC will provide trophies.

Any questions on the Chess Tournament please contact ConnJamProgram@ctyankee.org

ConnJam Tournaments

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Here’s what we are planning: Each district holds a Pinewood Derby Championship Race before the ConnJam date. Each District can send their top finalist in the following ranks to Council ConnJam Pinewood

Derby Championship 1st – 3rd Tigers – 3 Scouts 1st – 3rd Wolves – 3 Scouts 1st – 3rd Bears – 3 Scouts 1st – 3rd Webelos 1st year – 3 Scouts 1st – 3rd AOL Webelos – 3 Scouts Each district can send a total of 12 Scouts

Race names due May 1. Racers must be registered for ConnJam to race. Email names with Pack, Rank and District to ConnJamProgram@ctyankee.org. We will email out information to prepare cars for ConnJam Race.

The first place winner in each division at the ConnJam Championship will be entered in the World Championship Pinewood Derby along with a cash card to help with travel expenses.

Scatacook District will host the Championship Race at ConnJam Race Officials: Chris Barnabo & Jenny Weismann

Council Pinewood Derby Championship

Top Rank Winners will represent Connecti-cut Yankee Council at the World Champion-ship Pinewood Derby — Times Square, New York City—- June 30, 2018 The Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts of America will be hosting the Fourth Annual World Championship Pinewood Derby in Times Square, New York City. This unique and exciting event brings Cub Scouts together from all over the nation — and beyond!

Location Fairground Barn 9 to 9:45 AM Car Check-in 10:00 AM Championship Race

Car Check-in Qualifications:

To race in the ConnJam Council Pinewood Derby Championship and Tryouts, all Scouts must be paid be paid and registered for ConnJam at www.ctyankee.org/program/connjam.

The current “BSA Grand Prix Pinewood Derby Kit” is the official kit for the ConnJam Championships. Only the axles, wheels, and wood provided in this kit are permitted. Maximum width, including wheels, of completed car is 2-3/4 inches. Maximum overall length of completed car - 7 inches. No part of the car may protrude beyond the track start gate starting pin. The front edge of the car must not be more than

1 inch above the track surface and be at least 1/2 inch wide at the center of the car. Cars must clear the center rail of the track, which is 1 5/8 inches wide by ¼ inch tall along the entire length of the car.

Minimum clearance between the entire bottom of the car and the bottom of the wheels shall be 3/8 of an inch. Maximum weight - 5 ounces.

Examples of Prohibited Items which CANNOT be used: Any type of magnets, springs, washers, bearings, bushings, nylon shims, axle guards, wheel weights, wheel well weights, inner wheel air dams, inner or outer wheel covers – clear or otherwise, or any item internal or external to a factory BSA wheel, moving weights, liquid lubricants actively wet or dried, or suspension systems of any type. Any item not included in an official BSA Pinewood Derby Car Kit or not purchased through an authorized BSA retailer, except cosmetic items or fenders. Starting devices, finish line devices, propellants, or propulsion systems. Wet paint, sticky substances, glass, excessively fragile parts, electronic or lighting devices (if lights are on the car they must be turned off). Bearings or solid one-piece rod style axles or aftermarket purchased axles. Axles and wheels attached to any device that mechanically alters rotation or spin. Loose objects on or in the car. All weight must be securely fastened or embed-ded in or on the car.

Lego Derby Coming to ConnJam—In the Barn with the Championship Race: Build and race LEGO Derby cars! Build a car out of LEGO parts, attach PRO Brick Wheel Assemblies and add weight to your car using Zinc Bricks, then race your LEGO Derby car down a pinewood derby track. Creative, challeng-ing fun for all ages. All parts supplied. Lego-Derby is open to all Scouts.

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Celebrity Judges from the Food Network Cooking contest starts 9:30 AM at the ConnJam Gazebo

Each District can send two teams from a Troop or Crew. Please select from either a District Cooking contest held, or a District can set up a lottery system. We need each District to be represented.

It is open to Packs, Troops, Crews and Ships in Connecticut Yankee Council. Teams of three can be any combination of scouts and scouters, but must include at

least one scout, but can be all scouts. Teams will provide their own: utensils (spoons, tongs, spatulas), knives, cookware

(pots & pans), cooking staples (i.e. oil, stock, butter, flour etc.), heat source(s) (propane), spices & seasonings (need to be checked-in before starting), serving plates & eating utensils.

Please bring a camp table and water for clean-up. Teams will have one hour to prepare three identically plated dishes using the protein,

starch, vegetable /fruit and a mystery ingredient provided at ConnJam. All ingredients must be used. Plates will be judged on taste, appearance & creativity.

This event is being coordinated by John Valus and Bill Mayeran

hosted by Pomperaug District. Team sign-ups will be determined by the District Key 3.

Questions: ConnJamProgram@ctyankee.org.

From the ConnJam Leaders Guide:

No fires are permitted. Cooking must be done on stoves only. Units should provide fire extinguishers in case of emergencies.

Propane stoves only, no liquid gas.

Iron Scout Culinary Challenge