Boy Scouts of America | Hawkeye Area Council

We will be hosting important informational meetings at various locations during the next three months for anyone wanting to find out what we have in store for our Cub Scout and Boy Scout Camps in 2012. Cub Scout and Boy Scout sessions will run concurrently this year beginning at 7:00 p.m. each night. Each unit should identify a Camping Coordinator to facilitate the recruitment and registration process for all summer camping activities. At the meeting, they will receive a combined media disc with all the information they need to do their job. For Cub Scout leaders, we’ll also walk through the on-line registration process and cover the changes we have made.

Thursday, January 19, 2012: LDS Church, 750 Dublin Drive in Iowa City

Thursday, February 16, 2012: St. Jude Parish Center, 50 Edgewood Rd NW in Cedar Rapids

Thursday, March 6, 2012: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, 1350 Lyndhurst Dr in Hiawatha.

 With the many programs that happen at the Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation, fun and safety go hand in hand to make it all work!

 On October 13, the Hawkeye Area Council was informed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that the camp was renewed as a "StormReady" facility through 2014!

 "StormReady" is a significant accomplishment, and shows the depth of our council's committment to prepare for all kinds of severe weather and saving lives.

 In 2009, four tornado safe rooms were built at Camp Wakonda.  Plans are in place to build five new safe rooms at Camp Waubeek, Camp Wakonda and the COPE Course in 2012 and 2013.  Funding for this new project is coming from the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Divison, Rockwell Collins Foundation and the R.J. McElroy Trust
 

County Home Road from Iowa 13 to the Town of Whittier is now open!  The route to camp from Iowa 13 is available for use.  Thank you for your patience!

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA

Contact: Travis Christopher, travis.christopher@scouting.org, (319) 432-3943

Scout Executive/CEO, Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

May 26, 2011

Earlier today, representatives from the Iowa Department of Homeland Security, Linn County and the Hawkeye Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America met to finalize a grant agreement to provide funding for five new tornado safe rooms to be constructed at the Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation in rural Linn County near Central City, IA.

Funding for these new rooms is available through the Presidential Disaster Fund and the State (Iowa) Executive Council.  Including the local match component, $238,000 in funds will go toward the construction of five new safe rooms as well a new radio communications system

The next phase of the project will involve design and construction procurement with groundbreaking targeted for after the close of the 2011 resident camping season in August.

Local match funds were donated by great partners such as the Rockwell Collins Charitable Corporation and the R.J. McElroy Trust.

The Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation is home to four existing storm shelters, constructed in 2009.  However this project will allow full coverage for all 500 acres of the camp.  Through generous donations, the Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation expanded by 21 acres last month.  Current attendance for summer camp this season is running nearly 5% ahead over 2010 ensuring even more local youth will be patrons of the camp.

"This is a great day for Iowa, Linn County and for the safety of youth in our community.  The Boy Scouts also appreciate and thank Linn County for their help in making this a reality," said Travis Christopher, Scout Executive and CEO of the Hawkeye Area Council.

The Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America serves over 7,000 youth in a seven county service area including Iowa, Cedar, Jones, Benton, Linn, Johnson and Washington Counties.

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Please note that there is going to be mass construction barring many of the ways to get to camp effective immediately. Please review the attached directions for alternate routes as County Home Road and the road out of Central City will both be closed.

For detour directions please view this map.