Steadfast in all places, prepared in all things
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DILLSBURG, PA.
Hot, muggy days and nights are perfect for young boys to find high adventure among the tall shade trees of Camp Tuckahoe, Dillsburg, Pa.
On Saturday, July 26, nearly 440 Boy Scouts from nine stakes congregated at Camp Tuckahoe for the 2008 Pennsylvania/Maryland Regional LDS Scout Encampment. An additional 105 adult leaders supervised the camp, held from July 26 until August 2.
The Scouts, ranging in ages of 12 to approximately 18, hailed from Wilmington, Delaware; Columbia, Maryland; Reading, Philadelphia, York, Scranton, Williamsport, Valley Forge, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Stakes. The local York Pennsylvania Stake, which encompasses 10 units in Waynesboro, Chambersburg, Gettysburg, Hanover, York, and Lewisberry areas, hosted the event.
They spent the week qualifying for merit badges and enjoying a variety of outdoor activities. These included high adventure biking to Gettysburg, white water rafting on the Susquehanna River, rappelling-pole steeple at Pine Grove Furnace, and mountain biking at William Kain Park.
The Scouts enjoyed other activities, including cardboard canoe racing, Sons of Helaman Challenge, Iron Man Challenge and Project C.O.P.E. (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience taught by National Camp School certified directors). For a service project, the Scouts removed unwanted trees.
On Sunday the adult leaders conducted Church services for the youth in the morning. The day culminated with an inspirational fireside. Elder Robert Smith, an Area Seventy presided, and York Pennsylvania Stake President Dennis G. Tyson conducted. Michael A. Neider, second counselor in the Young Men general presidency, addressed the gathering. He spoke on the worldwide Young Women/Young Men theme: "Stand Ye Steadfast in All Places." He admonished the young men to hold to the high standards that Boy Scouts and the Church have set for the young men.
Elder Smith also addressed the youth and reminded them of the historic importance of Pennsylvania, where Joseph Smith was baptized at Harmony in the Susquehanna River and where the Aaronic priesthood was also restored on May 15, 1829.
The theme for the week was "Be Ye Prepared in All Things."
