Border crossing information

As of June 1, 2009, passports will be required for all adults crossing into the United States by land. However, Scouts will not be required to have passports.

Children: Beginning June 1, 2009, U.S. and Canadian citizen children under age 16 arriving by land or sea from contiguous territory may also present an original or copy of his or her birth certificate, a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, a Naturalization Certificate, or a Canadian Citizenship Card.

Groups of Children: Beginning June 1, 2009, U.S. and Canadian citizen children under age 19 arriving by land or sea from contiguous territory and traveling with a school group, religious group, social or cultural organization, or sports team, may also present an original or copy of his or her birth certificate, a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, a Naturalization Certificate, or a Canadian Citizenship Card

For more information on border crossing issues, please see the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative website here.

For information on how to get your Canadian passport (or renew it if it will expire in 2009) click here.

2009 LDS Scout Camporee

There is a great level of interest in this year's LDS Camporee! It will be held August 12-15 in Freedom, NY. The official website is here, although there's not much there yet.

There are between 20 and 25 interested Scouts from Champlain, Chapel Hill, Fallowfield, and Riverside wards. That a great number and I'm sure we can have even more fun than the legendary Mohawk tribe a couple years back.

Freedom, NY appears to be a smallish town south of Buffalo:


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Stay tuned for more information as I get it, and feel free to post your questions, comments, etc. as we go along.

Mark your calendars...and more to come!