Pre-Camp Planning Meetings

Camp Fees

Due date of fees .. . .April 1

Camp Fees will be posted on the Important Information page as soon as they are set by the Council Board, usually at the December meeting. Please check the site frequently

Financial Help for Scouts

A limited number of Camperships are available to help boys in need of financial assistance. An application form is available in the Forms Section. Early requests are preferable to ensure equitable distribution of monies and to qualify for the discounted fee. Camperships may not pay a boy’s entire camp fee and are nontransferable. The boy’s family/troop/chartered institution should pool their resources first with a Campership request to meet the balance. It has been our experience that certain individuals within each community are ready and willing to provide full or partial Camperships. Please explore these possibilities with your District Executive.

Camp Refund Policy

Camper Fees are refundable under certain conditions. Refunds must be requested in writing to the Pony Express Council Office before the troop leaves camp. Refund forms are provided in the Camp Office.

The following particular rules apply:

1. The unit leader may request a refund of the fee under the following conditions:

A. Illness of Scout prevents his attendance at summer camp.

B. Illness or death of a family member of the Scout prevents the Scout's attendance at summer camp.

C. Scout's family has moved from local council and Scout is not attending camp. (Make this request at check-in.)

2. If a Scout becomes ill while attending camp, and is sent home by camp medical personnel, he shall be entitled to a pro-rated refund. This request must be made in writing by the unit leadership before the troop leaves camp.

3. Balance of fees is not refundable for homesickness.

4. Leader fees are refundable under the same conditions as Camper fees.

Camp Session Selection

The Pony Express Council Camping Committee has an equitable method for determining camp session assignment. Units which have already registered for camp get their session assignments by mail. Units which have not signed up for a session and out of Council units that wish to camp at Camp Geiger may receive a session assignment by contacting the Council Service Center. To check on what session units are attending Geiger click here.

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How to Get to Camp Geiger

Camp Geiger is located northwest of St. Joseph, Missouri, near the K highway exit from Interstate 229. Those coming from the North on I-229 will find the ramp is directly across from the camp entrance. Those coming from the South on I-229 will take the K-Highway exit and turn left, traveling across the bridge. The camp entrance is located 100 yards North of the bridge, on the left side of the road. 

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