Melita Packing List

Personal Essentials

• Hiking backpack (if you don't have one, the troop has loaners)

• Uniform shirt, neckerchief, and slide (plus OA sash if you are a member of OA)

• T-shirts (red T400 shirt plus others as needed)

• Pants

• Shorts

• Swimsuit

• Underwear

• Socks (several pairs)

• Jacket/sweatshirt

• Raincoat/poncho

• Hiking boots

• Light shoes

• Large towel (beach towel)

• Washcloth

• Soap/shampoo

• Deodorant

• Toothbrush + toothpaste

• Sunglasses

• Hat

• Sunscreen + lip balm with SPF

• Insect repellent

• Tent (required - there are no BSA tents at Melita!)*

• Sleeping bag

• Foam pad

• Water bottle/container

• Flashlight or headlamp + spare batteries

• Wristwatch

• Personal first aid kit with moleskin

• Pocket knife

• Notepad and pencils

• Spending money for activities & Trading Post

• Scout Handbook

• Merit Badge prerequisites (work finished before camp if you want to finish it at camp) for the following badges:

  • Swimming (read and bring pamphlet)

  • Lifesaving (read and bring pamphlet)

  • Environmental Science (3, 4, 5)

  • Orienteering (7, 9)

  • Geocaching (7, 8, 9)

  • Camping (8c, 8d, 9a-c)

  • Cooking (4a, 6a, 7)

Optional-Recommended

• Clothes hanger for uniform shirt

• Laundry bag

• Hand towel

• Pillow

• GPS

• Fishing gear (for recreational fishing; camp provides for merit badge)**

• Camera (this is an allowed electronic item; cannot also be a phone)

• Sharpening stone

• Matches

• Sewing kit

• Twine or light rope

• Clothes pins

• Comb

• Swim goggles

• Sealable gallon plastic bag for trash in tent

• Camp stool

• Merit badge pamphlets ($4.49 at Scout Shop)

*Scouts below First Class rank must have a tent buddy. We will group into patrols, so try to buddy with someone from your patrol.

**Scouts age 12+ will need a $10 Tribal fishing license if they are taking Fishing or Fly Fishing, or wish to fish recreationally. We will purchase these at Walmart in Polson en route to camp.

***If you want a Scoutmaster to keep your son's return-trip meal money, please seal it in an envelope with his name on it.

Money Needed

• Meal money for road trip TO camp

• Meal money for road trip HOME from camp***

• $10 for fishing license, if needed**

• Course fee money:

  • Motorboating = $12

  • Water Sports = $12

  • Rifle = $8

  • Archery = $8

  • Basketry/Leather Working/Woodcarving = $5-10/kit

• Spending money for the Trading Post

Extra Suggestions for Fossils

• Camp chair

• Coffee mug

• Printed copies of Leader Guide and Program Guide

• Phone charger (usually there are outlets in the lodge)

Items to Leave at Home

• Electronics

• Pets

• Sheath knives

• Firearms

• Fireworks

• Tobacco

• Ammunition