Registration

Scouts BSA Resident Camp

Camp Planning Guide

Download the 2025 RSR Scouts BSA Summer Camp Planning Guide.  

Troop Black Pug Accounts

All payments for summer camp are to be paid online to the troop account.  The troop account may be accessed through the camp contact’s Black Pug account.  To make a payment, add new participants (youth or adults), or register for merit badges (when this becomes available), the camp contact must first log in to their Black Pug account.  Select “Activity” from the menu, then the unit number, then the troop’s camp registration link.  This will open up the unit account.

Click here to log in to your Black Pug account.

Summer Camp Fees

There is no better bargain than Scouts BSA summer camp.  Compared to other summer programs, Scout Camp delivers an outstanding program, with lifelong value, at a fraction of the cost.  Unlike most camps in the Northeast Region, the summer camp fee at Rotary Scout Reservation is all-inclusive.  This includes all program materials, including supplies such as shooting sports ammunition and craft kits required for merit badge completion.

All payments will be made to the troop account through the Twin Rivers Council’s online payment portal.

A deposit of $100 is owed for each registered Scout by March 15 (excluding new Arrow of Light (Webelos) Crossovers)

Please note that the Regular Fee applies when the balance is paid in full by May 1.

• 2025 Regular Fee: $600 (balance paid by May 1)

• 2025 Late Fee: $650 (balance paid after May 1)

For Arrow of Light (Webelos) Crossovers, the Regular Fee applies when paid in full by June 15. 

The Twin Rivers Council offers a Sibling Discount of $50 for families sending multiple Scouts to Scouts BSA resident camp.  The discount may be applied to the second sibling and each additional sibling thereafter.

To apply the sibling discount, please email the camp director after the camper deposit has been paid, but before the full balance has been paid.

Campership Program

Camperships to attend summer camp at RSR are available to Scouts who have demonstrated financial need.  Camperships may be used to cover a portion of the Scout’s fee to attend camp, frequently in conjunction with other fundraising opportunities.

Click here to apply for a campership using our simple online form.  We ask that the campership form be completed by the parent or guardian of the Scout.

Provisional Camping

Provisional camping is an outstanding opportunity for a Scout who wants to spend an additional week at camp, or who would like to go to camp, but can’t attend during the week their troop is going.

All provisional Scouts will be placed with existing, quality troops selected by the camp administration.  Already have a relationship with a troop in camp or want to camp with a friend who is also going provisional for the week?  No problem.  We will honor all requests, as long as the host troop agrees.

Scouts may sign up for provisional camping at trcscouting.org.

Best of all, any Scout who has already paid for one week of resident camp this summer is eligible for the Second Week Discount Rate of just $400!

Adult Registration

Any adult (18+) who accompanies Scouts to camp must be cleared by the New York State Department of Criminal Justice Services background check.  This background check is submitted by the camp at no cost to the unit.  Adults must be cleared PRIOR TO their arrival at camp or they will not be permitted to stay.  All adults must also have current Youth Protection Training.

ALL adults staying overnight in camp must also be registered as an adult leader with the BSA.

Adults may register here for the free NYS DCJS Criminal Background Check. Please register by June 1st.

Adult Leader Fee

It is the policy of Scouting America that a minimum of two registered adult leaders provide supervision for each unit and that there be at least one adult for every eight Scouts.  

In order to keep costs as low as possible for the Scouts, Twin Rivers Council charges an Adult Fee for each adult.  The adult fee is $150.

When adults spend less than a week at camp, their cost will be pro-rated, and may be combined with other  partial week adults in the troop.