BELGRADE — Camp Bomazeen, a historic outdoor recreation site for generations of Scouts, became known as Planet Bomazeen during the first weekend in May to celebrate Star Wars Day, May 4. Scouting volunteers hosted nearly 100 Scouts for the May the Fourth Be With You Grand Galactic Games.
Scouts competed in activities as individuals and as a team to determine which patrol would emerge as the overall champs of the games.
The activities ranged from traditional Scout programs with Star Wars elements added to other stations where it was a full immersion into the theme.
The Battle Wounded Extraction station challenged Scouts to work as a team and provide first aid to one of the rebels who had been injured while fighting the First Order’s forces. Scouts provided triage, treatment and removal of the “wounded” from the battlefield while coming under fire from water balloons.
At the Defending Endor area, Scouts needed to help the Ewoks by lashing together a catapult to hurl rocks at the force field generator (stack of boxes across the field). At McCurdy Lodge, the Scouts fashion a lightsaber (pool noodle) and then practice using the force to deflect ping pong balls.
The Wookie Bow Training station taught Scouts how to aim and fire their bow and arrow.
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