Bartle & Naish Workdays
Sign up HERE for 2024 Bartle and Naish Workdays
Sign up HERE for 2025 Bartle and Naish Workdays
| Workdays at Bartle |
Workdays at Naish |
| January 4, 2025 |
January 11, 2025 |
| February 1, 2025 |
February 8, 2025 |
| March 1, 2025 |
March 8, 2025 |
| April 5, 2025 Skilled Trades Day |
April 12, 2025 |
| May 3, 2025 Regular + Camp Staff Workday |
May 10, 2025 |
| August 2, 2025 |
August 9, 2025 |
| September 6, 2025 |
September 13, 2025 |
| October 4, 2025 |
October 11, 2025 |
| November 1, 2025 |
November 8, 2025 |
| December 6, 2025 |
December 13, 2025 |
The Campmaster Corps began in the Heart of America Council in 1971 at Camp Powell of the Kansas City Area Council. The HOAC Campmaster Corps is comprised of dedicated Scouters volunteering to help the Camp Ranger by providing assistance to the guests of the reservation, supporting program, or by performing maintenance projects while living by the Scout Oath and Law.
Campmasters may volunteer to serve in one of 3 ways:
- 1 - On a weekend host team
- 2 - On a weekend maintenance team
- 3 - As an individual at a Council workday
The weekend teams serve between August and May. Campmasters select their own time and frequency of service. They serve a minimum of two times a year on specific prearranged dates.
Campmaster Service Calendar
Campmaster teams sign up at the annual dinner for which weekends they will work for the next year. Those sign-ups plus the events scheduled at each camp are shown on the Campmaster calendar by weekend. The Campmaster calendar also shows holidays and other times when camp may be closed. A copy of the Campmaster calendar is posted at each camp in the camp offices and at the link below.
2024 Campmaster Team Calendar
Each year hundreds of volunteers from across the Heart of America Council donate their time and talents to the operations of the Theodore Naish Scout Reservation and H Roe Bartle Scout Reservation by serving as part of the Campmaster Corps.
Bartle & Naish Camp Maintenance Skilled Trade Days
Heart of America Council, BSA is asking for your help to maintain our Camp facilities and to prepare for our year-round camping program. We have a long list of projects that need your help in accomplishing and completing. Please sign up by clicking the links below. Each day will start at 8:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. Meals will be provided.
Annual Recognition Dinner
The 2024 Campmaster Recognition Dinner is November 6, 2024. Check in begins at 5:30 with Dinner at 6:30pm. The Dinner will be held at the The Pipefitters Local 533 at 8600 Hillcrest Road, Kansas City, MO 64138. Please RSVP no later than Tuesday, November 1st.
RSVP Here
Campmaster Trainings
Campmasters must maintain their training by completing HOAC training every two years. There are two ways to complete this training: attend the annual training event or complete the training online.
Online training is available. Review the Campmaster Handbook (currently being updated), then successfully complete the online test to satisfy the training expectation. Successful completion is considered 75% correct on the test. Insert your name at the test login and use "Campmaster" as the passcode to begin your test session.
Council Campmaster Training
Campmaster Training will be held February 8, 2025 at Camp Naish. This training includes equipment, Campmaster responsibilities, emergency procedures, tools and RTV's/carts. All registered Heart of America Council members who will be driving an RTV or cart for the council, at camp or elsewhere, will need to attend and be trained.
Register Here
Chainsaw Training
The Heart of America Council is blessed to have two great reservations totaling more than 5000 acres. The maintenance and upkeep of these reservations take a dedicated group of volunteers and professionals. Per BSA national standards, each chainsaw operator must have completed BSA approved training to be able to operate a chainsaw saw on the reservation. Chainsaw training allows Scouters to join the team of sawyers that performs the tree trimming and tree removal work that is required at our reservations. Our chainsaw training covers safe practices for handling these potentially dangerous tools.
2024- Chainsaw Training - November 1-3, 2024 @ T. Naish Scout Reservation (at capacity)
2025- Chainsaw Training - March 28-30, 2025 @ Bartle Scout Reservation
Register Here for 2025
How do I join the Campmaster team?
Are you interested in being a Campmaster?
Campmaster volunteers must maintain a current Campmaster application on file with the Heart of America Council. If you need to complete a Campmaster application you can do so by submitting it online. Once completed you will be contacted by one of the Campmaster Team members.
Maintenance Team Award Recipients
Without your efforts and hard work throughout the years, we would not have two great camps to deliver our quality programs to the Scouts of our Council. The highlight of each year is the awarding of the "Volunteers of the Year" and "Lifetime Achievement Awards". Congratulations to past recipients.
Volunteers of the Year Award
| Year |
Naish |
Bartle |
|
2007
|
Mike McCurdy |
Bud Bly |
| 2008 |
Tim Saint |
Danny Minnick |
| 2009 |
Larry Sisk |
Craig Jones
|
| 2010 |
Gary Bloomer & Stan Lloyd |
Chris Bessmer |
| 2011 |
Russell Downing & Todd Whiteley |
H. Wayne Hoenshell & K. Ed Mynatt |
| 2012 |
Bob Miller |
Kim Hein |
| 2013 |
John Cookinham IV |
Mark Trammell |
| 2014 |
Matt Macdonald |
Lee Perry |
| 2014 |
Chuck Welsh |
Dennis Flinn |
| 2015 |
Ray Graskemper Sr |
Richard Smart |
| 2015 |
Henry Creagh |
Gabriel Smart |
| 2015 |
Ray Graskemper Jr |
Joab Smart |
| 2015 |
|
Samuel Smart |
| 2015 |
|
Mark Walters |
| 2016 |
Kevin Drescher |
Dave Mascal & Mike Meyers |
| 2017 |
Mark Enke |
Gerald Gittinger |
| 2018 |
Tom Pistorius & Darren Whitcher |
Bob Todd |
| 2019 |
Tanner Couvelha & Wes Rutherford |
Jim Monteleone & Wes Rutherford |
| 2020 |
Bob Euler |
Patrick Parks |
| 2021 |
Mike McCauley |
Steve Busch |
| 2022 |
Phil Parks |
Steve Eschbacher |
| 2023 |
Kelsie Clark |
Ed Stoll |
Lifetime Achievement Award
|
Year
|
Naish
|
Bartle
|
|
2007
|
David Miller & Allan Boyd
|
Clarence Stevens, Bob Moeder & Robert Hedberg
|
|
2008
|
Gene Adams
|
Gene Young
|
|
2009
|
Bob Gilner & Bill Whitenack
|
Lloyd Carpenter Sr. & West Rutherford
|
|
2010
|
Kenny Long & Steve Campbell
|
Craig Jones
|
|
2011
|
Bruce Coleman
|
Barry Slotnick & Bill Kirke
|
|
2012
|
-none-
|
-none-
|
|
2013
|
Tommy Dudley
|
Kenny Dannenbrock
|
|
2014
|
Blair Pederson
|
Don Flinn
|
|
2014
|
Russ Downing
|
Al Flatebo
|
| 2015 |
Gary Bloomer & John Cookinham Sr. |
Ron Lynch & Danny Minnick |
| 2016 |
Tom Bundy |
Dan Morales & Bill Crain |
| 2017 |
Joe Pepper |
Eddie Mynatt |
| 2018 |
Pat Parks |
Everett Cates |
| 2019 |
Chuck Welsh |
Jake Jacobson |
| 2020 |
Mark Enke |
Kim Hein |
| 2021 |
Matt Ward |
April Hale |
| 2022 |
John Cookinham IV |
Mark Trammell |
| 2023 |
Tom Lanio |
Stan Lloyd |