Hidden Valley has several ongoing service project needs. We are constantly in need of trail maintenance. Please email Durand Reiber and put "HV Service" in the subject line for more information.

Hidden Valley Patch

There are 2 activities you must complete for the Hidden Valley Ar-ca-loo-ka Patch.

  1. A Fun Day (minimum 8 hours in one or more sessions)
    OR An Overnight (in a tent or cabin).
  2. An Outdoor Service Project.
    (Service projects already completed, Day Camp or Spring Fling activities do not apply.)

If you already have a Hidden Valley Patch, you can earn a puff of smoke patch to add each time you meet the 2 requirements. There is no limit to the number of puffs you can earn. For information on service projects contact the camp manager. To order your patches contact the Reservations Coordinator.

Spring & Summer Service Projects Available

The following is a list of projects needed as of March 12, 2007. Trail maintenance and mulching are ongoing needs. Please email Durand Reiber and put "HV Service" in the subject line for more information about current service project needs. The list changes frequently as troops help out and needs change.

  • **anytime service project—no prior arrangements necessary: Mulch trails, especially on eastern side of camp. Buckets kept south side of Evelyns’ Attic; gloves in cabin.
  • Pick up litter: along 15th St.; or under cedar trees on east side; or in stream beds while “creeking”.
  • Give Arcalooka a spring cleaning: reorganize craft and kitchen supplies, dust, sweep and mop floors.
  • Give the latrine a thorough cleaning, top to bottom; possibly paint after renovation.
  • Clean up a series of fire rings and woodpiles (see maintenance flyer in cabin).
  • “Adopt-A-Unit Site” for the year, keeping encroaching growth in check, mulching bare areas, and routinely cleaning the fire ring and organizing/stocking the woodpile.
  • Burn brush at Hillside unit.
  • Paint green tables in cabin.
  • Move 2 bluebird boxes to more suitable locations.
  • Sign up several times to help monitor the 5 bluebird boxes from April through September (approximate 10-day schedule), and record data (book/details in cabin).
  • Sign up several times over summer to help water the new tree and shrub plantings at Lonesome Pine.
  • Haul cut fire wood to woodpiles and stack in organized manner (see woodpile flyer in cabin).
  • Finish scraping white paint from interior gates.

Special Projects for Older Girl Troops

  • Cut back invasive honeysuckle shrubs in a specified area, such as around edges of certain unit sites, along trails, along gravel road, along wooded edges of open areas. Haul to specified areas.
  • Reroute a small portion of Deer Run Trail that is too close to an eroding stream bank. Close off old trail.
  • Help remove under story shrubs and vines from Lonesome Pine area.
  • Clear a portion of fence line…to help maintain a 2-foot swath on both sides of fence.
  • Possible carpentry job on latrine: cut out 2 small windows; frame, seal, screen, and paint.