NEEDS LIST

Clothing Items

• Athletic Shoes (sizes 4-10)
• Boots - Sturdy hiking boots sizes 4-10
• Water Shoes – Closed Toed (sizes 4-10)
• Gloves - Work gloves and winter gloves (girls and women)
• Hooded Sweatshirts (girls and women)
• Insulated Winter Coats (zip up, not pull over, girls and women sizes)
• Jeans - girls and women’s sizes
• Long Sleeve T-shirts (girls and women’s sizes)
• Shorts with belt loops (girls and women’s sizes)
• Shorts, cargo type, girls and women’s sizes XS-XL
• Socks (Crew)
• Swimming suits – One piece or Tankinis (girls and women’s sizes S, M, L, XL)
• Underwear (women’s sizes)
• Sports Bras
• Belts
• Brimmed Hats – For sun protection while paddling

Campsite Needs

• Ace Bandages (2"-3")
• Anti-Fungal Spray
• Antibiotic ointment
• Batteries (AAA)
• Bleach
• Dish Towels
• Greeting Cards
• Hydrocortisone Cream
• Insect Repellent
• Isopropyl Alcohol
• Large Heavy Duty Garbage Bags
• Laundry Detergent
• Light Bulbs (Energy Efficient Fluorescent)
• Napkins
• Paper Towels
• Pillows (not feather)
• Pine Sol
• Plastic Storage Containers (Large)
• Shampoo
• Storage Containers (Large Plastic for holding clothes)
• Vitamin C
• Warehouse/Maid Brooms
• Cot Size Bed Sheets – Flat and Fitted
• Wool blankets for campers' beds (approx. 90" x 66")
• Zip Loc Bags (quart, gallon, sandwich)
• Can Openers (heavy-duty, non-rusting)
• Tea Pot Kettle for over open fire

Personal Care Items

• Chap Stick
• Dental Floss
• Deodorant
• Soap dish (plastic box)
• Bug Spray
• Hair Accessories, hair ties, hair bands, bobby pens, barrettes
• Hand Soap
• Hygiene products such as plastic applicator tampon all sizes
• Mouth Wash
• Shampoo/Conditioner
• Hair "grease"/do-rags
• Tooth paste, large tubes
• Tooth-brush with cover

School Supplies

• 3-Rind Binders (2-inch, hardback)
• Stoarge Clipboards (Plastic, 1 inch, no calculator please)
• Art Supplies
• Book bags (Backpacks)
• Carving tools (We use Flex cut and can usually get a factory discount)
• Carving gloves (small, medium and large)
• Colored Markers
• Colored Pencils
• Construction paper 32 X 36
• Disposable Cameras (Waterproof are great for trips)
• Dremel grinding tools with attachments
• Art gum erasers
• Hole puncher, 3 Ring and single
• Glue guns with glue sticks,
• Glue sticks and Dots, two sided tape for crafts and mounting in scrapbooks
• Graph paper
• Journals with colorful pens
• Index cards (colored, unruled, 5X8, 3X5, assorted sizes)
• Blank Greeting Cards
• Lined notebook paper (The girls love colored paper, college rule)
• Pencils (preferable mechanic)
• Pens
• Poster Board
• Sharpies
• Sketch/Art Pads
• Stationary
• Transfer paper (for tracing)
• Book of stamps (Forever and postcards)
• Reusable Stencils
• Writing pads for letter writing
• Roll of white paper/ butcher paper
• Wood Burners
• Colored envelopes
• Prepaid postcards

Tools

• 3/4" Auger drill bits 18" long
• Brace and Bits: 3/4"
• Small axes/hatchets (Estwing Campers Axe)
• Bow Saw Blades 30" inch
• Brace and Bits Hand drill
• Paint brushes
• Rakes, Leaf and metal prong
• Wood Rasps
• Sand paper all sizes
• Screwdrivers Phillips and flat head
• Sharpening Stone
• Shovels
• Splitting Mauls
• Stanley wood chisels - 2" with steel knob in the end
• Steel Wool
• Polyurethane finish
• Metal mesh Utility cart
• Mantels for Coleman Lantern
• Unscented Kitchen trash bags
• Work Gloves preferably leather with velco strap

Trading Post Needs

• Carving tools
• Day packs or book bags
• Disposable Cameras (Waterproof are great for trips)
• Fishing lures (Bass lures - top water, shallow and medium running)
• Multi-tools (Gerber or Leatherman)
• Pocket knives (Case/Buck/Old Timer/3 Blade Pocket Knives) (No blades longer than 3 1/2")
• Postage stamps (books)
• Wood burners for crafts

Miscellaneous Needs

• Gift Cards: Wal-Mart, Lowes, Food Lion, Piggly Wiggly
• Bibles for the Girls
• Batteries (AAA, AA, 9 volt, C, all sizes)
• Pillow cases
• Cabela’s or Bass Pro.
• Fishing lures (Bass lures - top water, shallow and medium running)
• Admissions/Tickets to Museums and events.
• Metal folding Chairs
• Manual ice cream churns
• Subscription to Our State Magazine, The News and Observer or Fayetteville
• Newspaper, Ranger Rick, BRIO from Focus on the Family, WORLD News Teen and
• Worldkids (wng.org/family 800-951-6397)
• Outdoor rocking chairs
• Storage Containers (34 Gallons Large Plastic totes for holding clothes)

Other suggestions/Trip Gear

• Nalgene Water Bottles (32 oz. Wide mouth, BPA Free)
• Tarps (4) 20X20 and (4) 16X20
• A-Tubs (heavy duty galvanized steel)
• Nylon Rope 3/8 inch
• Life jackets-10
• Paddles- 30 assorted lengths
• Tea Pot Kettle for over open fire
• Trip food such as jerky, trail mix, dehydrated foods, dried fruit
• Floating Dry bags
• Money to pay admission fees at camp sites

Our Dream List

• Band Saw
• National Geographic Topo Software (Southeastern Regions, Appalachians, Mid-Atlantic)
• UTV
• Wooden Gazebo

Books

(Non-Romantic Please! Paperback!)

• Children and young adults reading books, preferably classics
• Audubon Identification Books (Newest possible)
• Full Set of Appalachian Trail Books
• Canoe River Guide Books / Paddle Guides for NC, SC, GA, FL
• Wood Carving Books (with patterns and how to)
• Beginners Music books
• Survival Sherpa
• How To books
• Eyewitness Science series

Chuck Wagon

• Can Openers (heavy-duty, non-rusting)
• Dish Towels
• Dishwashing Liquid
• Garbage Bags (Large Heavy Duty and kitchen size)
• Napkins
• Paper Towels
• Heavy duty pot holders
• Hot mats/trivets
• Ziploc Bags (sandwich, quart, gallon, two gallons)

Laundry

• Bleach
• Laundry Detergent
• Dryer sheets
• Spray stain remover

Capital Needs

• Warehouse that may include Trading post, Arts and crafts (including wood working tools, Laundry room, Maintenance office, Storage)
• Food warehouse, Emergency shelter
• Chuck wagon
• Gravel for roads all over camp
• Supervisor housing: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths
• Assistant Director’s House (Large home)
• Additional chief housing
• Car port or a pull through parking for 15 passenger vans

Volunteer Opportunities

• Landscaping (Help to repair sprinkler system)
• Household chores, vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms, dusting, etc.
• Seasonal decorating
• Teaching a skill or craft
• Helping with Laundry
• Helping in kitchen especially during events
• Work as a chief and /or pray for our chiefs.