Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Here is the packing list:

2014 Youth Pioneer Trek Personal Equipment List

Personal Items are to be packed into your 5 gallon plastic buckets (provided by Ward that we personalized back in April – If you didn’t make one, we made one for you – Buckets will serve as your chair.  Buckets will be checked and weighed (no more than 17 lbs. – not including sleeping bag, pillow, foam pad and coat).  All buckets and sleeping items will be collected the night before.     July 7th…8pm at the Church
Pack your sleeping gear into one large garbage bag with your name on the outside
1 warm sleeping bag – please label with your name 
1 pillow – label with name
1 foam pad – label with name
2 Extra heavy-duty plastic garbage bags with your name on them for packing your sleeping gear into again each day (we’re at a different camp site each night)
1 coat for cool evenings – packed in with your sleeping items unless it fits in your bucket.
1 plastic bucket:  pack the following into your bucket:
1 pair working gloves leather works best (required for pulling your handcart)
1 rain poncho or Garbage bag
1 flashlight
1 pair of walking shoes (broken in) you will just wear these when we meet at the church.
1 extra pair of shoes for crossing the river – could be Aqua shoes.
4 pairs of sturdy socks – (wool blend is best around 70%wool, 28% nylon, 2% Elastane or something similar) – we heard that Sam’s club has them at a reasonable price.
2-3 changes of underwear/ for YM make sure they are non-chaffing underwear
1 change of Pioneer Clothing – see previous list including hat or bonnet!
1 motel size bar of soap
Hair brush/comb
Toothbrush and paste
Deodorant
Washcloth and small hand towel
1 lip balm with sunscreen**required**
Sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher **required**
Insect repellant/tick repellant (DEET 98% is best)**required**
1 travel pack Kleenex
Gold Bond Powder for chaffing
Personal Prescription Medications if needed
Allergy Medications/Eye drops
6-8 Bandaids
Book of Mormon – the small $2 kind will work great.  You can get theses at distribution Cen.
Pen and Pencil
Sunglasses/eyeglasses
Moist Towelettes/sanitizers (required)
Ma’s & Pa’s bring Consecrated oil
Disposable camera (optional) – you may not bring your cell phones even for taking photos!
·         Wear your pioneer clothing on the morning we leave, Tuesday July 8th at 5am – meet at church
·         Remember this is a Pioneer Experience, only items on this list will be allowed!  Adults and Youth PLEASE BE OBEDIENT.  The following are examples of what not to bring:  Candy, electronic Games, Music, Cell Phones, Make-up, and Hairspray.  This doesn’t cover everything but you get the idea. 
·         Your attitude will determine the quality of the experience you and those around you will have, so please help us by making this opportunity a memorable one.





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