Patches are $2 each plus postage (if mailed). To order patches, please contact info@friendsofcampwabak.org.
Download a printable copy of just the questions here: WaBak Wisdom Patch Program
Download a printable copy of the patch program, answer key, and map of WaBak here: WaBak Wisdom Patch Program – updated 9-2024
Complete ten activities to earn the patch. #4 is required.
1. Go on the ODT Hike. What state park can you see from the observatory deck?
2. Find the geocaches at WaBak (check out the program kit from council).
3. On the shortcut between the dining hall and the Rambler cabins, who is the bridge dedicated to?
4. Take bags and clean up around WaBak when you see trash.
5. Who is the Administration Building named after?
6. Visit the overlook to WaBak Falls. The trailhead is at the Amphitheater to the right of the woodpile. Who built the deck and in what year?
7. Who is the Dogwood tree near the Rambler Lodge dedicated to, and what is the saying on the plaque?
8. Name the four units of WaBak. Bonus: What’s the 5th one?
9. Who is the pool/Outdoor Recreation Center dedicated to? (You might not be able to get to this plaque in the pool area if it’s closed.)
10. What is special about the Craft Hut? (Answer found on the plaque on the outside of the building.)
11. Make up a skit that takes place at Camp WaBak.
12. There is a garden outside of the Dining Hall. Who is it dedicated to?
13. Learn and sing the Camp WaBak song.
14. What is the full name of the person the Yates Lodge is named after? (The answer is inside the building, but knock first and get permission to enter if a troop is staying there.)
15. Name the five Rambler cabins.
16. Who is the bench outside of the Rambler Lodge dedicated to?
17. Who is the buddy bench near the lake in memory of?
Answers:
1. Jones Gap
3. Pamela Shorey Jahns
5. Dodie Anderson
6. The Naval Seabees in 1989
7. Pauline Patterson – “When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.”
8. Pioneer, Gypsy, Pathfinder, and Rambler. Bonus: Adirondacks
9. Lucile Sullivan
10. It was paid for with cookie funds.
12. The victims of September 11th
14. Charles H. Yates
15. Squirrel II, Tadpole II, Cricket II, Sleepy Hollow II, Whippoorwill II
16. Billie Burns McWhirter
17. Kaley Hendrix