Family Camping for Alumni Members

Every Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend, Camp Cachalot is open to the members of the Camp Cachalot Alumni Association and their families to enjoy. The Narragansett Council graciously extends this opportunity to our members, and we do our best to return the favor, with our members pitching in on various service projects around camp for a small part of the time we're at camp. Information on the service projects we expect to be doing is usually posted to this website about a month prior to the weekends. Participation in the service projects is optional but encouraged.

Registration and Attending

For all of our family camping weekends, sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The weekends are free, and open solely to our members and their families. People planning to attend are asked to please "pre-register" by sending us a quick email at familycamping@cachalotalumni.org noting how many people will be in your party, your expected arrival and departure times, and whether or not you'll be participating in the service project (we won't turn you away if you haven't pre-registered, but it helps with our planning.)

You should plan on arriving after 4:00pm on the Friday, and plan on departing by 11:00am on Monday. Only tent sites are available, as Cachalot is neither equipped nor licensed for trailers or campers. Families are responsible for their own meals. There are usually some loosely structured activities, including activities to help keep the kids busy while Mom or Dad might be helping with our service projects. We try to keep the service projects to about 6 to 8 hours in total over the weekend, since allowing people to spend time with their families is the main purpose of the weekend.

A Note About Camp Rules

All of the usual camp rules & regulations are in effect. If you haven't been to camp in a while, please read through them before you arrive. As a courtesy to other campers, many of whom camp with young children, sites are expected to be quiet by 10:00pm each night.

Past Service Projects

Just to give you an idea of the kinds of service projects we've undertaken in the past, here's an (incomplete) list of some of the things we've done at our family weekends:

• Re-stained and re-painted the Dining Hall
• Re-stained the Waterfront Tower
• Cut and installed new Trex decking on the waterfront docks
• Installed a new fence at the waterfront
• Assembled picnic tables
• Assembled tent platforms
• Re-sided a portion of the 21 Club
• Various small conservation projects

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