I need some advice/reassurance about a camping situation I have in two weeks. My multilevel troop (9 girls; 2nd grade brownies through 5th grade juniors) is going "family camping" a few hours away....turns out every girl is attending and bringing at least one parent, so we have 30 people coming! For additional context, I was basically a solo troop leader on our last camping trip in the fall, but I have a great co-leader now that I trust. I think I'm a little traumatized from our last trip where it all fell on my shoulders.
How do I engage the parents to help with tasks without taking away from the girls' leadership opportunities? (see related #2, below)
I want to put the parents in charge of supervising the girls during kaper tasks like cooking, camp clean up, campfire, etc, because otherwise I'm run ragged, but at the same time I'm the one who knows what gear we have, which box it's stored in, GS rules, etc. What can I do ahead of time to make sure parents are equipped to lead these activities?
How do you make coffee for 21 adults?! We have a 1.5L tea kettle and an 8 cup percolater, but I'm thinking about telling parents they need to BYO/DIY their morning brew. We can boil water, but they have to have their own french press, aeropress, pour over, instant, whatever.
Any other suggestions for how to make this easier on my coleader and I? I think this is going to be our last family camp, I can't keep doing this ::cry-laugh emoji::