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What is a typical day of resident camp?
Girls have a busy but fun filled day, including four activity
sessions. All meals (unless cooking out) are served in the lodge.
Camp provides nourishing, well-balanced, and kid-friendly meals. All
meals are served family style in the dining hall. The meals are
prepared by food service professionals. Please note that the program
of some camp sessions calls for girls to cook their own meals as
part of the experience. In those instances, girls participate in
planning some of the menus themselves. All cook-outs are supervised
and directed by camp trained adults.
Weather permitting, campers swim daily. The other three activity
sessions are spent on programs that are planned based upon the
camper’s interest group.
Everyone has “Trading Post” & “Me Time” after lunch. During “Me
Time,” campers can sleep, write letters, read, talk quietly, or play
a board game.
Evening programs have lots of variety: games, dances, karaoke,
talent shows, guests with specials talents, etc.
Horseback Riding
Girls in the horseback riding interest group spend at least three
hours or more each day at the stables. Long pants and boots or shoes
with heels are required to ride. Used boots are available. Helmets,
which must be worn while riding, are provided by camp. Two qualified
instructors plus “wrangler” Counselors-in-Training will work with
the girls.
Arrival and Departure Times
ALL Camp sessions begin on Sunday, with check in between 3:00PM and
4:00PM EST.
Camp sessions end on either Wednesday or Friday, with check out
between 5:00PM and 6:00PM EST.
If you have special needs, please contact Tracy Arnold, 800-876-9704
ext. 42 or tarnold@gscab.org.
Camp Buddies
Going to camp with a buddy can make camp more fun, especially for
first time campers. Two girls who wish to stay in the same cabin
MUST list each other on the Cabin Buddy section of the registration
form and be in the same interest group. Every effort is made to
place the camper with her requested Cabin Buddy, though it cannot be
guaranteed. Unit assignments are made by the camp director.
Physical Exam/Health Form
Each girl attending camp must provide a health examination done
within 24 months of attending camp signed by a licensed physician or
nurse practitioner, proof of a current tetanus vaccination
(recommended), and a signed parent permission letter, which includes
an emergency medical release statement.
Last year’s health examination record may be used again this year
if the exam was done within the 24 months prior to camp. The front
of a new health examination record must be completed and signed by a
parent if last year’s card is used. If you will be using last year’s
record, please notify Tracy Arnold at the council office,
800-876-9704 ext. 42 and check the appropriate box on the Resident
Camp Registration Form in this booklet.
Health Check-In
Upon arrival at camp, your child will visit our Camp Health
Administrator. At this time we will check her head for lice and feet
for athlete’s foot. Hopefully, your child will be at ease with this
process. However, if these conditions are found, your child will not
be admitted to camp until cleared by a primary physician. If
recently treated for either of these conditions, a note from the
treating physician should be brought to camp stating that the child
is no longer contagious.
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