meet your camp directors Camp Directors lead the charge at each property, plan programs, manage the day-to-day, communicate with parents and much more. So, WHO are they? LP staff set out to learn more about GSACPC’s camp directors. We found that each possesses a unique personality and all share a common bond: their passion for Girl Scouting.
“Juniper”
Michelle Balfe-Keefer
Willow springs program center favorite thing about the outdoors/nature? I feel peaceful in the outdoors. I love the smells and the sounds. I love to track animals and have close experiences with the birds, mammals, reptiles and insects.
summer of 2010 when a girl told me that she comes to camp because it is the only place in the world that she can truly be herself.
Favorite camp song? “Da Moose”
Have any pets? Lila, a black lab, and a Rhode Island Red Chicken named Red; she will come into the house and watch movies with us sometimes!
Most unique SWAP you’ve seen? Hand crocheted flowers
your go-to camp food? Salad, salad, salad...LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
Best camp memory? This is so hard... one that comes to mind happened here at Willow the
Best part of the s’more? The ‘mallow.
“kitty”
Favorite color? Red Peanut butter or jelly? Sunflower butter (we outlaw peanut butter at camp!) Outer space or underground? Underground!! I would love the chance to see and meet all the organisms that live underground, see the roots of plants, and the various layers that make up our world. Fun fact My great grandfather was a Samurai Warrior.
crystal kilkenny
just for you
camp maripai
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favorite thing about the outdoors/nature? Sitting in silence and listening/ watching: the sunlight on the grass, the wind in the trees, sounds of the birds and little bugs….the quiet beauty, the seemingly simple, yet infinitely complicated web of life happening all around me. Favorite camp song? “Anne Marie Loves John Pierre” Most unique SWAP you’ve seen? A little camp fire made of a bottle cap.
The Listening Post // SPRING 2014
Best thing about your job? Witnessing the transformation of young women who come to camp nervous or unsure of themselves, and then overcome challenges by working with other girls. At the end of the summer they are proud of themselves, know their self-worth and what they are truly capable of, because they found it in themselves. Have any pets? I adopted two kittens from the Humane Society. They are twin sisters, both grey and white, named Sugar and Spice.
your go-to camp food? Chicken patty sandwiches…. mmmm! Best part of the s’more? Chocolate Favorite color? Purple Peanut butter or jelly? Peanut butter Outer space or underground? Outer space Fun fact I have been working as a runway model for 15 years.