2015 CampRocks GSNorCal Brochure

2015

Summer Adventures for Girls resident camp I day camp I family camp camprocks.org

Our camps offer a unique life experience designed to help

Summer Rocks for Girls and Families in Northern California

Fun and exciting adventures New friends and a place to belong Self discovery and connections Beautiful outdoor settings

THIS is summer camp with Girl Scouts of Northern California!

CONTACT US...

Visit CAMPROCKS.ORG for complete details on summer camp programs with Girl Scouts of Northern California. Special sections are available for campers, parents, and camp staff too.

Direct questions to: Para informaciòn en Espanol: happycamper@girlscoutsnorcal.org Phone 1-408 287-4170, ext. 2091 Or 800-447-4475, ext. 2091 FAX 1-408-287-8025

Let us help you find the right camp program for your daughter!

girls discover and develop themselves. Within a safe and supportive environment, girls participate in activities that develop skills, build selfesteem, and provide a sense of accomplishment. The programs are intentionally designed to be appropriate to the age, interests, and abilities of the campers. What makes our camps so special is the connection experienced with new friends, rich traditions and history, the support of a trained staff, and outdoor experiences that provide progression, challenge, and fun, all in a place JUST FOR GIRLS!

Our camps are open to all girls, ages 5 -17.

You don’t have to be a Girl Scout to register!

COUNCIL RUN CAMPS

Organized resident camps run by full-time and seasonal Council staff members. Girls attend as an individual, not with their troop or parents (except for family camp). Bothin, Skylark Ranch, and Sugar Pine are all Council Run camps.

VOLUNTEER RUN CAMP

Day and resident camps run by volunteers and held at community locations throughout Northern California. Parents can often attend with their daughter in exchange for helping in different areas of the camp operation.

FAMILY CAMP

Bring the family and come to camp for your next vacation! Girl Scouts of Northern California offers affordable options for families to play and camp together at Bothin, Skylark Ranch, and Sugar Pine.

LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS

Older girls, 9th grade and up, can have the opportunity to gain Counselor and/or Activity Leader skills through training and hands-on experience in a day or resident camp setting. Many camps offer leadership programs that range from beginning Program and Camp Aide to Counselor-InTraining, Wrangler-In-Training, Adventure Counselor-In-Training and even Guardstart Lifeguard-In-Training. Some programs are application only and require previous Girl Scout leadership training. For complete information on leadership programs visit camprocks.org.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3...........Council Run Camps 4...........Resident Camp 5............ Schedule at a Glance 6...........Family Camps 7...........Deer Lake - Special notice for 2015 8...........Bothin 12.........Skylark Ranch 18.........Sugar Pine 22.........Registration Information 25.........Financial Aid form 26.........Volunteer Run Camps 27.........Get Outdoors! Year-round programs

Council Run Camps CAMP REGISTRATION

HEALTH EXAMS

CAMP PROGRAMS AND FEES

SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS AT RESIDENT CAMPS

Registration for all Council Run Camps opens February 1. Online registration is available through camprocks.org. Refer to page 22 for information on the registration process, deposit fees, camp confirmations, and refund instructions.

Note: Girl Scout camps are open to every girl without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or ability. Girls do not have to be Girl Scouts to register for camp.

Girl Scouts of Northern California strives to provide quality, affordable summer camp programs for girls and families. Fees for camps listed in this brochure vary due to paid staff salaries, transportation costs, food service, camp locations, and program fees for special instructors and/or equipment. All fees include meals, transportation (unless noted), a camp patch, supplemental health and accident insurance. A camp t-shirt and photo are also included (except for family camp). Remember, girls may use Fall Sale and/or Cookie Rewards to help pay for camp fees.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

All campers attending resident camp must have had a physical by a Licensed Physician, Physician’s Assistant, or Nurse Practitioner acting under the supervision of a Licensed Physician, within 12 months of their camp session.

New This Year: Families may submit online health forms via CampDocs. An invitation will be sent to you upon registration and all health forms are due by June 1st!

Sleeping accommodations vary by camp, program, and assigned living unit.

Accommodations may include cabins, dormitories, large canvas platform tents with cots or bunks, tree beds/hammocks, tipis, dome camping tents, or sleeping under the stars, all on mattresses. Refer to each camp description for a list of accommodations at that site or contact happycamper@girlscoutsnorcal.org with questions.

FOOD SERVICE AND SPECIAL DIETS

Financial assistance to help cover the camp fees (maximum of 80%) is available for girls who live within the Girl Scouts of Northern California Council area.

To apply for a financial assistance, refer to the instructions on page 24. For questions about financial assistance, contact financialaid@girlscoutsnorcal.org or call 800-447-4475, ext. 6012.

Meals at resident camp are served family or buffet style. Salad and sidebars are provided, and light snacks are available in the afternoon. A vegetarian option is provided at every meal. Some food allergies, such as gluten-free and lactose intolerance, may require the family to provide specialty food items. Severe food allergies may not be able to be accommodated. For food-related questions, email happycamper@girlscoutsnorcal.org.

CAMP STAFF

GIRLS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Staff members are enthusiastic, talented, and caring individuals who are selected on the basis of their skills, experience, ability to serve as role models, and their genuine desire to work with children. We select staff members who are committed to creating a caring and supportive environment that respects each child as an individual and allows them to feel good about who they are.

The health and safety of the campers is always their first priority. Staff members must be at least 18 years old to work directly with the campers. Background checks are completed on all staff. The average ratio of staff to campers is 1:8.

In some specialty programs, the ratio may be 1:4. Staff members are recruited from colleges and universities nationwide, local community agencies, Girl Scout referrals, and international cultural exchange organizations. All staff members receive training prior to supervising campers. This includes activity programming, safety, team building, caring for campers, meeting their needs, and much more. Staff members who supervise high adventure activities are required to have additional training and qualifications.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

All camps must meet established standards for health and safety, site maintenance, program and personnel, which are set by state and local governments and Girl Scouts of the USA. In addition, all camps have a qualified Health Supervisor on site. A doctor, or emergency services, is on-call if illness or injury requires medical attention. Parents will be notified in the event of an emergency. Refer to the “For Parents” section of the camprocks.org website for additional information on health management practices in our camps.

If your daughter has medical or other special needs and can function with a 1:6 adult-to-camper ratio, we encourage you to work with us to find her the most appropriate camp program. Bothin is especially adaptable for campers with special physical needs. If your daughter needs more support to be successful, please contact our office at 800-447-4475, ext. 2091 or email happycamper@ girlscoutsnorcal.org so that we can help you find the most appropriate program for her abilities or refer you to a special needs camp program in your community.

GROUND AND AIR TRANSPORTATION

Skylark Ranch and Sugar Pine provide charter bus or van transportation from designated locations. Travel to and from pickup points is a family responsibility.

Bothin requires families to drop off and pick up campers on site. Refer to each camp description for transportation details. Transportation schedules will be sent in the information packets. For airport pick-up/drop-off arrangements, contact camp@girlscoutsnorcal.org.

CAMP ACCREDITATION

All Council Run camps are accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA). ACA is a national organization that sets high standards for the health and safety of campers and staff and for the delivery of quality programs.

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Resident Camp Take Your Summer Adventure to the Next Level!

The fun, the friendships, the adventure, the self-discovery—it’s all here at our Council Run resident camps in Northern California. Bothin, Skylark Ranch, and Sugar Pine each offer unique and exciting summer programs for all interests. Whether a girl is a first time or experienced camper, there is something special here for her! All of our camps also offer family camp programs.

Overnight sessions for girl programs range from 4 – 13 days. The ratio of unit staff to campers is 1:6 for 5 – 8 year olds and 1:8 for all other camper groups.

BENEFITS OF RESIDENT CAMP

The benefits of a resident camp experience come from the extended time that girls participate in their program. It is a wonderful way for girls to increase their self-reliance and independent living skills by living away from home. Girls also enhance their socialization skills as they live and interact with girls from all over Northern California. The extended time at resident camp also allows for enhanced skill development in activities.

With positive, adult role models and a friendly, supportive environment, girls can have a truly enriching summer experience.

THE CAMP PROGRAM

At our resident camps, girls live in a unit with an average of 12 – 24 other campers who have registered for the same program and are of a similar grade in school. The unit participates as a group in activities throughout the session. Unit programs range from a sampling of camp activities, such as in our Sea Stars program at Skylark Ranch, to specialty units such as horseback riding, surfing, caving or theater arts. Campers in specialty programs spend extra time in activities related to their theme.

Every unit program, regardless of the focus, includes a variety of general camp activities such as outdoor cooking, arts and crafts, songs, stargazing, hiking or swimming. General activities available vary with each camp. Campfires, theme meals, talent shows, carnivals, and other all-camp events that bring everyone together will be held throughout the session. Note: Campers in 1 – 3rd grade or 2nd – 4th grade programs do not participate in archery or high ropes/climbing activities. This applies to family camp as well.

A TYPICAL DAY AT CAMP

Note: Deer Lake resident camp will not operate for the 2015 season due to forest management work.

Please see page 7 in this brochure for details.

The daily schedule for each camp will vary according to the unit activities planned. Some activities will be with just the units and some will involve the entire camp. Most days begin with waking up around 7 a.m., followed by breakfast at 8 a.m. Lunch is served at midday and dinner is at 6 p.m.

Program activities occur in the morning, afternoon, and early evening.

“Lights out” for campers varies according to age but is usually between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Special thanks to Samantha “Sidewinder” Pickolick for photo contributions to this brochure.

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Family Camp Girl Scout camp is not just for girls!

Families can also enjoy all the fun and excitement of summer camp in one of these special partner programs. Make Girl Scout camp your next family vacation!

For more information, including program details and to register, visit the Family Camp section at camprocks.org or contact happycamper@girlscoutsnorcal.org, 1 (408) 287-4170, ext. 2091 or 800-447-4475, ext. 2091.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun! Grades 1 – 12 Grades 1 – 12

July 30 – August 2 August 6 – August 9

Fee $190/person Fee $190/person

Hey girls! Bring your mom, sister, aunt, or other special female adult and come to Bothin for some great summer fun. Enjoy activities led by camp staff while spending quality time together when Bothin transforms into a special retreat just for you! Choose your favorite camp activities and enjoy all that Bothin has to offer. Swimming, dancing, arts and crafts, campfires, hiking, outdoor cooking, the high ropes adventure course, archery, and special themed events are waiting for you. And don’t forget the special Wishing Tree Ceremony at the end of the weekend. It’s a camp tradition you won’t want to miss! Adults must be at least 18 years old. One adult may accompany up to two girls.

Sugar Pine Round-up Family Camp August 11 – August 16 Flexible reservation dates. Minimum stay is two nights.

Fee $69 /person for camp housing Fee $59/person for own tent or tent camper Children under 4 are free.

Howdy Partners! Time to saddle up and hit the old west for an amazing western style family adventure in the Sierra Foothills. Join the fun when Sugar Pine becomes your very own family dude ranch! Come for a few days or spend the whole week.

Enjoy a variety of camp activities such as horseback riding, the adventure tower, swimming, archery, arts and crafts, horseshoes, gold panning, day hikes, games in the Great Hall, or just relax at pool side. Each day holds a special event for families, from our barn-raising hoedown and camp-wide talent night to the annual County Fair Extravaganza!

Use Sugar Pine as a base camp for your own family day excursions around Calaveras County. Add some adventure with a trip to Moaning Caverns to experience a 1,500' dual zip line, enjoy an afternoon of kayaking on beautiful Lake Alpine, or have fun on a visit to a nearby Old Western Mining town in Colombia State Park. (Additional fees may apply.) Enjoy special excursions led by camp staff too. And of course, end the day with songs around the campfire, s’mores, and good times with friends and loved ones. It’s fun for the whole family. Yee Haw!

Skylark Ranch Adventure Camp September 4 – September 6 Children under 4 are free.

Fee $165/person

Coastal adventure for the whole family! Come to Skylark Ranch for a weekend and experience all the fun and excitement of this amazing coastal hideaway. Splash at the beach, build sand castles or venture out on your own to explore the beauty of the Coastal Highway. Scale the redwood trees of the high ropes course and experience the thrill of the giant swing or build up your family teamwork with challenges on the low ropes course. From arts and crafts, archery, and day hikes with spectacular views to campfire sing-a-longs under amazing starry skies, there’s something here for every member of the family. Try an activity led by camp staff or just relax and spend time on your own. Special all-camp events will be offered throughout the weekend too.

Make it a family adventure and end your summer together!

Transportation is not provided for family programs.

Special Program Notes: For all family camp programs, archery and high ropes or climbing activities are allowed for children entering 4th grade or higher in the Fall.

Other restrictions may apply. Please contact happycamper@girlscoutsnorcal.org with questions.

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spectacular high adventure mountain camp just for girls! Tucked away between two beautiful lakes at an elevation of 6,800 feet in the Tahoe National Forest near Donner Summit, Deer Lake has been providing incredible summer adventures for over 55 years.

Deer Lake Dear friends, Here is some important news regarding our beloved Deer Lake camp. We have been working with a professional forester to evaluate the health of the forest at Deer Lake.

Unfortunately, the extended drought and presence of bark beetles have taken a toll on this 160 acre High Sierra forest, and it is recommended that we conduct major forest management work at Deer Lake to improve forest health and safety. The lengthy snow season at this high elevation camp means we have limited opportunities to conduct this work without utilizing the summer months. As such, Girl Scouts of Northern California has made the decision to NOT operate Deer Lake for the summer of 2015 in order to concentrate on this important forest management work. We understand that this may be disappointing to many, but we always place the safety of our campers and staff as a top priority, and we feel this is an essential step.

Our hope is to reopen Deer Lake in time for its 60th Anniversary season in 2016! In the meantime, we are moving some of our popular Deer Lake camp programs to our other summer camps and also designing Deer Lake style high adventure programs at those camps for girls who want a High Sierra summer camp experience.

Should you have any questions please feel free to contact us. Thank you for your continued support of our camp programs. We look forward to offering you more great summer adventures in the future!

Deer Lake on the Road!

If you liked these programs at Deer Lake, then look for more High Sierra Adventures at our other camps!

Loved it at Deer Lake?

Then try‌

Splash On!

Splash Mob at Sugar Pine

Mooncatchers

Starry Starry Night at Sugar Pine

The Seeker Game

Secret Agent at Sugar Pine

Wilderness Girls or Outback GO Wild! at Sugar Pine C.H.I.L.L.

U Choose! at Sugar Pine

Day Trippers

Bay Trippers at Bothin

Soarin’

Now at Bothin

iPaddle

Now at Sugar Pine

Shoot the Rapids

Now at Sugar Pine

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Program Highlights

High Ropes Adventure Course Performance Art Culinary Art* Fine Arts and Design Organic Garden Animal Adventures* Swimming Archery Mini Sessions Field Trips* Mother/Daughter Program* *Specialty program only

Bothin Bothin Ranch Schedule SESSION

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Transportation

Transportation is NOT provided to or from Bothin. Check in is from 2 – 3 p.m. on the first day of each session. The closing ceremony will start at 11 a.m. on the last day of each camp session. Parents are encouraged to attend and celebrate their daughter’s week of camp. Check out will be directly after the closing ceremony at noon. Campers are expected to be dropped off and picked up during these times.

Open House

Bring a picnic lunch and meet the staff on Saturday, June 20, 12 – 3 p.m.

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idden away in its own cozy canyon in charming Marin County just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, Bothin offers a delicious blend of exciting programs for the first-time camper to seasoned experts!

Be an “Artist in Residence” and let your imagination soar, mix it up and learn to cook or join the Bothin Theatre Company and find out if you like to be on the stage or calling the shots behind the scenes. Hop a ferry across the Bay, climb through the trees on our amazing Adventure Course, or discover the world of animals, it’s all here waiting for you! Swimming, outdoor cooking, campfires under starry skies, and magical days with new friends will round out your experience. Bothin provides an enriching atmosphere for girls to explore their own interests, find their strengths, and learn from each other. Together, staff and campers build a close-knit community that empowers girls and encourages them to shine. With fun-filled days and memories to last a lifetime, Bothin is the place for you!

Sleeping accommodations vary from dormitories and openair cabins to platform or dome tents with mattresses.

For photos on housing visit

camprocks.org/bothin.

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Bothin Note: Grade means level entering in the Fall. Campers in 1st – 3rd and 2nd – 4th grade programs do not participate in archery or high ropes activities.

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Fantasia

Grades 1 – 3 Sessions 1B, 2C, 2D Fee $350 Everything you like to do and more! Swim in the pool, have fun at the art barn, dress up in costumes, dig in the garden, have a cookout and sing songs around the campfire with all your new friends. Take some glitter, ribbon and beads and use your imagination to create your own set of fairy wings and wand. Then take a whimsical hike to the Fairy Steps for a special adventure.

The magic of camp is waiting for you!

Zoomunji

Grades 2 – 4 Sessions 1B, 2C, 3B Fee $350 Bunnies, Birds and Bears, oh my! What’s your favorite animal? Discover how different animals live and play and have fun in art when you make wild animal masks or amazing critter collages. Hang out with the Bothin chickens and even make your own Bothin Teddy Bear. Learn the Teddy Bear Waltz and song, and dance the days away with all your new friends—bears included!

Sunsational

Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 1B, 1C, 2C, 2D, 3A, 3B Fee $350

Sessions 1D, 2A Fee $535

Session 3 Fee $565 Step into the world of summer fun and help create your own camp adventure.

You and your group will choose many of your activities throughout the week.

So what will it be? Climb the giant cargo net and soar through the trees on the zip line, splash in the pool, get creative at the art barn, try your hand at archery, harvest the garden or cook tasty treats over a campfire. It’s all here for you! You and your new friends will catch some summer fun and have the time of your life!

Animal Lovers

Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 2B, 3 Fee$615 Are you crazy about animals? Then it’s off on a safari adventure for you!

Head to the Oakland Zoo where you’ll team up for a special expedition in search of unique animals, from amazing Pachyderms to exotic Island Flying Fox Bats. Meet some “hip hop” friends from SaveABunny, a local rabbit rescue organization. Round out your safari with an exciting overnight at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco! Have fun with new friends as you learn about aquatic critters, then fall asleep under the crystal clear tunnels of the Aquarium as thousands of fish, including sharks, skates and bat rays swim overhead. It’s an awesome animal adventure waiting for you!

Monkey Business

Grades 4 – 6 Session 1D Fee $535

Sessions 1A, 2B Fee $565 Have you ever wanted to swing through the trees like a monkey? Here’s your chance to climb, hang, and zip through the air on the exciting Bothin adventure course. Spend time each day challenging yourself on different elements. Will you conquer the triple stack or vertical playpen to reach the sky bench above the trees? Or will you scale the giant cargo net tunnel to get to the zip line? At the end of the day, relax around the campfire and make tasty treats like banana boats with your new friends.

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Shoot for the Stars

Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 1D, 2A Fee $535 Get ready for an adventure that’s out of this world when you mix archery and astronomy for some real cosmic fun! Take to the range to learn the basics of archery. Explore the night sky through Bothin’s field telescope and go on a night hike and shoot glow-in-the-dark archery. Have a sleep out in the meadow and watch for shooting stars to make a wish on while you stargaze the night away. Amazing!

Supergirl!

Grades 4 – 6 Session 3 Fee $575 Bring your inner heroine to life and be part of something powerful in this Journey inspired adventure! Team up with your fellow Supergirls and work together to overcome exciting challenges on the adventure course. Explore the Rosie the Riveter National Park and discover how these amazing heroines changed history. Then visit the Marine Mammal Center and see more super heroes in action! Become an “Agent of Change” when you tap into your own superpowers, celebrate your strengths and discover how you can make a difference in the world too.

Note: Girls will complete most of the Agent of Change Journey.

GO Detectives!

Grades 5 – 7 Session 2A Fee $535 Get Outdoors and use your code-cracking detective skills to solve the mystery! Hike the Bothin Adventure Trail to find the location of hidden messages and secret maps and work together to solve puzzles and riddles.

Clues might be anywhere, from the sky bench at the top of the ropes course to a bulls eye at the archery range. Use GPS devices for some “high tech” orienteering to find more answers too. Twists and turns at every corner will keep you and your new friends guessing as you enjoy all the fun of Bothin and the great outdoors too!

Soarin’

Grades 5 – 8 Sessions 1A, 3 Fee $585 Soar over the waves on Lake Merritt and sail through the air on the zip line when you bring two of your favorite camp thrills together! In a one-of-a-kind experience on the water, grab your teammates and paddle a 25 person dragon boat across the lake. Back at camp, work together to anchor your friends as they climb the triple stack dynamic elements of the adventure course. Then try your hand at the Great Zip Line Target Drop – how high will you score? Add swimming, archery, raft building, time with new friends and much more. You’ll be soarin’ through summer fun and adventure in no time!

Artisans

Grades 5 – 8 Session 2A Fee $565 Painting, sculpting, sketching, and many other art mediums will fill this imaginative week at camp. Take a trip to the de Young art museum in San Francisco for inspiration in your self expression. Then let your creative side come to life as you paint a masterpiece, make a mosaic, or glaze bisque ware to fire in a kiln. Make your own template for a custom silk screened shirt too!

Display your creations in a special art show for all the camp to see.

Bay Trippers

Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 1A, 2B Fee $615 Each day is a new trip around the bay! Ride the ferry to Angel Island and take in the view while flying kites on the beach. Travel through Marin Headlands to Point Bonita Lighthouse and visit the Marine Mammal Center before heading back to camp. Try your hand at stand up paddle boarding on Tomales Bay, and spend the day in the sun at Chicken Ranch Beach along the west shore.

Tee off at a local miniature golf course with your friends. The adventure continues as you make a splash at the pool, sleep under the stars, shoot some arrows on the archery range, hang out with your new friends and so much more!

H.1.P.

Grades 6 – 9 Session 1C Fee $350 Hike, Imagine, and Play—your way! In this fun and exciting four-day program just for older girls, you and your group will design your own camp experience.

What to do? Get creative in the art barn, swim in the pool, plan a flashmob, take a twilight hike, or maybe hang from the trees on the high ropes adventure course. Try a little bit of everything and just be H.I.P.

Summer Retreat

Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 1D, 2A Fee $570 Step into your very own summer getaway and enjoy all that Bothin has to offer! Climb to the top of the adventure Course, express yourself in the art barn, aim for the bulls-eye in archery and discover breathtaking views of the Bay from the top of the Skyline trail. Then hang out with all your new friends on an overnight at the Pt. Reyes youth hostel. Explore the lighthouse, search for tule elk or elephant seals and relax around your beach bonfire under starry skies. It’s the perfect summer retreat!

Team Cuisine

Grades 5 – 7 Session 2B Fee $585 Calling all food fans—the kitchen challenge is on! Work with your team every day to overcome some interesting kitchen and cooking obstacles and figure out what to make! Be on the look out for your mystery basket of ingredients, then find or create a recipe to make your team creation. Or perhaps you will find that an essential ingredient is missing from the kitchen; what will you do? Problem solve like a true chef and make it work!

Culinary Creators

Grades 7 – 10 Session 3 Fee $625 Appetizer to dessert, design a five-course meal with flavors that complement each other and explore the world of fine dining. Discover what goes into running a restaurant or reviewing dishes as a Food Critic. Visit a local restaurant to meet a professional chef. Then turn the dining hall into your group’s own restaurant and help design and prepare a special meal for other campers. Delicious!

On Belay

Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 1D, 2A Fee $615 Get “On Belay” when you climb into a week-long adventure challenge on the exciting Bothin adventure course. Spend time everyday setting goals and conquering the elements. Work with your teammates to scale the triple stack, climb the giant cargo net backwards, and fly through the trees on the zip line.

Round out your week with an amazing Eco Canopy Tour in Sonoma where you will soar through the treetops on seven zip lines!

Movie Makers

Grades 7 – 10 Session 3 Fee $575 Lights! Camera! Action! Direct and produce your own short camp documentary with an outdoor spin. Will you scale to the top of the ropes course to capture your teammates flying off the zipline? Or be inspired by the birds of Bothin or the view from the tree-top canopy? Shoot your footage and learn some basic editing. With your fellow film crew, create a team DVD to show to friends and family. Let the cameras roll!

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Pastry Puffs

Grades 2 – 4 Session 1C Fee $370 A spoonful of sugar, a dash of friendship, and a cup of laughter are the ingredients for a delicious time at camp! Learn the basics of baking and make scrumptious snacks or a yummy dessert. Decorate cupcakes and plan a party to share your creations. Design your own cooking apron too.

Pizza Farmer

Grades 4 – 6 Session 1D Fee $555 How does your pizza grow? The Bothin Organic Garden (BOG) is full of all the fresh veggies and herbs you need to make tasty homemade pizzas. Go on a behind the scenes tour of a pizzeria and learn to toss and flip dough in the air.

Make a pizza sauce and use toppings and ingredients you harvest to create different thin crust, deep dish and English muffin pizza masterpieces! Express yourself as you decorate a wood-fire pizza board and plant your very own pizza herb garden to take home.

Sweet Treats

Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 1B, 3A Fee $370 All the fun of outdoor cooking in a program that’s short, sweet, and filled with treats! Maybe you’ll make chocolate fondue over a fire, create a cake in a box oven, get creative with campfire crepes, or make a berry cobbler in a dutch oven.

And of course, you’ll build a s’more! Have fun with new friends and enjoy all that Bothin offers. Yummy!

B O T H I N T H E ATR E C O M PA N Y Immerse yourself in the world of performance art! Campers in these programs will explore and practice different aspects of theater production within a program theme. From acting, singing, dancing, and improvisation to make-up, set design, technical support, and more. All groups will work toward a special performance at the end of their session. Campers will also have time to enjoy other fun activities from swimming, outdoor cooking, and arts and crafts, to exploring the organic garden, games, campfires, and much more!

Star Girls

Grades 2 – 4 Sessions 1C, 2D Fee $370 Take the stage and shine like the star that you are! Have fun with skits, dance, costumes, make-up, special effects and more. Then be part of the opening act for the BIG Off Broadway performance where all of camp can see you and your new friends light up the stage.

The Bothin Glee Club

Grades 4 – 6 Session 2A Fee $555 If you’ve ever dreamed of singing with friends combined with great dance moves, this program is for you! Grab the mic and have a blast at a Karaoke party and sing the night away. Put together a performance of your own favorite songs and WOW the crowd at campfire with a production of Bothin’s second annual AirBand show! Between rehearsals, enjoy all the great activities Bothin offers.

Off Broadway

Grades 5 – 8 Session 1 Fee $750 Grades 8 – 12 Session 2 Fee$750 It’s Showtime! From auditions to the final bow, work with your group to put on a complete musical production. Participate in daily rehearsals, design sets, create costumes, and learn about all aspects of a Broadway show. Attend a local theatrical performance and learn more about professional stage work too. At the end of your session, present your production to all of camp.

Parents and friends are welcome to attend and can join you for a special “cast party” following the performance. Just hear that applause!

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Program Highlights

Horseback Riding Instruction

(beginning to advanced Western, English and Vaulting)*

Beach Exploration/Marine Biology Sea Kayaking* Indoor Rock Climbing* Surfing* Surface Scuba Diving* High and Low Ropes Courses Wilderness Skills Archery Field Trips* Mini Sessions *Specialty program only

Skylark Ranch T

he magic and beauty of Skylark Ranch awaits you! Overlooking the Pacific Ocean north of Santa Cruz, Skylark Ranch offers exciting opportunities for the first time camper as well as those seeking high adventure.

Explore ocean beaches, create in the art center, challenge yourself on our adventure course, or swing in the trees on our high ropes course! From archery, hiking, and outdoor cooking to flickering campfires surrounded by new friends, there is something here for everyone. Since 1953, Skylark Ranch has been that special place where campers enjoy great summer fun while they develop skills and build self-confidence. With emphasis placed on teamwork and building community, girls develop strong bonds and gain leadership skills. Girls go home with a stronger feeling of independence and self-esteem and an incredible sense of accomplishment and belonging. Exciting adventures, new friends, and memories to last a lifetime are here at Skylark Ranch.

Sleeping accommodations vary from platform tents with beds or tree beds/lashed hammocks.

For photos on housing visit

camprocks.org/skylark.

Skylark Ranch Schedule SESSION

DAYS

DATES

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10

June 21 – June 30

1A

7

June 21 – June 27

1B

4

June 27 – June 30

2

12

July 6 – July 17

2A

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July 6 – July 11

2B

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July 11 – July 17

2C

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July 11 – July 14

2D

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July 14 – July 17

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July 22 – August 2

3A

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July 22 – July 28

3B

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July 22 – July 25

3C

4

July 25 – July 28

3D

6

July 28 – August 2

4

11

August 7 – August 17

4A

6

August 7 – August 12

4B

6

August 12 – August 17

C.I.T.*

16

Sessions 1 & 2A

Advanced C.I.T.*

23

Sessions 2B & 3

Apprentice C.I.T.*

22

Sessions 3 & 4

Advanced W.I.T.*

19

Sessions 2B & 3

Apprentice W.I.T.*

23

Sessions 3 & 4

Family Camp

4

September 4 – September 7

*Program spans multiple sessions. Participants return home between sessions.

See camprocks.org for more details.

Transportation

Chartered bus transportation provided from San Jose or Santa Cruz. Family Camp does not include transportation.

Open House

Bring a picnic lunch and meet the staff on Saturday, June 20, 12 – 3 p.m.

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Skylark Ranch Note: Grade means level entering in the Fall. Campers in 2nd – 4th grade programs do not participate in archery or high ropes activities.

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Mermaid’s Lagoon

Grades 2 – 4 Sessions 1B, 2C, 2D Fee $360 Spend a long summer day at Skylark’s very own beach lagoon. While at the beach, enjoy playing games and building sand castles for mermaids near the shimmering waves. Explore the tide pools where other sea creatures spend their days. Visit Fern Grove to build a fairy house, or take a sunset hike, have fun with arts and crafts, outdoor cooking, meadow games, and more.

Sea Stars

Grades 4 – 6 Session 1A Fee $575

Sessions 1B, 2C, 2D, 3B Fee $360

Sessions 3D, 4A, 4B Fee $545 Explore all that Skylark Ranch has to offer in this cool summer fun program!

Discover new sea critters at the tide pools while hanging out with friends on the beach. Make a watercolor masterpiece from your oceanside experience.

Take a nature hike to Inspiration Point or spend the afternoon shooting archery and swinging from the low or high ropes course. From outdoor cooking, stargazing, and skits around the campfire to time with new friends, a great summer adventure awaits you!

Note: Due to the length of sessions 1B, 2C, 2D, 3B activities may vary.

Firefly

Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 1B, 3C Fee $360 Build a campfire with your new friends and cook some delicious meals in the great outdoors. Spend time flying through the air on the nitro swing in the Challenge Course and the giant swing on the High Ropes Course. Set off on a nature-themed scavenger hunt, sing songs with friends, and have an outdoor overnight under a blanket of stars.

Summer Magic

Grades 7 – 12 Session 1B Fee $360 It’s a quick getaway to experience the outdoors, activities, and magic of Skylark Ranch. Create a unique work of art, hang out at the beach, cook gourmet goodies over a campfire, try your hand at archery, or experience the thrill of the high ropes course. It’s four days of fun and new friends just waiting for you!

inSPAration

Grades 4 – 6 Session 1A Fee $575 Let out your inner girl power while pampering yourself at camp! Express yourself with cool new hair wraps and develop your own line of homemade facial and sugar scrubs. Create lip gloss and lotion from eco-friendly ingredients. Show your own unique style as you accessorize with jewelry that you design. Create a refreshing summertime fruit cooler drink and watch the sunset at inspiration point with your new camp friends!

Tree-mendous Tinker

Grades 4 – 6 Session 4B Fee $545 Calling all tinkers… Step into the whimsical and curious world of tinkering and use some of our natural resources at camp to make exciting things among the trees. Use basic skills and materials along with a lot of imagination and even some teamwork as you take things apart and put them back together in new and interesting ways. Follow your own exploration or work together and perhaps design and build a rope bridge between trees in the challenge course. Create an awesome fort for an overnight and fiddle and dabble with your projects in the art center. You’re sure to have a tree-mendous time as a Tinker!

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Archers Adventure

Grades 5 – 7 Session 2A Fee $570 Become an archery legend! Ready your arrows, take aim, and shoot. Join Maid Marian’s Quest for the best archer in the land and learn or enhance your archery skills in the sport of archery. Make your own arrows, targets, arm guards, and more. Play creative shooting games and take an exciting trip to a local field archery range to experience a whole new world of archery. Some archery experience necessary.

Farmtastic!

Grades 5 – 7 Session 3D Fee $570 Ever wonder what it would be like to live on a farm? Join us and find out while you gather tasty things to bring back to camp. Meet the goats at Harley Farms. Take a behind the scenes, hands-on tour at Swanton Berry Farms where you’ll pick organic strawberries & olallieberries to make a delicious jam.

Visit the farm stand at Pie Ranch to gather fresh local ingredients to bake a pie in an outdoor oven around the campfire. Spend your nights back at camp hosting whimsical parties full of treats and delights you’ve made from the farm.

Beach Boogie

Grades 5 – 7 Sessions 3D, 4A Fee $570 Sand, surf, and sun are waiting for you. Spend a day cruisin’ the waves in Santa Cruz on your very own boogie board. Back on land, explore the tide pools at Skylark’s beach, play games in the sand at Bean Hollow beach, and participate in our Ninth Annual Sand Castle Contest! Plan a dance party for other campers and boogie the night away.

Summer Sleuths

Grades 5 – 7 Session 2A Fee $545 It’s an outrageous session-long “who-dunit” mystery. Are you ready for a challenge? With your fellow sleuths, you’ll find clues to solve a case … if you can. Spend time each day on the challenge course working with your team to solve problems and riddles. Visit the Mystery Spot and spend a day learning the tricks of the trade from a real life crime scene investigator.

Gilligan’s Island

Grades 5 – 7 Sessions 1, 4 Fee $725

Session 3 Fee $750

Sessions 2B, 3A Fee $625 Grades 8 – 12 Session 2 Fee $750 The ultimate DIY experience! You’re stranded on an imaginary island with only your wits and camp friends to depend on. What would you do?! Practice lashing and build a tree bed? Cook your own meals? Learn outdoor skills and wilderness techniques, then use your imagination to make this primitive camp “island” your home away from home!

Beach Girls

Grades 7 – 10 Sessions 1A, 3A Fee $640 Ready for some EXTREME summer fun? Have a summer BBQ with new friends. Spend the day at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, go on an overnight at Point Montara Lighthouse, and enjoy swimming at Santa Cruz beaches. Don’t miss out—be a Beach Girl!

Moonshadows

Grades 8 – 12 Session 2B Fee $645 Just for older girls. Enjoy your favorite camp activities by day and discover Skylark Ranch by night. Share late night talks sitting around the campfire under the stars and sleep late if you choose. Plan an event for another unit or a dance for the whole camp. Go on an overnight to Point Montara Lighthouse in Half Moon Bay, have fun on a sunset sea kayaking tour, and enjoy the moonlight surrounded by new friends.

CR E ATI V E A R T S PROG R A M S

Guitars & Gourmet

Grades 6 – 9 Session 2A Fee $545 Whether you’re cooking something delicious to eat or singing your favorite camp songs… this program has it all! Create gourmet meals—outdoor style—and sit around the campfire learning to play the guitar or just enjoy your favorite camp songs. Plan a campfire party with another group and serenade others under the stars. No previous guitar or music experience necessary.

Guitars are provided.

D1Y-namite

Grades 7 – 10 Session 3A Fee $575

Session 4A Fee $545 Take your love for Do It Yourself to the next level. Master the art of duct tape craft and design a bracelet, wallet or bag. Make your own arrows to shoot in the archery range. Join the ranks of the innovative “makers” and lash an outdoor kitchen for your living unit, whittle a s’more stick or put on your tool belt to design, drill and paint your own aggravation board game. Then grab your new camp friends and head to the Scrap Re-Use Center in San Francisco to gather supplies for the ultimate D.I.Y project back at camp.

Hip, Hip, Belay!

Grades 6 – 9 Session 1A Fee $640

Sessions 3D, 4A Fee $610 Do you love the thrill of the high ropes course? Learn the skills you need to belay your teammates and develop the true meaning of trust. Soar through the air on the giant swing or traverse the wobbly multi-vine and experience the ultimate challenge of these and more elements among the majestic redwoods.

Add to your experience as you spend a day on the adventure course at our Camp Bothin in Marin. Clip in and out as you cross over the creek on the static course or climb to the swinging bench at the top of the dynamic course.

Belay on!

Up, Up, and Away

Grades 7 – 10 Sessions 2A, 4A Fee $625 Travel through the redwoods, across sky bridges and zip lines over 400 feet long on a special canopy tour. Enjoy the pristine beauty of the coastal redwood forest from the unique perspective only a sky-high adventure like this can offer.

Back at camp, climb the elements of the high ropes course and learn basic climbing knots. Practice your climbing and ropes techniques further at an indoor rock climbing gym where you can boulder and scale the walls.

Note: Campers must weigh between 70 and 250 lbs.

Surf’s Up PAC I F I C A DV E N T U R E P R O G R A M S

Seafari

Grades 5 – 7 Session 4B Fee $600 Explore the wealth of wildlife roaming the endless Pacific! Your Seafari begins by visiting the Elephant Seals at Año Nuevo State Beach. Then head to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center and check out the dolphins, otters, and other marine mammals before exploring the expansive tide pools at Natural Bridges beach.

Your adventure continues when you hop aboard a catamaran and sail through a kelp forest where you may catch a glimpse of sea lions, seals, and sea otters.

Sea Quest

Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 3D, 4B Fee $655 Leave the shoreline for your amazing adventures at sea. Journey up the Santa Cruz coastline on a team challenge sailing regatta with experienced skippers from Pacific Yachting. See the marine animals up close when you paddle through the harbor in your kayak. Take your adventure to the next level when you learn to balance yourself on a stand up paddle board on the ocean!

Note: Must be able to swim face down in deep water.

Grades 8 – 12 Session 3A Fee $790 Hang ten and ride the waves as you surf the waters in Santa Cruz. Under the direction of a world-renowned surfing instructor, spend eight hours over four days learning the basics of this exciting sport. You’ll be on your board in no time! Visit the surfing museum in Santa Cruz and check out the famous Steamers Lane. Surf’s Up! Note: All equipment is provided. Must be able to swim face down in deep water.

Sand, Sun and Route 1

Grades 8 – 12 Session 4 Fee $840 It’s the ultimate seven day road trip with your friends along Highway 1.

Create a playlist for the trip, pack up the car, and prepare to camp in some of the most scenic parts of California. Have fun cruising in your kayak along the shores of Half Moon Bay. Discover phenomenal tide pools at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and even catch a glimpse of the epic surfing waves of Mavericks. Head north and explore Golden Gate Park in San Francisco or the forts at Marin Headlands before traveling on to Pt. Reyes National Seashore and Tomales Bay for some stand up paddle boarding fun. Visit Bodega Bay and check out amazing coastal beaches, lighthouses and interesting spots as you discover the magic and fun of the great American road trip!

Note: Must be able to swim in deep water.

Oceans Away!

Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 1A, 2B Fee $695 What could you see, when you step out to sea? Spend a day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and get a fish’s eye view on an underwater adventure as you surface scuba dive in the Great Tide Pool! After an overnight in Monterey, explore the ocean on a special boating excursion as you look for whales and other marine creatures. Then venture the waters of the Santa Cruz harbor for a day of sea kayaking too. Note: All equipment is provided. Must be able to swim face down in deep water. Maximum age limit is 13 years old for scuba.

Spot ters Ready?

Grades 4 – 6 Session 2A Fee $545 It’s the best summer adventure ever! Start the fun when you and your campmates master daily obstacles on the low or high ropes course. Hoist your friends into the air on the flying squirrel and climb to the sky on the giant’s ladder.

Become a spotter and help your team navigate the challenge course. Then hang with new friends at fun spots around camp, from archery and tidepools at the beach to a walk over the bridge to fern grove. It’s spot on fun for you!

L RS P IPPR OPGRRO AM LE EAADDE E RHSI H GS R A M S Mentor Mentor younger younger girls girls in in aa camp camp setting setting as as you you build build skills skills toward toward becoming becoming aa camp counselor or riding specialist.

The Counselor in Training camp counselor or riding specialist. The Counselor in Training (C.I.T.) (C.I.T.) and and Wrangler Wrangler in in Training Training (W.I.T.) (W.I.T.) programs programs are are by by application application only. only. Registration Registration and and applications applications must must be be submitted submitted for for leadership leadership programs programs at at the the same same time. time.

A description of the levels and the process can be found on our website A description of the levels and the process can be found on our website at at CampRocks.org.

CampRocks.org.

C.I.T. $ C.I.T. (15 (15 yrs yrs or or 10th 10th Grade) Grade) Sessions 1 & 2A FeeSessions 1, 2A Fee $795 Advanced C.I.T. / W.I.T. (16 yrs or 11th Grade) Sessions 2B2B, & 3 3 FeeFee $ $850 Advanced C.I.T. / W.I.T. (16 yrs or 11th Grade) Sessions Apprentice C.I.T. / W.I.T. (17 yrs or 12th Grade) Sessions 3 & 4 Fee $ Apprentice C.I.T. / W.I.T. (17 yrs or 12th Grade) Sessions 3, 4 Fee $850

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Skylark Ranch EQU E S TR I A N

PROG R A M S

Skylark Ranch offers quality riding school instruction in a summer camp setting. Our program features beginning to advanced lessons in both English and Western riding. Emphasis in all program levels is on skill development, progression, and expanding knowledge of horses and horse care. Campers receive a riding assessment on the first day of camp and are placed in riding classes based on their skill level. Classes are kept small with a ratio of at least one instructor to six campers.

Campers in all levels: • Have daily riding lessons (unless noted) • Participate in theory lessons • Take part in horse care and management • Participate in the sport of vaulting, which teaches balance while learning to move with a horse • Receive a written evaluation of their skills throughout the session and a ribbon of completion

Choose the level that’s right for you...

Finding the correct riding program for your daughter is important not only for the quality of her program but for her own safety. To help you select the program that would best suit your daughter, review the levels of the Equestrian Programs offered and their descriptions. ALL skills listed for the chosen style of riding need to be met consistently to qualify for that riding program. Riding time varies with each program and lessons are more in depth as riding levels advance.

(E) = English, (W) = Western Level 1: Introduction to Riding Program: Saddle Samplers Campers do not need any previous experience.

Level 2: Beginning Riding

Programs: Silver Spurs, Pony Tails, Saddle & Paddle Campers do not need any previous experience.

Level 3: Advanced Beginning Riding

Programs: Take the Reins, The “Mane” Event Campers must be able to: • ride in an arena without a lead line • lead a horse comfortably • mount and dismount with assistance • begin demonstrating control while maintaining a safe basic balanced position at the walk and trot (E) or jog (W) • demonstrate correct reining position • halt a horse • know the correct application of turning/riding aids • a minimum of 5 previous lessons are required for this program

Level 4: Intermediate Riding

Programs: Mount Up, Happy Trails, Le Trec Campers must be able to: • meet all requirements from Level 3 above AND • demonstrate control in a group while maintaining a basic balanced position at the walk and trot (E) or jog (W) • ride without stirrups at the walk and trot (E) or jog (W) • explain the aids for the canter (E) or lope (W) Mount Up Campers must also be able to: • maintain jumping position at the trot • maintain a safe, balanced position at a controlled canter • maintain control while jumping a trot course of fences at 2’

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Level 5: Advanced Riding

Programs: Tally Ho!, Drill Fever Campers must be able to: • meet all requirements from Level 3 and 4 above AND • mount, dismount, walk, trot (E) or jog (W), and canter (E) or lope (W) a horse with control • demonstrate a secure balanced position and progress toward an independent seat and coordinated use of aids • explain the application of and reasons for various aids • demonstrate an increased and decreased speed and show confidence and control at all gaits • demonstrate the ability to ride different horses showing confidence and control • ride without stirrups at the walk and also sitting trot Campers riding Western style must be able to: • demonstrate correct use of leg aids • maintain a light rein Campers riding English style must also be able to: • jump a single course of 5 – 7 obstacles at the trot and canter • demonstrate balanced and steady position over various jump obstacles at 2'6"

Now choose the riding style that’s right for you...

Western Style

From reining to rodeos, Western Equitation is a thrilling way to experience horseback riding. Participate in lessons at the arena or set off on fantastic trail rides… jump in the saddle and become a cowgirl today!

English Style

Are you a hunter or a jumper? From ground poles to jumping over fences, gain skills in this traditional riding discipline. Develop proper balance and form through Hunt Seat Equitation and even ride through the countryside.

Vaulting

Gymnastics on horseback! This is sure to bring out the stunt rider in you and help develop balance and riding position. Practice your moves on a barrel horse first. Then, with an assisted mount, show off your skills on horseback!

Saddle Sampler

(Level 1: English OR Western) Grades 2 – 4 Sessions 1B, 3B, 3C Fee $470 Take part in two riding lessons, a vaulting lesson, and learn about how to take care of your horse! Campers will get to try Western OR English styles.

Saddle & Paddle

(Level 2: English OR Western) Grades 6 – 12 Session 4B Fee $645 The best of both worlds! Climb in the saddle and participate in 1 arena, 1 trail and 1 vaulting lesson. Learn the basics or enhance the skills you already have in horseback riding. Demonstrate balance on your horse in vaulting, then take that balance to your kayaking as you paddle through the water off the Santa Cruz coast.

Mount Up

(Level 4: English) Grades 5 – 8 Session 2B Fee $765 Spend 2½ hours each day, refining your riding style and then participate in lessons on theory and horsemanship. Improve your jumping technique over different fences and practice perfecting your canter. Go on a trail ride to jump a fence in the open! Show off your skills while riding your horse to campfire for a demonstration in the meadow.

Pony Tails (Level 2: English)

Grades 3 – 5 Sessions 2A, 3D, 4A Fee $665 Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 1A, 2B Fee $695

Session 4B Fee $665 During daily riding lessons, you will learn to ride in an arena without a lead line, demonstrate the basic balanced position at the halt and walk, and demonstrate control at the walk and the trot according to your riding style.

Silver Spurs

(Level 2: Western) Grades 3 – 5 Sessions 2A, 3D, 4A Fee $665 Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 1A, 2B Fee $695

Session 4B Fee $665 During daily riding lessons, you will learn to ride in an arena without a lead line, demonstrate the basic balanced position at the halt and walk, and demonstrate control at the walk and the trot according to your riding style.

The “Mane” Event

(Level 3: English) Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 1A, 2B, 3A Fee $695

Session 4B Fee $665 Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 2A, 3D, 4A Fee $665 Improve your English riding skills in daily lessons and learn to groom, saddle, and care for horses. Learn the rising trot and ride in a half seat jumping position over poles. Practice your halt, steer while trotting through obstacles, and more!

Take the Reins

(Level 3: Western) Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 1A, 2B, 3A Fee $695

Session 4B Fee $665 Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 2A, 3D, 4A Fee $665 Improve your Western riding skills in daily lessons and learn to groom, saddle, and care for horses. Learn how to pick up stirrups without looking, walk your horse over ground poles, and practice steering while jogging figure eights and serpentines!

A DVA N C E D R I D I N G PR O G R A M S These programs are by application only. Refer to the skill requirements on the previous page. The application is on camprocks.org. Contact happycamper@ girlscoutsnorcal.org for more details.

Spend 3 – 4 hours each day improving your riding skills. Expand your equestrian training with additional daily vaulting, theory, and horse management lessons.

Happy Trails (Level 4: English OR Western)

Tally Ho! (Level 5: English)

Le Trec (Level 4: English OR Western)

Drill Fever (Level 5: Western or English)

Grades 8 – 12 Sessions 2A, 3D Fee $690

Session 3A Fee $720 Hop in the saddle, hit the trail and explore the majestic redwoods and rolling coastal meadows on horseback! Enjoy daily trail rides with spectacular views.

Ride your horse to a cookout and take part in a mounted flag ceremony in the meadow!

Grades 6 – 9 Session 1 Fee $845

Session 4 Fee $875 Discover the world of Trec, one of the fastest growing equestrian sports that every horse and rider can enjoy. The emphasis is on having fun with your horse! The sport is made up of three phases: orienteering, control of gaits, and a cross country obstacle course. Spend two hours each day in lessons that will teach you how to overcome various challenges in the natural environment.

Grades 8 – 12 Session 3 Fee $925 Explore the world of Hunter Seat competitions and take both under-saddle and over fences classes to improve your equitation skills. In addition to flatwork, take lessons on dressage, jumping, cross country, and more!

Create a drill routine to perform. A horse show will be held at the end of the session—families are welcome to attend!

Grades 8 – 12 Session 2 Fee $925 Do you have Drill Fever? Be a part of the excitement and adventure of this unique drill team experience. Work with your teammates and instructors to choreograph a routine to perform for the rest of the equestrian program campers. Learn new maneuvers and patterns timed to your favorite music and create one-of-a-kind costumes and flags for your routine. Perform a mounted flag ceremony and see if you have what it takes to do hip hop dressage!

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Program Highlights

Horseback Riding High Ropes Adventure Tower Swimming Archery Gold Panning Wilderness Skills Alpine Lakes* Caving* Field Trips* River Rafting* Mini Sessions Family Camp *Specialty program only

Sugar P ine Sugar Pine Schedule

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June 26 – July 2

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June 26 – June 29

1B

4

June 29 – July 2

Sugar Pine, located in the heart of Calaveras County, has been home to generations of campers for over 75 years! The fun and adventurous programs and the deep traditions bring girls back year after year. From the thrill of horseback riding, the challenge of the Adventure Tower, the fun of swimming in the sparkling pool, or getting creative at the Art Barn, to singing around the campfire with new friends, Sugar Pine builds memories to last a lifetime. Within a safe, nurturing environment, girls are empowered and challenged to discover themselves. Families can enjoy the fun of camp too at our Sugar Pine Round Up Family Camp! Great fun and summer adventures are all here for you!

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11

July 7 – July 17

2A

6

July 7 – July 12

2B

6

July 12 – July 17

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July 21 – August 1

3A

6

July 21 – July 26

3B

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July 26 – August 1

3C

4

July 26 – July 29

3D

4

July 29 – August 1

C.I.T.*

18

Sessions 1 & 2

Advance C.I.T.*

23

Sessions 2 & 3

Guardstart*

23

Sessions 2 & 3

Family Camp

3–6

Sleeping accommodations vary from tent cabins and platform tents with beds to tipis and dome tents with mattresses. For photos on housing visit

camprocks.org/sugarpine.

August 11 – August 16

*Program spans multiple sessions. Participants return home between sessions.

See camprocks.org for more details.

Transportation

Chartered bus from Alameda or Pleasanton. Family Camp does not include transportation.

Open House

Bring a picnic lunch and meet the staff on Saturday, June 20, 12 – 3 p.m.

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Sugar Pine Note: Grade means level entering in the Fall. Campers in 2nd – 4th grade programs do not participate in archery or high ropes activities.

H O R S E B A C K

R I D I N G

All campers at Sugar Pine have one horseback ride during their session (Climb & Ride and Mountain Do! campers have additional rides). For this activity, the maximum weight allowed is 225lbs. These horseback riding experiences will either be a lesson in the arena or a trail ride, depending on the skills and abilities of the camper groups. The Riding Staff at camp determine if a trail ride will take place. To add to the fun, all campers have the chance to help feed and care for the Sugar Pine herd!

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Jamboree!

Grades 2 – 4 Sessions 1A, 1B, 3D Fee $360 A jamboree of summer fun just for you! In this special four-day program, you can get a real taste of camp life. Swim in the pool, have a cookout and make tasty treats, get creative with crafts, take a special twilight hike, and sing songs under starry, starry skies. Have a Country dance party and jam with your new camp friends too!

Pine Pixies

Grades 2 – 4 Session 3C Fee $360 Step into the enchanting world of make-believe when you dress up in costumes, act out fairytales, have fun with face paint, and find your own pixie power. Explore the creek and spend your days splashing at the pool. Design a whimsical flower crown to wear to a tea party under the Sugar Pine trees.

Host a Pixie Party for your new camp friends and dance under the twinkle of the stars!

Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 2A, 3A Fee $545 There’s nothing better than camping out under the stars. Have fun with night time games from flashlight tag to glow in the dark archery. Take a twilight hike then have a sleep-in breakfast! Plan a special stargazing camp-out and explore the night sky for brilliant constellations and shooting stars. Then create a dreamboat to launch in the creek and carry your special wishes.

Enjoy all of the daytime fun of Sugar Pine too!

Splash Mob!

Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 2B, 3A Fee $545 Splash into summer fun—Sugar Pine style! A sparkling pool, pool parties, creak stompin’, and a hike to a nearby Alpine lake are part of the fun waiting for you. Turn up the music and practice your dance moves for a surprise flash mob for the whole camp. Invite your friends to a glow in the dark dance party in the Great Hall. Back at the pool, play inner tube polo, complete the noodle maze, and build team rafts to paddle and splash around.

Gold Rush Girlz

Grades 5 – 7 Session 2A, 3A Fee $580 All that glitters, sparkles, and shines is waiting for you! Start your gold rush adventure with a trip to Mercer Caverns where you’ll tour the cave and mine for gems like emeralds and moon stones in a mining sluice. Stake your claim at Columbia State Park, a living restored gold rush town, and learn to pan for gold. Back at camp, head to the Art Barn to create a piece of jewelry with the treasure you find. Round out your gold rush days with an authentic steam locomotive train ride through the beautiful Gold Country.

Fletchers

Grades 5 – 8 Sessions 1, 3B Fee $575 Ready your bows, take aim, and shoot some summer fun! Spend extra time at the archery range, make your own targets, and learn about fletching as you prepare for the Great Tri-Archery Adventure! In this three-part fun event, you’ll shoot at floating targets in the pool, show off your archery talents in range challenges, and participate in a special field archery quest. Try glow in the dark archery too! With new friends and all that Sugar Pine offers, you’re sure to hit a bullseye of fun and adventure.

Outdoor Magic

Secret Agent

Mountain Do!

Climb and Ride

Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 1A,1B,3C, 3D Fee $360 Summer fun and adventure all for you! In this four-day, fun-filled program try a little bit of everything and find out what Sugar Pine is all about. Ride a horse, climb the adventure tower, go creek stompin’ and pan for gold, dabble in art, try archery and enjoy campfires under starry skies with new friends. Have a cookout and songfest at the corrals and serenade the horses too. The magic of Sugar Pine is waiting for you!

Grades 4 – 6 Sessions 2A, 2B, 3A Fee $565

Sessions 1, 3B Fee $595 All the fun of Sugar Pine is waiting for you—and you get to DO it twice! Enjoy two trips to the adventure tower and two horseback rides. Have extra time with outdoor cooking and at the archery range, the pool, and the Art Barn.

Take a trip to Big Trees State Park where you can stomp and dance on the giant stump and have fun on a special mystery trek through the amazing Giant Sequoias too. It’s everything you like to DO and more!

Rockin’ Horse

Grades 4 – 6 Session 2B Fee $545 Get ready to rock out! If you like to dance, sing, be creative or ride horses, then this is where you want to be! Ride three times and learn basic riding or improve your riding skills. Show your creative side as you work on a giant team mural, learn competition horse grooming and create signature looks with braids, beads and bows or sing the night away in a lip sync battle with friends.

Express yourself and have a rockin’ good time!

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Starry Starry Night

Grades 5 – 8 Sessions 2B, 3A Fee $545 Your mission, should you choose to accept it… Be Secret Agent: Sugar Pine!

Your training will have you completing riddle relays, breaking codes, and mastering the art of disguise. Put your spy training skills to the test as you maneuver a “laser” maze, build clever gadgets, and take to the skies with extra time on the adventure tower. Use top secret ingredients in a special cook out around the campfire and create one of a kind works of art with your fingerprints. Are you ready to crack the case?

Grades 5 – 8 Sessions 2A, 2B Fee $610

Session 1 Fee $640 Yee Haw and On Belay? That’s right! Enjoy two of your favorite Sugar Pine activities in this dynamic duo adventure. Spend extra time horseback riding and climbing the different elements on the adventure tower. Learn more about Western Riding and caring for horses and ride three times including at least one trail ride. Then trade your saddle for a harness and hit the ropes when you climb the vertical playpen and soar through the trees on the zip line or traverse the catwalk and swirl through the air on the giant circular swing. It’s twice the fun for you!

U Choose!

Down Under

Spa Sugar Pine

iPaddle

Lake Hoppers

Shoot the Rapids

Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 2B, 3A Fee $545

Session 3B Fee $575 This is YOUR time and Sugar Pine is waiting for you. Help choose many of the activities your group will do. What will it be? Hang out by the pool, shoot archery, swim, express yourself in art, climb to the top of the adventure tower and soar through the air on the zip line? Or maybe you’ll cook a gourmet meal over the campfire and enjoy a leisurely sleep-in breakfast. You might take a twilight hike for some fantastic star gazing or plan a dance party. And at the end of the day, you can share late night talks around a flickering campfire with new friends. Anything goes so U Choose!

Grades 6 – 9 Sessions 1, 3B Fee $625 Pamper yourself in the pines! Marvel at the breathtaking mountain peaks on your trip over gorgeous Ebbett’s Pass as you head to Grover Hot Springs State Park. Have an overnight in this beautiful Alpine meadow and pine forest area and relax in the park’s warm natural spring-fed pool. Back at camp, create designer flip-flops, make your own aromatherapy candles, and spoil yourself with natural facial masks, foot soaks and smoothies. Ah… it’s all about the spa!

Grades 6 – 9 Session 2A Fee $610 Water, water everywhere… and it’s all here for you! Visit several amazing Alpine lakes for swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding, and fun in the sun.

With lazy days floating and swimming in the pool at camp, pool parties, hanging out with new friends, and much more, you’ll bring a splash of fun to your summer!

Grades 7 – 12 Session 2A Fee $665 An underground adventure awaits you! Enter the crystal-filled caves at Mercer Caverns to see a beautiful subterranean wonderland. On this spelunking trek, view amazing calcite formations, rootsicles and stalactites. Then take a swim in an underground cave at Natural Bridges State Park. The adventure continues when you rappel 16 stories down in a cave at Moaning Caverns and crawl through tunnels on a guided spelunking tour. Back on the surface, you and your camp friends will enjoy all the fun Sugar Pine has to offer.

Note: Campers must be at least 12 years old, at least 4 feet tall and weigh a minimum of 100 lbs.

Grades 7 – 12 Sessions 2B, 3A Fee $665 Grab a paddle and hit the water for some lake and river fun. Enjoy a kayak tour on the beautiful waters of Lake Alpine. Then take on the challenge of some exciting Class 4 rapids on a half-day rafting tour on the Stanislaus River, passing some of the biggest trees you’ll ever see—the Giant Sequoias. Keep your adventure going when you spend extra time on the Adventure Tower and build your own signature raft with your new camp friends. Paddle on!

Note: Campers in this program must be able to swim face down in deep water.

Grades 8 – 12 Session 3B Fee $750 How adventurous are you? Grab your paddle and become part of a team as you spend 2 days rafting on the Stanislaus River with qualified, experienced guides. Your group will camp out underneath the stars, explore the rapids, work together, and discover the adventurous spirit in each of you! Everyone back at camp will be waiting to hear about your amazing river adventure.

Note: Campers in this program must be able to swim face down in deep water.

Back Roads Bound!

SIERRA HIGH ADVENTURE PROGRAMS High Adventure means overcoming challenges and building self-confidence and courage through truly adventurous outdoor experiences. Let Sugar Pine show you the way. An amazing journey awaits…

Grades 8 – 12 Session 2 Fee $815 From the Gold Country foothills to the High Sierra, get ready for an amazing road trip adventure! Start your journey at beautiful Ebbett’s Pass and connect to the epic Pacific Crest Trail where you’ll take a scenic day hike. Relax overnight at Grover Hot Springs, before hitting the road for a day on the beach at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe. The adventure continues as you take to the treetop adventure park at Granlibakken for an amazing ropes course experience. Then raft your way back towards Sugar Pine on a day long trip down the American River. With your friends by your side, you’ll spend a night at Indian Grinding Rock State Park and check out the Miwok village. The only rule on the trip: keep calm and drive on!

GO Wild!

Grades 5 – 8 Sessions 2A, 3A Fee $545 Explore the WILD side of Sugar Pine! Learn advanced wilderness skills and practice the art of lashing to build geodome forts for overnights. Then cross the camp creek and put your skills to work as you navigate using a map and compass, set-up a backwoods campsite, cook over a fire and see if you have what it takes! Learn to timber toss to safely store your food, build an outdoor sauna and create a team monument for your outback camp. The thrill of the wilderness is waiting for you!

Alpine Adventure

Grades 7 – 12 Sessions 1, 3B Fee $635 Let the adventure begin! Challenge yourself with extra time on our high ropes Adventure Tower. Experience the fun and challenge of the vertical playpen, the climbing wall, or the horizontal ladder and soar through the air on the zip line. Take your Alpine Adventure to another level by flying across a canyon on a duel 1,500-foot zip line at Moaning Caverns. Your adventure continues when you head out on a special lake trip, such as swimming in an underground cave at Natural Bridges or swimming to the islands at Lake Utica. Awesome!

Note: Campers must weigh between 70 and 250 lbs.

L E A D E R S H I P

P R O G R A M S

Mentor younger girls in a camp setting as you build skills toward becoming a camp counselor or lifeguard. The Counselor in Training (C.I.T.) and Lifeguard in Training (Guardstart) programs are by application only. Registration and applications must be submitted for leadership programs at the same time.

A description of the levels and the process can be found on our website at camprocks.org.

C.I.T. (15 yrs or 10th Grade) Sessions 1, 2 Fee $795 Advanced C.I.T./Guardstart (16 yrs or 11th Grade) Sessions 2, 3 Fee $850

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Registration Information For Bothin, Skylark Ranch, and Sugar Pine Contact happycamper@girlscoutsnorcal.org or the Council Member Services Department at 1-408-287-4170, ext. 2091 OR 800-447-4475, ext. 2091 with any questions about the camps or the registration process.

TIPS FOR REGISTERING FOR CAMP

Register on the opening date, February 1, to have the best chance of getting your first choice.

Go Green and Online! – Online registrations are processed faster than paper or FAX. Online payments will only be processed if the camper is placed in a program. Paper and FAX payments will be processed when received in the office, regardless of placement status. Paper registration forms can be found on CampRocks.org.

Do not sign up for multiple camp programs during the same session time in more than one camp. Deposits are not refundable once a camp registration has been confirmed.

If your 1st choice program is full, sign-up on the wait list. Programs often open up due to wait list demand.

Be sure to read the refund information carefully.

If registering by paper, remember to SIGN the registration form in all required places AND use blue or black ink.

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Only register via one method—online OR paper (mail, in-person or FAX). Registering by multiple methods does not give you a better chance of getting into a program and will result in multiple non-refundable deposit payments.

WHEN TO REGISTER

Registration officially opens February 1 at 12:01 a.m. Online registrations will be accepted at that time on a first-come, firstserved basis. Paper and fax registrations may be submitted prior to February 1; however, placement will not occur until February 1 during regular business hours. When more registrations have been received on February 1 than space available, campers will be placed on a wait list for their first choice and confirmed in an alternate choice if listed and space is available. Registrations received after February 1 will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

HOW TO REGISTER

There are two ways to register for camp:

1. Online at CampRocks.org—this option requires a credit card authorization and at least a $100 for each girl only session and/or a $50 deposit/person for Family Camp programs.

• On the website, refer to the “Register” section. Follow the

link to register online.

• If space is available in the program, your credit card/debit

card payment will be processed immediately and you will be confirmed in the program.

• If space is not available, you may choose to be placed on a

wait list and then try registering for another program. Your credit card/debit card will not be charged if you elect to be placed on a wait list. If space becomes available, an email notification will be sent.

Note: Online registration uses enhanced security features for secure transactions. Our service provider is Security Metrics Certified, meeting the Payment Card Industry security standards (PCI).

2. By mail, FAX or submit in person—download the registration form on camprocks.org. Send completed registration form(s) and at least the required deposit of $100 for each girl only session and/or a $50 deposit/ person for Family Camp programs to: Girl Scouts of Northern California 1310 South Bascom Avenue San Jose, CA 95128 Attn: Camp Registration FAX: 1-408-287-8025 Important: Do not include your credit card number when faxing a registration form. We will contact you by telephone to request your credit card information. Your registration will not be entered until your credit card information has been received and is processed.

Placement is not guaranteed. A full refund will be given if a camper is not confirmed in any program.

PLEASE NOTE • Telephone and email registrations are not accepted.

• The downloadable camp registration form on the website

allows you to register for up to two sessions of camp per form. To sign up for multiple camp sessions online, follow the instructions in the Register Now section of the website.

• To register two campers for the same program, they must

both meet the age requirements for that program. List them as Camper Buddies on each other’s online or paper registration form. For paper or FAX registrations, submit them together or mail them in the same envelope. Placement with a buddy is not guaranteed. A maximum of two names together will be accepted.

• An additional, non-refundable $15 registration fee will apply for all girls who are not currently Girl Scouts.

• An additional $50 fee will apply for all girls living outside the Girl Scouts of Northern California jurisdiction. This fee covers a portion of the indirect costs relating to camp operations, which are subsidized by the Council.

• Family Camp programs require a non-refundable deposit of $50/person at the time of registration.

• A current health exam (within 12 months of camp) by a

Licensed Physician, Physicians Assistant, or Nurse Practitioner acting under the supervision of a Licensed Physician is required for attendance at resident camp.

This does not apply to Family Camp programs.

DEPOSITS

The deposit will not be refunded after camp registration is confirmed. Nonrefundable deposits are not transferable to another program or camper. For questions on this policy, contact the Council Member Services Department.

CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION

Camp registrations are considered confirmed once they are placed in the Girl Scout computer system regardless of whether a confirmation notice has been received. A camper information packet with important pre-camp details will be sent approximately three weeks after the camp registration has been confirmed and no sooner than February 15. If no email address is provided, the information packet will be mailed. NEW THIS YEAR: Health forms can be submitted online prior to camp via CampDoc. Information will be sent with the camper information packet. They must be signed by a medical professional and completed by June 1.

PAYMENT OF FEES

The balance of the camp fee is due three weeks before the opening day of the confirmed camp session. The total camp fee may be paid at any time prior, including at the time of registration.

Online payments may be made by credit card or debit card only.

Payments may also be made by mail or in person by check, money order, credit card, or debit card, or GSNorCal Cookie/Fall Sales Rewards card. A $35 service charge will be made on all returned checks.

Note: A camper will be canceled from a program if payment is not received by the three week due date. If your registration is canceled, you will be sent a notification and all fees paid up to that point are non-refundable.

CANCELLATIONS

To cancel a registration or a wait list spot, send an email or written notification to happycamper@girlscoutsnorcal.org or FAX to 1-408-287-8025. To receive a refund of the registration fees paid less the deposit, a notice of cancellation must be received at least three weeks prior to the first day of the camp session for which the cancellation is being made.

REFUND POLICY Full refund: If your selected camp session(s) is full

and no alternative can be found or if the financial aid amount requested is not fully granted, the total amount paid will be refunded.

Partial refund: The balance of the camp fee, less

deposit, will be refunded only if:

1. Family plans change and the camper can no longer attend. In this case, written notification must be received three weeks before the opening date of the confirmed camp session; 2. The camper does not attend due to illness or injury. A letter from a physician must accompany the refund request; 3. The camper is sent home from camp due to illness or injury occurring at camp. Refunds are prorated in such cases and will not be made if the camper attends more than half of the camp session and will be made only at the written request of the parent/guardian.

Note: No refunds will be made if the camper does not attend her camp session or leaves early for any other reason, even if her space is filled by another participant.

Make refund requests in writing no later than August 31, 2015 to the Girl Scouts of Northern California.

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Registration Information Continued FALL+ COOKIE REWARDS = CAMP!

Girls can earn Fall Sale Rewards or Cookie Rewards to pay for all or part of their camp registration through the Girl Scouts of Northern California Product Sale programs. Reference the Fall Sale and Cookie Sale order cards for the details and have your Girl Scout talk with her troop regarding their girl and troop rewards plan choice. The girl and troop rewards plan choice is a decision made by the girls for the entire troop.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INSTRUCTIONS

Any girl who lives within Girl Scouts of Northern California’s jurisdiction is eligible to apply for financial help to attend Girl Scout camps in Northern California. Girls who live outside of this Council must contact their local Girl Scout Council for financial aid information. Girls must be registered Girl Scouts by April 15.

DEADLINE: Financial Aid requests for Council must be submitted no later than May 15.

Financial aid decisions are not made until camp placement has been confirmed. Families may request financial assistance for one session of any resident camp OR no more than two sessions of a Volunteer Run day camp. All information is confidential.

To apply for financial aid:

• Complete the camp registration process either online or by submitting a paper/FAX registration form found on camprocks.org.

Camp Champions!

Has your daughter benefited from the power of a camp experience?

If you believe that going to camp is a valuable way to increase self confidence, leadership skills, and a sense of accomplishment, please join us in providing the camp experience to girls who cannot afford it. Please make a donation to our campership fund while registering online at camprocks.org or with the paper registration form. You CAN make a huge difference with even a small donation!

Share the power of the camp experience—be a Camp Champion!

Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Please consult your tax advisor as individual situations vary.

Camp Care Packages

Everyone LOVES mail at camp!

Surprise your camper with a Camp Care Kit! Choose from three care packages to be delivered to your camper mid camp session.

Kits range from $25 – $40 and can be easily purchased through the camp registration process. Camp Kits can be purchased up to three weeks prior to your camper’s session. For questions, contact shop@girlscoutsnorcal.org.

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• Complete the financial aid form in this brochure or on the website at camprocks.org. NOTE: The camp registration form and financial aid form are two separate forms and are processed separately.

• List the name of camp, program, and fee for which assistance

is being requested on the financial aid form.

• Girls or families must pay at least the deposit for their camp

session. Should the financial aid amount requested not be fully granted and applicant chooses to cancel their registration, a refund of the deposit will be allowed. In such case, a refund request must be submitted in writing by August 31.

• Financial aid is based on need and this must be clearly demonstrated on the form. The Council takes into account income level, family size, and a detailed explanation of circumstances when granting financial assistance.

• Documentation that verifies income level must be provided with the form (i.e. paycheck stub, tax return, unemployment check receipt, etc.)

• Incomplete forms or those missing proof of income will

not be reviewed.

Volunteer Run Camps Registration Each Volunteer Run camp manages its own registration process. Refer to the Volunteer Run camp section at camprocks.org/our_camps.html for contact information to obtain registration details. For further assistance, email volunteercamps@girlscoutsnorcal.org

Camp Improvement Weekends Spring 2015 • Join us!

Skylark Ranch/Santa Cruz Mountains: March 21 Butano/San Mateo County: April 11 Bothin & Arequipa/Fairfax: April 18 Twin Canyon/Lafayette: April 18 Sugar Pine/Calaveras County: May 23 – 25 Two Sentinels/Kirkwood: Opening July 10 – 12

Fall work party Sept. 19 – 20

Bring the whole family to the mountains for a day or a weekend and partner with us to prepare the resident camps for the summer camp season. There is no fee. One day work parties include lunch.

Weekend work parties include free camping and meals and offer a great opportunity for a weekend getaway that combines service work with free time to play, explore or relax. All age groups are welcome!

Projects at the camps may include putting up platform tents, opening up and cleaning out buildings from the winter, cleaning bathrooms, clearing trails, clearing brush and debris, painting, etc. Housing will be in seasonal shelters, buildings or your own family tent. More information can be found at GirlScoutsNorCal.org in the Camp and Properties section or contact pmckenney@girlscoutsnorcal.org.

2015 Financial Aid Form STEP 1: READ THE FINANCIAL AID INSTRUCTIONS ON PAGE 24 STEP 2: COMPLETE THE ENTIRE APPLICATION AND SUBMIT IT WITH PROOF OF INCOME I am applying for financial assistance for: One selection per application. Please do not add other selections.

q Uniform Voucher (Sash or Apron if Daisy, GS Membership Pin, Council ID patch set, set of Troop Numbers) q Camp (Day or Resident) q Destination q Council Program/Event q Extended Travel The following information MUST be completed for all applicants.

Girl’s Name (One application per girl. Aid is for girl participants only.)

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED. Proof of income IS REQUIRED.

Address City

County

Telephone Day (

State Zip

Gross monthly income

)

Birthday

School Grade in Fall

School Name Is she a registered Girl Scout?

If yes,Troop #

q Yes q No or q Juliette (Individually registered Girl Scout)

Has she received camp financial assistance from Girl Scouts of Northern California before? q Yes q No Parent/Guardian 1 Name Phone (

Ages

Number of adults dependent on family income

)

Telephone Evening (

Number of children living at home

Annual household income level:

q Below $18,000 q $18,001 – $24,000 q $24,001 – $30,000 q $30,001 – $36,000 q $36,001 – $42,000

q $42,001 – $48,000 q $48,001 – $54,000 q $54,001 – $60,000 q $60,001 – $80,000 q Over $80,000

Attach verification of income from all sources (pay stub, tax return, proof of assistance, etc.) to this application.

This section DOES NOT apply to uniform voucher requests

)

Program Name

Email (Providing your email is the most efficient and cost effective way to notify you of the outcome.)

Occupation(s)

(Write name of program or event exactly as listed in guide or online)

Camp Name

Camp Session

(For Day or Resident Camp requests only—submit one camp session per application)

Parent/Guardian 2 Name

Start Date

Phone (

Did she register online?

)

Email (Providing your email is the most efficient and cost effective way to notify you of the outcome.)

Occupation(s) Girl lives with:

q Mother only q Father only q Both parents q Other guardian If other please specify

End Date

q Yes q No

Registration #

Camp/Program/Event Fee

$_____________

Amount parent/guardian can pay

$_____________

Amount girl can pay (including Fall/Cookie Rewards)

$_____________

Amount from other sources

$_____________

Amount requested (REQUIRED) $_____________

Please indicate any special circumstances that relate to this request (additional pages may be attached)

STEP 3: FUNDING RELEASE AND SIGNATURE I certify that all of the information on this application and the supporting documents are true and complete. CAMP RELEASE: The Guardsmen Campership Program provides funding for a portion of our GSNorCal camperships. In consideration of this campership application for sponsorship by The Guardsmen, I agree to the following conditions: (1) to allow my child to attend camp; (2) to contribute the amount of money specified for my child to attend camp; (3) to allow my child to receive such medical treatment as may be considered necessary; and (4) The Guardsmen shall not be responsible for any disease, injury or death to my child while traveling to, from or while attending camp.

Parent/Guardian Signature (REQUIRED) Date

STEP 4: RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION AND ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO:

By Mail: Girl Scouts of Northern California, Attn: Financial Aid

1310 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128

By Fax: 408-287-8025

By Email: financialaid@girlscoutsnorcal.org

NOTE: INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED. CAMP SPACE WILL NOT BE HELD FOR INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS. PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 4 WEEKS FOR APPLICATION PROCESSING. ALL INFORMATION ON THIS APPLICATION IS TREATED CONFIDENTIALLY.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY Date Received: Date Approved: Amount Approved: Approval Signature:

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CAMP REGISTRATION

Each Volunteer Run Camp manages its own registration process. Refer to the Volunteer Run Camp Section at camprocks.org/our_camps.html for contact information to obtain registration details. For further assistance, email volunteercamps@girlscoutsnorcal.org.

Note: Girl Scout camps are open to every girl without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or ability.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Financial assistance to help cover the camp fees (maximum of 80%) is available for girls who live within the Girl Scouts of Northern California Council area. To apply for a financial assistance, refer to the instructions on page 24. For questions about financial assistance, contact financialaid@girlscoutsnorcal.org or call 800-447-4475, ext. 6012.

CAMP STAFF VOLUNTEERS

Volunteer Run Camps Volunteer Run Camps are day and resident camps planned and run by Girl Scout volunteers and held throughout Northern California. These fun, enriching, local camps allow girls to extend their Girl Scout experience into the summer months and often offer leadership opportunities for older girls.

Volunteer Run Camps are all staffed by screened and trained volunteers. Parents can often attend with their daughter in exchange for helping in different areas of the camp operation. Each camp handles volunteer registration differently. To obtain information about volunteering, contact the camps directly.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

All camps must meet established standards for health and safety, site, program, and personnel, which are set by Girl Scouts of the USA. Resident camps must meet additional state and local government standards. A qualified Health Supervisor is on site at all camps. Parents will be notified in the event of an emergency.

VOLUNTEER RUN RESIDENT CAMPS Camp Butano Creek, Pescadero Known for: A coastal camp experience with traditional camping, beach and ocean

aquatic programs, coastal backpacking.

Website: campbutanocreek.org Session 1 July 11 – 18 Session 2 July 25 – August 1 Session 3 August 8 – 15 Kamp Konocti, Navaro Known for: Traditional camp experience in Mendocino County Website: kampkonocti.org Session 1 July 26 – 31 Tall Trees, Humboldt Known for: Traditional camp experience in the redwood trees of Redwood National Park Website: redwoodgirlscouts.org/camp Session 1 (Forest Friends) June 25 – 27 Session 2 (Explorer) June 28 – July 2 Session 3 (Greek Camp) June 18 – 24 Two Sentinels, Kirkwood Known for: A traditional camp program, lake activities, and beginning to advanced

backpacking in the High Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Website: twosentinels.org Session 1 July 19 – 26 Session 2 July 29 – Aug 5 Session 3 August 8 – 15

VOLUNTEER RUN DAY CAMPS

A wide variety of community-based day camps are available throughout Northern California.

For a geographic listing of all Volunteer Run Day Camps and contact information for registration and/or information on volunteering, visit the Volunteer Run Camp section at camprocks.org/ our_camps.html or email volunteercamps@girlscoutsnorcal.org.

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Let the adventure continue!

Do you want more amazing outdoor adventures beyond summer camp? Then Get Outdoors with us! GO programs and events are all about helping girls, leaders and families join the movement to experience outdoor fun, excitement and adventure throughout the year.

Get up and get outdoors– YOUR adventure awaits!

Ropes Course Adventures

Choose between three amazing courses, or try them all! On the high ropes or low challenge course at Skylark Ranch (Santa Cruz Mountains) or The Adventure Course at Bothin (Marin) you can develop a strong sense of self, seek challenges, strengthen your cooperation and team building and more! Programs are facilitated by experienced and certified Ropes Course Instructors. The challenge course is for girls in 2nd grade and above and the other two high courses are for girls in 4th grade and above. For fees and details visit camprocks.org.

The Bothin Program Center in Marin

Get outside, learn new skills, and have an adventure with your service unit, troop, or group. Programs are available to all Girl Scouts and non-profit groups. Trained, experienced staff will set everything up for you and run the entire program from beginning to end. Programs include everything from archery, arts and crafts, night hikes, outdoor cooking, hands-on science or ecology activities to guided experience in the Bothin Organic Garden! Fees and details are listed on the website at girlscoutsnorcal.org.

Family GO Festival

March 28, 2015 at Bothin in Marin Calling all Girl Scout families and friends, let’s GET OUTDOORS! Join us for a fun-filled festival all about outdoor activities and adventures you can do with your family around the Bay Area. Visit booths filled with community partners and vendors who will share resources for your next outdoor adventure. Enjoy outdoor skills activities including archery, nature hikes, games, and more. Music, food trucks, and a chance to try the zip line will round out your family festival fun. Let’s GO! Note: The Festival is free. However there is a fee for the zip line and pre-registration is required through the Activity Finder on girlscoutsnorcal.org. Minimum grade for the zip line is 4th.

School Year Outdoor Adventures

Every year, Girl Scouts of Northern California offers a variety of weekend outdoor adventures for girls of all ages. From camping and outdoor skills events to kayaking, back packing, white water rafting, zip-line canopy tours and more.

Check out the fun in The Program & Event Guide for a full listing of year round events refer to the Activity Finder on girlscoutsnorcal.org.

Note these special school year programs: S’mores and More A full day of outdoor fun for Brownies, Juniors and Leaders to learn camp craft skills like knots, lashing, fire building, orienteering, outdoor safety and more!

Explore and More Juniors, Cadettes and Leaders can take their outdoor skills to the next level when they learn wilderness techniques like shelter building, rainy day fires, Leave No Trace and more.

High Adventure Days Groups participate on high ropes elements that challenge both individual and team skills.

TEQUE: Trailblazers-Enthusiastic-Quest-For-Unsurpassed-Efficiency!

April 10 – 12, 2015 Senior and Ambassador Troops test their camping skills in the ultimate outdoor skills competition! Individual Girl Scouts are welcome to sign up and join others to create their own troop for the weekend.

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