Summer Camp 2015

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GUIDE and Camp Adventures 2015

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CAMP GUIDE Planning & Basics

Welcome!

Contents Planning & Basics

My Camp Planner

Locations

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Camp Locator Map

Resident Camps Day Camps

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My plans and questions:

Questions? Send an e-mail to camper@girlscoutsgcnwi.org

Your Girl Scout Summer Camp Guide is packed full of spring and summer opportunities for girls of all ages.

If you have joined us for camp programming before then you know some of the exciting things that await you inside these pages. Be sure to check out what’s new this year, too. We’re committed to bringing you new programs every summer along with your favorites.

If you are new to Girl Scouts or not yet a member, then dive in and check out the wide array of fun programs that are available.

Parents and guardians, your daughters will have the time of their lives and build lasting memories when they join us at camp. They also enhance their skills, build strength and gain an important sense of independence. They discover the power of teamwork and cooperative, hands-on learning in a safe, all-girl environment.

Everything from day camp, resident camp, teen leadership workshops, weekend and family events are available. Grab your pen, sit down with your daughters, browse through these pages and make your selections today!

Registration begins March 1, 2015!

Get ready for adventure, new friends and new experiences! See you at camp!

My Camp Planner Follow the steps below and throughout this guide to plan an amazing summer!

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Planning & Basics

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Decide if you are going to day camp, resident camp or maybe even both!

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Programs

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Decide which programs “spark� your interests

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Locations

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Decide which camp locations you will attend

Registration

Register! Online registration opens March 1, 2015!

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Dates

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Decide the dates that work best for you and your parents

STEP Important Information

Review all the important information you need to know about camp

CAMP GUIDE Planning & Basics

Online registration opens March 1, 2015!

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Use the following links to register: Day camp and weekend events www.register.girlscoutsgcnwi.org Resident camp www.girlscoutco-op.org

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General Information Parents and Guardians,

“Why send my daughter to camp?”

If you are asking yourself this question, then we encourage you to keep reading.

A recent study by the Girl Scout Research Institute (GSRI) confirms that outdoor experiences empower girls to get involved and take action. According to More than S‘mores (2014), girls who regularly spend time outdoors eclipse their peers who spend less time outdoors in: environmental stewardship, more readily seeking challenges and solving problems — all important traits in 21st Century leadership.

At Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana camps, we will challenge your daughters to: • •

try new things ask for help when needed

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help others when there is an opportunity to do so

Camping gives your daughter the experience of living outdoors, making new friends, exploring the world around her, singing at the top of her lungs, creating art, and discovering more about who she is.

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Use this quiz as a first step, a guide to assessing your daughter’s readiness for day camp, resident camp or both!

1. Has she slept away from home without a parent? If not, she might prefer our day camp experiences.

2. Can she put away her cell phone for a while so she can enjoy her time at camp? Turn off the electronics and tune in to nature!

3. Is she ready to travel to day camp on a bus without a family member?

4. Is your daughter willing to sleep, eat and play with all girls who are not her best friends from home?

5. Is she willing to do her share in planning?

6. Can she adapt to new places and people?

7. Can she take care of personal needs with little guidance?

8. Is she ready to try something new and have an exciting adventure?

9. What are her interests: arts? sports? fitness? science? saving the planet?

Camping gives her the opportunity to be more independent as she takes care of her belongings and herself with the encouragement of our compassionate, dedicated camp staff.

Camp is an active/doing place. Girls will individually challenge themselves by trying and learning new things while working together with “old friends” and “new friends.”

Camp is a place that you can trust that your daughter will be safe as she “spreads her wings.”

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Adventure begins here!

Planning & Basics

Make new friends, eat S‘mores, stay up late, hike, bike, sing around a campfire and have more fun than you can imagine. Start planning for an amazing summer!

Not registered as a Girl Scout yet? No problem! Just sign up now! No need to be in a troop to participate.

Bring a friend!

Interested in attending camp, but no one from your troop wants to go with you? Introduce a friend who is not a Girl Scout to the fun girls have at camp!

Together you can explore the outdoors, learn new skills and meet lots of new people. Sign up as buddies (must be same age and in same program) and have a great summer adventure. Additional $15 registration fee for non-Girl Scout friends will be automatically charged when registering.

Remember that camp is a great place to come by yourself, too.

You’ll make lots of new friends while you’re there!

Girl Scout Cookies

Girls can earn their way to camp through the Girl Scout Cookie program!

Our Girl Scout Cookie program is an amazing way for girls to support their Girl Scout year with a plan, fund those personalized plans with their proceeds and learn new financial literacy and customer skills. Your troop can even decide to use its cookie proceeds to help the girls in your troop pay for camp. The Girl Scout Cookie program is a fantastic way to fund a camp experience! Visit our website to get resources for the 2015 Cookie program: www. girlscoutsgcnwi.org/cookie-resources Registration for day camp and resident camp programs opens March 1, 2015. As your troop continues to work on reaching its cookie goals, don’t wait to register for the camp programs that interest you. You don’t want to miss out on camp while your troop is still reaching its goals!

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General Information One-Stop Guide

for Parents and Guardians Please read carefully, information changes from year to year.

Girl Scout summer camp is open to ALL girls entering 1st – 12th grade regardless of race, color, nationality or socioeconomic factors. Grades listed for each program refer to the grade the camper will be entering in the fall.

Membership Girl Scout membership is required to participate.

Non-members must add the $15 membership fee to the registration fee for membership through Sept. 30, 2015. Girl Scouts of the USA provides basic accident insurance coverage for all registered Girl Scouts as a supplement to the family’s existing insurance coverage.

Friends/Buddies Girls attend camp individually, not as a troop, though they may choose to attend with one friend/ buddy. Every attempt is made to place them in the same unit, but is not guaranteed. Units are generally made up of girl who is in the same level of Girl Scouting, so friends who vary greatly in age are not likely to be placed together.

Girls with Special Needs We are committed to accommodating girls with special needs. Our goal is to provide a positive camp experience for all girls. Parents/guardians of girls with special needs should contact Peggy Brothers (pbrothers@girlscoutsgcnwi.org) so the best placement and appropriate accommodations can be made.

Proper Behavior Required Camp life is an excellent opportunity for girls to live, work and play together. It is a community of many people, and we expect everyone to behave appropriately. The camp director and staff will do everything possible to help girls adjust to camp life.

However, GSGCNWI reserves the right to send any girl home who constantly misbehaves, who willfully disobeys camp rules, or whose behavior towards others (campers or staff) is unacceptable. There is no refund in these cases.

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Camp Staff and Leadership Members of our camp staff are enthusiastic, talented, fun-loving and caring individuals. They are selected based on their experience, ability to serve as role models and their genuine desire to work with children. Our staff is committed to creating a caring and supportive environment that respects each girl as an individual.

Staff candidates are recruited from colleges and universities, local community agencies and referrals. At our day camps, volunteers and seasonal staff provide the leadership.

Individuals must be at least 18 years old and complete a thorough application process which includes a background check.

The health and safety of our campers is always the first priority of the staff. Staff training prior to camp includes supervising and caring for campers, activity programming, first aid and CPR, team building, and much more. Staff members who supervise high-adventure activities are required to have additional training and qualifications. Every staff member is a registered member of Girl Scouts.

Positions Available Each summer we seek highly motivated and talented people to join our staff. Those interested in a job at camp should visit our website at www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/employmentopportunities for more information.

Positions are perfect for students earning degrees in recreation, education, early childhood development, sports management, psychology, social work, nursing, and environmental studies.

Positions in food service and health management are also available.

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Costs and Financial Assistance

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Fees

Fees are deposited when the registration is processed. Please do not postdate checks. There will be a $25 service charge for checks returned due to insufficient funds.

Financial Assistance Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana is committed to ensuring that all girls have the opportunity to participate in Girl Scouts.

Financial assistance is offered to help meet the needs of those members whose family would financially be unable to participate in approved Girl Scout activities.

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A person must be a registered member to receive financial assistance

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All Girl Scout funds must be used for the greatest good of the largest number of members

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Funds are limited

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Financial assistance is determined on the basis of need, not merit

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Financial assistance is not designed to underwrite event costs

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All requests and allocations are confidential

Eligible Expenses: Summer camp program fees

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Applicant is an active registered member of Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

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Applicant would be unable to participate in the activity without financial support from the council

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Applicant would benefit from the requested experience and funds will be used for the purpose requested

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Applicant has participated in at least one of the council’s product programs during the application year

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Members who are new and have missed one or both of the council’s two product programs must plan to participate in the next year’s product program activity

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Applicants must not have any outstanding debt to the GSGCNWI council

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Each camper may request financial assistance for one session of day camp or one session of resident camp

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Receiving Financial Assistance •

Approved day camp financial assistance will be sent in the form of a check to the parent/guardian of the camper

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Approved resident camp financial assistance will be deducted from the amount due for the session

How to Apply A Girl Scout Financial Assistance Application is available online at www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org and on page 71 of this guide.

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Each applicant must apply individually.

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Forms must be completed and submitted to the Lisle Gathering Place before processing can take place. Incomplete paperwork will cause a delay in processing the request.

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Approved financial assistance will be sent to the program on behalf of the applicant.

Mail completed financial assistance forms to: Girl Scouts Attn: Summer Camp Financial Assistance 2400 Ogden Avenue, Suite 400 Lisle, IL 60532-3933 or fax the form to 630-544-5999

Cancellations/Refunds A full refund is given if a camper cannot be placed in a program or if it is necessary for the council to cancel the program A full refund, minus a processing fee ($20 for day camp, $40 for one-week resident camp programs or $100 for two-week resident camp programs) will be given if the request is made in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the selected session, or if the cancellation was due to illness or injury and a physicians note is provided.

No refunds will be made for campers who arrive late, leave early, attend only part of a program, fail to show up or for those who are asked to leave because of behavior issues.

Girl and adult membership registration is non-refundable.

Refund requests must be submitted in writing to Girl Scouts, Attn: Summer Camp Refund, 2400 Ogden Ave., Suite 400, Lisle, IL 60532-3933.

Cancellation requests due to illness must be made no later than August 30, 2015.

Camper must register for the day or resident camp before applying for financial assistance

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CAMP GUIDE Locations

Get to Know Our Camps Once you have decided whether day camp, resident or both are the best fit, it’s time to take a look at the locations of our camps.

Have you ever visited one or more of our beautiful camp properties? The following pages include overview to each of our properties that support the summer camp experiences.

Whether you’re thinking about sending your daughter to camp, wondering which camp to take your troop to or just want to see what our properties have to offer, our open houses are something you don’t want to miss.

Take a tour of the camp, talk to the summer camp director and visit with the property manger to see what improvements we’ve made! Experience some of the recreation offerings at each camp.

Opportunities may include a hay wagon ride, volleyball, games, mini golf or archery, based on individual camp offerings.

No need to register. We’ll be waiting to see you! Grab the family, pack a picnic and enjoy your day in the outdoors!

2015 Open Houses

Camp Butternut Springs, Valparaiso, IN Sunday, April 26, 1 – 4 p.m.

Camp Palos, Palos Park, IL Sunday, May 3, 1 – 4 p.m.

Camp Greene Wood, Woodridge, IL Saturday, May 9, 1 – 4 p.m.

Camp Juniper Knoll, East Troy, WI

Camp Crew Weekends

Have fun and make a difference at our camps. Do you love camp? So do our property managers, and they need YOUR HELP! Our camp crew weekends offer the opportunity to volunteer getting our camps ready for changing seasons. It’s also a time to make new friends.

Based on seasonal needs, projects may include campsite maintenance, putting up or taking down platform tents and trail improvements.

No experience required; hands-on instruction is provide as needed. Girls in 5th grade and older, parents and adult individuals are welcome.

If you have a specific skill to share (electrical, plumbing, carpentry), please e-mail us at camper@ girlscoutsgcnwi.org. Your contributions are visible and valued!

Spring 2015 Camp Crew Weekends LOCATION DATES

Camp Pokanoka, Ottawa, IL

Butternut Springs Juniper Knolls Pokanoka River Trails

Camp River Trails, Sheridan, IL

Fall 2015 Camp Crew Weekends LOCATION DATES

Sunday, May 17, 1 – 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 17, 1 – 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 17, 1 – 5 p.m.

(Note: Pokanoka and River Trails are about 25 minutes from each other and both can easily be visited the same day. You don’t have to choose! Time is extended to assist with this.)

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Butternut Springs Juniper Knolls Palos Pokanoka River Trails

April 10 – 12 April 10 – 12 April 10 – 12 April 24 - 26

October 9 - 11 October 9 – 11 October 16 - 18 October 9 - 11 October 23- 25

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20 S. Clark St., Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60603 P: 312-416-2500 F: 312-416-2932

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1005 W. 175th Street Homewood, IL 60430 P: 708-957-8100 F: 708-957-8506

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1551 Spencer Road ILLINOIS Joliet, IL 60433 P: 815-723-3449 F: 815-723-3479

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2400 Ogden Ave. Suite 400, Lisle, IL 60532 P: 630-544-5900 F: 630-544-5999

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8699 Broadway Merrillville, IN 46410 P: 219-795-3900 Camp River Trails, F: 219-795-9644

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TJ’s Favorite Camp Activity:

Saturday, May 9, 2015 1 – 4 p.m.

Open house is held rain or shine; walking tours of camp will be available. No RSVP is necessary! Bring the entire family or troop!

“The very best part of camp is sharing songs with good friends old and young around the campfire!”

TJ can’t imagine what a summer without camp would be. TJ has been a day camp director for more than 20 years, most of those taking place at Camp Greene Wood.

Starting her camp experience attending Camp White Deer (Lone Tree Area Girl Scouts) as a camper, TJ then came back to camp as a volunteer.

She began volunteering when her oldest daughter was ready to attend, and continued through the length of her younger daughter’s camping experience. Since TJ set a great example in the camping world, both of her daughters continue their volunteer involvement as adults.

Having earned both her BS and MS in nursing from Northern Illinois University, TJ spends her noncamp time as a nursing faculty member.

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Day Camp Camp Greene Wood is a 136-acre wooded property in Woodridge, Illinois. There are hiking trails, cabins, fields for games, and archery range and platform tents. Day camp programs at Camp Greene Wood allow girls to explore the outdoors and develop skills in a safe and fun environment. A wide variety of programs provide opportunities for girls to choose activities best suited for their age and interests.

The camper day at Greene Wood is from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Campers going into grade 4 and up may choose to participate in an overnight experience on Thursday. Campers bring a sack lunch to camp, except when there is a cookout. Meals during the overnight are provided.

Our Amazing Daisy day camp program runs from 9 a.m. to noon. It’s a great way to introduce the day camp experience to our youngest members!

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Camp Palos is located near Palos Park, Illinois. There are 80 acres of wooded areas and open fields with a stream Open house is held rain or shine; walking running through camp. Campers will find lots to do when tours of camp will be available. No RSVP hiking the trails, overnighting in one of four cabin sites or is necessary! Bring the entire family or sleeping in the platform tents. The programs at Camp troop!

Palos include lots of opportunities to build outdoor skills, explore the camp and make new friends. Girl planning ensures that no two weeks are exactly the same. Campers going into grade 4 and up may choose to participate in an overnight experience on Thursday. Campers bring a sack lunch to camp, except when there is a cookout. Meals during the overnight are provided.

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Typical camper day is 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Before and After Care (NEW for 2015) for girls that want to attend camp and need a longer experience.

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Before Care: 7:30 – 9 a.m. After care: 3 – 6 p.m.

Kary “Kanga” Roorda Director of Camp Palos kroorda@girlscoutsgcnwi. org Kary’s Favorite Camp Activity:

“Singing songs around the campfire.”

Kary has been an 8th grade science teacher for 8 years and a camp director for 4 years. Prior to being the director at Camp Palos, Kary was the assistant director and director at Camp Butternut Springs.

Kary has spent many summers as a camper herself, attending Camp Butternut Springs and Juniper Knoll along with her church’s camp Tower Hill in Michigan. Kary readily looked forward to coming back to camp every summer as a camper and jumped at the possibility of doing so again when she realized that as a teacher she would have her summers free.

With a bachelor’s degree in soil science and a master’s in science education, Kary loves bringing her science background to camp wherever she can. Whether it is taking the campers on a hike or exploding Diet Coke and Mentos, Kary finds fun and exciting ways to engage campers and her staff.

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Camp Butternut Springs is located just outside of Valparaiso, Indiana. It’s close proximity to lots of highways makes it easy to get to the camp from just about anywhere in the Chicago region. The camp has an archery range, swimming pool, and shower house, a pond for boating, athletic fields and hiking trails. You’ll eat most meals in the dining hall, but will have the chance to cook over a campfire at least once.

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If you’re in grades 1 – 11 right now, we’ve got a spot just for you. Choose to stay in a lodge or be adventurous and sleep in a platform tent with other girls your age. Girls stay in platform tents while counselors stay in a separate platform tent nearby. Your living area will include a building that has toilets and sinks in it. There are showers at the pool.

Check out our beautiful camp during our

Open House

Arrivals:

Sunday, 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Half-week: Wednesday, 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Dismissals: Friday evening closing ceremony, 7 p.m.

Half-week: Tuesday closing ceremony 7 p.m.

(families invited to attend)

Maria “Coqui” Hamann Director of Camp Butternut Springs mhamann@girlscoutsgcnwi.org Maria’s Favorite Camp Activity:

“Sleeping out under the stars and canoeing.”

This will be Maria’s 8th summer with our council.

Starting as a nature specialist at Camp Pokanoka, Maria worked her way up to be the director of Pokanoka for one year before moving on to be the director of Butternut Springs.

Maria’s Girl Scout camp experience started the summer after 1st grade when she went to both day camp and two nights of resident camp in the same season. She has been spending her summers at camp ever since. With a degree in elementary education and her previous camping experience, Maria makes camp both an enjoyable and comfortable learning environment. Maria spends her summers at camp with her husband, Jason, and their three daughters.

“Girl Scout camp has molded me into the woman I am today. I believe the opportunities at GS camp are endless and always instill courage, character and confidence.” —Maria 10

open house:

Sunday, April 26, 2015 1 – 4 p.m.

Open house is held rain or shine; walking tours of camp will be available. No RSVP is necessary! Bring the entire family or troop!

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Check out our beautiful camp during our open house:

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Camp Juniper Knoll, Elkhorn, WI

Open house is held rain or shine; walking tours of camp will be available. No RSVP is necessary! Bring the entire family or troop!

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Camp Juniper Knoll is located just north of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Swim at our private beach on Pleasant Lake, hike the trails, learn archery and play games in the meadow. Work on craft projects and make lots of new friends.

If you’re in grades 1 – 11 right now, Camp Juniper Knoll has just the adventure for you!

Off-site travel opportunities include: local stables to learn beginning horseback riding, canoeing the Wisconsin River, hiking the Ice Age Scenic Trail, high adventure or heading to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Progressive outdoor skills and backcountry trip opportunities give girls the opportunities to try new things in a natural environment.

Live in a platform tent or yurt unit with girls your age; your counselors will be nearby in their own yurt or tent. Modern restroom facilities are in each unit, and a shower house is available for everyone.

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Sunday, 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Half-week: Wednesday, 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Dismissals: Friday evening closing ceremony, 7 p.m.

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“Fire building, canoeing, playing ‘Everybody’s It Tag’… it’s impossible to pick just one!”

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Sam is right at home at camp with more▲ than ▲ 15 years of camping experience as a camper, ▲ ▲ counselor, trip leader and programCamp director.

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Having grown up a Girl Scout and a Pokanoka camper, Sam graduated with a bachelor’s degree in outdoor education and a minor in environmental studies from Northland College. Sam enjoys sharing her knowledge of environmental stewardship and backcountry camping skills with campers of all ages. She is excited to offer adventure-based camping and canoeing trips at Juniper Knoll this summer.

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When she’s not living at camp, Sam works full-time for the council as the outdoor program manager, running camp programs throughout the year at all of the council’s camp properties.

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Camp Pokanoka is located outside of Ottawa, Illinois, on the banks of the Illinois River. There are trails to hike, a creek to walk along, a pool, shower house and gazebo for stargazing. Spend time doing archery or playing games on the fields.

If you’re in grades 1 – 11 right now, Camp Pokanoka is the perfect place for your summer adventure! Live in a platform tent or an open-air cabin (we call them tabins) if you’re in grades 6 – 12; whether you stay in a platform tent or tabin depends on what week you’re at camp. If you’re in grades 2 – 5, you’ll live in a tabin.

You’ll stay with other girls your age; your counselors will be nearby in their own tent or tabin. Swim, play games, cook out, work on craft projects and make lots of new friends!

Will you plan a round of miniature golf or a game of volleyball?

Perhaps you’ll take a hike and hunt for the hidden frogs!

Whatever you plan, get ready for a great camp experience!

Arrivals:

Sunday, 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Half-week: Wednesday, 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Dismissals: Friday evening closing ceremony, 7 p.m.

Half-week: Tuesday closing ceremony 7 p.m.

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Open House

Check out our beautiful camp during our open house:

Sunday, May 17, 2015 1 – 5 pm Open house is held rain or shine; walking tours of camp will be available. No RSVP is necessary! Bring the entire family or troop!

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Camp River Trails Weekend, Day Camp and Troop Programs Camp River Trails is located just outside of Sheridan, Illinois. It’s close to lots of highways, so getting there is easy. The camp has an archery range, swimming pool, shower house, fields for games and hiking trails.

Spend time doing crafts, singing around the campfire or creek walking.

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New this year! We’re offering one week of day camp during the month of August!

Enjoy an outdoor adventure before heading back to school! More details in the day camp section.

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Weekend programs Arrivals: Dismissals:

Friday, 6 – 8 p.m.

Sunday, 11 a.m.

Day Camp 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (transportation time not included)

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CAMP GUIDE Resident Camps

Resident Camp Information Register for resident camp at: www.girlscoutco-op.org Girls, what does a perfect summer look like to you?

If you said “swimming, spending time with new friends, having the chance to experience things you just can’t do at home and being outdoors,” then resident camp is the place for you!

Choose from three camps. Stay close to home or head out and experience a new camp. Our camps are set up for you to attend on your own or choose to head to camp with one friend.

Half-Week Options All grade levels have shorter options to attend.

Sampler sessions are 2-night/3-day experiences perfect for the first time camper, or the camper who is not quite ready for a full-week experience.

Choose to attend sessions that begin on Sunday afternoon and end Tuesday evening, or begin on Wednesday afternoon and end on Friday evening.

Looking for the perfect resident camp experience?

How many days do you want to stay at camp?

3-6-10-14-21? Whatever you and your family are ready for, we have a session for you. From sampler programs to 3-week adventures, girls can choose from a variety of program topics and lengths of stay.

At Camp Butternut Springs, we offer fun programs where you can choose your own activities, we’ve added more special themed programs, and several more travel programs.

Special Program Aide training is for girls (entering 7 – 8 grade) who are ready to spread their wings and learn how to teach younger girls outdoor skills.

At Camp Juniper Knoll we’ve continued the extended season, offering progressive outdoor skills, including base-level skills to our youngest campers and opportunities to learn advanced skills for our experienced campers. We’ve even added several 10-day sessions that will amplify the camp experience. We’ll enjoy more “open air” dining as construction of the new dining hall and kitchen will begin.

At Camp Pokanoka we’ve added several new “frogs” to be found while hiking. Cooking and drama programs have been added for the Brownies and our Juniors who love to play board games and now can challenge themselves as their favorite board games and plays come to life. Favorites like Road Trip, Go Wild, and Cast Iron Chef are back for the older girls.

Counselor-in-Training Internships will continue to be offered to girls who have completed CIT I and CIT II. It’s an opportunity for you to volunteer at resident camp.

Contact Peggy Brothers at pbrothers@ girlscoutsgcnwi.org to find out what weeks are available.

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For parents/guardians:

Resident Camps

Camp is the Place for Girls to Grow

Picture your daughter learning new skills, building her self-confidence, meeting new people, and making friendships and memories that will last a lifetime. All this can be hers at Girl Scout resident camp.

Girl Scout resident camp programs are for all girls and offer terrific value.

Her camp fee covers: •

Lodging (# nights and days based on session length);

Girl Scout camp is a safe place where all girls (even those not currently Girl Scouts) can experience the great outdoors. It is a place where a girl can hike a trail, stretch her limits, build her self-esteem or learn a new song. Girls will never forget the first time they cook over a fire, discover a tree or paddle a canoe.

Being part of a community and gaining dependence are just two of the many benefits of summer camp.

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A wide variety of camp programming, supervised by our trained staff;

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Staffing that includes camp counselors, health supervisor, waterfront staff, program staff, and camp leadership team which includes the camp director;

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Meals prepared by our food service staff, featuring fresh fruits and vegetables; accommodations can be made for girls with special diets, with advance notice!

Camp is a Place Where a Girl Will: •

play games

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feel good about herself

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write a letter

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live without TVs and computers

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discover her potential

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and have the time of her life!

Session themes cover a majority of the week’s activities. Girls will have the opportunity to include swimming, playing games, cookouts, nature, hiking, crafts and lots of fun to their schedule.

Half-Week, Full-Week and Longer Sessions Available!

Half-week programs are available for all ages, even Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors. These programs are scheduled early in the season to allow girls the chance to try camp and attend again later in the summer. There are half-week sessions offered the same time as full-week sessions for first-time campers who want to attend camp during the same week as “experienced camper” family members.

We’ve added several longer sessions for girls who love camp and don’t want to go home.

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Resident Camps

Things You Need to Know!

Arrivals and Departures Check-in on Sunday from 1:30 – 3 p.m.

(Wednesday for some half-week sessions) Please do not arrive before 1:15 p.m. as camp staff members will be doing final preparation for camper arrivals.

Check-out is on Friday evening (Tuesday for some half-week sessions) The closing ceremony that parents are welcome to attend begins at 7 p.m., with camper dismissal about 7:30 p.m. Please do not plan on arriving earlier than 6:45 p.m.

We recognize that you are excited about seeing your daughter, and that she will be looking forward to seeing you. However, girls are expected to remain with their units until dismissal so we ask that you do not approach then until that time.

There are designated areas for parents to wait for the closing ceremony to begin. Upon dismissal a photo ID will be required to ensure that we are releasing girls safely into the care of their parents/ guardians.

Health and Safety Information Each camp has established emergency procedures in consultation with local law enforcement and emergency services. As part of camper orientation on the first day of camp, campers learn about these procedures and have drills that are used during the camp session for practice.

Our camps all follow standards set forth by Girl Scouts of the USA and the American Camp Association. Our Girl Scout camps offering summer camp programming are licensed by the state, and uphold state and federal codes for health, safety, site food service management, human resources, program design, and activities.

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Prior to attending camp, campers must turn in a completed health history form that includes a physical examination.

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The physical examination by a physician must be completed within 24 months of attending camp.

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The form will be included in the camp information packet. This packet will be accessible via a link on your registration confirmation if you register online, otherwise it will be mailed to you.

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Copies of school or sports physicals are acceptable as long as they are within the 24 months of camp attendance.

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The completed and signed health examination must be returned by May 1, 2015

New Forms Needed Every Year We do not keep health forms from year to year. We recommend that you keep a copy for your records for future use.

Health Screening at Camp Upon arrival at camp, all girls will receive a health screening by trained staff. Health screening includes having her temperature taken, feet checks, scalp checked for lice and an overall scan for apparent illness or injury.

If head lice is found, you camper will not be allowed to stay at camp. You may treat your camper and all her belongings and return to camp to be re-checked. Our camps have a “no nit” policy. This is for the health and safety of all campers and staff.

NOTE: Campers with lice will not be admitted to camp until treated, and there is no sign of nits.

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We Love to Celebrate!

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Girls celebrating a 5- or 10-year resident camp milestone will be recognized during the closing ceremony of their session. Join us as we celebrate these young women who have contributed to our camp communities over the years. We count only years at Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana resident camps. Send an e-mail

by June 1 to camper@girlscoutsgcnwi.org with your daughter’s name, camp attending and program name so she can receive her patch.

Encourage Girls to Spread the Word about How Much They Love Camp!

Does your daughter love Girl Scout resident camp? If she tells her friends, your camper will receive a special patch. Girls who have attended resident camp for at least one year, and recruit two friends who sign up and attend resident camp will be recognized at the closing ceremony of their session. Friends do not need to attend camp together and do not need to be in the same grade level. Friends that are recruited must not be girls that have attended Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana resident camps previously.

Send an e-mail with your daughter’s name, camp attending, and program session along with the same information for the 2 new campers that she has recruited for her recruiter patch by June 1 to camper@girlscoutsgcnwi.org

Camp Living While on site, campers and staff live in groups called units. Sleeping accommodations vary by camp and by unit, and may be a platform tent, yurt (a tent with a dome) or an open-air cabin we call a tabin. Girls sleep in groups of four to eight campers and staff sleeps in a separate, but nearby tent or tabin within the unit.

Deposits All of our resident camp programs give families the option of paying a deposit to hold your camper’s space or paying the fee in full.

Deposit rates are as follows: •

3- to 6-day sessions: $40 per camp

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More than 6 days: $100

Deposits are non-refundable and must be made when you register your daughter for camp.

Fee Payment •

A camper is not fully registered until her fees are paid in full

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All fees are due no later than June 1, 2015

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A camper’s registration may be cancelled if full payment is not received by the due date.

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If a camper is registering for camp after June 1, 2015 fees must be paid in full at time of registration.

Camper Information Packet •

Once you have registered, you will receive a receipt via e-mail if you registered on line.

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Receipt will have the link to the camper information packet.

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On-line registration confirmations should be received within 48 hours.

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If you have not received receipt, check your spam folder.

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If still not received, contact camper@ girlscoutsgcnwi.org.

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Please read through the list of documents and print and complete any that apply to your camper.

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Confirmation packet includes packing list.

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Campers who registered via a paper application and provided an e-mail address will receive the link by e-mail.

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Families that do not have access to e-mail and who do not provide an e-mail address will receive a confirmation and camper information packet by mail.

Please read the camper information packet thoroughly and pay attention to the forms that are due. If you register your camper after May 1 paperwork is due immediately.

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Camp Butternut Springs is located just outside of Valparaiso, Indiana. It’s close to lots of highways and is easy to get to from just about anywhere in the Chicago region. It is especially convenient for our members in Indiana.

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This camp has an archery range, swimming pool, and shower house, a pond for boating, athletic fields and hiking trails. The challenge course is a low-element teambuilding experience where girls learn to work together solving problems and making decisions. You’ll eat most meals in the dining hall, but you’ll also have the chance to cook over a campfire at least once.

If you’re in grades 1 - 11 now, we’ve got a spot just for you! Our youngest campers will sleep in buildings, while our older campers (Juniors and older) will have a choice to sleep in buildings or platform tents.

All girls will experience one night of sleeping in pink tents they pitch themselves on the “All Camp” sleep under the stars campout in the athletic field.

Open House

Check out our beautiful camp during our open house:

Sunday, April 26, 2015 1 – 4 p.m.

Open house is held rain or shine; walking tours of camp will be available. No RSVP is necessary! Bring the entire family or troop!

We’ve continued to offer Brownie Trekkers, Junior Adventurers and Cadette Wanderers programs where the girls will choose from a menu of camp activities. We’ve also added more themebased programming and progressive experiences.

All programs include the outdoor program you love: swimming, cookouts, songs, campfires and making new friends.

Arrivals: Sunday 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Half-week programs: Wednesday 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Dismissals: Friday evening closing ceremony 7 p.m.

Mid week & half week programs: Tuesday evening closing ceremony 7 p.m.

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Girl Scout Brownies

(Entering grades 2 - 3 this fall) Brownie Sampler (3 days) This 3-day session is made especially for you if you’re a first-time camper and want to give camp a try or just want to stay at camp for a few days!

Includes swimming, crafts, campfire, songs and fun!

Fee: $120 Dates: June 28 - 30

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Max: 24 Max: 12 Max: 12

Brownie Trekker Plan your week and choose from lots of the camp activities you love. Your time at camp will be FOR YOU, planned BY YOU. On Sunday evening learn about all the activities that will be offered while you’re at camp and then sign up for your favorites.

There will be time during the week to try a few things you may have missed. Activity groups will be made up of girls who are similar ages. Your unit will plan special activities just for the girls in your unit. Everyone will come together for all camp fires, meals, and celebrations.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21 - 26

July 5 - 10

Max: 16 Max: 16

Fairy Wings and Firelight Discover the magic of camp! Take a hike looking for “fairies” and explore the natural world that fairies love. Choose to write a story about a “fairy” adventure or make a “fairy home.” Plenty of time to swim, play games, learn outdoor skills and spread your wings while making new friends.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12 - 17

Max: 16

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Making Friends

Resident Camps

Camp is a special place where girls make new friends and spend time with old friends. Share with other girls stories and songs while exploring camp and the outdoors. Swimming, crafts, hiking and lots of fun!

Girls will work together planning activities and trying new things! Girls will earn the “Making Friends” badge.

Fee: $240 Date: July 19 - 24

Max: 16

Treasure Hunter Follow the clues to find a camp treasure. What do you think it will be? Lots of new friends, fun, hikes, games and outdoor skills...girls will work on the “Letterboxer” and “Hiker” skill-builder badges.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 5 - 10

Max: 12

Water Snoopers Discover the “Wonders of Water” while exploring ways to be a water saver, go creek walking and swimming. Grab a net and magnifying glass and see what’s in the creek or pond at camp. Play water games and make new friends!

Fee: $240 Dates: July 19 - 24

Max: 16

Girl Scout Juniors

Big Sis-Little Sis Designed for the girls of different ages who want to camp with their sisters (or cousins). You’ll sleep in the same unit, plan activities, share songs and play games together. There will also be times when you will plan activities with new friends who are your age and then come back to share with your sister. Hikes, cook-outs, crafts and nature activities are part of this sister experience! (Must come as a pair) Register individually and list sister’s name as your buddy.

Fee: $240 per participant Dates: June 21 – 26 Max: 24

Art Rageous Are you “all about art?” Maybe designing something to wear or redecorating your room inspires you.

Learn sewing and weaving techniques, drawing techniques, and how to upcycle. Groups will decide what kind of projects everyone wants to do.

(Entering grades 4 - 5 this fall) Afloat

Fee: $240 Dates: July 19 - 24

Whether it’s swimming, canoeing, or exploring the pond, you just love the water. In this session, there’s plenty of time to learn canoe skills and practice.

Learn boat safety and plan an overnight under the stars by the pond.

Bits and Bridles

Fee: $240 Dates: July 5 - 10

July 19 - 24

Max: 12 Max: 12

Max: 16

Jump in the saddle! Spend the week with other beginning riders learning all you can about horses, their habits and their care. On three mornings, travel to a local stable to go on a trail ride. Take part in a special clinic at the stable that will provide a great chance to learn more.

Fee: $425 Dates: July 5 - 10

July 19 - 24

Max: 10 Max: 10

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Resident Camps

Camper Spectacular (2 weeks) Love camp and just don’t want to go home? Then this two-week session is for you. You will do all the things you love about camp: hike, swim, canoe, archery, crafts campfires, cookouts and have fun!

Girls will choose to work on several badges. Session includes one off-site field trip that girls will plan.

Fee: $525 Dates: July 5 – 17

Max: 8

Doctor Zoolittle

Junior Sampler (3 days)

Investigate the animal habitats at camp. Learn more about wild animals and endangered animal habitats.

Spend one day at the South Bend Indiana Zoo and visit with a zookeeper. Brainstorm ways you can help protect animal habitats. Girls will work on the “Animal Habitat” skill-building badge.

Give camp a try and see what it’s all about. Explore all the different program opportunities available to you during this 3-day experience. Will you do a scavenger hunt, learn to shoot a bow and arrow or go on a hike? Go swimming, cook out and have fun!

Fee: $425 Dates: June 21 - 26

Max: 10

Junior Adventurer Plan your week and choose from lots of the camp activities you love. Your time at camp will be FOR YOU, planned BY YOU. On Sunday evening learn about all the activities that will be offered while you’re at camp and then sign up for your favorites.

There will be time during the week to try a few things you may have missed. Activity groups will be made up of girls who are similar ages. Your unit will plan special activities just for the girls in your unit. Everyone will come together for all camp fires, meals, and celebrations.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21 - 26

July 5 - 10

July 12 - 17

July 19 - 24

Max: 12 Max: 12 Max: 12 Max: 12

Junior Athlete

Fee: $120 Dates: June 28 - 30

Max: 24

Miss Detective Learn how to follow the clues to solve a mystery.

Communicate in code, take fingerprints and try “detective” science. Create your own official ID badge and learn how to ask the right questions to find the truth, all while working on the “Detective” skill-building badge.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12 - 17

Max: 12

Moonlight Adventurer Connect with the wonders of nature after everyone else has hit the sack! Throw a star party, look for constellations and get wet on a moonlit swim. Stay up late, sleep in and cook breakfast in your unit. Do craft projects at midnight and then go on a night hike!

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21 - 26

Max: 12

Swimming, canoeing, soccer, quidditch, softball, volleyball are just some of the many sports to try during your week at camp. Plan healthy snacks to keep up your stamina while you practice skills.

Plenty of time for hiking, campfires, games, songs and lots of new friends and FUN!

On Target (3 days) NEW!

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12 - 17

Fee: $120 Dates: June 28 - 30

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Spend extra time practicing and improving your archery skills. Play games, too. When you are not at the archery range, there will be lots of time for hiking, swimming, gaming, crafting and campfires.

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Girl Scout Cadettes

Resident Camps

(Entering grades 6-8 this fall) Artistic Crafter

Cast Iron Chef

It’s time to let your creative juices flow! Create several craft projects, choosing from candle making, decoupage, printmaking, jewelry making and more! Teach a craft to younger girls. There’s time for all your favorite camp activities, too!

Discover the many foods you can prepare in a Dutch oven. Spend time preparing new recipes, and perfecting favorites. At the end of the week teams of 2 will have a Camp Butternut Springs Cast Iron Cook-Off. Using the “secret” ingredients given to each team, create a new camp favorite. There will be plenty of time for hiking, swimming, crafts and hanging with friends.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12 - 17

Max: 16

Camper Spectacular (2 weeks) Love camp? Then this 2-week session is for you. Do all the things you love: hike, swim, canoe, archery, crafts campfires, cook out and have fun! Girls will choose to work on several badges. Session includes one off-site field trip that girls will plan.

Fee: $525 Dates: July 5 – 17

Max: 8

Cadette Sampler (3 day) Squeeze resident camp into your super busy summer. We’ll have just enough time to try lots of your favorite camp activities, like swimming, hiking and working on crafts while making new friends.

Fee: $120 Dates: June 28 - 30

Max: 32

Cadette Wanderers Plan your week and choose from lots of the camp activities you love. Your time at camp will be FOR YOU, planned BY YOU. On Sunday evening learn about all the activities that will be offered while you’re at camp and then sign up for your favorites.

There will be time during the week to try a few things you may have missed. Activity groups will be made up of girls who are similar ages. Your unit will plan special activities just for the girls in your unit. Everyone will come together for all camp fires, meals, and celebrations Fee: $240 Dates: June 21 - 26

July 5 - 10

July 19 - 24

Max: 16 Max: 16 Max: 16

Fee: $240 Dates: July 19 - 24

Max: 8

Go Wild!

Challenge yourself to be your best as you explore the “wild side” of camp life. Which team will become the master fire builders? The expert outdoor cooks? Who will be the most proficient at following camp maps, shooting rockets or designing a nature workshop for our youngest campers? This session will include a bit of Survivor,” a bit of “Amazing Race,” and a whole lot of fun! Work on activities from the “Good Sportsmanship” badge.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 19 – 24

Max: 12

Program Aide S‘Mores (10 days) (Entering grades 7-8 next fall) Ready to help younger girls enjoy the camp experience? You’ll start your week with program aide basics, practice outdoor skills, then share your knowledge while working with younger girls at camp during this 10-day session.

Completion of this session will give you the skills to volunteer at weekend camp events throughout the year. There’s time to make new friends, enjoy camp, swim, try archery and have FUN! Fee: $325 Dates: June 21 – 30

Max: 8

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Resident Camps

Tech Savvy (3 days)

Travel Indiana (10 days)

Do you love the outdoors and technology? Spend time at camp creating your very own Android app! Ownership of a smart phone is not required.

When we’re not “plugged in,” there’s time for hiking, swimming, campfires and cookouts.

This 10-day program will have you exploring the history, culture and natural resources in northwest Indiana. Each day your group will head out to explore, and then return to camp to enjoy your favorite camp activities. Check out local museums, go to a nature center, or work on the “Night Owl” badge at the Challenger Learning Center.

Fee: $150 Dates: June 28 - 30

Max: 12

Special Agent Enter the world of forensic science and criminal psychology as a C.S.I. (Camp Scene Investigator) special agent. Host an “identity crisis” party and visit a camp “crime” scene. Explore careers in forensic science. Work on the “Special Agent” badge and enjoy all the activities you love about being at camp, including swimming, archery and making friends.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21 - 26

July 5 - 10

Max: 12 Max: 12

Stay Up Sleep In This late-night fun fest is only for older girls! Hang out and relax around a campfire, sleep under the stars, or play games at night. Sleep in the next morning, and cook out, work on craft projects and make lots of new friends! Work on activities from the “Night Owl” skill-builder badge.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12 - 17

Max: 12

THRIVE! Every turn will present a new challenge. Will you work by yourself, with a buddy or as a group? Learn strategies and techniques to thrive in the challenges of camp life and beyond. Spend time every day at camp’s on site-challenge course! You will have plenty of time to swim, hike, and canoe, try archery and make new friends too!

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12 – 17

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Fee: $400 Dates: June 21 - 30

Max: 10

You Can Find Me at the Beach Spend time hiking the trails around Indiana Beach, then cool off in the lake. Learn about weather conditions that impact the lakefront while working on activities from the “It’s Your Planet” journey “Breathe.” Program includes two off-site field trips and all the things you love about camp, including swimming, archery, canoeing. Choose from several camp activities.

Fee: $425 Dates: July 12 – 17

Max: 16

Voyager I Whether you love to canoe or want to try it for the first time, we’ll spend lots of time learning everything you’ll need to know. Spend every day learning new skills, making friends and completing challenges out on the water! Spend lots of time on the water. One off-site canoe trip on a local lake included. Must be able to swim at least 50 yards to participate and must be comfortable in deep water.

Fee: $325 Dates: July 5 – 10

Max: 10

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Camp Butternut Springs Girl Scout Senior and Ambassadors (Entering grades 9 – 12 this fall unless otherwise noted) Camp Out! (3 days) This is the perfect camp for you if you’ve never been to camp or your schedule is filling up fast. This session is just three days long. Take time to relax with friends, swim, enjoy the campfire and make S‘mores.

Fee: $120 Dates: June 28 – 30

Max: 16

Counselor-in-Training I (CIT I) (2 weeks) (Ambassadors only)

Develop and polish your camping skills, and learn basic counselor techniques during this 2-week session. Learn about the age characteristics of children, study human relations, learn how to teach songs, and games. Spend time observing and working with younger campers. This program is for girls who are serious about becoming camp counselors. Participants must have resident, day or additional camp experience.

Fee: $400 Dates: July 12-24

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Canoe Rendezvous NEW! Love to be out on the water? Join us to practice your canoe skills at camp, participate in games and challenges on the water as well as on land while doing other activities of your choice around camp.

Spend time canoeing at camp before taking a few offsite canoe day trips to a local lake and river! Must be able to swim at least 50 yards to participate and must be comfortable in deep water.

Fee: $425 Dates: July 19 – 24

Max: 10

Counselor Internship Have you completed CIT I and II, but you’re not yet 18 years old? Volunteer to assist at resident camp for 1 or 2 weeks this summer. Contact Peggy Brothers (pbrothers@girlscoutsgcnwi.org) to find out what weeks are available. You can choose to volunteer at Camp Butternut Springs, Juniper Knoll or Pokanoka.

Fee: $0 Dates: Varies

Max: 2 per week, per camp

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Camp Juniper Knoll

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Camp Juniper Knoll is located just north of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. With our private beach on Pleasant Lake, girls can swim, canoe, sail, and explore ▲the natural world.

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Half-week programs: Wednesday 1:30 – 3 p.m.

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$120 June 14-16 June 17-19 June 28 –30

Max: 16 Max: 16 Max: 24

“Lights, Camera, Action” NEW! Use your creativity and imagination this summer.

Join new friends while you act, dance, and sing all week long. Dress up in costumes and put on a performance for the whole camp! Learn what it takes to be successful as a team on and off the stage.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 19-24

Max: 12

Little Backpackers NEW!

Fee: $240 Dates: July 19-24

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Swimming, crafts, campfire, and songs are part of the fun!

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Love to explore? Pack up your sleeping bags and learn how to set up tents and cook over a fire at camp. Work on the skills you need to be safe and comfortable outside, while working on the “Hiker” and “Brownie First Aid” badges.

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If you’re in grades 1 – 11 right now, Camp Juniper Knoll has just the adventure you’re looking for this summer. Experience off-site beginner horseback riding,Camp hike▲ the trails, play games in the meadow, ▲ or putRiver on a play.

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Sunday, May 17, 2015, 1 – 4 p.m.

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Open house is held rain or shine; walking tours of camp will be available. No RSVP is necessary! Bring the entire family or troop!

STEM Starters NEW! Experiments, Equations, and Engineering, oh my!

Spend this week at camp exploring the science behind nature and learning how things work. Each day at camp will have a different focus: science, technology, engineering, and math, in addition to all the fun of being outdoors.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

July 12-17

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Water Bugs NEW!

Let’s Get Rooted NEW!

Discover the Wonders of Water while exploring ways to be a water saver at camp and at home. Wade in the water, go swimming, and take a ride on a row boat. Then grab a net and magnifying glass to see what’s in the lake to learn how bugs and animals help to teach us about water! Work on the “Bugs” badge and the “It’s Your Planet-Love It!” journey.

Learn about “place” and the natural world around us through edible plants, herbal medicine remedies, animal tracking, making shelters and storytelling.

Focus on practicing traditional survival techniques that will challenge you and teach you about the importance of community.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12-17

Max: 16

Girl Scout Juniors (Entering grades 4 – 5 this fall) Afloat Whether it’s swimming, canoeing, exploring the lake or building sand castles, you just love the water.

Discover the beauty and wonder of Pleasant Lake.

Learn boat safety and plan an overnight under the stars at the beach.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

July 19-24

Afloat II (10 days) NEW! Already completed an Afloat session, but you still haven’t had enough of the lake? Try this new session which includes more time on the water and an overnight canoe trip. You will refine your skills while you continue to learn about water safety, canoe care, and how to navigate while out on the lake!

Max: 8

Art Rageous Are you “all about art?” Maybe designing something to wear or redecorating your room inspires you.

Learn sewing and weaving techniques, drawing techniques, and how to upcycle. Groups will decide what kind of projects everyone wants to do.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 16

Max: 12

Backpack Explorer NEW! Become comfortable with how to set up tents, cook meals over a fire, and how to be safe on trail.

Connect with the wonders of nature as you take a day trip to hike on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail while learning about Leave No Trace and how to navigate in the woods. Girls will work on the “Camper” badge.

Fee: $280 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 8

Bits and Bridles

Max: 16 Max: 16

Fee: $400 Dates: July 26- August 4

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Jump in the saddle! Spend the week with other beginning riders learning all you can about horses, their habits and their care. On three mornings, travel to a local stable to go on a trail ride. Take part in a special clinic at the stable that will provide a great chance to learn more.

Fee: $425 Dates: June 21-26

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July 26-31

Max: 16 Max: 16 Max: 16

Doctor Zoolittle Investigate the animal habitats at camp. Learn more about wild animals and endangered animal habitats.

Spend one day at the Milwaukee Zoo and visit with a zookeeper. Brainstorm ways you can help protect animal habitats. Girls will work on the “Animal Habitat” skill-building badge.

Fee: $425 Dates: July 19-24

Max: 10

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Junior Sampler (3 days)

Proud to be a Junior (10 days) NEW!

Give camp a try and see what it’s all about. Explore all the different program opportunities available to you during this 3-day experience. Will you do a scavenger hunt, learn to shoot a bow and arrow or go canoeing on the lake?

As a Girl Scout we learn to have fun, be responsible, and take care of others. This extended session provides you with an opportunity to do it all!

Practice archery, learn how to canoe on the lake, and spend time cooking over a campfire. Use your Girl Scout experience to help to run an all-camp activity and work on a service project during your stay.

Fee: $120 Dates: June 14-16

June 17-19

June 28-30

Max: 12 Max: 12 Max: 36

Miss Detective Learn how to follow the clues to solve a mystery.

Communicate in code, take fingerprints and try “detective” science. Create your own official ID badge and learn how to ask the right questions to find the truth, all while working on the “Detective” skill-building badge.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 5-10

Max: 12

My STEM Story NEW! Learn and use outdoor skills to discover the natural world around you. Uncover the science behind nature, learn about electricity, create a windmill, cook over a fire and go orienteering to learn some new math skills that help you thrive outside. Each day at camp will have a different focus: science, technology, engineering, and math, in addition to all the fun of being outdoors!

Fee: $240 Dates: July 5-10

July 26-31

Max: 12 Max: 12

Outdoor Cook-Outdoor Fun Spend lots of time learning new cooking techniques over a campfire using the natural world around you, while earning the “Simple Meals” badge.

Discover the importance of learning helpful knots and knowing what to do in case of an emergency.

Take the time to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors through a variety of activities and spend time with our art materials in the forest to paint, draw, or write about what we find.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 26-31

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Fee: $360 Dates: July 26- August 4

Max: 12

You Did What at Camp?

Do things you never thought that you could do at camp. Meet new friends, stay up late and have a dance party. Have fun during movie night, and enjoy another night of facials and nail painting.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12-17

Max: 12

Girl Scout Cadettes (Entering grades 6 – 8 this fall) Artistic Crafter It’s time to let your creative juices flow! Learn new techniques of upcycling and being resourceful with the environment around you. Spend the week creating several craft projects of your choice perhaps candle making, découpage, printmaking, jewelry making, sewing and more!

Fee: $240 Dates: July 19-24

Max: 12

Backpacking Wanderer NEW! Develop your camping skills while learning how to use a map and compass, how to be safe on trail and how to properly prepare for a backpacking trip. Practice packing your backpack and trying out Leave No Trace ethics on a 2-night primitive backpacking trip on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Make unforgettable memories while learning about how to protect and enjoy the wilderness.

Fee: $300 Dates: June 14-19

Max: 10

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Camp Juniper Knoll Backpacking Adventurer (10 days) NEW! Use your previous camping experiences to continue to build skills and knowledge of the wilderness.

Refresh your memory in fire building, navigation, and tent camping in order to fully prepare for a 4-5 night primitive backpacking adventure on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Spend this time enjoying the stars and serenity of being outside and participate on a half-day solo challenge.

Fee: $400 Dates: July 26-August 4

Max: 10

Cadette Camp Adventures (3 weeks) We know you love camp and wish you didn’t have to go home. This three-week session is just for you! Enjoy all the activities you love about camp spending time with new friends, hiking, archery, swimming, and arts. Be in charge of your experience. Plan your activities, campfires, cookouts and plan a field trip of your choice.

Fee: $720 Dates: July 5-24

Max: 8

Cadette Sampler (3 days) Squeeze resident camp into your super busy summer. We’ll have just enough time to try lots of the things there are to do at camp, like swim, hike, work on a craft project, and make lots of new friends!

Fee: $120 Dates: June 28-30

Max: 28

Camp Runners NEW! Are you up for the challenge? Learn traditional and modern survival techniques including tracking, mapping, archery, making shelters, and chopping wood to cook over a fire. Develop friendships and determine your role on the team. Then put these new skills to the test to solve the maze of camp with your team and learn how friendship can overcome many obstacles.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 5-10

Max: 12

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Creative Cooking Calling all foodies. Make foods from around the world while learning how to select foods and read food labels. Take a trip to select fresh produce from the Elegant Farmer to use in one of your extra cookouts. Tour the camp kitchen and prepare dessert for the entire camp one evening.

Fee: $280 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 12

Escape Week Here is your chance to design and build your own camp program. Work with your counselors to figure out what your week will look like to make this the best week at camp ever!

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

Max: 12

Engineering Design Challenge NEW! If you like to take things apart, put them back together, or just wonder how something works, this is the camp for you. Participants will work in teams to solve engineering design challenges using the Engineering Design Process (EDP). Critical thinking and problem-solving skills will be modeled for and then applied by the participants. This adventure will include a trip to the Yerkes observatory on Friday.

There will be canoeing, swimming, outdoor cooking and campfires, too!

Dates: July 5-10 (1 week)

July 5-17 (2 weeks) Max: 16

Fee: $375 Fee: $655

Go Wild

Challenge yourself to be your best as you explore the “wild side” of camp life. Which team will become the master firebuilders? The expert outdoor cooks? Who will be the most proficient at following camp maps, flying their kites the highest/ longest or designing a nature workshop for our youngest campers? This session will include a bit of “Survivor,” a bit of “Amazing Race,” and a whole lot of fun! Girls will work on activities from the “Good Sportsmanship” badge.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 16

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Hoist Your Sail (10 days)

Stay Up-Sleep In

Nothing compares with the excitement of skimming across Pleasant Lake in a sailboat! Learn how to rig your craft and hoist your sail while you spend time at the lake with your new friends. Learn water safety, knots and other aspects of sailing a Sunfish dinghy.

Participants must be comfortable swimming in deep water and must have the upper body strength to lift a 15-pound sail out of the water.

This late-night fun fest is for older girls only! Hang out and relax around a campfire, sleep under the stars, or play games at night. Sleep in at least 3 mornings and cook out breakfast, work on craft projects ad make lots of new friends! Girls will work on activities from the “Night Owl” badge.

Fee: $400 Dates: June 21-30

July 26- August 4

Max: 8 Max: 8

Kick your week off by getting to know other campers and building your team by playing lots of great games. Head to a high ropes course and climbing tower for a day and participate in team-building initiatives. Get a chance to soar down the zipline before our overnight trip to Devil’s Lake State Park for some rock climbing and rappelling!

Runway Dazzler (10 days) Discover your creative side. Learn how to plan and lay out your ideas and turn them in to something that you’ll want to keep for years. Design fashions using newspaper, fabrics and reused materials. Try your hand at sewing and weaving. Make your own jewelry and “Duct Tape” accessories. Enjoy learning about camp fashion and practicality as you swim, cook out, and meet new friends. Then show your designs during the “Runway Fashion Show” that you help plan!

Max: 12

Saddle Up Are you interested in horses, but just haven’t had the chance to ride? If so, this is the program for you!

Join other beginning riders as we travel to a stable three times during your stay for a trail ride and participate in a clinic. The clinic will be an awesome way to learn more about the care of horses.

Fee: $425 Dates: June 14-19

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Spend the whole week focused on your archery skills. Learn how to score arrows and compete in a tournament. Improve your aim and precision through archery focused games and challenges while enjoying traditional camp activities. (Open to Cadettes/Seniors/Ambassadors) Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 12

Voyager I

Max: 10

Fee: $360 Dates: July 26- August 4

Max: 16 Max: 16

Take Aim NEW!

On Belay! (2 weeks)

Fee: $675 Dates: July 5-17

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

July 5-10

Whether you love to canoe or want to try it for the first time, we’ll spend lots of time learning everything you need to know. Spend every day learning new skills, making friends and completing challenges out on the water! Spend lots of time out on the water and a go on overnight canoe trip. Must be able to swim at least 50 yards to participate and must be comfortable in deep water.

Fee: $280 Dates: June 14-19

Max: 8

Voyager II (2 weeks) Test your canoe skills during this 2-week session.

During the first week practice improving skills, building endurance and learning canoe safety for river travel. During the second week you’ll travel the Wisconsin River on a 3-day camping adventure.

Fee: $525 Dates: July 5-17

Max: 8

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Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors (Entering grades 9 – 12 this fall) Backpacking Wanderer NEW! Develop your camping skills while learning how to use a map and compass, how to be safe on a trail and how to properly prepare for a backpacking trip. Practice packing your backpack and trying out Leave No Trace ethics on a 2-night primitive backpacking trip on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Make unforgettable memories while learning to protect and enjoy the wilderness.

Fee: $300 Dates: July 19-24

Max: 10

Backpacking Adventurer (10 days) NEW! Use your previous camping experiences to continue to build skills and knowledge of the wilderness.

Refresh your memory in fire building, navigation, and tent camping in order to fully prepare for a 4-5 night primitive backpacking adventure on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Spend this time enjoying the stars and serenity of being outside and participate on a half-day solo challenge.

Fee: $400 Dates: July 26-August 4

Max: 10

Boundary Waters Adventure (2 weeks)

Take your canoe skills to the next level! Kick off this 2-week session building friendships and practicing canoe skills to prepare you for five days in northeastern Minnesota. Paddle from lake to lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Experience the beauty and solitude of this internationally known destination. Complete your adventure by returning to Juniper Knoll with lots of pictures and stories to share!

Fee: $1000 Dates: July 12-24

Max: 10

Camp Hogwarts NEW! Did your owl never show up? Are you sick of the Muggle world? Join us for this crash course as we explore herbology and healing potions here at camp. Make your own house wardrobe and participate in a quidditch match in addition to swimming, archery, and learning the ins and outs of camp.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 12

Camp Champion (3 weeks) NEW! We know you love camp and wish you didn’t have to go home. This 3-week session is just for you! Enjoy all the activities you love about camp spending time with new friends, hiking, archery, swimming, and arts. Be in charge of your experience and refine your outdoor skills. Plan your activities, campfires, cookouts and plan a field trip of your choice.

Fee: $720 Dates: July 5-24

Max: 8

Camp Out! (3 days) Have you not yet been to camp? Or would you like to return, but your schedule is already filling up?

There’s no time like the now. Here’s the perfect session that is just three days long. Take time to relax with friends, swim, enjoy the campfire and make S‘mores.

Fee: $120 Dates: June 28-30

Max: 28

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Camp Juniper Knoll Take Aim NEW! Spend the whole week focused on your archery skills. Learn how to score arrows and compete in a tournament. Improve your aim and precision through archery focused games and challenges while enjoying traditional camp activities. (Open to Cadettes/Seniors/Ambassadors) Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 12

We are Dauntless NEW! Train to become a camp divergent. Conquer obstacle courses and simulations to test your strengths and strengthen your weaknesses.

Uncover mysteries in the outdoors as you learn to shoot arrows, practice camouflage, and develop your sense of virtue. Undergo a personality test that will determine which fellow campers will be the best suited to help encourage you through the challenges.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 19-24

Max: 12

Counselor- In- Training I (CIT I) (2 weeks) (Ambassadors only) Develop and polish your camping skills, and learn basic counselor techniques during this 2-week session. Learn about the age characteristics of children, study human relations, learn how to teach songs and games. Spend time observing and working with younger campers. This program is for girls who are serious about becoming camp counselors. Participants must have resident, day or additional camp experience.

Fee: $400 Dates: July 5-17

Max: 8

Counselor- In- Training II (CIT II) (2 weeks) (Ambassadors only; CIT I required) Put into practice the skills developed in CIT I while working on the finer points of being a counselor. Increase your skills in archery, outdoor cooking, nature study and arts. Love the water?

Spend additional time with the waterfront staff.

Considering a career in camping or Girl Scouting?

Spend time with the camp director’s team and learn more about the administration of camp. Girls who have completed CIT I through another program should contact Peggy Brothers (pbrothers@ girlscoutgsnwi.org) to discuss entering our program Fee: $400 Dates: July 19-31

Max: 8

Counselor Internship Have you completed CIT I and II, but you are not yet 18 years old? Volunteer to assist at resident camp for 1 or 2 weeks this summer. Contact Peggy Brothers (pbrothers@girlscoutsgcnwi.org) to find out what weeks are available. You can choose to volunteer at Camp Butternut Springs, Juniper Knoll or Pokanoka.

Fee: $0 Dates: Varies

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Live in an open-air cabin (we call them tabins) if you are in grades 2-5. Older girls may sleep in a tabin or platform tent depending on the week you’re at camp. You’ll stay with other girls your age; your counselors will be nearby in their own tent or tabin.

The shower house with modern restroom facilities is available for everyone.

Arrivals: Sunday 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Half-week programs: Wednesday 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Dismissals: Friday evening closing ceremony 7 p.m.

Mid week & half week programs: Tuesday evening closing ceremony 7 p.m.

Open House

Check out our beautiful camp during our open house:

Sunday, May 17, 2015 1 – 5 p.m.

Open house is held rain or shine; walking tours of camp will be available. No RSVP is necessary! Bring the entire family or troop!

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Camp Pokanoka is located outside of Ottawa, Illinois on the banks of the Illinois River. There are trails to hike, a creek to walk along, a pool, shower house and a gazebo for stargazing.

If you’re in grades 1 – 11 right now, Camp Pokanoka is the perfect place for your summer adventure!

Choose the focus of your week. Whether it is on art, theatre, outdoor cooking, bicycling, or exploring the woods, you are bound to have a great time! Swim every day, play games, cook out, go on frog hunts, work on craft projects and make lots of new friends!

Maybe try archery, work as a team to get through the challenge course, or even sleep outside under the stars.

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Designed for the girls who want to camp with their sisters (or cousins), and you are different ages.

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You’ll sleep in the same tabin, plan activities, share songs and games together. There will also be times when you will plan age level activities with new friends and come back to share with your sister. Hike, cook-outs, crafts and nature are part of this sister experience! (Must come as a pair.) Register individually and list sister’s name as your buddy.

Fee: $240 per participant Dates: June 14-19 Max: 32

July 5-10 Max: 16

(Entering grades 2 -3 this fall) Brownie Sampler (3 day) This 3-day session is made especially for you if you’re a first-time camper and want to give camp a try or just want to stay at camp for a few days!

Includes swimming, crafts, campfire, songs and lots of fun! $120 June 21-23 June 24-26 June 28-30

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Camp Scientist

Water Snoopers

Use your mind to come up with creative ideas to use existing objects in new ways. Mix up “slimy” fun! Imagine what you can do with a circle at camp. Brainstorm ways to make a new camp tool.

There will be plenty of time to hike, swim, explore camp and make new friends. Girls will work on the “Inventor” skill-building badge.

Discover the “Wonders of Water” while exploring ways to be a water saver, go creek walking, and swimming. Grab a net and magnifying glass and see what’s in the creek or pond at camp. Play water games and make new friends!

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 8

Fairy Wings and Firelight Discover the magic of camp! Take a hike looking for “fairies” and explore the natural world that fairies love. Choose to write a story about a “fairy” adventure or make a “fairy home.” Plenty of time to swim, play games, learn outdoor skills and spread your wings while making new friends.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12-17

Max: 16

Lights, Camera, Action NEW! Use your creativity and imagination! Join new friends while you act, dance, and sing all week long.

Dress up in costumes and put on a performance for the whole camp! Learn what it takes to be successful as a team on and off the stage.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12-17

Max: 16

Little Chefs NEW! Learn about foods that help you keep up your energy and discover new ways to cook outdoors.

Plan a healthy snack to take on a hike and take a tour of the camp kitchen. Make new cooking friends while working on the “Snacks” badge.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 8

Treasure Hunter Follow the clues to find a camp treasure. What do you think it will be? We’ll focus on making new friends, having fun, hiking, playing games and building outdoor skills. Girls will work on the “Letter boxer” and “Hiker” skill builder badges.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 5-10

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Fee: $240 Dates: July 5-10

Max: 16

Girl Scout Juniors (Entering grades 4 – 5 this fall) Art Rageous Are you “all about art?” Maybe designing something to wear or redecorating your room inspires you.

Learn sewing and weaving techniques, drawing techniques, and how to upcycle. Groups will decide what kind of projects everyone wants to do.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

July 19-24

Max: 16 Max: 16

Campapalooza!

Design your own camp adventure. Do you want to focus on archery, or spend more time hiking?

Choose from a menu of camp options. Girls in this unit will sign up for the activities they are interested in doing. Maybe you want to pitch a tent or sleep under the stars? Spend time with friends and make new ones, too.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

Max: 16

Fit-Fun and Fabulous Healthy snacks, yoga, dance are a few of the choices you will have when learning fun ways to stay fit and feel fabulous! Girls will work on the first aid, practice with a purpose and simple meals badges while playing games, working as a team and having fun!

Fee: $240 Dates: July 19-24

Max: 16

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Junior Sampler (3 days)

Outdoor Cook-Outdoor Fun

Give camp a try and see what it’s all about. Explore all the different program opportunities available to you during this 3-day experience. Will you do a scavenger hunt, learn to shoot a bow and arrow or go on a hike?

Spend lots of time learning new cooking techniques over a campfire using the natural world around you.

Discover the importance of learning helpful knots and knowing what to do in case of an emergency.

Take the time to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors through a variety of activities and spend time with our art materials in the forest to paint, draw, or write about what we find.

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$120 June 21-23 June 24-26 June 28-30

Max: 16 Max: 16 Max: 32

Life-Sized NEW! Enjoy playing board games with friends and family?

Now it’s time to play camp style. Join the fun as your favorite board games come to life. Enjoy sinking the other team’s ship in “Battleship,” passing go and collecting your prize in a “Monopoly” scavenger hunt, playing “Family Feud” with your camp friends, and much more!

Fee: $240 Dates: July 5-10

Max: 16

Miss Detective Learn how to follow the clues to solve a mystery.

Communicate in code, take fingerprints and try “detective” science. Create your own official ID badge and learn how to ask the right questions to find the truth, all while working on the “Detective” skill-building badge.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

July 12-17

Max: 16 Max: 16

Moonlight Adventurer Connect with the wonders of nature after everyone else has hit the sack! Throw a star party, look for constellations and get wet on a moonlit swim. Stay up late, sleep in and cook breakfast in your unit.

We’ll do craft projects at midnight and then go on a night hike!

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

July 5-10

July 19-24

Max: 16 Max: 16 Max: 16

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

Max: 8

Playing in the Past Discover what life was like in the 1800s. What was the fashion then? What did you and your best friend do together? Take a field trip to Salem Village (near Springfield, IL) to experience what life was like in earlier days. Learn several games and create art that was popular at that time. Girls will earn the “Playing the Past” skill-building badge.

Fee: $375 Dates: July 12-17

Max: 16

Shutterbugs Are you a camera bug? Grab your camera and get ready to explore the beauty of camp. Take portraits of new friends, landscape shots, and document camp activities. Each girl will print a few of her camp pictures to complete a scrapbook page of their camp memories. General camp program, swimming, games and cookouts included! Get ready for lots of fun and new friends! (Girls will need to bring their own camera.)

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

Max: 8

Wacky Waters Splash away in the pool, try water aerobics, and wacky water relays. When you’re not in the pool, play water games, prepare “fruit slushies.” Learn canoe safety in the pool and snorkeling.

Are you up for a “polar bear” swim? There will be plenty of time for hikes, cookouts, games and songs.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

July 19-24

Max: 16 Max: 16

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You Did What at Camp?

Evidence Found

Do things you never thought that you could do at camp. Meet new friends, stay up late and have a dance party. Have fun during movie night, and enjoy another night of facials and nail painting.

Enter the world of forensic science and criminal psychology as a C.S.I. (Camp Scene Investigator) special agent. Host an “identity crisis” party and visit a camp “crime” scene. Explore careers in forensic science. Work on the “Special Agent” badge and enjoy all the activities you love about being at camp, including swimming, archery and making new friends.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Max: 16

Girl Scout Cadettes (Entering grades 6 – 8 this fall)

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12-17

Camp Adventures (3 weeks)

Go Wild

We know you love camp and wish you didn’t have to go home. This 3-week session is just for you! There will be time for all of the activities you love at camp, including cooking out, hiking, archery, swimming, and arts and crafts. You and the girls in your unit are in charge of your experience and will have lots of planning to do, including a field trip!

Challenge yourself to be your best as you explore the “wild side” of camp life. Which team will become the master fire builders? The expert outdoor cooks? Who will be the most proficient at following camp maps, flying their kites the highest/ longest or designing a nature workshop for our youngest campers? This session will include a bit of “Survivor,” a bit of “Amazing Race,” and a whole lot of fun! Girls will work on the “Good Sportsmanship” badge.

Fee: $720 Dates: July 5- July 24

Max: 8

Cadette Sampler (3 days) Squeeze resident camp into your super busy summer. We’ll have just enough time to try lots of the things there are to do at camp, like swim, hike, work on a craft project, and make lots of new friends!

Fee: $120 Dates: June 28-30

Max: 32

Cast Iron Chef Discover the many foods you can prepare in a Dutch Oven. Spend time preparing new recipes and perfecting favorites. At the end of the week, teams of two will have a Camp Pokanoka Cast Iron Cook-Off, using the “secret” ingredients given to each team, create a new camp favorite. Girls will have plenty of time for hiking, swimming, crafts and hanging with friends.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

Max:8

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$240 June 14-19 July 5-10 July 19-24

Max: 16 Max: 16 Max: 16

Just 4 Fun- Let’s Try It We’re off to a climbing wall, and then we’ll spend a day at Starved Rock State Park hiking the trails. Hike, camp and be a part of an “Amazing Race” scavenger hunt in downtown Ottawa. You’ll have lots of time to plan what you want to do and make new friends.

Fee: $425 Dates: July 12-17

Max: 16

Ride with the Wind Grab your helmet and bring your bike! Learn how to maintain your bicycle before we head off camp for some day trips. You’ll need to bring your own bike and helmet, and your bike should work well and be the right size. You must be physically able to ride 8 to 10 miles at a time. Bring a small backpack and water bottle.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 5-10

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Camp Pokanoka

CAMP GUIDE

Runway Dazzler

Voyager I

Discover your creative side. Design fashions using newspaper and fabrics. Try your hand at sewing and weaving. Make your own jewelry and “Duct Tape” accessories. Plenty of time for hikes, games, cookouts, swimming and new friends. Show your designs during the “Runway Fashion Show” that you help plan!

Whether you love to canoe or want to try for the first time, we’ll spend lots of time learning what you need to know. Spend every day learning new skills, making friends and completing challenges out on the water!

Spend lots of time out on the water. One off-site canoe trip on a local lake included. Must be able to swim at least 50 yards to participate and must be comfortable in deep water.

Resident Camps

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12-17

Max: 16

Saddle Up Have you always been interested in horses, but just haven’t had the chance to ride? If so, this is the program for you! Join other beginning riders as we travel to a stable three times during your stay for a trail ride and participate in a clinic. The clinic will be an awesome way to learn more about the care of horses.

Fee: $425 Dates: June 21-26

July 19-24

Max: 12 Max: 12

Show Time NEW! If acting, dancing, or singing is one of your passions, this is the program for you. A medley of performance arts mixed with improvisation games will help you develop your creativity and talents.

Spend time developing a performance with your new friends to share with the whole camp!

Fee: $240 Dates: June 14-19

Fee: $325 Dates: June 21-26

July 19-24

Max: 8 Max: 8

Wilderness Wanderer Your camping experience starts here! Meet the challenge of cooking over an open fire and pitching a tent. Set up camp and spend two nights at our primitive unit. Follow the clues as you “hunt” for your food. Work in teams challenging each other.

Spend one day hiking at Starved Rock State Park and still have time to swim, play games, cook out, work on some craft projects and make lots of new friends!

Fee: $300 Dates: July 5-10

July 19-24

Max: 16 Max: 16

Max: 16

Stay Up-Sleep In This late-night fun fest is for older girls only! Hang out and relax around a campfire, sleep under the stars, or play games at night. Sleep in the next morning, and cook out, work on craft projects ad make lots of new friends! Girls will work on activities from the “Night Owl” skill-builder badge.

Fee: $240 Dates: June 21-26

July 12-17

Max: 12 Max: 12

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CAMP GUIDE Resident Camps

Camp Pokanoka Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors (Entering grades 9 – 12 this fall)

Road Trip (2 weeks)

Hone your group leading, team building, and camping skills during this one-week session. Focus on techniques for working with younger girls. After we plan some activities, we’ll take them to the Brownie unit.

Don’t unpack your stuff! Our jam-packed tour will start at Pokanoka, then we’re off to visit Camp River Trails, Camp Juniper Knoll and Camp Butternut Springs. This 2-week session includes day trips, like a day in the Lake Geneva area. We’ll canoe on Pleasant Lake, sleep in yurts and make lots of new friends.

Fee: $240 Dates: July 12-17

Fee: $675 Dates: July 5-17

Camp Team Leader

Max: 8

Max: 8

Camp Out! (3 days)

Counselor Internship

If you haven’t been to camp yet or your schedule is filling up this summer, this is the perfect session for you! It is just three days long. Take time to relax with friends, swim, enjoy the campfire and make S‘mores.

Have you completed CIT I and II, but you are not yet 18 years old? Volunteer to assist at resident camp for 1 or 2 weeks this summer. Contact Peggy Brothers (pbrothers@girlscoutsgcnwi.org) to find out what weeks are available. You can choose to volunteer at Camp Butternut Springs, Juniper Knoll or Pokanoka.

Fee: $120 Dates: June 28-30

Max: 12

Fee: $0 Dates: Varies

Just 4 Me Hang out with girls your age. Sleep under the stars or sleep in late. With your counselors, you get to decide and plan your week, including a field trip, bring your swimsuit, sunglasses and ideas!

Fee: $325 Dates: July 19-24

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Camp River Trails Weekend and Day Camp, Troop Camping Camp River Trails is just outside of Sheridan, Illinois.

It’s close to multiple highways, so getting there is easy. The camp has an archery range, swimming pool, shower house, fields for games, and hiking trails. You’ll eat your meals in the dining hall.

Camp River Trails is available for troop camping Monday – Friday in addition to some weekends.

Contact the property registrar for availability: property@girlscoutsgcnwi.org or 312-912-6371

Junior Core Camp Learn fun ways to meet other girls and spend time with your friends! Try new things while practicing outdoor skills. Work on the First Aid badge and summer nature activities, swimming and archery.

Cost: Time: Date: Location: Code:

$ 55 per person 6 p.m. - 11 a.m.

July 10-12, 2015 Camp River Trails, Sheridan, IL 586775

CAMP GUIDE Resident Camps

You & Me (All Ages) Grab someone special and join us for an overnight adventure at camp. Go on a night hike and explore ▲ the woods. Swim, creek walk, play games, enjoy a Camp campfires and S’mores and time to spend with a Juniper Knoll, favorite adult female relative.

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Lake Michigan

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Camp River Trails, Sheridan, IL

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Sunday, May 17, 2015 1 – 5 pm Open house is held rain or shine; walking tours of camp will be available. No RSVP is necessary! Bring the entire family or troop!

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Lake Michigan

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Check out the “Other Day Camp Opportunities” on page 58 for information on Camp River Trails day camp August 3 – 6, 2015.

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CAMP GUIDE Day Camps

Register for day camp at www.register. girlscoutsgnwi.org

Day Camp Information Day camp is a great way to spend those lazy days of summer!

Day camp program locations:

Except we’re anything but lazy at camp!

We’ve got just the program for you. Check out the following pages for specific program information.

Take a look and see what interests you! You can invite a friend along to share in all the fun!

This extended day program runs from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30p.m. Girls will have the opportunity to discover day camp at the same time other girls are experiencing resident camp. Girls will explore nature, work on crafts, play games, and sing lots of songs. Swimming is available for all girls, archery and canoeing for girls entering 4th grade and older.

Are you looking for something new and exciting to do this summer? Girl Scout day camp is the place for you! Whether you have gone to day camp for years or are coming for the first time, we can’t wait to see you. We are counting down the days until summer!

We offer day camp at several sites throughout the council. Look for one that is close to you, or try something new.

Day camp runs from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Monday-Friday at the following sites: Camp Butternut Springs, Valparaiso, IN Camp Greene Wood, Woodridge, IL Camp Palos, Palos Park, IL Camp Duncan (NEW- 1 week program offering) Camp Oakarro (NEW- 1 week program offering) Camp River Trails, Sheridan, IL (NEW- 1 week program offering) Everyone at camp gets to play outdoors, work on craft projects, sing songs and makes lots of new friends. Optional overnight for girls in 4th grade and older is offered at Camp Greene Wood and Camp Palos.

How do you know if you are ready to try an overnight? Check out our quiz on page 4. Then have a chat with your family to select the program that fits your interests best.

Like more than one session? That’s great! You can sign up for as many sessions as you like, with the okay from your parents, of course.

After successful registration, an e-mail will be sent containing confirmation materials. A second confirmation will be sent approximately two weeks before your camp session with specific information regarding your camper’s unit and transportation information.

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Camp Butternut Springs

Camp Greene Wood The full-day program runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Camp Greene Wood. Campers have the opportunity to explore nature, work on crafts, play games, and sing lots of songs. An optional overnight is included for girls in grades 4 – 12.

Camp Palos This full-day program runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will allow you to experience all that camp has to offer: songs, games, crafts, nature activities, cooking in the outdoors and an optional overnight experience for girls entering 4th grade and above.

Before and After Camp Care at Camp Palos NEW! Parents, are you looking for a quality summer experience for your daughter while you are working?

Girls can attend camp beginning at 7:30 a.m. and stay until 6 p.m. There will be special program activities for girls who register for these extra opportunities. Multiple program choices for girls who want to spend 5 weeks of their summer with us.

Traveling Day Camp Pilot Program NEW! We’re taking our program on the road. Our traveling day camp team will be offering 1 week of day camp in the following locations: Camp Duncan

Ingleside, IL

Camp Oakarro

Wadsworth, IL

Camp River Trails

Sheridan, IL

A traveling day camp team, along with local volunteers will provide day camp program to girls that will include progressive outdoor skills. Girl participating in these programs will work on the Outdoor Progression Patch program.

Girl Scout

Summer

Day Camp Information Adventure Begins at Day Camp Summer day camp includes fun-filled days with activities that open up new worlds, provide new opportunities to build confidence and just be a girl.

Girls discover they can do things for themselves like cook something over a fire with their newly found cooking skills…connect with the outdoors when they hike a trail or see a deer along the way…and make memories that they will have the rest of their lives.

Girls will find a variety of program options that will peak their interests during their time at day camp.

Each program has a special focus where girls can explore an area a bit more in depth. They still have a chance to do all the regular camp favorites like arts and crafts, hiking, and tie dying.

Girls in each unit have a chance to offer their own ideas to customize the unit’s program for the week.

This means that a program’s content may change from week to week. Some requirements for Girl Scout journeys or badges may be met during the week.

Girl Scout day camp programs are the best value in the area. Her camp fee covers:

CAMP GUIDE Day Camps

Health and Safety Safety is a part of everything we do from always walking with a buddy to practicing emergency procedures.

We follow Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. standards and that of the American Camp Association.

Our camps are also licensed by the state and follow all state and federal codes for site, food service, health and safety, staffing, program design and management.

Every girl must have a HEALTH HISTORY to participate in day camp. It is REQUIRED. A girl’s registration will not be considered complete until her health history is submitted.

Any medications to be taken while at camp must be accompanied by an Authorization to Medicate Form. This will be sent via-email in the confirmation you will receive two weeks before camp.

List any severe allergies or other important health information. The health supervisor will contact parents of campers with serious or life-threatening allergies to complete an Allergy Action Plan.

Each program site has a health supervisor who will contact parents about health concerns as needed

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Five days of programming that will keep her busy, challenged, and meeting new friends

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Staffing by a comprehensive camp staff that includes a health supervisor, program staff and camp counselors

Parents of a girl with specific needs should contact Peggy Brothers at pbrothers@girlscoutsgcnwi.org to discuss those needs.

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Food for her group’s cookout

Day camp is held rain or shine. Buildings or shelters are available in the event of severe weather.

NOTE: Transportation to camp via chartered bus is EXTRA

Volunteer-Led Day Camps A variety of volunteer-planned and led day camps take place at a variety of locations ranging from Morris, Mokena, Peotone, Channahon-Minooka, Lockport and Valparaiso, IN. Check out page 56 to see what our day camp volunteers have planned.

All safety procedures are reviewed with campers on the first day of camp.

Unit Size Programs are divided into groups called units.

Average unit size is based on the program level. At least two adults supervise each unit’s program.

Units are made up of girls from several troops. Girls can request to have one buddy in her unit with her.

Units have their own outdoor unit site to call home for the week. Activities throughout the day or week will take them all over camp.

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CAMP GUIDE

Day Camp Information

Day Camps

Transportation Bus:

Transportation to camp is available by charted bus. There is an additional fee to cover the cost of bus transportation. Families can provide their own transportation. Many families choose to carpool with other friends.

The transportation method must be designated at the time of registration. Your designation helps to project the number of buses needed, ridership and commuting times for each bus route. Every effort is made to keep commuting times to under an hour.

Day camp transportation routes begin around 7:45 a.m. and end around 4:30 p.m. See the schedule for locations available in your area.

In an effort to make transportation routes as efficient as possible for all campers, we will cancel a stop if there are not at least five riders registered for the stop by May 1. Last-minute changes to bus routes are difficult to accommodate.

Two weeks before camp begins, a confirmation will be sent by e-mail. This confirmation will have specific bus schedule information and a transportation agreement; campers must bring the completed agreement to camp.

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Metra Trains: This applies for Camp Greene Wood only.

Transportation stops that list a Metra train station are the places where campers can board the westbound Metra (BNSF) train in the morning, arrive at the train station near camp and then ride the bus to camp. In the afternoon, campers ride the bus to the train station, board the eastbound train and travel to their designated stop. Adult chaperones ride the train with the girls. Cost of train ticket is included in the transportation fee.

*Bus and Train Stop Safety Parents are responsible for campers before transportation arrives in the morning and immediately after the campers are dropped off.

Please be on time to pick up your camper.

Transportation routes and schedules: Camp Greene Wood: page 48 Camp Palos: page 56.

Camp Greene Wood Girl Scout Daisies

These programs are designed for the first-time Girl Scout Daisy camper. All groups may choose to participate in songs, games, crafts, and nature activities during their camp week. Campers and staff work together to make the camp week a fun and positive experience for everyone.

Juniper Knoll, Elkhorn, WI

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Open House

Day Camps

Check out our beautiful camp during our open house:

INDIANA

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Saturday, May 9, 2015, 1 – 4 p.m.

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Bring the entire family or troop!

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Amazing Daisies (Entering grades 1 -2 this fall) Spend the morning at Camp Greene Wood playing games, singing songs, exploring nature and learning about how great it is to be a Girl Scout Daisy! Bring a friend along to share in your adventure. This halfday program is designed especially for the new or inexperienced camper. Transportation is available for morning drop off only. This program runs Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon.

Overnight: No Fee: $55 ($90 with transportation-

morning drop off only) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91105 60 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91205 60 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91305 60 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91405 60 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91505 60 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91605 60 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91705 60

Girl Scout Brownies

These programs are designed with the firsttime camper in mind. All groups may choose to participate in songs, games, crafts, nature activities and a cookout during their camp week.

Campers and staff work together to make the camp week a fun and positive experience for everyone.

Brownie programs run Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Brownie campers do not overnight.

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▲ Camp (Entering grades 2-3 this fall) Pokanoka, Ready for an all-day adventure? Ottawa, Your daysIL at Camp ▲

Greene Wood can be spent any way you choose!

With your group of new Brownie friends you can choose to go on hikes, make crafts, play games, and ▲ even try cooking your lunch together outside. This unit does not overnight.

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Overnight: No Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) ▲ Dates: Codes: Max: ▲ GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91110 120 ▲ ▲ Camp GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91210 120Palos, ▲ Palos Park, IL GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91310 120 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91410 120 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91510 120 GW 6: 7/27- 7/31 91610 120 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91710 120

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WISCONSIN

ILLINOIS

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Discover Arts NEW! (Entering grade 3 this fall) Have you been to camp before? Are you ready for more awesome camp activities? Discover if you have a passion for the arts. Connect with other campers while you learn new songs, try new camp crafts, or maybe take action through dance! This unit will participate in other camp activities such as games, cookouts and exploring nature. This unit does not overnight.

Overnight: No Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91112 20 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91212 20 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91312 20 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91412 20 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91512 20 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91612 20 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91712 20

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CAMP GUIDE

Camp Greene Wood

Day Camps

Discover Games NEW! (Entering grade 3 this fall) More awesome camp activities! Discover if you have a passion for games. Connect with other campers while you play new games from around the world, or take action and try out various sports. This unit will participate in other camp activities such as songs, crafts, cook outs and exploring nature. This unit does not overnight.

Overnight: No Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91113 20 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91313 20 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91513 20 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91713 20

Discover Nature NEW! (Entering grade 3 this fall) Have you been to camp before? Discover if you have a passion for nature. Connect with the world around you by exploring animal habitats, watching the clouds in the sky or take action and learn how to protect our environment. This unit will participate in other camp activities such as songs, crafts, cook outs and games. This unit does not overnight.

Overnight: No Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91214 20 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91414 20 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91614 20

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Girl Scout Juniors

Our Girl Scout Junior programs are designed so you and your daughter can choose the experience that best meets her needs and experience.

The Junior Kaleidoscope program is designed for campers who are not yet ready to experience an overnight, or are unable to participate in a Thursday night overnight due to other activities. Campers registered for the Junior Kaleidoscope unit do NOT have the option of staying for the Thursday night overnight. All transportation options will run as usual on Thursday evening and Friday morning for campers not attending the overnight.

Overnight Junior Units (Junior Potpourri, Outdoor Cooks, On Stage, Make It Take It, and G.R.E.E.N Girls) are designed for the first-time overnighter.

Sleep spaces are assigned by program, and may include cabins, yurts or platform tents. Parents are encouraged to talk with their campers about spending the night in a camp setting to ensure a positive experience for everyone

Junior Kaleidoscope (Entering grades 4-5 this fall) Not sure what you want to do at camp? Try a little bit of everything! You might learn how to read a compass, try your hand at archery, or use nifty Girl Scout knots. Bring a friend along to share the fun.

This unit does NOT overnight.

Overnight: No Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91120 40 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91220 40 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91320 40 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91420 40 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91520 40 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91620 40 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91720 40

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Camp Greene Wood

CAMP GUIDE

Junior Potpourri

Make It, Take It

Day Camps

(Entering grades 4-5 this fall)

(Entering grade 5 this fall)

Ready for an overnight adventure? Experience everything camp has to offer-fun, friendship and a fantastic overnight! Spend your week playing games, having fun, and planning your overnight.

This program is designed for a first time overnighter. Units will overnight Thursday evening; lodging will be in cabins.

Get ready to get crafty! Release your creativity and try some new camp crafts. You might make something out of clay, create your own piece of jewelry, or design your own personal logo. You’ll be able to experience all other camp activities as well: games, crafts, songs, archery and an overnight Thursday. This program is designed for girls who have experienced an overnight. Units may sleep in yurts or platform tents.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91125 60 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91225 60 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91325 60 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91425 60 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91525 60 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91625 60 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91725 60

Outdoor Cooks (Entering grade 5 this fall)

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91124 12 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91324 12 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91424 12 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91724 12

G.R.E.E.N Girls (Entering grade 5 this fall)

Do you love cooking outdoors? Try out some new recipes with other Girl Scout Juniors. You might use pie irons, a box oven, or a Dutch oven. You’ll be able to experience all other camp activities as well: games, crafts, songs, archery and an overnight Thursday. This program is designed for girls who have experienced an overnight. Units may sleep in yurts or platform tents.

Get Ready to Experiment and Explore Nature! Try your hand at cool science experiments. You might make a rocket, explore an animal’s habitat, or learn about different local flowers. You’ll be able to experience all other camp activities as well: games, crafts, songs, archery and an overnight Thursday.

This program is designed for girls who have experienced an overnight. Units may sleep in yurts or platform tents.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91222 12 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91422 12 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91622 12 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91722 12

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91121 12 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91221 12 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91521 12 GW 6: 7/27- 7/31 91621 12

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CAMP GUIDE

Camp Greene Wood

Day Camps

On Stage NEW!

Imagination Station

(Entering grade 5 this fall)

(Entering grades 6-8 this fall)

Jump into the world of the performing arts.

Learn about dancing, play fun drama games and maybe explore the different families of musical instruments. You’ll be able to experience all other camp activities as well: games, crafts, songs, archery and an overnight Thursday. This program is designed for girls who have experienced an overnight. Units may sleep in yurts or platform tents.

Discover your creativity! Explore advanced camp crafts. You might try wood working, leather punching, knitting or crocheting. Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91323 12 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91523 12

Girl Scout Cadettes The following programs are designed for the camper who has spent the night away from home before. Campers may choose to sleep in platform tents, or tents the girls pitch themselves. Parents are encouraged to talk with their campers about spending the night in a camp setting to ensure a positive experience for everyone. These units may go offsite.

Camp Chefs (Entering grades 6-8 this fall) Spend your week at camp developing your skills as a chef in the out-of-doors! Try a variety of cooking methods while you make yummy appetizers, main courses and desserts. Make it, eat it and enjoy.

Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91133 12 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91333 12 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91533 12 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91733 12

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Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91230 12 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91430 12 GW 6 7/27-7/31 91630 12

Drama Rama (Entering grades 6-8 this fall) Explore what it takes to help the show go on. Help backstage in props, costumes and set design. Work together to write a story or play, and maybe put on a show for the whole camp! Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91134 12 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91334 12 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91534 12 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91734 12

Dance Mania (Entering grades 6-8 this fall) Break out your dancing shoes at day camp! There are lots of dance styles and music from which to choose. Sock hops of the 50s, disco from the 70s, line dancing or salsa could all be included.

Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91231 12 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91431 12 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91631 12

Girl Scout

Summer

Camp Greene Wood

CAMP GUIDE

Time Traveler

Vagabonds

Day Camps

(Entering grades 6-8 this fall)

(Entering grades 7-8 this fall)

Explore the fashions, fads, foods and fun of days gone by or days to be. Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night.

Use your girl power to get moving! Learn basic bike safety and repair. Help plan a local bike trip with your group. Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night. Parents are responsible for transporting bikes and helmets to camp on Monday morning and picking up bikes on Friday afternoon.

Bikes will be secured at camp during the week.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91235 12 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91735 12

Figure It Out (NEW) (Entering grades 6-8 this fall) Put on your thinking caps and work together to solve a camp mystery. You might learn how to search for clues, or create and solve your own puzzles.

Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91237 12 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91737 12

Cadette Adventure Programs The following programs are designed as an introduction to the activities. Additional guidelines must be followed by all campers. Any camper that cannot follow these guidelines will be placed in a different age appropriate program. Campers may choose to sleep in platform tents, or tents the girls pitch themselves. Parents are encouraged to talk with their campers about spending the night in a camp setting to ensure a positive experience for everyone. These units may go offsite.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91244 8 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91444 8 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91644 8

Paddlers (Entering grades 7-8 this fall) Use your girl power to get moving! Learn how to canoe on a local lake. Campers in this program should be confident in and on the water. Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91343 12 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91543 12

Right on Target (Entering grades 6-8 this fall) Ready, aim, fun! Get your bows and arrows ready and learn about archery at camp. Develop your skills as you play fun and challenging archery games.

Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night. All archery equipment will be provided by the program.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91336 16 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91436 16 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91536 16 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91736 16

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Day Camps

Cadette/Senior Programs The following programs are designed for the experienced Girl Scout. Campers may choose to sleep in platform tents, or tents the girls pitch themselves. Parents are encouraged to talk with their campers about spending the night in a camp setting to ensure a positive experience for everyone.

These units may go off site.

Camp Challenge (Entering grades 7-8 this fall) Ready for a challenge? Find your way through camp using a compass or trail signs. Work with your fellow campers to plan and carry out your Thursday night overnight. This girl-led, adult-supported unit will participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night.

Sleep in platform tents or a tent you pitch yourself.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 GW 5: 7/20-7/24

Codes: Max: 91141 12 91341 12 91541 12

All About Me (Entering grades 7-8 this fall) Be your best in the out-of-doors. Learn how to look good on the outside and feel good on the inside.

Discover what helps you relieve stress or what foods can help maintain a healthy complexion. Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night. Sleep in platform tents or a tent you pitch yourself.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 GW 7: 8/3-8/7

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Codes: Max: 91140 12 91540 12 91740 12

Spectacular Seniors (Entering grades 9-10 this fall) Spend your week at day camp doing what campers do best! Playing games, exploring nature, making crafts, singing songs, and hanging out with other Girl Scout Seniors. Participate in your favorite camp activities: songs, games, crafts and an overnight Thursday night. Sleep in platform tents or a tent you pitch yourself.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91445 8 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91645 8

Teen Mentoring Leadership Opportunities The Girl Leadership Program has been revised

by GSUSA. New Teen Mentoring Awards reflect the changes in the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting.

Cadettes can earn the Program Aide Award; Seniors and Ambassadors can earn Counselor in Training 1 (CIT1) or Volunteer in Training (VIT), and Ambassadors have the opportunity to earn Counselor in Training 2 (CIT2) once they have completed CIT 1. The leadership opportunities at day camp are consistent with the new program.

Program Aide: Take the Lead (Entering grade 8 this fall) Work toward the Cadette Program Aide Award by learning and practicing your leadership skills, discovering your strengths, working on the Leadership In Action (LIA) Award, and planning activities for younger campers. Girls will overnight together on Thursday night of the camp session.

(Note: There will no longer be a separate service hours option for Program Aides. Service hours will be included in this training week.)

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CAMP GUIDE Day Camps

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91142 6 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91242 6 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91342 6 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91442 6 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91542 6 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91642 6 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91742 6

Counselor in Training 1 (CIT1)

Counselor in Training 1: Training Week

Counselor in Training 2 (CIT2)

(Entering grades 9-12 this fall)

Counselor in Training 2: Training Week

Spend a week at day camp learning about leadership, gaining teaching experience, practice camping skills, developing your outdoor cooking techniques and working in partnership with adult leaders. Successful completion requires daily attendance (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.) and overnights on Wednesday AND Thursday of the training week.

(Enntering grades 11-12 this fall)

Overnight: Yes Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91150 20 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91250 20 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91350 20 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91450 20

Pre-requisite: Successful completion of CIT 1 Learn more advanced leadership and teamwork skills and see what goes on behind the scenes to make day camp run smoothly. Discover your unique skills and find out how you can use them at day camp. Successful completion requires daily attendance and an overnight Thursday night.

CIT1: Service Hours

Overnight: Yes Fee: $115 ($150 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91160 10 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91260 10 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91360 10 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91460 10

(Entering grades 9-12 this fall)

CIT 2: Service Hours

After successful completion of the week long CIT training at day camp, CIT1s have the opportunity to register for service hours during a week of day camp. In order to allow each girl to complete her service hours, CIT1s may register for no more than three weeks of service.

(Entering grades 11-12 this fall)

Overnight: Yes Fee: $25 ($60 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 91151 20 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91251 20 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91351 20 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91451 20 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91551 20 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91651 20 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91751 20

Pre-requisite: Successful completion of CIT2 Training. After completing CIT 2 Training, girls may register for CIT 2 service hours at day camp. There is no limit to the number of service weeks for CIT 2s.

Overnight: Yes Fee: $25 ($60 with transportation) Dates: Codes: Max: GW 1: 6/15- 6/19 91161 10 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 91261 10 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 91361 10 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 91461 10 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 91561 10 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 91661 10 GW 7: 8/3-8/7 91761 10

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Camp Greene Wood Bus Schedules

Greene Wood Proposed Transportation 2015 City

Greene Wood 1: June 15 - 19 Greene Wood 2: June 22 - 26 Greene Wood 3: July 6 - 10 Greene Wood 4: July 13 - 17 Greene Wood 5: July 20 - 24 Greene Wood 6: July 27 - 31 Greene Wood 7: August 3 - 8

Code Location

Address

GW 1 GW 2 GW 3 GW 4 GW 5 GW 6 GW 7

406 Georgetown

995 Long Grove Dr Aurora

408

Granger

2721 Stonebridge Blvd Aurora

604

Berwyn Train Station

6801 Windsor Ave

Berwyn

601

Brookfield Train Station

8858 Burlington

Brookfield

217 Heritage Lakes

925 Woodhill Dr Carol Stream

600

Cicero Train Station

26th and Cicero

Cicero

302

Prospect School

100 N Prospect

Clarendon Hills

303

Eisenhower

1410 75th St

Darien

301

O’Neill

635 59th St

Downers Grove

109

Immaculate Conception Arthur and York Rd

Elmhurst

208

St James

480 S Park

Glen Ellyn

203

Glenside MS

1560 Bloomingdale Rd Glendale Heights

309

Community House

415 W 8th St

Hinsdale

500

Highlands MS

1850 Plainfield Rd

La Grange

602

La Grange Train Station

25 W Burlington

La Grange

400

Lisle Train Station

100 Front St

Lisle

102

Westlake MS

1514 S Main St

Lombard

110

Pleasant Lane

401 N Main St

Lombard

401

Lincoln JH

1320 S Olympus

Naperville

402

Madison

1000 River Oak Dr

Naperville

405

St. Margaret Mary

1450 Green Trails Dr

Naperville

407

Gregory

2621 Springdale Circle Naperville

409

Thayer Hill

1836 Brookdale Rd

410

Scullen

2815 Mistflower Lane Naperville

705

Drauden MS

1911 Drauden Rd

706

Kennedy Middle School

12350 S Essington Rd Plainfield

605

Riverside Train Station

90 Bloomingbank Rd Riverside

200

Trinity Lutheran Church

405 Rush St

201

Town Square Shopp’g Cntr Schaumburg/Roselle Schaumburg

103

Jackson MS

301 W. Jackson

Villa Park

204

Hubble MS

3S600 Herrick Rd

Warrenville

205

Benjamin MS

28 W 300 St. Chas Rd West Chicago

603

Western Springs Train Stn 914 Burlington

Western Springs

207

St. Francis HS

Wheaton

999

Own Transportation

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2130 W Roosevelt

Naperville

Plainfield

Roselle

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Camps Greene Wood and Palos

Volunteering at day camp is the perfect way to connect with nature and Girl Scouts! Experience firsthand how a girl develops new friendships, learns new skills and gains independence at camp!

Parents can share their daughter’s experience in multiple ways: •

Be a transportation chaperone.

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Spend the week at camp with your daughter’s unit.

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Spend the week at camp NOT with your daughter’s unit.

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Help teach a special skill or talent you have.

Contact Peggy Brothers by e-mail at pbrothers@ girlscoutsgcnwi.org to volunteer or learn more.

CAMP GUIDE Day Camps

Day Camps Need YOU! Camp isn’t just for campers! Day camp needs adult volunteers too!

Summer

General information for all sessions: 1. Register online for the site and week for which you want to volunteer: www.register.girlscoutsgcnwi.org 2. Complete a Volunteer Application and Girl Scout Membership Registration ($15 fee).

Forms are available at any Gathering Place.

3. Attend an open house at your chosen day camp location.

4. Complete provided self-study materials.

5. Have an amazing, fun week at day camp!

Camp Greene Wood: Date: GW 1: 6/15-6/19 GW 2: 6/22-6/26 GW 3: 7/6-7/10 GW 4: 7/13-7/17 GW 5: 7/20-7/24 GW 6: 7/27-7/31 GW 7: 8/3-8/7

Code: 91100 91200 91300 91400 91500 91600 91700

Camp Palos: Date: PALOS: 6/22-6/26 PALOS: 6/28-7/3 PALOS: 7/6-7/10 PALOS: 7/13-7/17 PALOS: 7/20-7/24

Code: 93100 93200 93300 93400 93500

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ILLINOIS

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Lake Michigan

CAMP GUIDE ▲

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WISCONSIN

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Camp Palos is the perfect place for a first-time camper, as well as campers looking for a day ▲ experience.

There are arts, songs, campfires, Camp ▲ Butternut cookouts, science and ▲ lots of new friends for all ▲ Springs, girls entering grade 1 – 12. At Palos girls enjoy ▲ IN crafts,Valparaiso, science experiments, campfires, archery and nature activities while focused around a daily theme. Girls and staff bring lunch each day.

Adventurous Girl Scout Juniors and older may pitch a tent under the stars or try your hand at archery.

ILLINOIS

Lake Michigan

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Camp Palos is located in Palos Park, Illinois. It has 80 acres of beautiful wooded areas, open fields and a stream running through it. Campers will find ▲ when hiking trails, over nighting in one of lots to do four cabin sites or sleeping in the platform tents.

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Camp Palos Camp Greene Wood, Woodridge, IL ▲

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▲ Camp Pokanoka, Ottawa, DayIL ▲

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Camp Palos, Palos Park, IL

INDIANA

Lake Michigan

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INDIANA

Eighth graders and older have the opportunity to “Take the Lead” learning skills to work with younger girls. Our high school girls can meet the challenge of CIT (Counselor-In-Training) developing leadership skills and preparing for the opportunity to one day work at camp.

Before and After Camp Program at Camp Palos NEW! Looking to spend a few more hours at camp? Girls can attend camp beginning at 7:30 a.m. and stay until 6 p.m. There will be special program activities for girls who register for these extra opportunities.

Great for those working parents who want their daughter to have great camp experiences, but need an earlier drop off time and later pick up time. A light breakfast will be included in the morning session, and snack in the afternoon session. (Additional fee and registration code) Transportation to Camp Palos is by chartered bus (additional fee) or you can drop off and pick up your camper yourself. Bus transportation routes begin around 8 a.m. and end around 4 p.m. See the transportation guide on page 55 for locations available in your area.

Join us for one week or several making new friends.

You can also introduce a friend who is not a Girl Scout to discover the fun girls have at camp!

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Girl Scout Daisies (Entering grade 1 this fall) Daisy Discoverer

Let your curiosity run wild. Make new friends, learn new songs and plan a hike. There will be time to learn about nature, make a craft, plan and prepare lunch one day and have lots of fun! Girls will be introduced to outdoor skills as they have fun in the sun!

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93105 10 June 29 – July 3 93205 10 July 6 – 10 93305 10 July 13 – 17 93405 10 July 20 – 24 93505 10

Girl Scout Brownies

(Entering grades 2 – 3 this fall) Brownie Explorer Ready for an adventure? Spend time doing all the fun things camp has to offer: hike, make crafts, learn about nature and cook something over a campfire.

Create your own summer adventure, singing songs, playing games and making friends. Learn new outdoor skills and practice them at camp.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93110 20 June 29 – July 3 93210 20 July 6 – 10 93310 20 July 13 – 17 93410 20 July 20 – 24 93510 20

Cloudy, with a Chance of FUN! Grab a blanket, lay back and discover the shapes of clouds! What do they look like? Are they fluffy?

What do they tell us about our weather? Discover how clouds help us prepare for weather. Plenty of time for hikes, games, crafts and making new friends.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: July 6 – 10 93111 8

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Drip, Drip, Drip, Drop

Science Wonders

Day Camps

Play water games, make bubbles, play in the sprinkler and explore the creek using a net. Cool off with ice cream treats you make yourself while making friends, hiking, singing songs and lots more “cool” stuff.

Have you ever wanted to make your own rocket?

How about making slime, silly putty, and edible crystals? Science Wonders is all about these cool things. You’ll get to do all of the traditional camp activities along with other fun experiments. And you’ll get messy doing it!

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: July 13 – 17 93412 12 July 20 – 24 93512 12

Games, Giggles and Play Sports, games, and fun, fun, fun is in store for you this week. Soccer, running, jumping and softball are just a few of the sports you’ll try. Hike, play frisbee and make new friends while working together.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93113 12 July 6 – 10 93313 12

It’s a Bug’s Life

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93116 12 July 20 – 24 93516 12

Girl Scout Juniors (Entering grades 4 – 5 this fall) Art-tastic Creativity can be messy! Grab your play clothes and get ready for artistic fun! Create wonderful works of art. Discover your artistic flair as you paint, tie-dye, make jewelry and more! There will be plenty of time for hiking, songs, games, campfires and cookouts.

Includes a Thursday overnight experience.

Hike around camp and learn about the trees, leaves and other bug buddies. Identify nature’s colors along the way! Plenty of time for songs, games, crafts, making new friends, cookouts and lots of fun.

Girls will work on the “Bugs” badge.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93117 16 July 20 – 24 93517 16

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 29 – July 3 93214 8

Junior Explosion

Kids at ART! Be an “artiste.” Test your creativity with tie dye and paint, and experiment with different art materials.

Hunt for familiar colors and shapes as you hike through the woods. Lots of fun and new friends!

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 29 – July 3 93215 12 July 13 – 17 93415 12

Experience all that camp has to offer! Take aim at the archery range, choose and plan your week with games, songs, crafts, hiking, outdoor cooking and lots of fun! If you’re ready for an overnight, there’s an optional one on Thursday night. Sleep in a tent or a cabin. Girls and families have until Wednesday morning to let us know if you will be attending the overnight. Get ready to make new friends!

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93118 16 June 29 – July 3 93218 16 July 6 – 10 93318 16 July 13 – 17 93418 16 July 20 – 24 93518 16

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Day Camps

Naturalist

Outdoor Cook

Explore camp through nature. Learn about plants, trees and animal habitats. Hike, play games, song, make a craft using natural items. Plan and prepare your dinner over a campfire. Includes a Thrusday overnight experience.

Spend time planning, preparing and EATING lots of different recipes. Will you plan a “no-cook” meal?

Or Dutch oven cooking? There are lots of fun ways to prepare meals using a campfire, charcoal or foil.

You’ll have plenty of time to do camp favorites like crafts, songs, games, hikes and archery.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: July 6 – 10 93319 8

On Your Mark, Go! Challenge yourself, practice good sportsmanship, and build lasting friendships through teamwork.

Spend time trying yoga, aerobics, soccer, hiking, basketball, volleyball and archery. There will be time for exploring camp, crafts and outdoor skills.

Thursday night overnight included.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93122 16

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 29 – July 3 93220 8 July 13 – 17 93420 8

Snapshots Create your own photographer’s portfolio snapping pictures of your day camp adventures.Bring your own camera. When you’re not behind the lens, enjoy hiking, games, songs, crafts, and lots more! Includes a Thursday overnight experience.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: July 13 – 17 93421 8

Weird Science

Open House

Check out our beautiful camp during our open house:

Sunday, May 3, 2015 1 – 4 p.m.

Open house is held rain or shine; walking tours of camp will be available. No RSVP is necessary! Bring the entire family or troop!

Love crazy, messy experiments? Then this is the camp for you! Each day features amazing and weird science activities. Explore lots of playful, gooey, slimy, fizzy and blasting lab activities and good old camp fun, too. Includes a Thursday overnight experience.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 29 – July 3 93224 8 July 20 – 24 93524 8 Wet and Wild Get your hands wet experimenting with water. Play water games, prepare “cool” fruit drinks and explore the creek. Hikes, crafts, songs, new friends and lots of “cool” fun. Thursday night overnight included.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: July 6 – 10 93323 16

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Camp Palos Girl Scout Cadettes (Entering grades 6 – 8 this fall) Art Attack Cultivate your creativity! Explore painting, drawing and mixed media. Try your hand at jewelry-making to create a special piece of wearable art. Learn about screen printing and design your own personal stationery. There will be hiking, archery, games, songs, time to be with friends, cookouts and lots of fun! Includes a Thursday overnight experience.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: July 6 – 10 93325 12

Camp Chefs Who’s hungry? Experience different cooking methods and recipes at camp. Plan and prepare a Dutch oven recipe, make fun snacks and, best of all, eat! Hike, make new friends, try archery and choose from lots more traditional camp activities. Includes a Thursday overnight experience.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93126 12 July 6 – 10 93326 12

Camp Scene Investigators Solve a Camp Palos mystery and be the camp heroes! Everyone is suspect in an outrageous “whodunit” mystery. Pack your imagination and keen detective skills and join your fellow camper sleuths to solve the mystery! Collect all the facts and interview potential suspects, then take center stage and reveal your findings to the whole camp.

Hike the trails searching for clues, while doing traditional camp activities too! Includes a Thursday overnight experience.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 29 – July 3 93227 12

CAMP GUIDE Day Camps

High 5!

Soccer, basketball, yoga, bocce ball, softball and archery are a few of the sports you will find at camp during this session. Practice good sportsmanship, work together as a team, and enjoy being unplugged and outdoors! Plenty of time for favorite camp activities like campfires, cookouts, songs and more!

Includes a Thursday overnight experience.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 29 – July 3 93228 12

In the Spotlight Whether you’re interested in dancing, comedy, singing, or drama, we’ve got a stage for you. Work with your unit to create and choreograph, design costumes and props, and perform. Take time to enjoy all the camp activities you love. Includes a Thursday overnight experience.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: July 13 – 17 93429 12

Roller Coaster Excitement Have you ever wondered how a roller coaster works? Come and learn the exciting physics principles behind roller coaster design and safety as we explore the limits of what is possible. Uncover the physics behind the twists and tricks in roller coasters and Rube Goldberg machines. Included in the program is a field research day at Six Flags Great America (don’t tell anyone but we might have fun, too). Includes Thursday overnight experience.

Fee: $175 ($205 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: July 20 – 24 93530 10

Paddlers Learn basic canoeing. Safety, proper technique and practice at a local pond are part of this program.

When not paddling your canoe, you will have lots of time to hike, explore camp, try archery, and plan a cook-out. Includes a Thursday overnight.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93131 8 July 6 – 10 93331 8 July 20 – 24 93531 8

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Camp Palos Teen Mentoring Leadership Opportunities Program Aide: Take the Lead (Entering grade 8 this fall) Earn the Program Aide Award by learning and practicing your leadership skills, discovering your strengths, working on the Leadership-in-Action (LIA) Award, and planning activities for younger campers. Program aides will overnight together on Thursday night of the camp session. Girls may be eligible to receive the LIA award after this unit.

(Note: Service hours will be included in the training week) Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: July 13 – 17 93432 8

Counselor-In-Training (CIT) I (Entering grades 9 – 12 this fall) Spend a week at day camp learning about leadership, gaining teaching experience, practicing camping skills, developing your outdoor cooking techniques and working in partnership with adult leaders. Successful completion requires daily attendance and overnight on Thursday of training week.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93133

Counselor- In- Training (CIT) II (Entering grades 11 – 12 this fall) Pre-requisite: Successful completion of CIT I. Learn more advanced leadership and teamwork skills and see what goes on behind the scenes to make day camp run smoothly. Discover your unique skills and find out how you can use them at day camp. Successful completion requires daily attendance and an overnight on Thursday night.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 29 – July 3 93134 8

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Counselor- In- Training I Service Hours (Entering grades 9 – 12 this fall) After successful completion of CIT I, girls have the opportunity to register for service hours during a week of day camp. To ensure that each girl can complete her service hours, girls may register for no more than two weeks of service. Thursday overnight included.

Fee: $25 ($60 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 29 – July 3 93235 5 July 6 – July 10 93335 5 July 13 – 17 93435 5 July 20 – 24 93535 5

Counselor-In-Training II Service Hours Pre-requisite: Successful completion of CIT II training. After completing CIT II training, girls may register for CIT II service hours at day camp. There is no limit to the number of service weeks for CIT IIs. Fee: $25 ($60 with transportation) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93136 4 June 29 – July 3 93236 4 July 6 – 10 93336 4 July 13 – 17 93436 4 July 20 – 24 93536 4

Camp Palos - Before and After Care Before camp care begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. Open to all grade levels. Parents are responsible for dropping off their daughters.

No transportation available. You must register separately from your camp session.

Fee: $50 (no transportation option) Date: Code: Max: June 22 – 26 93137 25 June 29 – July 3 93237 25 July 6 – 10 93337 25 July 13 – 17 93437 25 July 20 – 24 93537 25

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Camp Palos Bus Schedule

CAMP GUIDE Day Camps

Camp Palos Proposed Transportation 2015

Code Town

Location

Address

CP 1

810

Chicago Heights

Washington McKinley

16th Place & School ST

821

Crestwood

Nathan Hale MS

5312 W 135th St

811

Homewood

Homewood Church

18301 Governors HWY

842

Matteson

St Lawrence O’Toole

4101 St Lawrence Ave

820

Oak Forest

Scarlett Oak School

5731 Albert Dr

804

Oak Lawn

St Linus School

10400 Lawler

805

Palos Heights

Palos East School

814

Orland Hills

St Elizabeth Seton

9300 167th Street

815

Orland Park

Carl Sandburg HS

13300 LaGrange Rd

812

South Holland

Holy Ghost School

700 E 170th St

813

Tinley Park

Central MS

18146 Oak Park Ave

999

Own Transportation

Camp Palos 1: June 22 - 26 Camp Palos 2: June 29 - July 3 Camp Palos 3: July 6 - 10 Camp Palos 4: July 13 - 17 Camp Palos 5: July 20 - 24

CP 2

CP 3

CP 4

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CAMP GUIDE

Volunteer-Led Day Camps

Day Camps

Volunteer-led day camps are community-based summer camp endeavors undertaken by talented

Information about the specific volunteer-led day camps can be found on our website. Follow the link for Summer Camp.

(Information will be up by February 1, 2015.)

and enthusiastic volunteers who have organized a camping experience for Girl Scouts.

Each day camp has a unique theme and specialized activities. Many volunteer-led day camps feature teen mentoring opportunities for older girls and an overnight for interested campers. These camps utilize a variety of sites for their programming, including state and county parks, forest preserves and Girl Scout camps.

All volunteer-led day camps are supported by council staff to ensure they meet numerous standards regarding program, budgeting, risk management, and health and safety. Registration is handled by each day camp. Some volunteer-led day camps utilize GCNWI’s online registration system.

Volunteer–led day camps rely on adult volunteers to participate in all aspects of the camp program. Without you, these camps are unable to serve the girls in the community. Please contact the volunteer team leading the camp in your community about options and opportunities. Girls and volunteers from surrounding communities are welcome to attend.

TENATIVE volunteer-led day camps and what to expect from camp: Channahon/Minooka/Shorewood Day Camp Dates: Location:

June 15-19, 2015 Channahon State Park

Summer break means it’s time for an adventure!! Join the fun and spend the week with us exploring all regions of the good ole’ USA. We’ll have snacks and make crafts that showcase different states in our great country. We’ll also take hikes, play games and cook lunch over the fire. Don’t miss our great “Party in the USA!” Emphasis is on the day camp progression patch program. Your week includes a T-shirt, two lunches, snacks and crafts daily.

Christmas In July Day Camp!

Dates: Location:

July 6 – 10 TBD (Summit Hill/Manhattan)

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry…. Day Camp? Come to the “coolest” camp around where we beat the heat North Pole style! Join in an all-camp snowball fight, roast your lunch on an open fire, craft some holiday decor, and sing carols with your friends and more!

Future Scientists of Morris Day Camp Dates:

Location:

June 22 – 25, 2015 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. daily Gebhard Woods in Morris, IL

Girl Scouts, get ready to learn in a fun and crazy way.

Girls will love to discover, explore, and build by using their creative minds. Grab your lab coat, roll up your sleeves and join us in this outdoor lab.

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Lemont Area Day Camp

Enjoy four days of an all-girl-led day camp organized

by Lemont Service Unit 724!

Girls entering 1st through 8th grade will enjoy 4 days of learning camp progression skills led by Senior, Ambassador and Adult Girl Scouts attending college. Swimming and outdoor cooking just a part of the fun! 4th grade and up are eligible to spend the night on Wednesday. 8th grade girls take a canoe/kayak trip. Check out our website http:// lemontgirlscouts.webs.com/ click on Lemont Day Camp 2015. Detailed information will be available at the above link in mid March.

Scienterrific! Summer Science at Camp Butternut Springs Service Unit: Valparaiso/Washington Township, IN Spend a week in your outdoor science lab learning about energy, motion, air, and water. Experiment with air and water pressure, inertia, and optical illusions. Grow crystals, learn why ships float in water and airplanes fly; then try your hand at making things go! There will also be the usual camp activities like cooking your own lunch, crafts, and swimming. Juniors and up will do archery. Overnight for 4th graders and up on Thursday, June 11.

Director: Date: Location:

Fees:

Beth Baker June 8 - 12, 2015, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN K – 12: $55; “Squirrels” & Boys: Check the website

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Other Day Camp Opportunities Traveling Day Camp Pilot Program NEW! We’re bringing day camp to several locations for a week of fun, making new friends, outdoor skills, songs games and more.

A traveling day camp team, along with local volunteers will provide day camp program to girls that will include progressive outdoor skills. Girl participating in these programs will work on the Outdoor Progression Patch program.

We’re partnering with camps in Lake County, IL to use their facilities to offer outdoor day camp program in our northern communities as well as offering day camp opportunities utilizing our properties of Camp Butternut Springs and Camp River Trails.

Girl will be placed in units based on grades they are entering in the fall. Optional transportation will be available. Transportation information will be available online February 15, 2015.

Camp Duncan, Ingleside, IL

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Camp Butternut Springs Program runs from 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

This extended day program offers girls the opportunity to discover day camp at the same time other girls are experiencing resident camp. Girls will explore nature, work on crafts, play games, and sing lots of songs. Swimming is available for all girls, archery and canoeing for girls entering 4th grade and older.

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: July 6 – 10, 2015 Entering grades: Code: 1 94305 2- 3 94310 4 – 5 94320 6 – 8 94330 Date: July 13 - 17, 2015 Entering grades: Code: 1 94405 2- 3 94410 4 – 5 94420 6 – 8 94430

Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: June 15 – 18, 2015 (Monday – Thursday) Entering grades: Code: 1 92105 2- 3 92110 4 – 5 92120 6 – 8 92130

Camp Oakarro, Wadsworth, IL Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: July 28 - 31, 2015 (Tuesday – Friday) Entering grades: Code: 1 95605 2- 3 95610 4 – 5 95620 6 – 8 95630

Camp River Trails, Sheridan, IL Fee: $125 ($160 with transportation) Date: August 3 – 7, 2015 Entering grades: Code: 1 96705 2- 3 96710 4 – 5 96720 6 – 8 96730

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Camp Adventures

No need to wait until school is out, camp happens year round!

Spend a couple of hours, a day, or a weekend outside at camp in every season. Come with your troop or a favorite adult or even on your own! Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors can choose to come to camp, and we provide the adult chaperones!

Registration is open now at www.gcnwiprograms.org Find your desired programs by “searching by the codes” listed below!

Archery - Bull’s Eye (j, c, s, a) Interested in learning archery or just want time to practice your archery skills? These workshops are designed just for you. After the clinic you can choose to take a hike, have a picnic or head on home.

Cost: $5 Date: Location: Time: April 18, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

April 18, 2015 Camp River Trails Sheridan, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

April 18, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

April 18, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 5 - 6:30 p.m.

April 21, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

April 23, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

April 25, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 9 -10:30 a.m.

April 25, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 10:45-12:15 a.m.

April 28, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

April 29, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

May 2, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

May 2, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 5 - 6:30 p.m.

May 2, 2015 Camp River Trails Sheridan, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

May 2, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

May 2, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 5 - 6:30 p.m.

May 9, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

May 12, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

May 16, 2015 Camp River Trails Sheridan, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

May 16, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 3 - 4:30 a.m May 19, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

May 19, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 6:30- 8 p.m.

May 19, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

May 19, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 6:30- 8 p.m.

May 27, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

May 27, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 6:30- 8 p.m.

May 27, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

May 27, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 6:30- 8 p.m.

August 1, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

August 8, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 3 - 4:30 p.m.

August 8, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

August 8, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 5 - 6:30 p.m.

August 22, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

August 22, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 5 - 6:30 p.m.

September 9, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

September 9, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 6:30- 8 p.m.

September 12, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 3 - 4:30 p.m.

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Date: Location: Time: September 12, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 5 - 6:30 p.m.

September 12, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

September 12, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 5 - 6:30 p.m.

September 15, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

September 15, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 6:30- 8 p.m.

September 17, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

September 17, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 6:30- 8 p.m.

September 19, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

September 19, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 5 - 6:30 p.m.

September 22, 2015 Camp River Trails Sheridan, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

September 22, 2015 Camp River Trails Sheridan, IL 6:30- 8 p.m.

September 26, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 4:30- 6 p.m.

September 26, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 6 - 8 p.m.

September 26, 2015 Camp River Trails Sheridan, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

September 26, 2015 Camp River Trails Sheridan, IL 5 - 6:30 p.m.

September 26, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 3 - 4:30 p.m.

September 26, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 5 - 6:30 p.m.

September 30, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 4:30- 6 p.m.

September 30, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 6:30- 8 p.m.

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Code: 587215 586695 586705 587245 587255 586715 586725 587265 587275 587305 587315 587225 587235 587325 587335 586735 586745 587285 587295

Animal Habitats Workshop (j ) Love animals? Come join us to explore the natural environment that they live in! Learn how to carefully observe animals and their homes and how they thrive in their habitats. Earn the Animal Habitats badge while learning what you can do to protect the environment for the animals that live there.

Cost: $10 (badge not included) Time: 5 - 7 p.m.

Date: Location: Code: April 15, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 587565 April 23, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 587365

Brownie Core Camp Join other Brownies as you explore camp and the outdoor world during this 2-night adventure. Sing songs around the campfire and learn outdoor living skills with other Brownie troops and their leaders.

Cost: $55 per person Date: April 24-26, 2015

Time: 6 p.m.-11 a.m.

Location: Camp Butternut Springs, Valparaiso, IN

Code: 586535

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Camp Adventures Brownie Jump Start Are your Brownies excited about going to camp, but not sure about two nights? Then this one-night experience is just for them. We’ll explore camp, roast marshmallows, hike, do a camp craft and play games.

Cost: $30 per person Time: 4 p.m. – 11a.m.

Date: Location: Code: April 9-10, 2015 Camp River Trails Sheridan, IL 587525 April 18-19, 2015 Camp Juniper Knoll East Troy, WI 587515

Cadette Jamboree Challenge yourself while exploring outdoor skills, archery, canoeing, orienteering while having fun with other girls. Choose from a menu of fun activities.

Cost: Date:

$55 per person Time: 6 p.m. - 11 a.m.

May 15-17, 2015 Location: Camp Juniper Knoll , East Troy, WI Code: 586545

Campfire Cooking for Juniors Learn or refresh your fire safety knowledge and firebuilding techniques. Spend time learning to use a couple of cooking methods to prepare and cook your dinner for the night. While working as a group you will rotate through tasks and make a delicious meal.

Cost: Date:

$15 per person (dinner included) Time: 5 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.

April 29, 2015 Location: Camp Palos, Palos Park, IL

Code: 587545

Celebrate Pokanoka! (All Ages) It’s time for a party, a birthday party! Come join us for a fun-packed day, enjoying the outdoors, going for hikes, and participating in activities put on by other troops while we celebrate the 50th year of camp at Pokanoka. Bring your family, friends, and troop members to enjoy this fall celebration.

Cost: Date:

$5 per person Time: 9 a.m.- 4p.m.

September 12, 2015 Location: Camp Pokanoka, Ottawa, IL

Code: 587535

Daisies Out-Doors!

Enjoy playing fun outdoor games while learning some Leave No Trace principles and the skills you need to help make the world a better place!

Cost: $10 Date: April 23, 2015 May 19, 2015 May 19, 2015

Time: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.

4:30-6:30 p.m.

4:30-6:30 p.m.

Location: Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN Camp Palos Palos Park, IL Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL

Code: 587375 587585 587475

Design-It (Camp T-shirt design contest) (c,s,a) Do you love to be creative? Do you often anticipate what the camp patch and T-shirt will look like each summer? Why not try to design it yourself? This session will take an active role in deciding the design and color of the camp patch and T-shirt. Learn what is required to be included and then let your creativity do the rest. Participants will create designs that the camp directors will vote on for the 2015 summer camp season!

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May 10, 2015 Location: Camp Greene Wood, Woodridge, IL Code: 587455

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You & Me (All Ages) Grab someone special and join us for an overnight adventure at camp. Go on a night hike and explore the woods. Swim, creek walk, play games, enjoy a campfires and S’mores and time to spend with a favorite adult female relative. Lodges vary from mattresses on floor or bunk beds (24 – 30 people per lodge). Prairie cabins are screened in cabins with cots, platform tents are screened in tents with cots.

Cost: $55 per person Time: 6 p.m.-11 a.m.

Location: Camp River Trails, Sheridan, IL Date: Lodging: Code: June 19 - 21, 2015 Lodges 586985

Prairie Cabins 586995

Platform Tents 58700

Date: June 26 – 28, 2015

Lodging: Code: Lodges 587015 Prairie Cabins 587025 Platform Tents 587035

Date: July 17 - 19, 2015

Lodging: Code: Lodges 587045 Prairie Cabins 587055 Platform Tents 587065

Date: July 24 - 26, 2015

Lodging: Code: Lodges 587075 Prairie Cabins 587085 Platform Tents 587095

Friday Night Campfires (All Ages) Join us around the campfire singing favorite Girl Scout songs and learning new songs.

Great introduction to camp! Join us for a late night campfire, complete with songs and snack.

Cost: $5 per person Time: 6 -8 p.m.

Date: Location: Code: April 10, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 587415 May 1, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 586585 May 2, 2015 Friendship Center Country Club Hills, IL 586635 May 8, 2015 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 586615 May 15, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 586565 May 15, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 586595

Gather Your ‘Sense’ of Camp (b) Uncover what it’s like to see like an ant, listen to the world around you, sniff out the right direction, and feel your way around. Spend time exploring and learning all about the outdoors like the animals do, as you earn your Senses badge.

Cost: $10 (badge not included) Date: Time: April 28, 2015 5-7 p.m.

May 19, 2015 4:30-6:30 p.m.

May 21, 2015 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Location: Code: Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 587425 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 587575 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 587465

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Camp Adventures High Adventure Weekend (j , c, s, a) Grab your friends and enjoy Camp Juniper Knoll in the fall. We’ll head to Lutherdale Retreat for challenge course and high ropes adventure and Dan Patch Stables for a horseback trail ride. At camp opportunities for canoeing, archery and exploring camp will be offered.

Time:

7 p.m. - noon

Dates: Codes: 587165 587175 587185 587195

August 14-16, 2015 Participation Type: Adult chaperones- no activities Camp, challenge course & high ropes Camp, challenge course & high ropes, horseback riding Camp, challenge course & horseback riding

Cost per person: $55 per person $95 per person $125 per person $95 per person

Dates: Codes: 587115 587125 587135 587145 587155

September 18- 20, 2015 Participation Type: Adult chaperones- no activities Camp, challenge course & high ropes Camp, challenge course & high ropes, horseback riding Camp, challenge course & horseback riding Camp, horseback riding

Cost per person: $55 per person $95 per person $125 per person $95 per person $75 per person

Location: Camp Juniper Knoll, East Troy, WI

Junior Core Camp Learn fun ways to meet other girls and spend time with your friends! Try new things while practicing outdoor skills. Work on the First Aid badge and summer nature activities, swimming and archery.

Cost: $ 55 per person Time: 6 p.m. - 11 a.m.

Date: Location: Code: February 6-8, 2015 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 586755 May 15-17, 2015 Camp Pokanoka Ottawa, IL 586765 July 10-12, 2015 Camp River Trails Sheridan, IL 586775

Junior Time Travelers Jump back in time to ancient lands where pharaohs, mythology, and emperors rule. See if your super sleuth skills can help “Indi-Anna” Jones on her great adventure to unlock the mysteries of these lands lost in time.

Cost: $40 per person Time: 9-11 a.m.

Date: April 18-19, 2015 Location: Camp Pokanoka, Ottawa, WI Code: 586955

Lake Adventures (c,s,a) Grab your friends, swimsuit and lots of sunscreen as we spend the day on the beach sailing, canoeing and swimming at Camp Juniper Knoll! Girls must be able to swim at least 50 yards continuously and be comfortable in deep water.

Cost: $55 per person Time: 7 p.m. - 11 a.m.

Date: August 14-16, 2015 Location: Camp Juniper Knoll, East Troy, WI Code: 586785

Me & My Pal (All Ages) Grab your favorite guy (male relative 18 years or older) and head out to camp for the weekend! You’ll have the chance to swim, hike, meet new friends, enjoy a campfire, and more. Family members will be in platform tents, or you can bring your own tent.

Cost: $55 per person Time: 6 p.m. – 11 a.m.

Date: July 31-August 2, 2015 Location: Camp Butternut Springs, Valparaiso, IN Code: 586795

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Camp Adventures Sledding Fun (All Ages) Enjoy camp as a winter playground. Bring your sleds and get ready for a couple hours of sledding fun!

Participate in a snow ball fight or maybe even build a fort. Then warm up inside to drink some hot chocolate and make a swap to remember the day!

Cost: $5 per person Date: Time: February 28, 2015 9 a.m. - noon February 28, 2015 1 - 4 p.m.

Location: Code: Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 587345 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 587595

Summer Jamboree (All Ages) Enjoy the best parts of the summer at camp! Go hiking, take a swim in the pool, cook out on a campfire and enjoy watching the stars as a troop! Gather up your friends to participate in this weekend at camp before school starts up. Have fun playing games and having a campfire while getting to know girls from other troops.

Cost: $55 Time: 7 p.m. – 11 a.m.

Date: July 24-26, 2015 Location: Camp Butternut Springs, Valparaiso, IN

Lodging: Lodges Platform tents Bring your own tent

Code: 587385 587395 587405

Teen-Ski Weekend (c,s,a) Get ready to spend the day on the slopes of Alpine Valley ski resort on Saturday. Relax with new and old friends on Friday evening, enjoy a winter campfire on Saturday evening and take a hike on Sunday before you leave.

Cost: Date:

$125 Time: 7 p.m. - 11 a.m.

January 9-11, 2015 Location: Camp Juniper Knoll , East Troy, WI Code: 586845

Troop Camping with a Twist (All Ages) Leaders you’ve taken your outdoor trainings and the girls are ready to go! Are you? Let us help! Troops will plan and prepare their own meals, while we provide all the program activities. Choose from a menu of options, we’ll set the schedule and provide the facilitators. Swimming and shower house available. Troops will share a unit based on number of participants.

Cost: $35 per person Time: 6 p.m. - 11 a.m.

Date: Location: Code: March 20-22, 2015 Camp Juniper Knoll East Troy, WI 586885 August 7-9, 2015 Camp Pokanoka Ottawa, IL 586875 August 14-16, 2015 Camp Pokanoka Ottawa, IL 586895

You & Me- Mother’s Day Special (All Ages) Grab your mom or someone special and join us for an overnight adventure at camp. Go on a night or explore camp during the day. A special Mother’s Day brunch will conclude your weekend.

Cost: $55 per person Time: 7 p.m. – 10 a.m.

Date: Location: Code: May 8-10, 2014 Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 586965 May 8-10, 2014 Camp Juniper Knoll East Troy, WI 586975

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Camp Adventures Wacky Olympics-Senior/Ambassador Challenge Join us for a weekend of wacky, messy fun. Our opening ceremony on Friday night will be a scavenger hunt.

Saturday’s adventures will be filled with some of the wackiest games and races you have to play to believe.

You may only have a minute to win it before you wipe out. Our closing ceremony on Saturday night will be a zany toga dance party.

Cost: $55 per person Time: 6 p.m. - 10 a.m.

Date: Location: Code: May 1-3, 2015 Camp Pokanoka Ottawa, WI 586905

Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Leadership Trainings CIT Skills Training: Archery Prerequisite: CIT I. If you’ve completed CIT I and are now ready to specialize in helping at archery, this training is just for you! Learn how to help facilitate archery safety and how to instruct younger participants.

Cost: $10 per person Time: 2 - 5 p.m.

Date: Location: May 17, 2015 Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL

Code: 586645

Program Aide Training Weekend Interested in helping younger girls get excited about the outdoors? Take this weekend to complete your program aide basics training and learn how to teach younger girls. Then learn specific program aide skills Trainings such as songs, games, cooking over a fire, and orienteering. Practice these skills while spending the weekend getting to explore camp and meet other girls your age (meals included).

Cost: $55 per person Time: 7 p.m. – 11 a.m.

Date: Location: Code: March 20-22, 2015 Camp Pokanoka Ottawa, IL 586835 April 17-19, 2015 Camp Juniper Knoll East Troy, WI 586825

Program Aide Basics Take this training to learn how to teach and work with younger girls. Learn how girls of various ages learn and interact with each other. Understand how to help participants be at ease in outdoor settings and how to comfortably learn fun and new skills. (Bring a sack lunch/dinner) Cost: $10 per person Date: Time: Location: Code: Feb. 17, 2015 4:30-8:30 p.m. Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 587445 March 14, 2015 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Camp Butternut Springs Valparaiso, IN 587355

Program Aide Skills Training: Campfire Cooking Prerequisite: Program Aide Basics. Now that you have countless cookouts under your belt, learn how to help teach these skills to others. Practice the best ways to teach fire safety and fire building, learn the best progression of techniques that fit with each age level, and practice how to lead these skills in front of the group.

Cost: $15 per person (dinner included) Date: Time: Location: Code: April 14, 2015 4:30-7:30 p.m. Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 587495

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Program Aide Basics Service Unit/Troop Request: Interested in offering a program aide basic training in your service unit? We will work with you to schedule something close to home. (Must have a minimum of 20 girls in attendance with requests made at least four weeks in advance.) Contact Peggy Brothers to request a date at pbrothers@girlscoutsgcnwi.org.

Program Aide Skills Training: Games Prerequisite: Program Aide Basics. Practice learning some great games for younger girls that are tailored to their age and skill levels. Learn how to best communicate rules and goals as well as how to give games a creative twist.

Cost: $10 per person Date: Time: May 12, 2015 5 - 7 p.m.

Location: Code: Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 587435

Program Aide Skills Training: Orienteering Prerequisite: Program Aide Basics. Learn how to teach basic navigating with a map and compass. Get the lay of the land of camp and find out the best ways to teach how to use a compass to younger girls.

Cost: $10 per person Date: Time: April 14, 2015 5 - 7 p.m.

April 15, 2015 5 - 7 p.m.

Location: Code: Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 587485 Camp Palos Palos Park, IL 587555

Program Aide Skills Training: Songs Prerequisite: Program Aide Basics. Repeat songs, actions songs, slow songs, and everything in between.

Recognize which songs are good for beginners and how to create a progression that makes learning them fun! Practice songs galore and learn how to plan a campfire.

Cost: $10 per person Date: Time: March 18, 2015 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Code: Camp Greene Wood Woodridge, IL 587505

Teen Mentoring Enrichment Opportunities Do you miss camp during the school year? Do you want to get together with other PAs and CITs to have fun and learn new skills? Are you looking for more activities to teach to troops or to use at day camp? Come out get a little taste of camp and build new skills.

Fun and More: Prerequisite: Program Aide Basics or CIT I. These overnights will have a little bit of everything: songs games, crafts, cooking and more. Come prepared to spend the night in the Program Center with other girls and some of the day camp staff members. Bring a sack lunch for Saturday; Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast will be provided. Max girls: 48 Cost: $30 Time: 10 a.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday Date: March 14-15 Location: Camp Greene Wood, Woodridge, IL Code: 587105

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More Options

Calling All Cadettes!

aMAZE Journey Weekend Join in this journey to learn about interactions and meet with other girls from across the council while enjoying being out at camp for this weekend adventure!

When? March 6 at 7 p.m. - March 8, at noon

Leaders and adults:

Where? Camp Butternut Springs in Valparaiso, IN

This program is for you too!

Cost? $55 dollars per participant, includes programming, meals, Journey book and lodging in Butternut Spring’s buildings

Participate in a concurrent training on how to mentor your girls as they continue in Girl Scouts.

This conference-style program will allow you to build relationships with other troop leaders the same age as your girls as well as providing you opportunities to learn and ask questions. You will come away with more knowledge on how to provide opportunities for your girls to lead, how to better understand and facilitate earning journey awards, and learn the ins and outs of the Silver Award. Enjoy being out at camp as you learn how to best encourage your girls to succeed inside of and outside of Girl Scouts.

Code: 587995 Join us on this journey starting here at camp with other girls your age as you work together to complete the It’s Your World- Change It! aMAZE journey. Bring your troop and your friends to learn about how relationships are “alive,” how to be a better friend, and how to inspire others to do the same. Then become a leader in your community by planning and creating your own unique take action project that will help others learn more about positive relationships and interactions.

Volunteer as a Troop!

Love to camp and share your skills? We are always looking for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors interested in helping out at camp. We need you!

If you have ideas for a program, want to help out or volunteer, contact: Sam Lucheck Outdoor Program Manager slucheck@girlscoutsgcnwi.org 815-651-2716

Troop Camping Opportunities!

Ready to do your own camping programs and overnight? Rent a site at one of our camps to do exploring and outdoor activities on your own! Practice your cooking skills over an open fire, experience nature by hiking the trails or expand your understanding of the universe by lying out under the stars. Enjoy the outdoor wonders of our council by exploring the differences at our seven camps.

Go to www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/camp-rentals for more information about renting a place for your troop to explore the outdoors.

Here you will find: •

Step-by-step instructions on how to rent a property site

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Information on what each camp and site has to offer

Important information: To secure your special place or date, plan on submitting your request six months in advance.

If you still can’t find the information you need, our property registration team can help! Call them at 312-912-6371 or send an e-mail to property@ girlscoutsgcnwi.org.

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Registration at a Glance Registration for Day and Resident Camp Opens on March 1.

Registration for camp adventures is open now. The process for registering depends on which camp or camps your daughter selects.

Get Registered!

Resident Camp: Go to www.girlscoutco-op.org/. Codes are not necessary for registering for resident camp.

Day Camp: Go to www.register.girlscoutsgcnwi.org and use the program code for each session for which you wish to register.

Volunteer-led: Registration for volunteer-led camps is handled by the volunteers directing the camps. Information about how to register will be available on the council website at www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/camp by February 10, 2015.

Camp Adventures: Go to www.register.girlscoutgcnwi.org and use the program code for each session for which you wish to register. Registration is already open for these programs.

CAMP GUIDE

Important Reminders

Register!

Be sure to complete and submit all required paperwork regardless of whether you completed the registration online (preferred) or in person or by mail.

All campers must submit a completed health history form for day camp.

All campers must have a physical within 24 months of attending resident camp.

Be sure to submit the required payment for each camp your daughter is attending. Financial assistance may be available. (See form on page 71.)

Questions Please review this guide again using the steps outlined on page 1. Still have questions?

Contact Peggy Brothers at pbrothers@ girlscoutsgcnwi.org or Samantha Lucheck at slucheck@girlscoutsgcnwi.org

Reminder: Day Camp Information Packet Once you have registered, you will receive a receipt via e-mail. A second confirmation will come via e-mail approximately two weeks prior to the beginning of camp. This confirmation will contain the camper’s unit assignment, specific transportation schedule, and other pertinent information.

Attention Leaders:

Do you have the training you need to take your girls to camp?

Check out page 99 of Volunteer Essentials 2014-2015 for requirements.

Need outdoor training?

Check online at: www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/adult-learning-opportunities or e-mail at: Training-VE@girlscoutsgcnwi.org

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Confidential

Health History CONFIdeNTIAL

This form must be completed and signed by parents/guardians of girls Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and or by adult members themselves. All Health History forms will be held Northwest Indiana, Program Registrar in limited access by the trustee (leader/facilitator/staff) of the specific This form must be completed and signed by parents/guardians of girls or by adult members health 2400themselves.

Ogden Ave.,All Suite 400 history Girl Scout program. The absolute minimal necessary information may formsinwill be to held in limited access by the trustee (leader/facilitator/staff) of the specific Lisle, Girl Scout program. The absolute be shared with program staff/volunteers order provide adequate IL 60532-3933 health care. The Health History form will be retained by the Girl Scoutmay be shared with program staff/volunteers in order to provide minimal necessary information adequate health care.

T 630.544.5900; F 630.544.5999 program trustee until it is destroyed.

The health history form will be reatined by the Girl Scout program trustee until it is destroyed. www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org

Health History

SeCTION A: memBeR INFORmATION

Name

date of Birth

Age

Troop #

Address Parent/Guardian

Phone (

Home Address

)

City

Zip Code

Business Address

Phone (

)

If Parent/Guardian is unavailable, contact:

Relationship

Address

Phone (

)

Name of family physician

Phone (

)

SeCTION B: HeALTH HISTORy/ReCuRRING CONdITIONS

Check each applicable item, giving appropriate dates and comments ALLeRGIeS / deSCRIPTION Foods Insects Plants drugs Animals Hay fever Asthma Latex Other

AddITIONAL INFORmATION Operation/date Serious injury/date Sleepwalking Bedwetting Fainting Constipation Night disturbances Other

dATe OF LAST HeALTH exAmINATION: / were any complicating medical problems noted?

Is participant now under the care of a physician/psychologist?

List restrictions to swimming, diving, running, etc.

/

describe any medical/dietary regimen to be continued:

SINCe LAST HeALTH exAm, HAS THe PARTICIPANT HAd: A serious illness requiring medical attention?

An illness lasting more than 5 days?

A surgical operation or fracture?

Treatment in a hospital or emergency room?

Any restrictions concerning physical activities? exposure to a contagious disease? within the past month?

ReCuRRING CONdITIONS ear Infections Heart disease kidney Ailment Convulsions Bronchitis Frequent Colds Frequent Sore Throat Stomach upset diabetes Hyperactivity epilepsy Hearing Impairment vision Impairment Orthopedic Impairment Learning disability Other

dISeASeS / dATeS Chicken Pox measles German measles mumps Scarlet Fever Rheumatic Fever Poliomyelitis whooping Cough Other ImmuNIZATIONS / dATeS dPT Oral Polio measles Td (Adult Tetanus) mumps Rubella Tuberculin Test Tetanus Hib Hepatitis B Other

THIS FORm muST Be SIGNed

what?

duPLICATe THIS FORm AS Needed

SeCTION C: PAReNT/GuARdIAN muST COmPLeTe THe INFORmATION BeLOw

I have read the above procedures for handling my/my daughter's health history information and I agree to the release of any records necessary for treatment, referral, billing or insurance purposes. In case of emergency, I give permission for the First Aider(s) to administer medication, and/or First Aid ANd give permission to an attending physician to hospitalize or secure proper treatment/surgery for me/my child. I give permission to transport me/my child to the nearest emergency facility for treatment. I know of no reason(s), other than the information indicated on this form, why I/my child should not participate in prescribed activities except as noted.

Signature of parent/guardian

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Summer Camp Registration Form

Please note: Online registration is available and encouraged. Families registering online will know right away if their camper has been placed in the session of her choice. Visit www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org and follow the Summer Camp link.

Only use this form if you are NOT registering online. Form may be photocopied; a separate form must be filled out for each camper and for campers wishing to attend multiple sessions.

Please mail your completed form to: Girl Scouts, Attn: Summer Camp Registrar,2400 Ogden Ave, Suite 400, Lisle, IL 60532 Camper name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Date of birth: ______________________________________________

Grade in fall 2015: __________________________________

Camper is in custodial care of: ___Both parents ___Mother only ___Father only ___Other: ________________________________ Custodial parent/guardian name: _________________________________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________ City, State, Zip: ____________________________________________ Daytime phone: _____________________________________ E-mail address: ___________________________________________ Second parent/guardian name: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Address (if different than above): _______________________ City, State, Zip: ____________________________________________ Daytime phone: _____________________________________ E-mail address: ___________________________________________ Please check one: ___I am a member of Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana or

___Other council: ____________

Not currently a registered Girl Scout? ___I am registering now (add $15; girls attending camp must be registered Girl Scout) Check one: I would prefer to receive camp confirmation via: ___postal mail ___via e-mail (be sure to enter e-mail address above) T-shirt size? (circle one)

Child Medium

Child Large

Adult Small

Adult Medium

Adult Large

Adult XL

Buddy Request. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Please list only one name. Both campers must list each other to be considered as a buddy placement.

Registrations should be submitted together.

RESIDENT CAMP REGISTRATION for Butternut Springs, Juniper Knoll and Pokanoka Choice Program Date

Camp

Fee

1 2 3

DAY CAMP REGISTRATION for Greene Wood and Palos ALL day camp registrations must include a signed health history; please find it following this registration form.

Registrations will NOT be processed without the health history.

Transportation Choice Program Date Camp Code 1 2 3 VOLUNTEER-LED DAY CAMP REGISTRATION Volunteer-led day camp registration is being coordinated by each host group. Please contact the group whose camp you would like to participate in for details on registering with a paper form. All volunteer-led day camps offer online registration at http://register.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/ REGISTRATION FOR ALL OTHER PROGRAMS Please fill out the Girl/Individual Program Registration Form or register online at http://register.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/ {OVER}

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Fee

Summer Camp Registration Form (Page 2) I have read and agree with the program information and refund procedure in the summer camp brochure and give my daughter/ward permission to attend and participate in activities on and off property.

I will not allow my camper to attend if she becomes exposed to any contagious disease, or if for any reason I do not consider her to be in good physical condition.

I authorize the camp to administer first aid treatment, to secure the services of a physician, and to notify me.

Yes No Any photographs or films taken in which my daughter/ward appears may be used for promotion or as deemed appropriate by the Girl Scout council free of any claims on my part.

Parent/guardian signature ___________________________________ Date ___________________________ EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION Name __________________________________________________________________________________________ Relationship __________________________________ Cell phone_________________________________________ Daytime phone ________________________________ Evening phone _____________________________________ PAYMENT I am applying for financial assistance (attach completed Financial Assistance Application Form). Financial assistance is only available to members of Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana to be used at programs sponsored by our council. It is available on a case-by-case basis and is determined by both need and council resources. Council reserves the right to limit the amount awarded to any individual on an annual basis.

My camper participated in and earned camp dough through the cookie program.

Resident Camp

Council-sponsored Day Camp

Program fee

_________

Membership dues

_________

Less deposit

_________

Balance due

_________

($15 through end of Sept. 2015; must be member to register)

Program fee

_________

Membership dues

_________

Balance due

_________

($15 through end of Sept. 2015; must be member to register)

Total amount due $ ______________________________ Charge credit card

My check (payable to Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana) is enclosed.

Name as it appears on card __________________________________ Phone______________________________________ Billing address _____________________________________________ City/State/Zip ________________________________ Visa

MC

Discover

Card # _____________________________________ Expires (Mo/Yr) ______________________

Cardholder Signature ______________________________________________Date ________________________________

Please mail completed registration form to: Girl Scouts Attn: Summer Camp Registration 2400 Ogden Ave, Suite 400 Lisle, IL 60532

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Nonprofit Org U.S. Postage Paid

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

20 S CLARK ST., SUITE 200 CHICAGO, IL 60603

Online registration for camp opens March 1, 2015!