Living Units
Each unit accommodates 12-24 campers and consists of a unit house or shelter, latrines or flush toilets (depending on camp), washstand or sinks, fire circle, and screened glen shelters or platform tents. Each platform tent or glen shelter contains cots with mattresses, mosquito netting and nightstands for four to six girls. Counselors are housed in a separate shelter in the unit. Most units do not have electricity. At night, the campers use their personal flashlights to find their way and lanterns mark the location of the latrine, washstand and staff shelter. Girls are assigned to living units by age and program. Tent or shelter assignments are made after your camper arrives at camp so that she may share living arrangements with any friends she may have in the same program. A glen shelter is a wooden structure with four screened sides, a wooden roof and a wooden floor. The canvas curtains can be closed in inclement weather. Glen shelters can be found at all four camps.
Platform tents have wooden floors with a large canvas tent over a wooden frame. There is an extra tarp over the top of the tent. There are platform tent units at Coles Trip and May Flather.
Additional Facilities
Facilities also include a dining hall and kitchen, camp office, health center, arts and crafts building, and central shower house. Potomac Woods, Winona and May Flather have swimming pools, while Coles Trip has river access.
Meals
Food service professionals prepare all of our meals except for cookouts. Campers are given an opportunity to plan a menu and cook outdoors or have a picnic at least once during their stay at camp. Our food service staff can meet most special dietary needs. Vegetarian options are available at each meal. Detailed information about dietary restrictions and allergies will be collected on the Health Form which you will receive after registration. For questions about dietary restrictions and food allergies, please contact Denise Viau, Camping Services Manager, at dviau@gscnc.org, 202.274.3305.
Camp Staff
Staff members are carefully selected from applicants throughout the United States and around the world. They are chosen for their maturity, program skills, and experience and are required to attend an intensive pre-camp training session. Staff members are 18 years of age or older. A health manager is in residence at the Health Center. Specially trained staff members direct the pool, waterfront, challenge course and other specialty areas.
How to Register
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Log in to your account on our Event Registration site: https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/default.aspx?pid=25. If you have previously registered your camper for camp, your login has remained the same. If you have trouble accessing your account, please e-mail camphelp@gscnc.org for assistance. When registration opens, log in and click Activities to find quick access to all of this summer’s camp offerings.