18 • Summer Camp Memories 2017
Outdoor Leadership Program The Outdoor Leadership Program series is designed for Girl Scouts ready to take on an active leadership position in an outdoor setting. Outdoor Leadership programs focus on developing leadership and outdoor skills and learning how to teach and lead camp activities like making a campfire, planning a cookout, leading songs & games, program creation, and the principles of Leave No Trace. Girls in this program will often work alongside camp staff to help with all-camp activities or take the lead in girl-selected camp service projects. Girls will also learn the basics of backcountry camping and go on an overnight camping trip. This program is based on the Girl Scouts of the USA Program Aide training guidelines with emphasis on outdoor skills. Girls who successfully complete Counselor-in-Training I and Wrangler-In-Training I will earn the corresponding pin and qualify them to volunteer as staff interns. For those interested in CIT II or WIT II programs, please contact the Camp Director at 505.923.2524 or adalness@nmgirlscouts.org.