Date: Sat Sep 26, 12:00 PM EDT - Sun Sep 27, 12:00 PM EDT
Category:
- Outdoor,
- Life Skills
Level:
- Pre-K,
- Daisies,
- Brownies,
- Juniors,
- Cadettes,
- Seniors,
- Ambassadors,
- Volunteers
Is your troop or family ready for a campout but you aren't quite sure where to start? Bring them to Camp Sycamore Valley for a Back to the Basics Overnight Camping experience. Liz (aka Olive) will be teaching adults, volunteers, Girl Scouts, and their families basic outdoor skills, like building a fire, cooking over a fire, sleeping soundly outdoors, tent set-up, and more. If there is an outdoor skill that your troop/family is interested in learning, shoot Liz an email at lhamilton@girlscoutsindiana.org and she can add it to the intinerary for the weekend. Sleeping arrangements will be determined upon arrival. First come, first served for units. Troops are also welcome to bring their own gear for sleeping outside! (It's always nice to know how to use the gear you already have.) Lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday will be provided. Let's get comfortable with outdoor cooking!
For an additional $6/Junior, there is an optional add-on to earn their Animal Habitats and Camper badges. Payment will be taken the day of the program.
Location: Camp Sycamore Valley (Lafayette, IN)
Questions about the program? Email: lhamilton@girlscoutsindiana.org
Questions about registration? Contact customer care at 317.924.6800
Sleeping Arrangement Options:
- Troop Cabin: The Troop Cabin has heating, cooling, and electricity. It has a large meeting room downstairs with tables, chairs, and a fireplace (wood provided). Upstairs is a carpeted loft that acts as a sleeping area with 9 sets of bunkbeds with mattresses and 12 mattresses on the floor. Please bring your own bedding or sleeping bag. Cubby holes are provided for storage. Indoor bathrooms are located on the first floor. There are no showers. There is a kitchen with an electric oven/stove, microwave, refrigerator with freezer, sink, cabinets, and countertop work area. (Capacity: 30 people)
- Eagle's Nest: Eagle's Nest is a collection of 4 cabins on stilts, with a fun slide down to the ground! There is a cabin located on the ground that is handicap accessible with a ramp. Each cabin on stilts contains 3 cots with mattresses and one set of bunk beds. The cabin on the ground contains 4 cots with mattresses. Please bring your own bedding or sleeping bag. There is no heating or cooling. There is electricity in the shelter house, which has a fireplace, tables, and benches. Outdoor latrines and a wash station are located nearby. A fire pit with benches and wood is also located at this site. (Capacity: 24 people)
- A-Frame Cabins: The A-Frame Cabins are a collection of three A-Frame Cabins that contain 6 cots with mattresses. Please bring your own bedding or sleeping bag. There is no heating or cooling. Electricity is available in the shelter house, as well as a fireplace, tables, and benches. There is an outdoor latrine and wash station and no kitchen. A fire pit with benches and wood is provided on site. (Capacity: 18 people)
- Catherine's Cabin: Catherine's Cabin is a wing of the Program Center and has heating, cooling, and electricity. It has a kitchen area that can be used as an activity area. The kitchen also has a refrigerator, stove/oven, sink, cabinets, microwave, table, and chairs. No cooking equipment, dishes, or silverware provided. There is a main sleeping room with 9 bunkbeds with mattresses and small separate room with 2 cots and mattresses. There is a fire pit with benches and wood provided. (Capacity: 20 people)
- Primitive Camping: set up your own tent around camp. (Capacity: no limit)
