Camp@Home

This year, Camp looked a little different due to COVID-19. The camp experience used to give us a break from a world of screens— smartphones, laptops, TVs, and tablets, but this summer, to keep all of our campers and their families safe we introduced Camp @ Home virtual camp. Girls still had the opportunity to build community, play games, get messy and participate in all the camp activities just like in traditional camps, but from the safety of their homes. GSEP sourced and assembled Camp Kits for every camper, including the supplies and directions for each grade level and theme for the week, and shipped the kits or made them available for curb-side pickup. Each week, campers opened their Camp Kits and discovered surprises and a mix of live fun-filled interactive sessions, on-their-own activities, recorded materials, and supplemental activities that provided that extra Girl Scout fun!

Here are just a few examples of the many Camp @ Home sessions from each grade level: Disney Magic – Daisies and Brownies dressed up like their favorite princesses, took a virtual trip to Disney Parks, and shared their Disney knowledge during a game of trivia! Daisies earned their Good Neighbor badge and Brownies earned their Celebrating Community badge. Mother Nature Loves Her Artists - Juniors and Cadettes explored drawing, sculpture, music and more through the inspiration of nature. They created art to help their community, explored science, and learned how others use nature as an inspiration for art. Juniors earned their Outdoor Art Explorer Badge and Cadettes earned their Outdoor Art Apprentice Badge. If You Build It, They Will Come - Seniors and Ambassadors worked within a group to engineer prototypes of a device to enrich the life of an animal, zip line course, and mobility equipment for an elephant. The girls built an art project with a hammer and nails, learned the basics of coding, and earned their Ambassador Think Like an Engineer Journey and Coding for Good badges.

Although we don’t know what the future will bring, we look forward to returning to traditional camp in 2021 and reconnecting with the outdoors!