2022 Summer Camp Guide

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SUMMER CAMP 2022 Daisy | Brownie | Junior | Cadette | Senior | Ambassador

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Girl Scout Camp

Hey, Hey, Girl Scouts!

We are so excited to see you again this summer at camp! Since we saw you last year, we have been counting down the days until we can stuff our faces with Brown Bears and sing camp songs under the stars, and we bet you have too!

Nothing compares to the unforgettable memories made at camp each summer.

Whether you attend day camp, troop adventure camp, or resident camp, you’re sure to head home with a piece of what we like to call “Camp Magic.”

Camp magic can look like a friendship bracelet grounding you as you face the changes a new school year can bring, a camp song stuck in your head on the walk to the bus, or even some stubborn tie dye under your fingernails to remind you of the moments you spent outside with your best friends. We still cherish the memories (and pictures!) of our summers attending GSWO camps when we were your age. Although some things may have changed since then, camp magic still remains.

Camp magic is something silly and beautiful that looks different for everyone. We can’t wait for you to join our camp family and take some camp magic home with you!

Your Camp Directors, Jigsaw & Ember

Meet our Camp Directors!

Then and Now

Marie “Jigsaw” Cordes | Camp Director Marie attended resident camp at GSWO camps for several years before working on camp staff at Camp Libbey and Whip Poor Will. She oversees Resident and Day Camp at Camps Libbey, Whip Poor Will, and Butterworth.

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Tori “Ember” Hinojosa-Houck | Camp Director Tori grew up attending summer camp at Camp Libbey and worked at resident camp at Libbey and Whip Poor Will. This is her 8th year working full-time at GSWO, and she directs Troop Adventure Camp at Camp Stonybrook and Camp Libbey.

We’re proud that all of our camps are accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA) and meet or exceed ACA standards.

Register early! Camps fill quickly.

Resident Camps Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 Online registration opens at 6 a.m.!

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Day Camps Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022

4. Log into myGS to complete the registration.

5. Confirmations are located in myGS for your convenience.

Troop Adventure Camp (TAC) Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 See page 8

2. Choose the program(s) and date(s) your camper wishes to attend.

3. Click “Register Now” under the program your camper wishes to attend.

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Paper Registration

1. Visit camp.gswo.org to see camp descriptions.

Download and complete paper TAC registration forms at camp.gswo.org/TAC and fax, mail, or walk the forms in to any regional council office.

A $10 deposit per girl is required.

Bring a buddy!

Have a special friend you want to share the camp experience with? You can BOTH request each other on CampDoc if you are registered for the same camp program. Requests are limited to ONE buddy. If you have more than one friend coming to camp with you, don’t worry. You can still hang out with all your friends, old and new, during most of the daytime activities, like swimming, meals, and game time.

Not a member?

Not a problem.

Girl Scouts is open to ALL girls!

Visit camp.gswo.org to learn more.

Our talented and experienced camp staff are carefully screened and intensely trained to keep you safe and to create a positive, harmonious, and supportive camp environment.

Many camp staff are aspiring teachers, outdoor educators, and former campers. They come from all over Ohio, the United States, and the world to work with you.

All girls are welcome at camp! Girl Scouts embraces girls of all abilities, backgrounds, and heritage, with a specific and positive philosophy of inclusion that benefits everyone. Each girl – without regard to socioeconomic status, race, physical or cognitive ability, ethnicity, primary language, or religion – is an equal and valued member.

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Day Camp Experience all the fun of camp during the day, and return home each evening. Caregivers will drop you off and pick you up each day. Having too much fun and don’t want to leave? Stay for the optional overnight offered on Thursday night each week.

Camp Butterworth Open House: June 12, 2 - 4 p.m.

Cadette Program Aide Training

Dates

Current Grade Level

Event Name

Price

June 13 - 17

K-7

Butterworth Detectives

$150

June 20 - 24

K-7

Art Fanatics

$150

June 27 - July 1

K-7

Theater Queens

$150

July 6 - 8

K-7

Time Warp

$90

July 11 - 15

K-7

Full STEAM Ahead

$150

July 18 - 22

K-7

Camp Chef

$150

July 25 - 29

K-7

All About Girl Scouts

$150

August 1 - 5

K-7

Bippity Boppity Butterworth

$150

Earn your Program Aide award while working with Brownies at Day Camp!

Spend your first day with your fellow PAs in training, then spend the rest of the week in the unit with girls.

Sign up for one week of training: $40

Program Assistant Once you’ve completed Program Aide training, spend the week at day camp working with girls developing your leadership, team-building, and programming skills! Assist camp staff in leading badge work, crafts, nature hikes, singing, and more.

Sign up for one or more weeks: $20 each week ($12 July 6-8)

Thursday overnight (optional) | $25 Continue having fun with your counselors and friends by staying overnight at camp! Sign up to spend Thursday night at camp, and you’ll cook supper, participate in a special allcamp activity, and end the day with a traditional campfire.

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Make memories at GSWO camps and properties Discovering the wonders of nature, challenging yourself to reach new heights, and friendships for a lifetime— these are the reasons girls remember their time at camp for years.

Troops can extend those memories by making use of our six camp properties and our four Service Centers for Girl Scout activities all year-round.

After about an hour of hearing all the exciting details, I asked her to rate her first day of camp between 1-10: “Can’t Mommy, it is 1-100 and today was 100.”

Learn more about our camps at: camp.gswo.org/properties

I picked both girls up and asked them to rate today from 1-10: “A bagillion one thousand!”

Cookie rewards = time at camp Sell 1,500 packages of cookies and select camp credit in your rewards to receive a free week at camp – up to $350 value! (Deposit is required based on the camp selected.)

Sell 750+ packages of cookies and you can attend one of two Camp Cookie celebration days, with a full day of classic camp activities and traditions, lunch, a sneak peek at next year’s cookie rewards, and some sweet swag to take home.

More details at camp.gswo.org

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Resident Camp Ready for the ultimate outdoor adventure? Spend multiple days and nights experiencing EVERYTHING camp has to offer. Programs listed are based on the grade your camper is currently in.

New! Take the GSWO bus to try a new camp!

Camp Libbey | Open House: June 4, 1-3 p.m.

Dates

Week of June 12 - 17

Week of June 19 - 24

Week of June 26 - July 1

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Current Grade Level

Event Name

Price

K-2

Splash Camp (Sun-Tues)

$185

1, 2

Outdoor Adventures

$330

3, 4

ARTchery Adventures (Wed-Fri)

$185

3, 4

You Did What At Camp?

$330

3-7

Horsin' Around

$490

3-7

Saddle Up

$490

5-7

Wanderers

$330

5-7

Random Fandom

$335

K-2

Dr. FrankenBrownie (Wed-Fri)

$185

1, 2

Neverland Adventurers

$330

3, 4

Water Wonders (Sun-Tues)

$185

3, 4

Moonlight Madness

$330

3, 4

The Libbey Bake-off

$340

3-7

Horsin' Around

$490

3-7

Saddle Up

$490

5-7

Right On Target

$330

K-2

Amazing Artist (Sun-Tues)

$185

1, 2

Mermaids

$330

3, 4

Camp It Up (Wednesday-Friday)

$185

3, 4

The Lost Girls

$330

3-7

Horsin' Around

$490

3-7

Saddle Up

$490

5-7

Choose Your Adventure

$330

5-7

Climb On!

$335

More details at camp.gswo.org

TAC

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Camp Whip Poor Will | Open House: June 5, 2-4 p.m.

Dates

Current Grade Level

Event Name

Price

July 7 - 8

K-4

Camp Sampler: Two days, one night!

$100

K-2

S'more Fun (Sun-Tues)

$185

K-2

Amazing Artist (Wed-Fri)

$185

1, 2

It's a Bug's Life

$330

3, 4

Slime Time (Sun-Tues)

$185

3, 4

Camp It Up (Wed-Fri)

$185

3, 4

Artrageous

$330

3, 4

Docks and Rocks

$340

5-7

Wanderers

$330

5-7

Random Fandom

$335

K-2

Snacktastic (Sun-Tues)

$185

1, 2

Sharks and Minnows

$330

3, 4

Wild Things (Wed-Fri)

$185

3, 4

Junior Jam

$330

3, 4

Junior Chef

$345

5-7

Choose Your Adventure

$330

5-7

Adventure Bound

$345

K-2

Fireflies (Wed-Fri)

$185

1, 2

Clayin' Around

$330

3, 4

Snack Attack (Sun-Tues)

$185

3, 4

You Did What At Camp?

$330

3, 4

Outside the Box

$340

5-7

Wilderness Adventures

$330

5-7

Climb On!

$335

K-2

Dr. FrankenBrownie (Sun-Tues)

$185

K-2

Splash Camp (Wed-Fri)

$185

1, 2

AstroBrownies

$330

3, 4

Water Wonders (Sun-Tues)

$185

3, 4

ARTchery Adventures (Wed-Fri)

$185

3, 4

The Lost Girls

$330

5-7

Design Lab

$330

5-7

Voyagers

$345

8-11

Do or Donut

$375

Week of July 10 - 15

Week of July 17 - 22

Week of July 24 - 29

Week of July 31 - August 5

Travel Camps!!

Grades 8-11

June 12 - June 17 Road Trip Michigan $575 June 19 - June 24 Into the Woods: Manistee National Forest $525 June 26 - July 1 Let’s Explore: Mammoth Cave National Park $550 July 10 - July 15 Haunted Happenings $565 July 17 - July 22 White Water Rafting: Upper New River $575 July 24 - July 29 Smoky Mountain Llama Trek $575 July 31 - August 5 Cliff Hangers: Red River Gorge $540 77

Troop Adventure Camp Troop Adventure Camp, or TAC, is an adventure for your whole troop and is open to all age levels. You choose what your troop wants to do, and camp staff lead all the activities, so girls and their adults can participate together.

Attention Adults needed for ratio attend at no cost!

Whether this is your first troop camp experience or you’ve been doing this for years, TAC has something for you. Enjoy making crafts, hiking, swimming, creeking, outdoor living skills, building teamwork, or enjoy other Girl Scout badge or Journey activities.

Check out activity options and download your TAC registration form at camp.gswo.org/TAC. A $10 deposit per girl is required. Enough adults must attend to maintain ratio as outlined in safety activity checkpoints. Those required for ratio attend for free! One adult from each troop must complete the Troop Trips and Travel training module on gsLearn.

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Camp

Dates

Event Name

Price

Stonybrook

June 12 - June 15

Troop Adventure Camp 1

$125

Stonybrook

June 15 - June 17

Troop Adventure Camp 2

$105

Stonybrook

June 20 - June 22

Troop Adventure Camp 3

$105

Stonybrook

June 22 - June 24

Troop Adventure Camp 4

$105

Stonybrook

June 26 - June 29

Troop Adventure Camp 5

$125

Stonybrook

June 29 - July 1

Troop Adventure Camp 6

$105

Libbey

July 6 - July 8

Troop Adventure Camp 7

$105

Libbey

July 11 - July 13

Troop Adventure Camp 8

$105

Libbey

July 13 - July 15

Troop Adventure Camp 9

$105

Stonybrook

July 18 - July 20

Troop Adventure Camp 10

$105

Stonybrook

July 20 - July 22

Troop Adventure Camp 11

$105

Stonybrook

July 25 - July 27

Troop Adventure Camp 12

$105

Stonybrook

July 27 - July 29

Troop Adventure Camp 13

$105

Stonybrook

July 31 - August 3

Troop Adventure Camp 14

$125

Stonybrook

August 3 - August 5

Troop Adventure Camp 15

$105

More details at camp.gswo.org

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Where You’ll Eat and Sleep At Resident Camp and Troop Adventure Camp, most meals are served family-style in a dining hall. You’ll also get to plan for and prepare a meal over the campfire. Meals are kid-friendly and healthy. We can accommodate most common food allergies and dietary restrictions. Visit camp.gswo.org for more information. *Day campers bring their own packed lunches each day.

Platform Tents are large, canvas tents on wooden platforms with cots.

ical Menu Typ Breakfast Bacon, Eggs, Fruit, & Yogurt Lunch Chicken Sandwiches, Salad Bar, & Fruit Dinner Pizza, Veggies, & Dessert Cabins are small structures with windows, a door, and bunk beds. Restrooms are located in separate structures close by.

Lodges offer dormitory living with indoor plumbing and electricity.

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Outdoor Leadership Opportunities Counselor-in-Training & Junior Instructor Programs Want to work at camp someday? Want to expand your leadership skills? The Counselor-in-Training (CIT) or Junior Instructor programs are for you! These progression-based programs will help you build skills useful both in and out of camp.

Counselor-in-Training (CIT)

Junior Instructor (JI) Leadership Opportunities

Seniors & Ambassadors (girls going into grades 10-12 in the fall), this is your chance to lead at resident camp!

Build your leadership skills at camp by interning as a Junior Instructor at Troop Adventure Camp. Junior Instructors run many of the programs at TAC such as hikes, arts and crafts projects, and more!​​

CIT 1’s attend two weeks of camp and earn their CIT 1 pin. CIT 1’s spend their time in training sessions building leadership skills, shadowing unit counselors, and planning activities for younger campers.

CIT 2’s attend three weeks of camp and earn their CIT 2 pin. CIT 2’s take on a bigger role by being assigned to a specific younger girl program for a week. They also attend more advanced training sessions, have the opportunity to shadow program specialists, and develop the All Camp Game for their final week.

Camp Libbey Counselor-in-Training 1 (2 weeks)

June 19 - July 1

$180

Counselor-in-Training 2 (3 weeks)

June 12 - July 1

$200

This is a competitive program based on applications, references, and interviews. Not all applicants may be selected.

• Be a registered Girl Scout currently in grades 9 - 11 • Apply online at camp.gswo.org/JI by March 31, 2022 • Attend an interview • Be selected for the position • Attend training overnight at Camp Stonybrook from June 6-9, 2022 • Agree to work at least two weeks during the summer 1st year Junior Instructor:

* (CIT 1’s go home the weekend of June 24, CIT 2’s go home the weekends of June 17 and June 24.)

Camp Whip Poor Will Counselor-in-Training 1 (2 weeks)

July 17 - 29

$180

Counselor-in-Training 2 (3 weeks)

July 10 - 29

$200

* (CIT 1’s go home the weekend of July 22, CIT 2’s go home the weekends of July 15 and July 22.)

Junior Counselor Internship Girls who have completed both CIT 1 & CIT 2 and are currently in grade 11 can apply for a Junior Counselor Internship. Approved Junior Counselors will attend a 3-day training during Pre-Camp with the Camp Staff and choose the weeks they would like to intern. Junior Counselors must complete a minimum of 1 week at Camp Whip Poor Will and 1 week at Camp Libbey.

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$25 stipend each week after pre-camp training

2nd year Junior Instructor: •

$50 stipend each week after pre-camp training

3rd year Junior Instructor: •

$100 stipend each week after pre-camp training

Lifeguard Expand your JI experience and help out at the pool after completing American Red Cross Lifeguard Training. Must ​​ meet JI requirements, be at least 16, and a strong swimmer.

See camp.gswo.org/JI for ​additional information. Training will be May 31 - June 3 at Camp Stonybrook.

Benefits You’ll get all the benefits of a 1st, 2nd or 3rd year Junior Instructor. Plus, if you take your Lifeguard training with us, we’ll cover the cost of the certification!

• Be a registered Girl Scout for the 2021-2022 school year • Register for the Junior Counselor session in myGS • Complete Junior Counselor application • Interview with the camp director • Attend training June 3 – 5, 2022

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More details at camp.gswo.org

Frequently Asked Questions 2022 Safety protocols At Girl Scouts, the health and safety of our members are our number one priority. Girls today are dealing with so much, and summer camp provides them with critical experiences— like camaraderie and friendships—that make them feel less alone. Girl Scouts truly treasure camp!

In order to provide the safest camp experience possible, we will be making adaptations around capacity, registration, lodging, meals, activity schedules, and more. We will communicate specific guidelines closer to camp.

Stay tuned to gswo.org/safety, your email, and CampDocs for more details as summer approaches!

Deposits and payment dates • Non-refundable Deposit: $50 f​ or resident and/or day camp ($10 for TAC) per camp/per camper, or payment in full if less than $50 - due at time of registration.

• Membership Fee (if not a current Girl Scout): $25 due at time of registration.

• Remaining Balance: Due by May 13 or your registration is subject to cancellation.

Every girl deserves the chance to camp!

Camperships are available to ensure girls needing financial assistance can participate. Financial assistance is available and can be requested after registering for camp. All campers must pay the $50 deposit and some portion of the program fee. The financial assistance form can be found at camp.gswo.org under common concerns.

Work at Camp Gain professional skills while spending the summer outdoors! Join our Summer Camp staff and build skills in critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity, gaining experience valuable in youth development and many other fields.

You’ll strengthen your own leadership skills while helping campers become strong leaders through supervision, decisionmaking and behavior management. Camp staff also have the opportunity to gain specialized training that can be used on and off camp, like First Aid/CPR and Lifeguarding.

Apply today!

See all the opportunities at: camp.gswo.org/campstaff Ages 18+

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4930 Cornell Road Cincinnati, OH 45242

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Summer Camp 2022 Online registration begins at 6 a.m.

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2022 Camp Open Houses

Michigan Lucas

Fulton Williams

Ottawa

Defiance

Wood

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Paulding Putnam

Hancock

Van Wert Allen

1. Camp Libbey | Open House: June 4, 1-3 p.m.

Hardin

Camp Libbey is surrounded by fields, forests, and ravines along the banks of the scenic Maumee River just outside Defiance, OH.

Auglaize

Mercer

Logan Shelby

Darke

2. Camp Stonybrook | Open House June 5, 2-4 p.m.

Champaign Miami

Camp Stonybrook is located just off the beaten path of Waynesville, OH, where fields give way to forests.

Indiana

Clark

Preble

Montgomery

42 Warren 4 6

Dearborn

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Clinton

Hamilton Clermont

Ohio

3. Camp Whip Poor Will | Open House June 5, 2-4 p.m.

Greene

Butler

Brown

Families, this is your chance to see where your campers will sleep and eat! Summer camp dropoffs will be drive-through format again this year, so come take a tour, try a camp activity, and get a chance to ask the camp director questions before camp opens.

More details on our camp website: camp.gswo.org

Kentucky

Camp Whip Poor Will sits near the Little Miami River in Morrow, OH. Ravines give way to small creeks, making excellent spots for you to hike and hunt for fossils.

4. Camp Butterworth | Open House June 12, 2-4 p.m.

Camp Butterworth overlooks the Little Miami River where wooded hillsides meet open meadows in Maineville, OH. In Partnership With:

We’re proud that all of our camps are accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA) and meet or exceed ACA standards.

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