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Camp Maha
Perched above the winding Platte River, Camp Maha is the perfect setting to embrace your inner explorer. Hike miles of trails, test your skills on the challenge courses, zip line through the trees, and discover Girl Scout Island. Be sure to check out the council museum inside the TLC Welcome Center! This Girl Scout camp is accredited by the American Camp Association, which requires thorough and rigorous compliance for camp operations, staffing qualifications, and safety standards.
Explore Camp Maha
Grades K-12, Families DBJCSAF Saturday, May 13, 2023 Experience the magic of Camp Maha during this open house. Bring your family to explore the camp and enjoy hiking, crafts, songs, games, and much more! Roast a hot dog over a campfire and make s’mores, too. This is a great way to introduce yourself and your family to Camp Maha, learn about summer camp programs, and meet camp staff. Adults must register with girls, using the required volunteer-to-girl ratios. Arrival/Departure: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Register by: Saturday, April 29, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $8, includes activities, meal, and patch Adult Cost: $8, includes activities and meal Sibling Cost: $8, includes activities and meal Video Games in Real Life Day Camp
Grades K-8 DBJC Monday, June 5, 2023 – Friday, June 9, 2023 Video games come to life at this day camp! Show your moves with Fortnite dances, play water level games in the pool, and take home your own Among Us character. Create a potion right out of Terraria, enjoy a Fruit Ninja snack, play games, shoot a bow and arrow like Link, and make your very own Minecraft torch. Bring a sack lunch daily. Arrival/Departure: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily Register by: Sunday, May 21, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $200, includes transportation, activities, supplies, and T-shirt
Grades 2-8 BJC Thursday, June 8, 2023 – Friday, July 9, 2023 Add to your camp fun with the optional Thursday overnight! Arrival/Departure: 4 p.m. Thursday – 9 a.m. Friday Register by: Tuesday, May 21, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $28, includes lodging, activities, supplies, and meals
Monday, June 12, 2023 – Friday, June 16, 2023 Bee-do bee-do, there are Minions loose at camp! Brush up on your Minionese and join us for an amazing week of silly fun! Go for a swim, try archery, and go for a hike—all with a despicable twist! Create Minionthemed crafts, go on a banana scavenger hunt, make some wacky scientific discoveries, and have a Minion dance party! Bello! Tara, tropa! Bring a sack lunch daily. Arrival/Departure: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily Register by: Sunday, May 28, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $200, includes transportation, activities, supplies, and T-shirt
Minion Merriment Day Camp – Optional Overnight
Grades 2-8
BJC
Thursday, June 15, 2023 – q Friday, June 16, 2023 Add to your camp fun with the optional Thursday overnight! Arrival/Departure: 4 p.m. Thursday – 9 a.m. Friday Register by: Sunday, May 28, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $28, includes lodging, activities, supplies, and meals
Save Your Spot!
Through April 30, 2023, reserve your spot with a $25 non-refundable deposit on all camp programs over $150. Deposit counts toward program fee (must be paid in full by registration deadline).
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Bring your swimsuit and join us for a sea turtle pool party. Learn about sea turtles and other sea life, make an ocean-themed SWAPS, play water games, and make new friends. Whoa! Let’s have a righteous time, dude! Adults must register with girls, using the required volunteer-to-girl ratios. EARLY SESSION Arrival/Departure: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. LATE SESSION Arrival/Departure: 1 – 3 p.m. Register by: Sunday, May 28, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $25, includes activities, snack, patch, and T-shirt Adult Cost: $10, includes activities, snack, and T-shirt
What a Colorful World Day Camp
Grades K-8
DBJC
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 – Friday, June 23, 2023 Discover the variety of colors in nature and use them as inspiration to create tie-dyed works of art, suncatchers, and more. Learn about prisms, the science behind animal coloration in nature, and what it takes to make a rainbow. Also try your hand at archery and take a dip in the pool. Bring a sack lunch daily. Arrival/Departure: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily Register by: Sunday, June 4, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $160, includes transportation, activities, supplies, and T-shirt
What a Colorful World – Optional Overnight
Grades K-12
BJC
Thursday, June 22, 2023 – Friday, June 23, 2023 Add to your camp fun with the optional Thursday overnight! Arrival/Departure: 4 p.m. Thursday – 9 a.m. Friday Register by: Sunday, June 4, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $28, includes lodging, activities, supplies, and meals
Monday, June 26, 2023 – Friday, June 30, 2023 Find a bit of Disney magic at Girl Scout camp! Ever wanted to go on an adventure like Moana, shoot arrows like Mulan, swim like Ariel, or learn a new skill like Elena? On this weeklong magical journey, enjoy camp activities like swimming, archery, games, crafts, and more—all with a Disney twist! Bring a sack lunch daily. Arrival/Departure: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily Register by: Sunday, June 11, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $200, includes transportation, activities, snack, supplies, and T-shirt
Grades 2-8
BJC
Thursday, June 29, 2023 – Friday, June 30, 2023 Add to your camp fun with the optional Thursday overnight! Arrival/Departure: 4 p.m. Thursday – 9 a.m. Friday Register by: Sunday, June 11, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $28, includes lodging, activities, supplies, and meals
Daisy Day at Camp Maha
Grades K-1
D
Friday, July 7, 2023 This day is all about Daisies! Grab a grown up and join us for an intro to camping just for Daisies! We’ll make a Daisy themed craft, learn camp songs, play games, go for a swim, and make new friends! Adults must register with girls, using the required volunteer-to-girl ratios. Arrival/Departure: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Register by: Sunday, June 18, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $25, includes activities, snack, patch, and T-shirt Adult Cost: $10, includes activities, snack, and T-shirt Magical Kingdoms Day Camp
Grades K-8 DBJC Monday, July 10, 2023 – Friday, July 14, 2023 Encounter magical Disney kingdoms, right here at Girl Scout camp! Make your own casita, shoot arrows like Mulan, go for a swim like Nemo, and make your own Sporky! Together we’ll learn a new dance like Stitch, make some “Frozen” slime, and go for a hike to try to find Kevin the bird. Bring a sack lunch daily. Arrival/Departure: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily Register by: Sunday, June 25, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $200, includes transportation, activities, snack, supplies, and T-shirt
Magical Kingdoms Day Camp – Optional Overnight
Grades 2-8 BJC Thursday, July 13, 2023 – Friday, July 14, 2023 Add to your camp fun with the optional Thursday overnight! Arrival/Departure: 4 p.m. Thursday – 9 a.m. Friday Register by: Sunday, June 25, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $28, includes lodging, activities, supplies, and meals
Grades K-8 DBJC Monday, July 17, 2023 – Friday, July 21, 2023 This week is all about outer space! Learn real space facts like moon phases and astronomy, while also having some fun with fictional space! Make a Grogu craft, create and name your own constellations, and make a rocket! Swim, hit the mark at the archery range, and play teambuilding games—all with an outer space twist! Try some astronaut ice cream, make your own BB-8, and more! Reach for the stars! Bring a sack lunch daily. Arrival/Departure: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily Register by: Sunday, July 2, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $200, includes transportation, activities, snack, supplies, and T-shirt
Space – The Fictional and Fantastic Frontier – Optional Overnight
Grades 2-8
BJC
Thursday, July 20, 2023 – Friday, July 21, 2023 Add to your camp fun with the optional Thursday overnight! Arrival/Departure: 4 p.m. Thursday – 9 a.m. Friday Register by: Tuesday, July 2, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $28, includes lodging, activities, supplies, and meals
Wizarding World Day Camp
Grades K-8 DBJC Monday, July 24, 2023 – Friday, July 28, 2023 All aboard the Hogwarts Express! Create a Marauder’s Map, make your own wand, and experiment in potions class. Keep an eye out for the Whomping Willow as you hike to the archery range and then head to Quidditch practice. Create a magical creature, learn to care for it, and bring your suit for a swim. We’ll see you at Platform 93/4! Bring a sack lunch daily. Arrival/Departure: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily Register by: Sunday, July 9, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $200, includes transportation, activities, snack, supplies, and T-shirt Grades 2-8 BJC Thursday, July 27, 2023 – Friday, July 28, 2023 Add to your camp fun with the optional Thursday overnight! Arrival/Departure: 4 p.m. Thursday – 9 a.m. Friday Register by: Sunday, July 9, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $28, includes lodging, activities, supplies, and meals
Camp Maha Cleanup Day
Grades K-12, Families Saturday, August 5, 2023 DBJCSAF Let’s show Camp Maha some love! Do you love camp? Has your troop been looking for a way to give back? Join us for a camp cleanup day! We’ll pick up litter across camp to keep our space beautiful and help the environment. Supplies for litter pick up will be provided, attendees will receive a patch and lunch, let’s make the world a better place starting with camp! Adults must register with girls, using the required volunteer-to-girl ratios. Arrival/Departure: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Register by: Sunday, July 16, 2023 Location: Camp Maha, Papillion Girl Cost: $5, includes activities, supplies, lunch, and patch Adult Cost: $5, includes activities, supplies, lunch, and patch Sibling Cost: $5, includes activities, supplies, lunch, and patch
PROGRAM NAME
Butterflies, Bees, and Blooms
Shero Camp
Explore Camp Maha
DATE(S) REG. BY GRADES
April 15 April 1 4-10
April 29 April 15 6-10
May 13 April 29 K-12, F
Camp Maha Bus Schedule
Girls attending day camp at Camp Maha have the option to ride the bus to and from camp each day. Bus chaperones follow health and safety standards, Safety Activity Checkpoints, and Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska policies. Parents/caregivers, please allow up to 10 minutes before and after the scheduled bus times in case of traffic, mechanical, or loading/unloading delays. If there is a delay of 10 minutes or more camp staff will notify you via phone as quickly as possible. GSSN cannot predict upcoming roads projects or traffic delays and will notify you if those delays are significant (10 minutes or more). Transportation often takes slightly longer on Mondays, please allow extra time on Mondays.
BUS #1 • 1 HOUR TOTAL
1A Benson West Elementary 6652 Maple St., Omaha, NE 7:40 a.m. and 5:05 p.m.
1C Tara Heights Elementary 700 Tara Rd., Papillion, NE 8:20 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 1B GSSN Omaha Service Center 2121 S 44th St., Omaha, NE 8 a.m. and 4:50 p.m.
BUS #2 • 45 MIN. TOTAL
2A Aldrich Elementary 506 N. 162nd Ave., Omaha 7:50 a.m. and 4:50 p.m. 2B Willowdale Elementary 16901 P St., Omaha 8:05 a.m. and 4:35 p.m.
If a girl is not picked up by her parent/caregiver within 10 minutes of bus arrival time at a bus stop, she will be transported to the Omaha Service Center (parent/ caregivers will be notified in this situation). Council staff will stay with your daughter until an authorized person arrives, but she must be picked up by 6 p.m.
