Our Girls went on their first troop camping
trip in August of 2002!
Two other Brownie troops were invited to make it a
group event.
Girls, you were loads of fun and I would take you
all camping again anytime! Thank you for a great
weekend!
See pictures of
the swaps made, one of the centerpieces and the
Yough Patch. (Note: my digital camera is a bit fuzzy,
sorry about the quality of these pictures but you
get the idea)
What we did each day:
Friday: Arrive at camp, put belongings inside
lodge and set up bed. Group Campfire, make and eat
Smore's, Sing Songs.
Saturday: Earned Girl Sports Patch, played
with parachute, group craft session in which we
made rainbow magnets and autograph books, Group
campfire with banana boats, swapped swaps, and more
songs.
Meals we ate: pancakes and bacon, mini pizzas, hunters
stew (the girls all said this looked gross :) but
most ate it!)
Sunday: Service Projects for the campground
washing windows and picking up trash around the
campground. Packed personal belongings and cleaned
the lodge.
Meals we ate: frosted flakes, hot dogs & corn
To prepare for camp in May we held a camp meeting.
We talked about Swaps and made some, we talked about
fire safety and built an edible fire, and the girls
choose and voted on meals.
Each girl participated in Kapers over the weekend
and got to perform each at least once. The cooks
prepared for and cooked the meals, the firebuilders
helped build a fire and collected wood when needed,
the hostesses made a natural centerpiece
for certain meals, served meals and cleaned up after
meals. I was extremely proud of the girls behavior
and volunteering to help clean up even when they
didn't have to! Each girl did dishes, cooked, and
helped build a fire.
I want to thank the following adults for helping
with the trip, without them a succesful weekend
might not have been possible: Pat, Lynn, Karen,
Arlene.
