A Day in the Life at Camp

A day in the life at camp ...

A typical day at overnight resident camp might look like…

7 a.m. – Rise and shine! Get ready for the day, make your bed, and clean up your cabin
7:30 a.m. – Camp Kapers (example: farm chores, watering the greenhouse, hopping)
8 a.m. – Breakfast in the dining hall
9 a.m. – Opening flag ceremony
9:15 a.m. – Evacuation drill on first full day
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. – Unit specialty program (examples: rock climbing, zip lining, horseback riding, canoeing, off-site trip)
12:30 p.m. – Lunch in dining hall
1.45 p.m. - Program with your unit. (examples: sports, arts and crafts, low ropes, farm)
3 p.m. – Afternoon snack
3:15 p.m. – Program with your unit (examples: archery, dance and drama, outdoor skills, homesteading)
4:30 p.m. – Siesta – rest time in cabin. Write letters home, read, shower, dress up for All Camp
6 p.m. – Dinner in dining hall
6:45 p.m. – Camp Kapers (examples: farm chores, watering the greenhouse, cleaning)
7 p.m. – Closing flag ceremony
7:30 p.m. – All Camp – Organized themed evening program (examples: campfire, dance party, rodeo)
9:15 p.m. – Return to cabin, get ready for bed
10 p.m. – Lights out

A typical day at troop camp might look like…

7 a.m: Troop wakes up together in a cabin and gets ready for the day! Depending on the camp property where you are staying, there may be a bathroom in your cabin, or you may have an outhouse
7:45 a.m.: Morning flag ceremony
8 a.m.: Breakfast, make a bag lunch after breakfast to carry in your backpack for the day
9:30 a.m.: Archery, as a troop
11 a.m.: Nature scavenger hunt, as a troop
Noon: Lunch
1:30 p.m.: Outdoor skills, fire building and orienteering, as a troop
3 p.m.: Individual free choice, sign up on your own for an activity
4:30 p.m.: Free time and rest time
5:30 p.m.: Evening flag ceremony
6 p.m.: Dinner
7 p.m.: Evening program- all troops together for a large game like counselor hunt or capture the flag
8 p.m.: Campfire- all camp together for evening campfire with songs and skits led by GSCO staff
9 p.m.: Troops back to cabins
10 p.m.: Lights out

A typical day at day camp might look like…

9 a.m.: Parent drop off, parents must sign girls into the camp
9-9:30 a.m.: Girl Scout songs and opening flag ceremony
9:30- 11:30 a.m.: Morning rotations (examples: arts and crafts, songs and games, archery)
11:30 -12:30 p.m.: Lunch! Many of our day camps cook outside in small groups as part of their lunch preparations, using Dutch ovens or stoves, giving girls the chance to learn outdoor cooking skills
12:30-2 p.m. : Visit from a vendor (examples: Hawk Quest, where girls can learn about birds of prey or canoeing led by GSCO staff)
2:30 p.m. : Parent pick up