High Adventure is in Girl Scouts’ DNA
By Lidia Soto-Harmon Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital “Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” — Helen Keller […]
Category Archives: Camp Memories
How to Build a Fire, without using your hands
By: Lauren Metelski, Girl Scout Leader Troop 879 I recently learned how to build a fire without using my own hands. All you have to do is teach a […]
My Favorite Camp Memory: Jan Verhage
As a Girl Scout growing up, Jan Verhage fondly remembers meetings with her troop leader, Mrs. Rogers, and summers spent at Girl Scout day camp. Jan dedicated 25 years to Girl […]
Staff share their camp memories
Do you remember the first time you pitched a tent, or your first night sleeping among the stars? In this blog series, members of the Girl Scout family share their […]
My Favorite Camp Memory: Barb Fraze
Journalist, troop leader and self-described social media addict Barb Fraze knows the outdoors are the key to unplugging. She joined Girl Scouts in second grade, and hasn’t stopped camping since […]
My Favorite Camp Memory: Susan Kabat
Once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout—especially when you’re Susan Kabat, a camping specialist at Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital. From a Brownie at sleep-away camp in the Lake Erie […]
My Favorite Camp Memory: Denise Viau
Denise Viau first fell in love with camping as a Counselor In Training at Girl Scout Camp Welaka in Florida, and has not stopped camping since. Thirty three years later, Denise is […]
