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High Adventure is in Girl Scouts’ DNA

August 24, 2018by GSCNC

    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 […]

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Camp Memories, Camping, Camping Memories, Girl Scouting, Lidia Soto-Harmon

How to Build a Fire, without using your hands

November 30, 2017by GSCNC

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 […]

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Camp Memories, Camping, Girl Scouting, Guest Blogger, Leadership, Volunteers

My Favorite Camp Memory: Jan Verhage

January 28, 2015by GSCNC

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 […]

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Staff share their camp memories

January 28, 2015by GSCNC

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 […]

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My Favorite Camp Memory: Barb Fraze

January 28, 2015by GSCNC

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 […]

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My Favorite Camp Memory: Susan Kabat

January 28, 2015by GSCNC

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 […]

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My Favorite Camp Memory: Denise Viau

January 27, 2015by GSCNC

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 […]

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My Favorite Camp Memory: Natalie Givans

January 27, 2015by GSCNC

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 […]

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