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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a working parent you must know that there are tons of other summer camps available so what's the problem?

Oh, that's right, the GS camp is cheap so not only you but tons of other parents in the area want to take advantage of it. That's the reason for the lottery.

And if you are volunteering at the camp, which are usually outside in the hot blazing sun, then I do think your kid should get an automatic in.  [/quote]

OP Here - my daughter is a daisy and liked the theme of the one camp. She won't be going, I asked if there were other volunteer opportunities outside work hours (more than willing to help), they just don't offer any. It's crap.

And as I said in my original post, it was a vent. Clearly we have other plans, just disappointed the Girl Scouts do not have more camp volunteer opportunities for working parents who would like to help but can't 9am-5pm, M-F.[/quote]

Or they could raise the price of camp to reduce demand and then only richer kids can get in. But I'm guessing that's not what they want.[/quote]

Or they could just open camp enrollment and [b]whoever signs up gets in.[/b] When the spots are gone they start a waitlist or stop taking entries. [/quote]

Which would then disadvantage parents whose work schedule makes it impossible for them to register the minute enrollment opens up.  DD has one camp she loves that we didn't get into one year because I forgot to put the specific registration time on my work calendar and ended up having to be in a meeting at that time.

Personally, I know it's frustrating but for a camp that is trying to keep costs low and serve a wider population, a lottery seems the most fair way to do it.[/quote]

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