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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]5. Girl Scout camp is affordable and a fabulous tradition for Girl Scouts. Troops should be working on camping skills and Girl Scout traditions all year, so the way DC area camps operate now is almost identical to the way they ran on the other side of the country when I was a camper. If your girl isn’t a Girl Scout or her leader isn’t building camp and traditions into the year, then a lot of the games and activities may be lost her (and boring). [/quote]

Can you say more about what this means?  My daughter isn't a Girl Scout and I was planning on sending her, but should I be looking for a different camp instead?  What kinds of things about camp might be worse, confusing, or boring for her because she hasn't been in a troop?[/quote]

Oh, I didn’t mean that GS camp is an exclusive insiders club at all. I was responding to the posters that were expecting a specialized camp based on the session theme, not Girl Scout Camp plus session theme extras. GS camp, particularly for elementary aged girls, is going to be mostly the same activities, games, songs, and traditions, regardless of what session you pick. It’s run that way for generations and is great if that’s what you know you’re signing up for. My hunch is that some PPs were hoping to get a specialized camp experience for GS camp prices, then blamed their kids unmet expectations on the camp itself rather than the expectation setting.

Not to say shooting one arrow during an entire archery session is great. But it's also not the norm and I'm guessing something came up that day (staff, equipment, weather) that made them have to combine groups. [/quote]

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