Thank you for your interest in our camp properties. Our goal is to provide an enhanced camp experience with the reduced cost of fewer facilities so GSNCA can be the best at providing a valuable leadership experience for girls that is fun and relevant in a safe environment. We will ensure that as many girls in our area as possible have access and opportunity to build friendships and learn leadership skills in the great outdoors. Girl Scouting provides unmatched camping experiences that will grow stronger by adapting and changing to meet the needs girls tell us they have today. The decision to rest or sell a camp is not made lightly, is not a decision we want to make, and was done with vast input. We understand the emotional toll this may have on some members, and we will do everything we can to help address those needs. Nonetheless, at the heart of this decision is what’s best for meeting the needs of today’s girls. Many of our camps need some major improvements or updates, and divesting ourselves of underutilized property will enable us to invest in property(ies) that can be what girls want. Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions that we’ve received. If you are interested in seeing the latest issue of Property Updates, please visit our property webpage dedicated to communicating to our members and the community. Thank you for your dedication to Girl Scouting.
Camp is too expensive for many girls and troops to attend. If prices were lower, more people would attend.
We understand the frustration with the costs of using our camps. That was part of this assessment and how the volunteer and staff committees and the board came to the results. Costs to use the facilities have risen because the cost of operating each camp is expensive. It is a well-known fact that camps have always been supplemented. Over the years when times were tough, many of the councils were unable to afford the necessary maintenance and updating of their facilities. That is one reason the Girl Scouts of the USA realigned. Our camps have operated at a loss since before the merger. It took a couple of years post merger to get all the costs into a unified system that would allow us to accurately depict the true costs by property.
