Trivia: How many Girl Scout cookies were eaten at camp last summer?

Did you know that you can use Cookie Credits and FUNds to help pay for camp?

Pay for camp with these funds:

• Cookie Credits from the 2012 Cookie Program (expire August 31, 2013)
• Cookie Credits from the 2013 Cookie Program (expire August 31, 2014)
• FUNds from the 2012 Fall Product sale (expire August 31, 2013)

Register for a camp session up until two weeks before it starts (unless it fills up earlier).

Camp staff are gearing up for the best summer yet! If you ever wanted to paddle a kayak, learn how to shoot an arrow or brush up on your s’mores skills, join us this spring and summer.

Questions? Email our camp staff.

Care packages include items like a camp bag, fun patch, sunglasses and a water bottle, and you can add on a t-shirt for her camp. Order one today and it will be delivered to your camper the first night she is at camp.

• Camp Elk River
• Camp Lakamaga
• Camp Northwoods
• Camp Singing Hills
• Camp Whispering HIlls

Free Stationary Through May 1

All camp care packages ordered by May 1 will have an extra stationary set included for free!

Other Ways to Contact Your Camper

You can also send mail and even internet messages to your camper while she is away at camp. Learn more on our Contact Your Camper page.

Horse Camp for Troops

Come to camp with your troop for a weekend to learn all about horses. Take lessons on grooming, equipment, riding skills and more. Join in other fun camp activities, too, like archery, swimming and making s’mores.

4-Day Hug a Horse (Non-Riding)

If you don’t have horse or riding experience, this program would be great for you! Spend time petting, grooming and learning about riding these awesome creatures.

6-Day Riding Connections

Learn at your own pace with this program. On the first day, you’ll take a short riding assessment and will then be matched with a riding level. Explore barn safety, horse care, tack and equipment, grooming and riding. You’ll receive a minimum of three hours of horse time each day.

13-Day Riding Connections

If you just can’t get enough horses, sign up for this program! You’ll spend 13 days learning about and taking care of horses. During your stay at Camp Northwoods, you’ll get at least one half-to full-day trail ride.

Space is limited. Learn more and sign up today!

Popular Troop + Family Programs

Outdoor Extravaganza Troop Camp

Troops get to choose what activities they are interested in trying, from canoeing and kayaking to art and archery. River Valleys provides all the food and programming, and the adults and girls come and have fun together. This program takes place Friday nights–Sunday mornings, and there is a session every weekend of the summer at one of five camps.

Horsing Around with Mom or Dad

Girls and their mom or dad get a chance visit the horse barn to learn about horses and go on a trail ride around camp. The rest of the time can be spent swimming, canoeing, practicing archery and crafts, and much more.

Thursday Discovery Day + Overnight

This session gives girls a taste of camp. Girls try a number of different activities, eat a camp meal and spend quality time with their troop or a family member.

Any girl who registers by January 15 at midnight will get $5 off a summer 2013 camp program of her choice. Please note: this incentive is for girls, not adults.

Upcoming Dates:

• December 7–8
• December 8

Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the Girl Scout sisterhood with other Seniors and Ambassadors. Attend the day or overnight event and leave with new friendships and strong leadership skills.

River Valleys office staff experienced camp first-hand at Staff Discovery Days held at Camp Lakamaga in July and August. It was a chance for office staff to see all the great things that Girl Scouts do at camp, and to meet and talk with many camp staff including counselors, camp directors and program specialists.

All camp staff members have camp names like Flipper, Smiley, Tarzan or Ariel, and throughout the summer campers have fun trying to figure out what their real names are. River Valleys office staff enjoyed seeing how much the girls adored their counselors and the level of energy and enthusiasm portrayed by camp staff.

Interested in attending a Robotics Day Camp? Programs are scheduled for Girl Scouts in grades 4–12, run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day, cost $95/girl, and include snacks, lunch and swimming.

• St. Paul, MN, Tuesday, July 31–Thursday, August 2 (now closed)
• Mankato, MN, Tuesday, August 7–Thursday, August 9
• Rochester, MN, Tuesday, August 14–Thursday, August 16

Choose from a variety of trips in canoeing, kayaking, biking and backpacking all over northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Wilderness trips take courage, confidence and character to the limit.

Start out with a level one trip to gain skills and learn all the basics of surviving with your group in the wilderness. Build a fire and cook your meals over it, purify your water out of the lake, pitch a tent and travel under your own power each day. On a Girl Scout wilderness trip, “I can’t” is replaced with a confident “I can.”

After mastering the basics, you can progress to an advanced level each summer, eventually participating in an amazing 18-day wilderness adventure. Girl Scout wilderness trips lay a solid foundation for a lifetime of leadership.

Whether you are joining us for a first-level trip or are returning for an upper-level trip, check out our summer trips and sign up today.

On June 4-5, 68 girls from Assisi Service Unit attended a Medieval Camp sponsored by Troop 40040. Girls did hands-on activities led by members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). We did sessions of Archery, Medieval Cooking, and Fiber Arts (weaving, dying fabric, rope making, and spinning). We got a visit from an angora goat and an angora rabbit to show where the fibers came from – then how it’s washed, carded, spun, and woven into cloth! Pretty cool!

Some other demonstrations were armor to try on and learn about and a demonstration of knights fighting. Medieval dancing, music playing, jewelry making, glass bead making, book binding, and hand sewing were enjoyed by all girls.

After a fun day we enjoyed a medieval feast with authentic food. Homemade bread, almonds, and dried apricots were on the tables when we arrived at our dining hall, decorated with the banners of the SCA members.

Then we enjoyed the beef and barley soup made by the girls who did the cooking class, then macaroni & cheese and chicken (both medieval foods!), and a dessert of apple/raisin tart.

While there, we were instructed on medieval eating – did you know there were no forks in this time period? Two of the girls were also models of what a girl in medieval times would have worn and were dressed up in clothing from medieval times.

All of us had a great time learning about life in the medieval time!

Troop 40040
Hannah, Emma, Elizabeth, Nora and Victoria