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General Information |
General Information
Camp Lakamaga, located in Marine, MN, just 40 minutes north of downtown St. Paul, is 170 acres of wooded paradise on Big Marine Lake. Volunteers can enjoy a variety of activities, such as hiking, biking, canoeing, swimming, archery, group games, campfires, and nature walks.
This is a resident camp where you will be parking some distance from your sleeping unit; you will be walking on unpaved trails to different sites for meals, workshops, and restrooms. Plan to dress for changing weather conditions, wear good foot gear, carry a water bottle, and bring a flashlight for night walking. If you need special accommodations that we can provide to get around camp, please indicate your needs on your registration form. If you need special accomodations to get around camp. We will let you know what we can provide. You are welcome to bring a mobility scooter, carts, or bicycles for your comfort and convenience.
Accommodations
All participants are encouraged to stay overnight at Camp Lakamaga . Sleeping accommodations range from buildings such as dormitory-style troop house and cabins, to yurts (octagonal canvas buildings with 6 bunk beds), to platform and trail tents. You may even bring your own trail tent to pitch in a quiet grassy area. Everyone will need a sleeping bag. (A complete packing list will be sent with your conference welcome letter in early August).
Accommodations will be assigned based on the arrival of your registration form – on a first-come, first-serve basis (you may reserve for one other participant – just like day camp or resident camp). Those with special needs for sleeping should indicate such on their registration form; space will be reserved for you.
The two troop houses have either bunk beds or mattresses placed on the floor for sleeping and both have indoor restroom facilities. The cabins and yurts have wooden bunk beds. Platform tents have metal spring cots with mattresses and mosquito netting. Trail tents are available at the welcome table; participants must bring all other gear. Accommodations in a platform tent unit are available for men and/or couples. Those staying in tent units, cabins and yurts utilize outhouses or must walk to indoor restrooms. Showers are available in the troop houses and at the Sports Pavilion. Classes will be held in most buildings during the day so daytime access to your gear may be limited.
The sleeping accommodations will determine the unit that you will be in for the weekend. You are encouraged to sign up for a camp kaper duty to help at the unit you are staying, as well as to help maintain the communal areas of camp. Everyone will be part of camp clean-up, just like girls do at resident camp. Our conference is run by volunteers so we appreciate when everyone pitches in to help leave the camp better than we found it - that’s the Girl Scout way!
Transportation and Parking
Carpooling is strongly encouraged because of limited parking space at camp and also “to use our resources wisely”. Teen Girl Scout parking attendants will direct you to your parking spot; please be considerate of the job they are doing by following their instructions. You will be asked to park close to the next vehicle to accommodate as many vehicles as possible in designated lots. If you enter the parking lot when there are no attendants, please follow the parking pattern established and park your vehicle close to the other vehicles.
Meals and Snacks
We have fantastic cooks who prepare wonderful meals for the conference…AND do the dishes! Menus will be posted daily in the dining hall. Meals are served family style and participants are asked to perform kapers at each meal (just like girls do at camp). Complete the meal section of the registration form so we can prepare the right amount of food for each meal. Indicate any dietary restrictions and we will do our best to accommodate them. If you have unusual needs, you may have to supply your own food (we have storage facilities for special needs).
Girl Scout Shop
The Girl Scout shop will have camp trading post hours on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning through lunch time. The trading post is located in the Annie Paper Dining Hall. For your convenience, pre-ordered merchandise will be available for pick-up at the conference. The order form will be available online in early July. Stock up for the 2009 program year right at the conference. We will also have a variety of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys logo items available – notebooks, pens, key chains, polo shirts, fleece vests and jackets.
T-Shirts and Bags
T-shirts ($12) featuring our conference logo can be pre-ordered to ensure your size is reserved for you. Complete the section on the registration form. We will have a limited supply of extra t-shirts available for a first come, first serve purchase at the conference. A limited selection of shirts from previous years will also be available.
Reusable shopping bags featuring the River Valleys’ logo will also be available for purchase.
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