Camp
Camp is a valuable part of the Girl Scouting experience,
and can include outdoor challenges, nature and
environmental activities or Resident Camp.
Camp includes high-adventure activities that girls
love, like horseback riding, adventure courses,
whitewater rafting, archery, zip lines and more. All
camp programs are girl-centered and designed
to help each girl find her confidence, discover her
leadership potential and have fun in a supportive,
all-girl environment.
Girls have enjoyed the cool shade trees at Camp
Skymeadow for decades. They’ve gathered the
twigs to start fires and studied the fallen leaves.
Now they’re taking on a new challenge and enjoying
the view from the tree tops.
Thanks to the support of the Katherine Mabis
McKenna Foundation, Girl Scouts Western
Pennsylvania invested in tree-climbing equipment
and staff training to offer tree-climbing programs
on an ongoing basis. In the past, GSWPA partnered
with other organizations to provide this opportunity,
but with the experience and equipment now part of
the council’s program assets, girls have even more
occasions to take on the next challenge – whether it
is scaling the oak or ash tree!
Celebrating
90 years
of fun and
friendship
at Camp
Redwing
Girl Scouts, former camp staff,
alumnae and their families
gathered at Camp Redwing to
celebrate the camp’s 90th
birthday on Saturday, July 20,
2013.
“My girls would love to be at
Redwing every week of the
summer,” said Lisa Richert, a
Girl Scout troop leader from
Bethel Park. “And they all want
to work here someday.”
Visitors to the birthday
celebration enjoyed making
cement stepping stones, taking
hay rides around camp, trying
archery, hiking to the creek and
eating a cookout dinner.
A flag ceremony, skits by the fire,
and a candlelight ceremony were
some of the favorite Girl Scout
pastimes that were also part of
the event’s line-up.
Camp Redwing spans 123
beautiful acres in Renfrew and
features some of the most
sought-after activities in Girl
Scouting — horseback riding,
archery, swimming and canoeing.
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