Category: Camp
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Wildwood: A Hidden Gem and its Surrounding Diamonds
Camp Wildwood is a place of everlasting fun and learning, especially to the Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians. The 12-acre camp is located in Johnson City and contains natural wildlife and beauty, which draws a lot of attention from hikers and campers across the East Tennessee region. While visiting Johnson City’s hidden gem, you might…
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Camp Adahi: Conserved, Protected, Revered
Blast from the Past: Girl Scouts at Adahi in 1981 prepare to go out on the lake. Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians’ (GSCSA) Camp Adahi encompasses 900 acres of picturesque wooded property located on Lookout Mountain in northwest Georgia. A 10-acre manmade lake, nine miles of hiking trails, basketball court, swimming pool, and an open “Field of Fun”…
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Tanasi: More than a Summer Camp
Dr. Craig Harper (left) with graduate students Lindsey Phillips and Bonner Powell The Girl Scout camp near Andersonville, TN serves as a 461-acre outdoor classroom for UT students and organizations across the nation To most, Camp Tanasi represents a traditional camp experience filled with cabins, tents, archery, canoeing, and s’mores, where girls come to make…
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A Week in the Wilderness
At Camp Tanasi, our summer resident camp, girls have the chance to commune with nature in a variety of approaches. Some approaches are more committed than others, such as Wilderness Week. During Wilderness Week, campers sleep in camping hammocks provided by the camp in a primitive outdoor unit with access to potable water. Each camper…
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Percy the Peacock Returns
Many faces have come and gone at Camp Tanasi, our resident summer camp, over the years. But one of the more constant (and feathered!) ones is Percy the Peacock. Percy first appeared at Camp Tanasi in 2008 in the yard of Kathy and David Hopkins. Kathy is on camp staff and David is GSCSA’s Director…
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Camp Wildwood: New Cabins Ready for Happy Campers
Camp Wildwood, located next door to the Johnson City Service Center, is gearing up for a new season of summer fun complete with new cabins! After wind and tree damage destroyed some of the existing canvas tents, the remaining platforms were then used as the foundations for enclosed, wooden cabins. Each cabin sleeps four and…
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All Three GSCSA Camps Now ACA Accredited
After a year of intense preparation and hard work, all three of our Girl Scout camps are now accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA). In addition to the Girl Scout safety checkpoints, Camps Adahi; Wildwood; and Tanasi, our resident camp, now follow ACA standards as well. “Becoming ACA accredited was important because it provides us with an unbiased, third…
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2018 Summer Resident Camp
We had a great summer at GSCSA summer resident camp! This year we served about 320 girls across 27 programs throughout the summer. We had 25 staff that worked directly with the girls, 2 property rangers, and 7 kitchen staff that kept us well fed the entire summer. Every girl who attended camp earned badges…
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Tanasi: Over 60 years of serving Girl Scouts
Camp Tanasi, located on 461 acres of scenic wooded land on the banks of Norris Lake, has served as a camp for Girl Scouts since 1957. In the early 50s, the Girl Scouts Board of Directors realized there was a definite need for a new camp facility. The land by Norris Lake was bought on…
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Summer Camp Patch Design Contest Winner
We have a winner in the 2017 Summer Camp patch design contest! Ten-year-old Ella B. from Ooltewah submitted this year’s winning design! Every girl who attends a session of Summer Camp will receive this cool patch – designed by Ella, a first-time camper this year! We love her creativity! (Did you spot the letters C-A-M-P…