“The Whole Point Of Camp Is To Dethrone The Serious. Camp Is Playful, Anti-serious. More Precisely,

i miss the noise of the woods. the cicadas at night and the crickets and the occasional wind rushing through trees or if it’s raining the pitter patter of the raindrops hitting the tent canvas and the whip-poor-wills and the morning doves and everything

Girl Scouts

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900 favorite vintage postcards, mostly weird.

There were some young kids playing at the park today. One of them said “Liar liar pants on fire!” The other one replied “I don’t even care about that. I don’t even believe in that.”

I miss summer camp… I can’t wait for summer… I miss my buddies from summer camp… summer will come… I will rise again… to go to summer camp…

I can’t wait for camp foodjsgdusbd

late 🕚 last night 🌙 while we were all in bed 🛏️

old lady 👵 Leary hung a lantern 🕯️ in the shed 🏚️

and when the cow 🐮 kicked 🦵 it over ⤵️

she winked 😉 her eye 👁️ and said 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

“It’s gonna be a 🥵 hot one 🥵 in the old town 🏘️tonight 🌃”

🔥 fire 🔥 fire 🔥 fire 🔥

pour on water 💧 💧 pour on water 💧💧

“ save my children 👧 🧒, save my children 👶! “

Jump ↘️ lady, jump ↘️ !

HUH!

so ummm welcome to my jar:) lemme show you around! theres some holes poked in the top so i can breathe, theres some leaves to munch on, and ive even got a twig! #mytwig

It’s Girl Scout Day! March 12, 2024, is the 112th birthday of Girl Scouts in the United States, and to celebrate, we’re sharing a lithograph of the Girl Scout alumnae who became NASA astronauts.

Girl Scouts learn to work together, build community, embrace adventurousness and curiosity, and develop leadership skills—all of which come in handy as an astronaut. For example, former Scouts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir worked together to make history on Oct. 18, 2019, when they performed the first all-woman spacewalk.

Pam Melroy is one of only two women to command a space shuttle and became NASA’s deputy administrator on June 21, 2021.

Nicole Mann was the first Indigenous woman from NASA to go to space when she launched to the International Space Station on Oct. 5, 2022. Currently, Loral O’Hara is aboard the space station, conducting science experiments and research.

Participating in thoughtful activities in leadership and STEM in Girl Scouts has empowered and inspired generations of girls to explore space, and we can’t wait to meet the future generations who will venture to the Moon and beyond.

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the audible gasp I let out upon reading the update- this is so terribly “Girl Scout camp core” that it’s not even funny lol

I also don’t think our HR lady is real, evidence: I have never once met her and she definitely has not stepped in when very clearly needed in the past… if she was long-ago fired, but we didn’t know, I wouldn’t be too shocked actually

"my camp conspiracy theory is that [our hr person] doesn't exist" "oh i actually met her last year! it was weird" "see i don't think you met her, i think you met an actress who was pretending to be her. i think [our hr person] is just a shared email account that everyone at council sometimes checks"

(conversation that was had with the lovely @girl-scout-camp)

Camp Names:

So you’re spending the Summer at Camp, and your Camp uses “camp names”… Whether you’re a new CIT or a counselor, using a camp name can be hard to adjust to (even if you’ve been waiting for this moment for years)!

You need to learn to respond to a new name, write it on papers, and introduce yourself as such. The secret to (quickly) learning to identify with and respond to a new camp name?

Refer to yourself in the 3rd person!

Yep, it’s weird! And yes, it’s awkward! But it truly works like a charm. Narrate what you’re doing, answer questions in the 3rd person- use your name in 3rd person references liberally and then some.

“Sunshine is feeling great about high ropes!”

“Casper is going to go to clean up in here and then Casper will head to lunch.”

“Snappy is headed to the lodge!”

Help your new coworkers to get comfortable with their names: use their camp names liberally as well! Even if they are a returning staff member, using their name can help them get back into their camp persona (more on this later).

“Rhythm is good! How is Acorn today?”

“Meadow is going to the lake with Sketch, does Atlas want to join?”

“Has Comet seen Ponyo yet?”

This helps everyone to get into the flow of camp, and can speed up the adjustment process- don’t let camp culture shock get the best of you, embrace the weird new culture around you! But of course, speak up when you feel the new (or return!) counselor scaries set in. Whether it’s your first summer or seventh, the start of summer anxiety can get to you- talk to your fellow counselors and admin staff, and know you will do amazing things this Summer!