Date: Sat May 02, 9:00 AM PDT - Sun May 03, 1:00 PM PDT
Category:
- Adult Training
Level:
- Volunteers
Join us for a hands-on, skill-learning-packed weekend where you will
experience how to teach your Girl Scouts how to take themselves (and
you) on an outdoor camping trip! This training will prepare you to
lead your Girl Scouts through the progression needed to have
successful outdoor trips that empower them to be even more confident,
courageous, and strong! After taking this training, expect to spend
six months or more teaching and equipping a troop with these skills.
This training is required for any overnight trip that does not have
heat, electricity, and/or flush toilets. This training is also
required if food is cooked with fire, propane, or coals.
This training has been generously subsidized by the Theda Family
Endowment for member year 2026.
Objectives/Outcomes of this training:
- Learn to teach your Girl Scouts how to:
- Safely use outdoor tools and knives
- Strike and use matches
- Split wood
- Light wood fires and propane stoves
- Complete meal preparation and clean-up
- Set up camp and tents
- Prepare for sleeping outdoors
- By the time your troop goes camping, the Girl Scouts will be taking themselves!
- Note: This is an entirely-outdoor training, and you will spend the night in your tent outside.
Supplies
- A confirmation email with additional details will be sent approximately one week before the training. This confirmation email will include directions to the training location, a packing list, and additional details. Please note in advance that you will be required to bring your own tent and sleeping gear.
- The registration fee includes meals for the weekend, which participants will cook themselves as part of the training. Meals are planned with gluten-free and vegetarian options; please contact answers@girlscoutsosw.org if you have additional dietary needs or questions.
Participant Information
- This training will take place from 5/2 at 9 am to 5/3 at 1 pm. This training will take place at Camp Currie, Camas, WA.
Price
$30/adult
Prerequisite Training Requirements
- Before You Leave the Meeting Place (OR Girl Scouts Inside & Out Part 2 OR Indoor Overnights)
- This training is to be taken before you camp like a Girl Scout (outdoor overnight) or using fire with Girl Scouts and after practicing the previous training with your Girl Scouts for at least three months.
Registration, Cancellation & Refund Information
- Registration closes on 4/19.
- Request for cancellation must be submitted via email to answers@gsosw.org by this date in order to receive a refund less this training's cancellation fee $15.
- No refunds will be given after the registration deadline.
- GSOSW reserves the right to cancel an event due to low enrollment or other circumstances which would make the event non-viable. If GSOSW cancels an event, registrants will be notified and offered a full refund.
