Featured Theme: Wisconsin Voyagers

 We are excited to announce a brand new theme that involves traveling around WI! This theme is geared towards our oldest Girl Scouts and will involve four nights spent at different campgrounds in WI. Each day will include a new adventure. 

If you haven't read it yet, here is the description: 

Explore all that Wisconsin has to offer during this road trip experience. You will start your first night at Camp Evelyn where you will prepare your bags and get to know your fellow travelers. The first day of your road trip will start with a short drive to Kettle Moraine State Park where you will enjoy hiking, swimming, and tent camping around a warm campfire. Other stops will include the Manitowoc Maritime Museum, Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, and Wequiock Falls Park. Your last full day will be spent at Egg Harbor in Door County where you will be able to swim, relax and visit some of the local shops. You will return to Camp Evelyn at the end of the week before heading home.

We are excited to share a sneak peek of the activities happening on Monday and Tuesday. 

Monday's activities: 

• Girls will ensure everything is packed right after breakfast and hit the road to head to their first campsite. Once they arrive at the campsite, they will have the opportunity to place their day. Possible activities include swimming at the lake, hiking the trails, visiting the nature center, and renting boats to explore parts of the water (with a guide). 
• After exploring the campsite and enjoying lunch, campers will set up their campsite with tents and sleeping gear. The afternoon will include more activities that are chosen by the girls. 
• In the evening, campers will make a delicious meal over the campfire with s'mores and enjoy sitting around the fire before bed. We will bring along plenty of card games and board games for some late-night fun. 

Tuesday's activities:

• After having breakfast over the campfire and packing up their campsite, campers will head to their next location which is Manitowoc. Once campers arrive at Manitowoc, we will have time for a quick stop at the store and a special lunch at Culver's (camp's treat). 
• The afternoon will consist of a Segway tour of Manitowoc and a tour of the Maritime Museum. There will be time for a quick stop at Cedar Crest ice cream before heading to the campsite to set up camp. 
• The evening will consist of another campfire meal and relaxation around the campfire. There might even be time for a quick swim in the lake! 

These are just two days of activities! The remaining days will be filled with even more adventure! 

Featured Theme: Stream Girls

 We have another exciting opportunity for our older Girl Scouts. Stream Girls features brand-new activities and adventures at Camp Evelyn. This theme is meant for girls who love to go on outdoor adventures.

If you haven't read it yet, here is the description:

STREAM Girls is Trout Unlimited’s watershed STEM program for girls that builds confidence and breaks down barriers in science and the outdoors. Through the eyes of a scientist, artist, and angler, girls make a personal connection to their home waters. Trout Unlimited volunteers lead girls in observing a stream, collecting flow data, sampling macroinvertebrates (aka aquatic bugs), fly tying, and fly casting. Each day also gives the girls time to intimately explore their natural surroundings and record their thoughts, feelings, and observations in their handbooks.

We are excited to share a sneak peek of the schedule for the Stream Girls program. Here is a look at Monday's schedule:

After breakfast, campers will meet their instructors and go over the daily schedule. The first activity on the agenda is a unit on macroinvertebrates. Campers will take a look at the health of our river through water sampling. 

After a break for lunch, campers will experience Fly Tying 101. During this unit, they will learn to how to tie flys for their fishing adventure. 

The remainder of the afternoon will include a STREAM scavenger hunt, making water identification bracelets, and determining the flow of the river. 

In the evening, campers will have the opportunity to participate in some classic camp activities such as tie-dye and swimming. There will also be plenty of time for showers! 

The remainder of the week will focus on fishing skills and the last day will include a field trip to a local fish farm where campers will have the opportunity to put their skills to the test. 

Featured Theme: Freshwater Girl Scouts

 We are excited to announce a few new themes geared toward our older Girl Scouts. This summer, we are offering a program called Freshwater Girl Scouts. This program has all sorts of new adventures!

If you haven't read the description yet, here is the description for Freshwater Girl Scouts:

If you’re looking for a new water-related adventure, this is the theme for you! Enjoy activities during the Wave Makers session while spending time meeting the requirements for the Mariner’s pin. Brush up on your basic swimming skills and learn essential survival skills for when you go on water-related adventures. You will also have the opportunity to become first aid and CPR certified. During an off-camp field trip to Mountain Bay Scuba, you will learn the basics of scuba diving. 

We are excited to provide you with a sneak peek of some of the exciting activities that we have planned. Below are some of the activities happening on Monday:

• After breakfast, the day will start with training in first aid and CPR. All campers in the program will go through the class to become certified in first-aid and CPR.
• In the afternoon, girls will enjoy some of the same activities as our Water Adventures campers including a boat regatta (with more advanced building techniques), giant beach ball soccer, and tie-dye. 
• The evening will consist of an all-camp pool party with an optional late-night extended swim time. 

Tuesday will be another busy day:

• In the morning, campers will go over the requirements of the Mariner's pin and learn about the different skills that they will need to master. They will also have the opportunity to practice those skills in the pool with a lifeguard on duty. 
• The afternoon will include a Scuba Diving class with Mountain Bay Scuba where girls will learn the basics of scuba diving. 
• The evening hours will include a slumber party with movies in one of our buildings as well as a surprise presenter
• The optional night activity will include swimming in the pool! 

These activities are just two days! We have many more exciting and challenging activities planned for the remainder of the week!

Featured Theme: Appetite for Adventure

We have a lot of new and exciting themes this summer! This week's featured theme is Appetite for Adventure! We know that our campers love to cook and have expanded upon this theme to include more cooking activities. 

If you haven't read it yet, here is the description for the Appetite for Adventure session:

Have you ever wanted to be a chef, but are just not sure where to start? During this week of camp, you will learn basic cooking skills such as stovetop cooking basics, dicing fruit and veggies, and flipping pancakes. You will put your new skills together to prepare and create at least one meal to share with your fellow campers. 5-night campers will take a field trip away from camp to visit Nourish farms where they will make a meal with all homegrown ingredients. You will still have the chance to enjoy all of the classic camp activities such as swimming, tie-dye, and making s’mores!

We are excited to give you a little sneak peek at some of the exciting activities that we have planned. Here are some of the activities happening on Monday:

Monday morning will include choice activities where campers can choose to go to different stations. The stations include the following:

• Pool

• Archery (brownies and up)

• Riverstomping/tubing

• Homemade applesauce

• Making chef aprons

The remainder of the morning will include some activities with Nourish Farms. A group from Nourish will be talking about composting and growing food. They will also prepare a special meal with homegrown ingredients for campers to enjoy. 

After lunch and a little bit of me-time, campers will participate in the first-ever "Nailed It" competition at Camp Evelyn! We can't ruin too much of the surprise, but let's just say the first part of this activity will involve making some creepy desserts. 

After dinner, we will continue with the second part of our "Nailed It" competition where campers will be challenged to replicate a Camp Evelyn cake. Of course, there will be some taste testing involved. 

The optional late-night activity will include swimming in the pool! 

This is just day one! We will have plenty more adventures and surprises during the rest of the week! 

Winter Fun at Camp Evelyn

 This winter, we had the opportunity to host winter break camp at Camp Evelyn. We hosted four different sessions with unique badge opportunities. Overall, winter camp was a success and we are hoping to continue this next year!

Session 1: Math Magic

Campers had a blast at Math Magic. In the morning, campers learned about weather-related math.  Campers made their own sundials to tell time and barometers to measure air pressure. We also made neighborhood maps with keys and found the estimated age of the trees (the oldest was 82 years old). We still had time to get outside and play in the snow before it all melted. Below is a picture of campers attempting to calculate the age of a fallen tree.

Session 2: Girl Scout Investigators

So much fun was had at the Girl Scout Investigators session! We learned about shoe prints and fingerprints in the morning. Later in the afternoon we went on a scavenger hunt and solved a mystery at a beauty pageant. There was also a taste test challenge which included some strange foods. Campers still had a chance to enjoy making snowmen and snow forts. Below is a picture of campers trying to find all of the items during the scavenger hunt. The most difficult item to find was a shovel!

Session 3: Camp Invention

We got creative during Camp Invention! Campers had the opportunity to design their own good or service and share it with their peers. Some of our favorite projects were a robot that was designed to help the elderly with basic tasks and a toy made from a cup and balloon. We spent a little time in the snow in the morning and went for a hike around camp later in the afternoon. A favorite moment of many campers was getting to explore the pool during the winter! Below campers react to playing in a pool filled with snow.

Session 4: Snow Adventures

What a fun day we had at Sunburst Ski Hill! Campers enjoyed skiing, snowboarding, and tubing. We are ending the day with hot chocolate, board games, and shopping in the Canteen. This was the smallest session, but it was packed with good times! The picture below shows a group of campers posing at the top of the tubing hill.

Did your camper attend winter camp at Camp Evelyn? If so, we would love to know what they thought in the comments!

Featured Theme: Camp Harriet Potter

We have a lot of new and exciting themes this summer! This week's featured theme is Camp Harriet Potter! We are bringing back a popular favorite with new and exciting activities! 

If you haven't read it yet, here is the description for the Camp Harriet Potter session:

Your adventure is just beginning! You have been accepted into Camp Evelyn’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Come get sorted into your chosen house and work together as a team to win the Camp Evelyn House Cup! On day one, you will adventure to Camp Evelyn’s Diagon Alley to pick up supplies for your classes and your magical wand. Escape the Muggle world and brush up on your flying skills while playing Quidditch. Be sure to pay attention to your charms, transfiguration, divination, potions, and other classes all the while helping in the hunt for the Horcruxes! There will still be plenty of time for a dip in the Black Lake (pool). 

We are excited to give you a little sneak peek at some of the exciting activities that we have planned. Here are some of the activities happening on Monday:

Monday morning will include visiting Diagon Alley where campers can choose to go to different stations. The stations include the following:

• Wand Shop

• Pet Shop

• Honeyduke’s

• Canteen Open

• Robe Shop

• Tie-dye open

• Daily Prophet Office

• Photo Booth

• Fortune teller

Monday afternoon will include magical classes: 

• Care of Magical Creatures
• Transfiguration 

After dinner, we will celebrate with our first Quidditch match of the week. The teams will be Dacha vs. Glen.

This is just day one! We will have plenty more adventures and surprises during the rest of the week! 

Featured Theme: Aspiring Artists

We have a lot of new and exciting themes this summer! Today's featured theme is Aspiring Artists. We've had a lot of requests to bring back a theme involving art. We decided to create a new theme that allows campers to create works of art while learning new skills! 

If you haven't read it yet, here is the description for the Aspiring Artists session:

Have you ever wanted to expand your artistic abilities? During this week at camp, each day will focus on a different artistic skill. Day one will include learning drawing techniques to create a masterpiece on paper. Other skills will include painting, mixed media art, sculpting, and poetry. Enjoy learning from a professional artist while creating mosaics. We will use a variety of colors, textiles, and expressions to create incredible works of art! You will also have the opportunity to create an art portfolio enabling you to store all of your projects. 

We are excited to give you a little sneak peek at some of the exciting activities that we have planned. Here are the activities happening on Monday:

Morning choice activities:

For choice activities, campers will have the opportunity to sign-up for two different choices lasting one hour each. The morning choices include:

• Swimming at the Pool
• Archery
• Riverstomping/tubing
• Create a paper mache donut 
• Learn how to sketch your own creatures

Monday afternoon we have a professional artist coming in to teach campers how to create fabulous mosaics. Other afternoon activities include: 

• Showers
• Making homemade watercolors (6th grade +)
• Tie-dye

After dinner, we will celebrate with an all-camp color run! For those who wish to enjoy a late-night activity, swimming in the pool will begin at 9:00 pm. 

This is just day one! We will have plenty more adventures and surprises during the rest of the week!