Still time for summer fun at Girl Scout's Camp Crawford

Posted: Jun 13, 2011 at 3:12 PM [Jun 13, 2011]

There’s still time to sign your daughter up for a summer full of day camp fun at a real camp! The Girl Scouts’ Camp Crawford in Milan, an affordable alternative to summer day care, is 65 acres of forest, wetland, pond and meadow, just ten miles south of Ann Arbor. Transportation to and from camp is available at the Ann Arbor Regional Center of Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan, located at 1900 Manchester Road, at the Washtenaw/Stadium split. Day camp is open to girls entering grades 1-7.

If your daughter is not yet a registered Girl Scout, she can join Girl Scouts with a $20 fee added to her day camp registration. The weekly fee of $130 includes snacks and all program supplies. (Campers bring their own sack lunch.) Day campers will help plan their activities and will participate in cooking, crafts and nature programs. An overnight trip to Camp Linden in Livingston County or Camp O’the Hills

in Jackson County is an option for girls entering grades 4-7.

Crawford Day Camp begins on June 20 and runs until August 5. (Girls who sign up for five weeks of day camp receive the sixth week free.) Sessions and themes are: “Bat-a-rama,” June 20-24; “Stories, Stones and Strings,” June 27 to July 1; “Journey through the Past,” July 5-8; “Art Outside the Frame,” July 11-15; “Recycle, Reuse, Re-art,” July 18-22; “The Crawford Camporium, “ July 25-20; and “Into the Woods,” August 1-5. In addition, girls entering grades 6-12 will experiment with a variety of jewelry-making techniques at “Jewelry Making Mavens,” 6 to 9 p.m. July 25-29 at the GSHOM Ann Arbor Regional Center.

For additional information and a fillable registration form, visit www.girlscoutcamp.org or call 1-800-497-2688 (1-800-29-SCOUT).