Save Camp Golden Pond
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In 1988 Hemlock Girl Scout Council dedicated Lake Louise at Camp Golden Pond “with the hope that Lake Louise at Camp Golden Pond will be a source of fun and fond memories for Girl Scouts for many generations.” Thirty years later we find ourselves facing the possibility that dream might die.
On November 2, 2017, the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA voted to include Camp Golden Pond as one of properties it will “retire” as a Council-owned property. Camp Golden Pond officially closed its doors as a Girl Scout camp on July 28, 2018.
As of March 1st, 2019 Camp Golden Pond is now operated by Friends of Golden Pond, a private, volunteer run, non-profit.
For more information visit www.friendsofgoldenpond.org
Camp Golden Pond is more than a piece of land. It is more than cabins and beds were we can sleep. It is more than hiking trails and a lake and an archery range. It is where we have spent the past thirty years growing up. It is the place where we put our kindergarten daughters in their first canoe and teach them that the bugs and critters are nothing to be afraid of. And then, almost a decade later, we watch those tiny, tiny girls leading camp.
Camp is where our leaders can go to form lifelong bonds of friendships with women they had never met before.
Camp is where we learn how to make do with what we have. It is where we learn that its ok to make mistakes and sometimes things don't quite work the way we wanted. And we learn how to overcome these challenges.
Camp is where our girls find the sisters they never knew they had.
Our girls have always assumed they would be attending camp at Camp Golden Pond their entire lives. Our Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors have always assumed that one day, when they are old enough, they will be the big girls taking the new Daisies on their first Fairy Hike around the lake.
Our older girls have always known that one day they would have their "last" camporee. But that last camporee was supposed to be the camporee before they went off to college and became adults.
The closing of Camp Golden Pond broke the hearts and crushed the dreams of countless girls.
Together, we have revived all those hopes and dreams.
If we do nothing, the camp will die. The woods will reclaim the trails and the buildings and silence will settle on the lake. But if we work together, we can ensure that the laughter of Girl Scouts continues to fill the woods of Camp Golden Pond.
Your donation will allow us to keep the camp open, make needed repairs, and help keep our scouts back at Camp Golden Pond.
On November 2, 2017, the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA voted to include Camp Golden Pond as one of properties it will “retire” as a Council-owned property. Camp Golden Pond officially closed its doors as a Girl Scout camp on July 28, 2018.
As of March 1st, 2019 Camp Golden Pond is now operated by Friends of Golden Pond, a private, volunteer run, non-profit.
For more information visit www.friendsofgoldenpond.org
Camp Golden Pond is more than a piece of land. It is more than cabins and beds were we can sleep. It is more than hiking trails and a lake and an archery range. It is where we have spent the past thirty years growing up. It is the place where we put our kindergarten daughters in their first canoe and teach them that the bugs and critters are nothing to be afraid of. And then, almost a decade later, we watch those tiny, tiny girls leading camp.
Camp is where our leaders can go to form lifelong bonds of friendships with women they had never met before.
Camp is where we learn how to make do with what we have. It is where we learn that its ok to make mistakes and sometimes things don't quite work the way we wanted. And we learn how to overcome these challenges.
Camp is where our girls find the sisters they never knew they had.
Our girls have always assumed they would be attending camp at Camp Golden Pond their entire lives. Our Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors have always assumed that one day, when they are old enough, they will be the big girls taking the new Daisies on their first Fairy Hike around the lake.
Our older girls have always known that one day they would have their "last" camporee. But that last camporee was supposed to be the camporee before they went off to college and became adults.
The closing of Camp Golden Pond broke the hearts and crushed the dreams of countless girls.
Together, we have revived all those hopes and dreams.
If we do nothing, the camp will die. The woods will reclaim the trails and the buildings and silence will settle on the lake. But if we work together, we can ensure that the laughter of Girl Scouts continues to fill the woods of Camp Golden Pond.
Your donation will allow us to keep the camp open, make needed repairs, and help keep our scouts back at Camp Golden Pond.
Fundraising team: Friends of Golden Pond (2)
Megan Roberts
Organizer
Boalsburg, PA
Mary Walsh
Team member
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