Encampment General Information

Encampment is an opportunity to experience a large group camp-out event. It is like a jamboree, only smaller, with girls from Concord and Carlisle only. Girls without camping experience can come for the day, and experienced campers can come for one or two nights.

Where: Location varies from year to year depending on site availability.

Cost: Minimal, about $15-20 per person attending

Activities: SWAPS, flag ceremony, campfire (with songs & skits), s’mores. Often we will have a group dinner in which everyone can participate. Depending on the year, specific activities will be available for both daytime and overnight girls. These activities could include boating, archery, low ropes challenge course, letter boxing, scavenger hunts, etc.

When: Encampment is usually held in October or May. The camping event runs from Friday through Sunday (one or both nights) with the daytime only event being held on Saturday.

Sample Itineraries:

Daytime Only (it's up to your troop to decide)

• Troops arrive Saturday morning, you decide the time
• Sat morning – Exploring the tents and grounds, make SWAPS, activities led by older girls
• Sat lunch – bag lunches OR make a fire and have an easy cookout of something like hotdogs and s’mores!
• Sat afternoon – more like Sat morning AND boating
• Sat dinner – leave before dinner or join in for the Encampment dinner, cooked by older girl troop
• Sat evening – consider leaving after dinner.

Overnight (it's up to your troop to decide)

• Troops arrive Friday evening (4th grade + only) or Saturday AM
• Sat morning – breakfast, prepare skits & songs for campfire, make SWAPS, exploring
• Sat lunch – Sandwiches, chips, fruit, cookies
• Sat afternoon – more like Sat morning AND boating
• Sat dinner – Encampment dinner, cooked by older girl troop
• Sat evening – Encampment provided campfire and s’mores with your skits & songs
• Sunday morning – cold breakfast (maybe have each girl bring 1 bag of cereal and do a cereal mix-up buffet?), pack up.

Past Encampments

• May 4-6, 2018 at Camp Maude Eaton, Andover MA
• May 5-7, 2017 at Camp Runels, Pelham NH
• May 13-15, 2016 at Camp Runels, Pelham NH
• May 15-17, 2015 at Camp Runels, Pelham NH
• May 16-18, 2014 at Camp Runels, Pelham NH
• May 10-12, 2013 at Camp Virginia, Bolton, MA