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Time Warp Camp

From Judy Szabo of Meadowood Jubilee District

Prior: to camp: Units are to send advancement invitations to parents for the girls that are moving up. All parents are to review and re-sign medical forms.

Friday: Camp to start at 6:30 pm. Hand out name tags as girls sign in. Leaders are to go over house keeping rules with individual units. Come into main hall once you are ready. Shilo has offered to do an ice breaker game first.

7:15 pm: New Year's party - girls get hats, blowers, etc. Sing, toast in new year with "champagne" in wine glasses. Sing Auld Lang Syne (Shilo to bring tape with song from Bony M) New years resolution craft to do as we hand out the glasses of champagne and hats etc.

8:30 pm: Valentines Day. Snack will be heart shaped food, and will be served during craft time. Each girl will be given a small red pouch. In it will be the name of her secret valentine and a couple of heart shaped candies. The girl will make a shrink art valentine for her secret pal. During the weekend, girls will try to do at least 2 nice things for their secret valentine (without getting caught). The shrink art valentine will be presented on Sunday morning when the secret pals are identified. One Valentine's camp hat craft and a couple of Valentine themed activity pages will be available for the girls who finish their shrink art.

9:30 pm: Campfire will be lead by Shannen. Each unit is to prepare two songs for this campfire. Young girls will get ready for bed. The movie Shrek will be offered for the older girls, and if younger girls cannot settle, they will be allowed to watch the movie. Shilo to bring TV/VCR and movie.

10:30 Lights out.

Saturday: 7:00 am: Leaders up.

7:30 am: Girls up. Everyone gets dressed in green for St Patrick's Day.

8:00 am: Flags and reflections. Jennifer will be doing an Irish jig with the group as an energizer. Only leaders will be allowed to pinch girls that do not wear green. Breakfast will have a green theme: pancakes and whipped cream tinted green, green koolaid, green jello, green grapes, green apples, green tinted milk and Lucky Charms were suggested. St. Patrick's Day hat craft kits and activity pages will be available for those that want to do things during breakfast or duties once done. Shilo will make up the Lend-A-Hand duty roster.

10:00 am: Easter The morning activities will be in a round robin. There will be 4 stations and 3 groups:
Station 1: Easter egg hunt - outdoors. Trail leading to plastic eggs with a few candies inside.(Shannen to have filled). Shannen and Susan to run as a wide game with some one dressed as Peter Cotton tail at the end telling the girls what colored egg to hunt for.
Station 2: use plastic egg found in hunt to make a bunny, and then race the bunnies. There will also be a couple of kites to fly if the girls choose to.
Station 3: paper plate bonnets and small Styrofoam egg decoupage
Station 4: relay games (such as egg on spoon race, etc.) Tracey to organize and run. Parachute can be provided at this station if wanted.

12:00 Lunch: hot cross buns, make your own sandwiches made of Coop's colored bread, chicken noodle soup

Chores

1:30 pm: Canada Day Flag tattoos, flags to wave while singing Oh Canada. Judy will teach the Maple Leaf Stomp.

Summer: hike to pool and shuttle ride back. Permission slips will be needed to indicate swimming and carpooling

5:00 pm Fall. Quiet time until supper.

6:00 pm Thanksgiving Make "thankful bubble wands" before meal. Thanksgiving supper: turkey (one large one - Debbi to bring her roaster), mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, etc. Table to be set special.

7:30 pm Halloween: everyone to wear black. We'll set out a bunch of stuff and let them create fancy hair and make-up. Units to look through their supplies for any craft supplies that could be used. Pathfinders could do make-up; concern was expressed over sharing of make-up. Fashion parade followed by dance with Halloween music (Monster Mash, mummy wrap, relay races etc). Judy has CD. Tracey to bring CD player. Leaders will set up at doorways and girls will go trick or treating with spooky music playing. Lifesavers on licorice will be set up. Fog machine will be used if we are allowed.

Campfire lead by Jennifer. One song from each unit.

Girls get ready for bed, and return to common room. Girls will be handed a poppy and led into the room two by two. Shilo will lead a Remembrance Day activity. She requires large jars for candle holders (about 3 per leader). Girls go to bed.

10:15 pm. Leaders get ready for Christmas. Shannen to bring artificial tree. Pathfinders to create a fireplace on a trifold (from Debbi Butz). Leaders to make snowflakes to hang from ceiling. Stockings hung and gifts under tree. Set table and tape cards to beds when all the girls are asleep.

Sunday: 8:00 Leaders up.

8:30 Girls wake up to Christmas. Breakfast in pjs. Open stockings and have breakfast. As breakfast ends, Santa (Shannen) arrives and gifts under tree are opened. Get dressed and packed.

11:30 am Guides Own (Judy) and advancement ceremony (Marion): a very simple ceremony outside. Hand out secret valentines and crests. Thank the leaders. District will buy flowers for each advancing girl. Unit to have gift for each advancing girl (not badge sashes) and each unit is to have prepared something nice to say about each advancing girl. Girls not advancing will blow bubbles

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