World Foundation for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Inc.

Osan (Air Base)

We are very excited about this year's overnight camping event. All troop levels will aim to earn their respective Outdoor Journeys, except for the Cadette troop, which will earn their Breathe journey. The Daisy and Brownie troops will be camping out one night, and the Junior and above troops will be camping out for two nights. In addition, we will be doing an investiture ceremony for our new members and a rededication ceremony for our returning members. The Daisy and Brownie troops itinerary starts with tent set-up, welcome, investiture and rededication, safety rules, and watching a Leave no Trace skit performed by the older troop levels. We will have a First Aid station, Bird Feeder Station, brown bag lunch, Beaded Bandana craft, trail mix station, hike, and a scavenger hunt. The evening will consist of a dinner, trash patrol, S'mores, closing circle, and a glow stick party. The Junior and above troops itinerary are as follows: (Day one) Tent set up, dinner with "Breathe" discussion, clean-up, Leave No Trace Review and Skit practice, and S'mores. (Day 2) Breakfast, welcome with younger girls, investiture and rededication, safety, Leave no Trace skit, Knot trying station, yoga station, start dinner for all, fire starter activity, clean air quality survey, pie-iron lunch, animal habitat discussion/activity, bath bombs activity, trail mix station, wizard snacks, hike, potted plant activity, dinner, dishwashing, S'mores, closing circle and glow stick party. We are excited for the girls to get to know each other, as this is our first big council event. We believe we have planned an exciting and activity-packed outing that the girls will love. The older girls will also get a chance to teach the younger/new girls all about our Girl Scouts community here at Osan Air Base.

Daegu (Air Base)

Our hope is to get one of the newer badges in the process. Numbers in nature perhaps. The biggest hurdle we face is not having camping gear! We can either purchase tents/gear or rent them from a local military organization. First using what families part of the troop have to bring. Water source is a big one, so going to let the girls prepare those steps instead of adults thinking through all the details. We also want to do some survival 101, with a girls brother who is a teenager in the Scouts program. He has so much knowledge in that area. Many girls want to learn basics like pitch a tent, start and keep a fire, navigate safe plants and harmful ones as well as animal spy. We will be camping on post, unless the restrictions lift by Spring of 2022, if they do we will attempt going off post. Korea isn't known for camping, it is a very new thing and campsites are pricey. But hope we can pull that way off and invite the local troop in Daegu that can't get access on post! We have no date in mind, it depends on what the raining season looks like closer to May/June. If rain comes early we will go with June, if rain holds off we will camp in May.

Berlin

The campfires were major highlights, because we haven't been allowed to have campfires around Berlin since our 2018 camp out. This is due to constantly high risk of wildfire when we normally like to go camping. We were lucky that it rained right before we came. The beach outing was also a success that most girls said was their favorite part of camp. This was our first all-level event with our new Daisy troop, and the younger girls were so excited to spend time with the older girls. Our Cadette leaders said their Girl Scouts loved spending time with the Daisies, and the Daisies have been constantly talking about the campout at home and school and calling the older girls their sisters. For the first time, we also had the parents say the Girl Scout Family promise at the beginning of the ceremony. I saw a few Daisy parents get emotional while saying it. It was also very special to form a bridge of Girl Scouts for the girls to run under (see our pictures and video!) I am 100% convinced that this camp grant was a big push for a lot of our families to come on this campout because it helped us offset some of the higher costs of using the camp mess hall. The upshot of that was that we had a lot more time for badgwork and fun, so I think it was really worth it to outsource a lot of our food.

Our yearly campout is our lifeblood, and I am happy to report that despite covid, our numbers remain stable going into next year, and none of our current troops will be dissolving next year. The girls can't wait for the next campout, and I personally learned a lot about planning for this number of people that will help me do an even better job facilitating future campouts.

Bonn

The girls mastered a 14KM walk on day 2 (after a very short night sleep!!) and were champions! We are so proud of all of them for looking after each other and being brave hikers! (Cadettes especially, were very responible, motivating and helpful with younger girls, who were tired and still had a lot to walk). The girls were open to sudden (slight) change in the program and respected the rules we have talked about on the first night (had an all troop's meeting and girls got to establisdh rules and expectations, very well done! ) Luckily we had a fun activity after hiking uphill for about an hour (really uphill!) - 3 rounds of toboganning! The girls loved it! It was a sweet reward. Girls showed respect and interest in the guided tour about the legend of the Loreley.

Camp Foster

We tent camped for 2 nights at Okuma Air Force recreation facility next to the beach. The girls pitched tents with their family and slept in the tents with their families at night due to covid restrictions. During the day, the families did their own thing and the girl scouts participated in activities together all day. The girls cooked and cleaned up after all of their own meals. They worked on badge work to complete the new "in nature" series by making a sundial, circular and fractal designs in the sand, learned about maps, topography, and gps, went geocaching and hiking, did campfire skills and sang songs, and had a great time bonding! We are incredibly grateful for this grant enabling us to have an amazing opportunity.

Sasebo (Naval Base)

The girl scouts were able to work on badges and learn skills in the outdoors. For many of the younger girls it was their first experience camping. Girls were able to learn new skills and exposed to new experiences.

Italy
The Girls, of all ages, loved Archery. We familiarized with soft archery sets and progressed to the actual archery with certified instructors coordinated by the MWR ODR office. The certified instructors were an Italian couple who were very thorough, and ensured all girls and adult volunteers adhered to proper safety protocols. The Daisy Girl Scouts enjoyed the soft archery and sling shot activities. The Girls enjoyed the art with nature and Outdoor Challenge activities.

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
We spent 2 nights at the Embassy run campground on Langano Lake. The Scouts patrols (5 different patrols) were each responsible for one meal (planning and preparing) and one cleaning up after a meal. The Brownies and Juniors practiced their campfire skills. All Scouts learned about the Leave No Trace principles and actively employed them for future campers at the campground. The Patrols performed skits and all had S'Mores.