Camp Like a Girl Scout
Experience all the fun of camp during the day, and return home each evening. Have too much fun and don’t want to leave? Stay for the optional overnight offered on Thursday nights each week.
Day camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with morning drop off from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and evening pick up from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
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Grades are listed for each summer camp session below. Please note, girls can only register for sessions for the grade they are in during the 2022-2023 school year.
If you have questions, contact the Customer Care Team by phone at 888.350.5090 or by email!
Some program dates and details may have changed since the printing of the 2023 Camp Guide. The following listings have the most up to date offerings.
Crafty Kids (Week 1)
Currently in Kindergarten
5 day | $165 | June 12 - 16
Do you like painting and being outdoors? What better program to join where you'll get to make colorful paintings outdoors, search for sounds in nature, have a color race, and perform a play for your friends! Girls will complete the Outdoor Art Maker Badge.
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Artapalooza (Week 1)
Currently in grades 1 & 2
5 day | $165 | June 12 - 16
Take your love of art outside this week while working towards the Outdoor Art Creator Badge! Go on a nature detective walk, master the art of leaf rubbing, become a nature photographer, build a Brownie Elf house, and make your own wind chime.
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Art Explorer (Week 1)
Currently in grades 3 & 4
5 day | $165 | June 12 - 16
Have fun in the sun while exploring different forms of art! Make art inspired by wildlife, create your own galaxy t-shirt, become a nature symphony, and design your very own terrarium. This week girls will work towards the Outdoor Art Explorer Badge.
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Art Attack (Week 1)
Currently in grades 5 - 7
5 day | $165 | June 12 - 16
Enjoy an art filled week with friends! Your group will choose many of your activities throughout the week. Note how the outdoor changes, tie dye, make growing paper, rap about nature, and try your hand at archery—tie dye archery that is! Girls will work towards the Outdoor Art Apprentice Badge.
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Program Aide Training (Week 1)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $45 | June 12 - 16
Earn your PA award while working with Brownies at Day Camp! Spend your first day with your fellow PAs in training, then spend the rest of the week within the unit with girls. Girls will be awarded their pin on Friday before they head home. Girls attending this session must have completed their Leader In Action award (LiA). PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Butterworth Program Assistant (Week 1)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $25 | June 12 - 16
If you have completed Program Aide training and would like to spend the week at day camp working with girls developing leadership, team building, and programming skills, then this is a great opportunity for you! Work with camp staff to implement programs such as badge work, crafts, nature hikes, singing, and more. PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Optional Day Camp Thursday Overnight (Week 1)
Currently in grades K - 7
1 day | $35 | June 15
If you want to continue having fun with your counselors and friends by staying overnight at camp, sign up for this optional Thursday overnight at Camp Butterworth! Girls will cook supper, participate in a special all camp activity, and end with a traditional campfire. When bedtime finally hits, younger girls will stay overnight in a building while older girls will stay outdoors in a tent unit! Breakfast is provided in the morning.
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Polliwogs (Week 2)
Currently in Kindergarten
5 day | $165 | June 19 - 23
Come to camp for a water-filled week of fun! Enjoy swimming and all things water related in this imaginative week at camp. Learn about the creature that live in Butterworth's stream and awesome ocean animals. Create ocean-themed snacks and crafts, all while exploring the Friendly and Helpful Petal.
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Little Mermaids (Week 2)
Currently in grades 1 & 2
5 day | $165 | June 19 - 23
This program will have you splishing and splashing all week long! Swim in the pool, play sharks and minnows, water balloon volleyball and sample the rest of camp’s exciting activities including climbing, hiking and crafts. Discover It's Your Planet- Love it! Bring a friend and jump into some fun!
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Shipwrecked (Week 2)
Currently in grades 3 & 4
5 day | $165 | June 19 - 23
Ahoy Mates! You’ve been attacked by pirates and stranded at Camp Butterworth To survive, you’ll learn useful skills like knots, build an emergency shelter, light fires, navigate by the stars, identify wild edible plants and more! This adventure filled week will be full of pirates, survival skills, canoeing in the pool, and more fun than a pirate chest full of gold! You’ll work towards completing your Outdoor Journey this week.
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Aquanauts (Week 2)
Currently in grades 5 - 7
5 day | $165 | June 19 - 23
If you can’t get enough of all things water, then this is where you want to be! Have a squirt gun water race, Play water balloon battleship and to top off this water-filled session, you’ll head to the pool and float with your friends at Camp Butterworth’s most excellent pool party. Girls will also get to explore the It's Your Planet, Love It! Journey.
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Program Aide Training (Week 2)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $45 | June 19 - 23
Earn your PA award while working with Brownies at Day Camp! Spend your first day with your fellow PAs in training, then spend the rest of the week within the unit with girls. Girls will be awarded their pin on Friday before they head home. Girls attending this session must have completed their Leader In Action award (LiA). PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Butterworth Program Assistant (Week 2)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $25 | June 19 - 23
If you have completed Program Aide training and would like to spend the week at day camp working with girls developing leadership, team building, and programming skills, then this is a great opportunity for you! Work with camp staff to implement programs such as badge work, crafts, nature hikes, singing, and more. PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Optional Day Camp Thursday Overnight (Week 2)
Currently in grades K - 7
1 day | $35 | June 22
If you want to continue having fun with your counselors and friends by staying overnight at camp, sign up for this optional Thursday overnight at Camp Butterworth! Girls will cook supper, participate in a special all camp activity, and end with a traditional campfire. When bedtime finally hits, younger girls will stay overnight in a building while older girls will stay outdoors in a tent unit! Breakfast is provided in the morning.
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Adventurers (Week 3)
Currently in Kindergarten
5 day | $165 | June 26 - 30
Adventure is out there, come join in! This week you'll help plan a camping trip, talk to a camping expert, and learn how to tie knots! Add in hiking, swimming, and new crafts to tie together this awesome week at camp where girls work on their Buddy Camper Badge.
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Fire Builders (Week 3)
Currently in grades 1 & 2
5 day | $165 | June 26 - 30
Time to explore the outdoors! Go creeking, hike through nature, play survival games, and learn new camp skills. This week girls will work on their Outdoor Adventurer badge while enjoying all the fun things camp has to offer!
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Skills and Thrills (Week 3)
Currently in grades 3 & 4
5 day | $165 | June 26 - 30
Get closer to nature and learn the skills you need to survive and thrive out of doors! You’ll learn useful knots, how to build fires (even if it’s just rained!) , work on your compass skills, learn about Leave No Trace’s seven principles, cookout over a fire, and learn how to make a minimal impact campsite. Girls will work on their Camper Badge.
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Outdoor Odyssey (Week 3)
Currently in grades 5 - 7
5 day | $165 | June 26 - 30
Teamwork makes the dream work! Create a team through a variety of activities and orienteering around camp. Learn how to purify water from the creek and make a quick meal. A Girl Scout volunteer will join you to answer any of your camp questions! Girls will work towards their Trailblazing Badge.
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Day Camp Counselor-In-Training
Currently in grades 8 - 11
5 day | $45 | June 26 - 30
This opportunity is for girls who are ready to begin exploring the pathway to camp leadership in a Day Camp setting (open to girls going into grades 9-12). Topics covered in training include: introduction to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, age and social characteristics of younger campers, and essential skills needed to be a great counselor including fire safety and how to lead songs and games. Girls in this program have the option to stay for the overnight in their own unit and receive ongoing supervision and leadership guidance from the Program Director. Girls will work toward their CIT pin.
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Butterworth Program Assistant (Week 3)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $25 | June 26 - 30
If you have completed Program Aide training and would like to spend the week at day camp working with girls developing leadership, team building, and programming skills, then this is a great opportunity for you! Work with camp staff to implement programs such as badge work, crafts, nature hikes, singing, and more. PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Optional Day Camp Thursday Overnight (Week 3)
Currently in grades K - 7
1 day | $35 | June 29
If you want to continue having fun with your counselors and friends by staying overnight at camp, sign up for this optional Thursday overnight at Camp Butterworth! Girls will cook supper, participate in a special all camp activity, and end with a traditional campfire. When bedtime finally hits, younger girls will stay overnight in a building while older girls will stay outdoors in a tent unit! Breakfast is provided in the morning.
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Trefoils (Week 4)
Currently in Kindergarten
3 day | $100 | July 5 - 7
Hey, Hey Daisies! This week is all about being a sister to every Girl Scout. You'll get to create a mural about girls around the world with your daisdy friends and get together with older Girl Scouts to show them something you like to do! Add on top awesome crafts, nature activities, and pool time to complete this fun-filled week at camp! Girls will work on their Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout Petal.
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Tagalongs (Week 4)
Currently in grades 1 & 2
3 day | $100 | July 5 - 7
This week is all about Brownie traditions! Learn new Girl Scout songs, throw a birthday bash, create a puppet show, and read a Brownie story from the past. Girls will work toward their Girl Scout Way Badge.
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Thin Mints (Week 4)
Currently in grades 3 & 4
3 day | $100 | July 5 - 7
Hey, Hey Girl Scouts! Come join in our spirit week where you'll celebrate the Girl Scout Promise, pick songs for a gathering, make a time capsule, and try a traditon from the past! Girls will work toward their Girl Scout Way Badge.
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Adventurefuls (Week 4)
Currently in grades 5,6&7
3 day | $100 | July 5 - 7
Join in the Girl Scout Spirit by organizing a songfest, make a traditon "to-do" list, and discover a way to leave camp better than you found it! Girl will work towards their Girl Scout Way Badge while also enjoying traditional camp activities.
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Butterworth Program Assistant (Week 4)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $25 | July 5 - 7
If you have completed Program Aide training and would like to spend the week at day camp working with girls developing leadership, team building, and programming skills, then this is a great opportunity for you! Work with camp staff to implement programs such as badge work, crafts, nature hikes, singing, and more. PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Optional Day Camp Thursday Overnight (Week 4)
Currently in grades K - 7
1 day | $35 | July 6
If you want to continue having fun with your counselors and friends by staying overnight at camp, sign up for this optional Thursday overnight at Camp Butterworth! Girls will cook supper, participate in a special all camp activity, and end with a traditional campfire. When bedtime finally hits, younger girls will stay overnight in a building while older girls will stay outdoors in a tent unit! Breakfast is provided in the morning.
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Bippity Boppity Butterworth (Week 5)
Currently in Kindergarten
5 day | $165 | July 10 - 14
Enjoy the magic of camp all week long! Play magical games while on a hike, prepare for and have an awesome group adventure, and explore all sorts of magical creatures! This week girls will work on their Trail Adventure badge while also enjoying the pool and learning new songs and games.
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Pixie Dust (Week 5)
Currently in grades 1 & 2
5 day | $165 | July 10 - 14
There's a magical world outside your door, and there's no place better than Camp Butterworth to explore it! Go on a magical creature scavenger hunt to find unicorns and fairies, plus create your own magical party game. You'll also spend time at the pool looking for mermaids and time to invent an all new sport! Girls will work on their Making Games badge this week.
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Fairy Wings and Wild Things (Week 5)
Currently in grades 3 & 4
5 day | $165 | July 10 - 14
Come help Camp Butterworth write about their magical creatures! Explore the trails, pool, and more to help record all the magical things around camp! This week you'll work on your Scribe badge by writing a poem, making a short story, and interviewing different people around camp to show just what makes camp so magical.
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The Lost Girls (Week 5)
Currently in grades 5 - 7
5 day | $165 | July 10 - 14
Join the Lost Girls for a week filled with games, fun, and mischief! Team up with themed costumes, practice your archery skills, make something that flies, pick a game from a book to play at camp, and stage a grand finale! Work on your Field Day badge while enjoying the pool, hatchet throwing, and the climbing wall too.
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Program Aide Training (Week 5)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $45 | July 10 - 14
Earn your PA award while working with Brownies at Day Camp! Spend your first day with your fellow PAs in training, then spend the rest of the week within the unit with girls. Girls will be awarded their pin on Friday before they head home. Girls attending this session must have completed their Leader In Action award (LiA). PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Butterworth Program Assistant (Week 5)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $25 | July 10 - 14
If you have completed Program Aide training and would like to spend the week at day camp working with girls developing leadership, team building, and programming skills, then this is a great opportunity for you! Work with camp staff to implement programs such as badge work, crafts, nature hikes, singing, and more. PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Optional Thursday Overnight (Week 5)
Currently in grades K - 7
1 day | $35 | July 13
If you want to continue having fun with your counselors and friends by staying overnight at camp, sign up for this optional Thursday overnight at Camp Butterworth! Girls will cook supper, participate in a special all camp activity, and end with a traditional campfire. When bedtime finally hits, younger girls will stay overnight in a building while older girls will stay outdoors in a tent unit! Breakfast is provided in the morning.
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Space Buddies (Week 6)
Currently in Kindergarten
5 day | $165 | July 17 - 21
Join the Butterworth Space Buddies in a fun filled week of all things space science! This week girls will make shadow posters, create a moon shadow book, and make your own star pattern! Girls will complete the Daisy Space Science Explorer Badge.
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To Infinity and Beyond (Week 6)
Currently in grades 1 & 2
5 day | $165 | July 17 - 21
Star Command, come in Star Command! Join in this week to make a pocket Solar System, model the Moon, change a constellation, and hold party! Girls will get to work on their Space Science Adventurer Badge while also enjoying traditional summer camp fun.
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Lost in Space (Week 6)
Currently in grades 3 & 4
5 day | $165 | July 17 - 21
Space Explorers unit in this week to make models of the planets, dance the Earth's year, create a 3-D constellation, become a mission specialist for another planet, and create a space show! Girls will earn their Space Science Investigator Badge while also enjoying the pool and joining in on traditional summer camp activities.
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Space Cadettes (Week 6)
Currently in grades 5 - 7
5 day | $165 | July 17 - 21
Calling all Space Cadettes! Come join in a week filled with making prism pictures, sun prints, classifying stars, night sky observation, and looking at light with new eyes. Along with archery, swimming, and the climbing wall, girls get a fun-filled week of working on their Space Science Researcher Badge.
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Day Camp Counselor-In-Training
Currently in grades 8-11
5 day | $45 | July 17 - 21
This opportunity is for girls who are ready to begin exploring the pathway to camp leadership in a Day Camp setting (open to girls going into grades 9-12). Topics covered in training include: introduction to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, age and social characteristics of younger campers, and essential skills needed to be a great counselor including fire safety and how to lead songs and games. Girls in this program have the option to stay for the overnight in their own unit and receive ongoing supervision and leadership guidance from the Program Director. Girls will work toward their CIT pin.
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Butterworth Program Assistant (Week 6)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $25 | July 17-21
If you have completed Program Aide training and would like to spend the week at day camp working with girls developing leadership, team building, and programming skills, then this is a great opportunity for you! Work with camp staff to implement programs such as badge work, crafts, nature hikes, singing, and more. PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Optional Day Camp Thursday Overnight (Week 6)
Currently in grades K - 7
1 day | $35 | July 20
If you want to continue having fun with your counselors and friends by staying overnight at camp, sign up for this optional Thursday overnight at Camp Butterworth! Girls will cook supper, participate in a special all camp activity, and end with a traditional campfire. When bedtime finally hits, younger girls will stay overnight in a building while older girls will stay outdoors in a tent unit! Breakfast is provided in the morning.
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Lady Bugs (Week 7)
Currently in Kindergarten
5 day | $165 | July 24 - 28
Come explore nature around you this week while earning your Eco Learner Badge! Play wild-life games, make a nature circle, and create a trash tale all while enjoying the pool and other classic camp activities!
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Bug Juice (Week 7)
Currently in grades 1 & 2
5 day | $165 | July 24 - 28
"Bee" sure to buzz into bug week! You'll get to talk to a bug expert, learn a bug craft, see bugs in action, draw a cocoon, and go on a bug hike! Campers will work on their Bug Badge while also checking the pool and climbing wall.
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Jr. Naturalist (Week 7)
Currently in grades 3 & 4
5 day | $165 | July 24 - 28
"Thistle" be a beautiful week at camp! Come uncover the science of one flower, dye flowers, find out how flowers help people, create dried-flower art, and discover the code of flowers. This week girl will work on their Flower badge as well as enjoying the pool, climbing wall, and archery!
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Wilderness Explorers (Week 7)
Currently in grades 5 - 7
5 day | $165 | July 24 - 28
May the "forest" be with you for this fun-filled week all about trees! Design a tree house, identify different types of trees, make leaf or bark jewelry, and plant a tree. This week, girls with work on their Tree Badge while enjoying the pool, archery, and hatchet throwing.
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Program Aide Training (Week 7)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $45 | July 24 - 28
Earn your PA award while working with Brownies at Day Camp! Spend your first day with your fellow PAs in training, then spend the rest of the week within the unit with girls. Girls will be awarded their pin on Friday before they head home. Girls attending this session must have completed their Leader In Action award (LiA). PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Butterworth Program Assistant (Week 7)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $25 | July 24 - 28
If you have completed Program Aide training and would like to spend the week at day camp working with girls developing leadership, team building, and programming skills, then this is a great opportunity for you! Work with camp staff to implement programs such as badge work, crafts, nature hikes, singing, and more. PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Optional Day Camp Thursday Overnight (Week 7)
Currently in grades K - 7
1 day | $35 | July 27
If you want to continue having fun with your counselors and friends by staying overnight at camp, sign up for this optional Thursday overnight at Camp Butterworth! Girls will cook supper, participate in a special all camp activity, and end with a traditional campfire. When bedtime finally hits, younger girls will stay overnight in a building while older girls will stay outdoors in a tent unit! Breakfast is provided in the morning.
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Private Detectives (Week 8)
Currently in Kindergarten
5 day | $165 | July 31 - August 4
Join the Private Detectives this week to help solve a mystery at camp! Work together to find and solve clues to help recover what went missing. Girls will work on their Honest and Fair Petal and enjoy classic camp activities like arts and crafts, nature hikes and pool time.
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Camp Scene Investigators (Week 8)
Currently in grades 1 & 2
5 day | $165 | July 31 - August 4
Oh no! One of your counselors favorite stuffed animals has gone missing! Do you have what it takes to help them? Solve the clues, go on a search, and make your own investigation supplies to help solve the mystery! Girls will work towards their Letterboxing Badge.
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Mystery Inc. (Week 8)
Currently in grades 3 & 4
5 day | $165 | July 31 - August 4
Calling all mystery solvers, Camp Butterworth needs your help! This week you'll practice their observation skills, learn some classic codes, study different fingerprints, find evidence, and discover clues "on the scene" to help solve the mystery. Girls will work on their Detective Badge amid hiking, swimming, and all things camp!
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Bond, Jane Bond (Week 8)
Currently in grades 5 - 7
5 day | $165 | July 31-August 4
Welcome Agents, to a week filled with investigation. Help your counselors solve a mystery spanning the camp grounds! Host and "Identity-Crisis" party, hone your eyewitness skills, discover forensics, learns the keys to reading body language, and practice the art of detection. Girls will work towards their Special Agent Badge this week will also enjoying archery, the pool, and hatchet throwing.
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Program Aide Training (Week 8)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $45 | July 31 - August 4
Earn your PA award while working with Brownies at Day Camp! Spend your first day with your fellow PAs in training, then spend the rest of the week within the unit with girls. Girls will be awarded their pin on Friday before they head home. Girls attending this session must have completed their Leader In Action award (LiA). PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Butterworth Program Assistant (Week 8)
Currently in grades 6 - 7
5 day | $25 | July 31 - August 4
If you have completed Program Aide training and would like to spend the week at day camp working with girls developing leadership, team building, and programming skills, then this is a great opportunity for you! Work with camp staff to implement programs such as badge work, crafts, nature hikes, singing, and more. PAs need to be dropped off and picked up each day.
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Optional Day Camp Thursday Overnight (Week 8)
Currently in grades K - 7
1 day | $35 | August 3
If you want to continue having fun with your counselors and friends by staying overnight at camp, sign up for this optional Thursday overnight at Camp Butterworth! Girls will cook supper, participate in a special all camp activity, and end with a traditional campfire. When bedtime finally hits, younger girls will stay overnight in a building while older girls will stay outdoors in a tent unit! Breakfast is provided in the morning.
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Once you have registered and paid at least the $75 deposit, you can request Financial Assistance or use Digital Dough to help cover the cost.
Complete the waitlist form for day camp if your preferred session is full. This will automatically put you on the list to be notified if spaces open up for your preferred session.
Do you love summer camp and want to empower girls? This summer, we are looking for volunteers to help with everything big and small. You can volunteer at camp no matter your time commitment!
By filling out this form, you can tell us what you’re interested in, and a camp director will reach out with more information.
Note: Some volunteer roles may require special training.