Camping & Outdoor Activities
Camp Meriwether - Serendipity Mother/Daughter weekend 2009
Oct. 8-10,
Oct. 15-17,
Oct. 22-24, 2010
 In
her mother, a daughter sees her foundation; her history and the lives of all
those women who came before her. She sees herself and understands what it means
to be a woman. Set aside a Serendipity weekend at Camp Meriwether with your
Girl Scout daughter to help her explore her foundations through you. The wonderful
part about this weekend is that you and your daughter decide what you want to
do together. We're just there to help you be together.
Participants provide their own meals.
Housing options vary from bringing your own tent to platform tents to heated
cabins. Activities are offered in a drop-in type schedule and include such things
as: canoeing, archery, arts & crafts, games and other fun hands-on experiences.
You might enjoy reading Chicken
Soup for the Mother & Daughter Soul in prepration for your Serendipity
weekend.
Currently registered (2009-10) first-grade
and above Girl Scouts and mom, or "mom for the weekend," may attend
Serendipity.
Housing option details
 Cabin
There are
seven cabins available for rent by troops. Four of these cabins sleep 16 people
and three sleep 20 people. Cabin units share a nearby bathhouse with hot water
and flushing toilets. The registration fee for troops interested in renting
a cabin is $25 per person plus any additional fees.
One cabin
that sleeps 16 will be held each weekend for mother/daughters attending without
a troop. These cabin bed spaces are available for $25 per person plus any additional
fees.
Please
note that phone-in registrations will not be accepted this year.
Anyone wishing to rent an entire cabin or a cabin bed should register online
beginning Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at 9 a.m.
If renting
an entire cabin for a troop each mother/daughter pair will need to submit a
registration form either on line or by mail. One registration form for an entire
group will not be accepted. Cabins are very popular; everyone may not get in.
Platform
Tents
Platform
tents are large walled tents with wooden floors and four cots and mattresses.
There are eight platform tents, sleeping four people each. Two families may
share a platform tent. Mother/daughter pairs registering to stay in a platform
tent fee must pay a registration fee of $20 per person plus any additional fees.
Please
note that phone-in registrations will not be accepted this year.
Anyone wishing to rent an entire platform tent or platform tent bed space should
register online beginning Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at
9 a.m.
If renting
a platform tent with another family or a group of people each mother/daughter
pair must register individually. One registration form for an entire group will
not be accepted. Platform tents are very popular; everyone may not get in.
Bring
your own tents
A relatively
flat field near Lily Pad Pond has been designated for those who wish to bring
their own tent (no RVs or pop-ups). This area will have portable toilets and
access to running water. Registration fee is $20 per person.
General
registration for bring your own tent spaces will begin Tuesday,
July 28, 2009, at 9 a.m.
Register online or mail an application.
Activity
option details
 Horseback
riding
Girl Scouts
in fourth grade and above for the 2009-10 school year and their mothers may
register for a one-hour riding lesson in the arena. Riders must wear long pants
and shoes/boots with a half-inch heel. Helmets are provided. The cost is $20
per girl or adult. The maximum number of participants is 100 riders per weekend.
Pet
a pony
Girl Scouts
in first-third grade for the 2009-10 school year receive hands-on basic horse
care instruction. Girls will learn to groom and care for a pony. Each girl will
have a short, hand-led pony ride in the arena. The cost is $8 per girls. The
maximum number of participants is 80 riders per weekend.
Semiprivate
horseback riding lessons
Girl Scouts
in fourth grade and above for the 2009-10 school year and their mothers may
register for a semiprivate lesson in the arena. Riders must wear long pants
and shoes/boots with a half inch heel. Helmets are provided. The cost is $30
per person (girls and adults).
Sunday
breakfast buffet
Top off the
weekend with a delicious breakfast buffet in the camp dining hall. By popular
demand, menu options have been expanded this year and will include several hot
entrée choices as well as cereal, yogurt, fresh fruit, assorted pastries, bagels
and cream cheese, milk, juice, hot chocolate and coffee. Breakfast is available
in shifts from 8-10 a.m., $7 per person. The maximum number of participants
is 300.
If you have
questions about registration, please contact the event
registrar (404) 527-7524. If you have
questions about the event, please contact the Camp
Meriwether director (770) 927-1020.
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