How to register
Registration will begin March 3, 2008. Online registration will be available April 1. Choose the camps your daughter or troop wishes to attend. Fill out the registration form completely. (Brochure form or online form.) Be sure that your daughter is the proper age. Type or print clearly.

A confirmation packet including parent information and medical history card will be sent to parents or troop leader beginning April 14. An exception is On Your Own Troop Camp registration, which begins July 7, 2007, and those confirmations will be mailed July 29, 2008.

Deposits and Fees
A $25.00 per camper deposit is required for each program at the time of registration. If your child cannot be placed in a session of your choice, the total amount paid (including deposit) will be returned to you. Troop Camp requires a deposit of $15 for each participant and Summer Adventures requires a $50 deposit per person. In the case of On Your Owns, your deposit is the entire fee. Deposits are not refundable if your daughter is placed in a program but cannot attend. The balance of the fee must be paid at least four weeks before the starting date of the session. Deposit will be deducted from total fees.

Total fees may also be sent at the time of registration. Non-Girl Scouts must pay an additional $10.00 membership fee with their registration. Make checks payable to SGSC. Visa and MasterCard also accepted.

Refund Information
Refunds of camp fees, less the deposit amount, will be granted if requests are received in writing at the council office at least four weeks before the session begins. Refunds will not include the deposit, as stated above. Deposits are not refundable unless otherwise indicated.

Opportunity Fund
Those unable to pay the program fee in full may apply for assistance through the Opportunity Fund. Contributors such as National T.T.T. Society and the Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund, as well as some proceeds from the annual Girl Scout cookie program help to bring girls to camp. A simple application form is provided below. Fee support is awarded on a sliding scale based on financial need. Applications for support are confidential and are viewed only by a small staff committee. (Volunteers are not involved in this process.) DOWNLOAD OPPORTUNITY FUND APPLICATION

Cookie Dough
Cookie Dough is earned via the Cookie Program. Cookie Dough can be used for ANY camp in this brochure, and DOUBLES for all Whispering Pines Resident Camps, Family Camps and Troop Camps AND... AND Hacienda Day Camps. Cookie Dough can be used for Camp Surf and Summer Adventures, but DOES NOT DOUBLE. Cookie Dough can be transferred to a sister in a girl’s immediate family only. Girls will learn how much they’ve earned on May 1, 2008. Once Cookie Dough is awarded, you may apply it towards the balance due.

2008 Cookie Program “Be a Star at Camp”
Troops with cookie sales at the 200+ boxes per girl average during the 2008 Girl Scout Cookie Program have the opportunity to use their “Be a Star at Camp” credit to attend an On Your Own Troop Camp for FREE, or take a $15 credit per girl toward a full-service Troop Camp! Just choose a date from any Troop camp from pages 5 & 6 and register by July 17, 2008. You must include a $15 per girl deposit with your registration form. This deposit will be refunded when you have attended your camp or notify us in writing four weeks in advance that you will not be attending. Only girls who participated in the Cookie Program are eligible for this incentive. Incentive does not apply to Summer Adventures, Camp Surf, Family Camp, Day Camp or non-troop Resident camp.


 

Health and Safety
Every precaution is taken to see that your child has a healthy and safe summer program experience. Sahuaro Girl Scout Council, Inc. complies with the safety standards of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. as defined in Safety-Wise and other publications detailing strict site management guidelines.

At Whispering Pines a qualified health supervisor is available on site during Resident Camp and a doctor is on call. All staff at Hacienda and Whispering Pines are certified in first aid and CPR. Resident Camp campers are required to provide a health history and to have a health examination by a licensed physician within the 24-month period preceding their camp session. Information and health history forms are provided in the confirmation packet. All medication brought to Resident Camp must be turned over to the health supervisor who will administer it according to the directions. During troop camps leaders are responsible for the administration of girls’ medications. Children and adults who participate in Family, Troop, and Day Camps are required only to submit a health history. On camp arrival day, the camp medical personnel have the right to refuse to admit a girl to camp who does not meet the acceptable health conditions. Examples: temperature, contagious disease, lice, etc.

Transportation to Whispering Pines
Optional transportation to and from Resident Camp is available for an additional charge. The cost is $26 round trip or $13 one way. Buses leave from and return to the Girl Scout Resource Center at 4300 East Broadway Blvd. in Tucson. If you would like your daughter to ride the bus to or from camp please indicate so on the registration form. If your transportation needs should change please notify the council at least three weeks prior to the beginning of the camp session. Information on bus time schedules is provided in the confirmation packet. A minimum number of riders will be required to ensure bus service. Participants Family and Troop Camps must provide their own transportation to and from camp. Teddy Bear Picnic Resident Camp participants must provide transportation one way. We encourage participants to carpool with other campers.

Bus Chaperones
Adults are needed to help provide a positive experience as campers depart for Resident Camp. Each adult will assist with camper check-in and deliver them to camp staff upon arrival at camp. If you are interested in chaperoning please indicate so on the registration form. Chaperones’ daughters will ride without charge. Space for chaperones is limited.

Day Camp Northwest Shuttle
We are offering an air-conditioned shuttle for girls living on Tucson’s Northwest side (cost $25 per week). Drop off your child at 7:45 a.m. at a designated location near the Tucson Mall, then pick her up at 5:00 p.m. that evening at the same location. Specific drop off/pick up location will be provided in the confirmation packet. A minimum number of riders will be required.

Staff
Sahuaro Girl Scout Council employs responsible, energetic, knowledgeable, caring and committed staff. Staff members are young adults, many of whom are attending college or are college graduates. All camp staff are screened via confidential references. Both new and returning staff are involved in an intensive training program before campers arrive.

Food
Whispering Pines serves ample, well balanced meals approved by a dietitian. The camp cooks provide healthy meals with multiple options suited to youthful tastes. Most meals are served family-style in the camp dining hall. A salad bar is often available. Occasionally the girls cook in their unit. Campers at the Hacienda bring sack lunches from home four days each week. One day during each session, girls prepare and cook lunch or a special meal is brought in for the campers. Beverages are provided each day. At either facility, we are happy to accommodate our campers’ special dietary needs; note such needs on the health history form provided to you with confirmation materials.