When the name “Girl Scouts” is mentioned, attention goes straight to those delicious cookies and the young girls who stand outside of grocery stores and come knocking doorto-door in February.
This past week the Girl Scouts of Central Texas-Taylor the Texas Skies Service Unit, held a day camp at the Murphy Park Pavilion from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 13-17.
This year’s theme for the camp was “CSI-Special Agents”. The group services young girls from Hutto, Taylor, Coupland, Thrall and Granger.
Activities included badge work, crafts, swimming, lunch cookout and a visit from the Taylor Police Department to learn about fingerprinting.
The campers also picked fun camp aliases for themselves and keep those nicknames throughout the years as campers.
“Our Day Camp is held every year during the second full week of June and is open to all school age children,” said Alyssa Witt, aka “Bubbles”. “This year we had 67 girls. In the past, we have had as many as 114 campers.” On Friday, campers and
On Friday, campers and counselors closed out the week with skits, awards and the traditional end of the camp run through the tunnel of scout leaders to become a forever girl scout.
“We do so much more than cookies. This is what your cookies pay for,” said Angela Witt. “My daughter (Alyssa) has been involved with the camp since second grade.”
For those who are not girl scouts, they are welcome to join in on the fun as “Tagalongs” can come in and be a part of the camp.
Girl’s age 5-7 are welcome to join starting as a Daisy, then Junior, cadet and ambassador and then Forever Girl Scout.
“This is my second year as an adult volunteer,” said Bubbles. “Daisy leaders this year were ‘Stitch’ and ‘Toothless.’ They are some of our most hyperactive counselors. They get the girls to sing and play games.”
For those interested in joining Girl Scouts visit https:// www.gsctx.org.
