Tents & Trails Campaign
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Make a Difference at the GSNorCal Sites You Love
Here's how you can take action to increase use at our properties. Click here to download the flyer.
Your camp memories may last forever, but our sites need your help.
- Click here to donate to Tents & Trails Campaign and keep the campfires burning for years to come!
- To volunteer your time and skills to help improve our properties, email camppropertyvolunteer@girlscoutsnorcal.org
- Click here to find out about Work Party Weekends at the camps you love!
Participate in two great events to benefit Twin Canyon!
Adult Hike-a-thon
Saturday, October 5, 2013 from 7:00 am - 11:00 am
Twin Canyon Girl Scout Camp, Lafayette, Contra Costa County
Adults and Older Girls (12 and up)
Cost: $50.00 per person
Click here to view the flyer for this event.
We are having a raffle with a grand prize of 6 Seashore Sleepover Adventure tickets at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. For raffle information, click here.
1.5 to 2 hour hike starting at 7 am for local community aged 12 and up. Hike the Junior Trail up to East Bay Regional Park trails. This is a rare opportunity to hike on both Twin Canyon Girl Scout Camp and East Bay Regional Park Trails. Brunch served at the end of the hike.
Proceeds benefit the Twin Canyon Work Group Fund. Questions? Contact the Event Coordinator at twincanyongscamphikeathon2013@gmail.com
Earn the Naturalist Badge!
Saturday, October 5, 2013 from 12:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Twin Canyon Girl Scout Camp, Lafayette, Contra Costa County
Girls in Grades 2-8
Cost: $10 per girl & request to "collect change" to donate and preserve Twin Canyon Camp.
Click here to view the flyer for this event.
We are having a raffle with a grand prize of 6 Seashore Sleepover Adventure tickets at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. For raffle information, click here.
Experience a wonderful afternoon at camp and help preserve Twin Canyon by collecting loose change from family and friends to donate and help keep the camp open for generations. Go on a Hike-a-thon and complete the steps to earn the Girl Scout legacy badge: naturalist. Brownies and Juniors will complete requirements for the Naturalist badge; Cadettes will complete 3 of 5 steps (badge not included).
Proceeds benefit the Twin Canyon Work Group Fund. Questions? Contact the Event Coordinator at twincanyongscamphikeathon2013@gmail.com
Support our Tents & Trails Campaign!
For those who have experienced it, there’s something special about visiting our Girl 
Scout properties. Our 12 camps and outdoor program centers available for site rental throughout Northern California offer a place to get away from it all, to immerse yourself in nature, and to make the most of moments that you’ll carry with you all your life.
But, the reality of bringing that camp magic to you and the 24,000 people who use the properties each year translates into loads of behind-the-scenes labor to keep our sites maintained and repaired.
The very thing that draws you to our camp properties – that remote beauty, the sense of escape into nature – means that we have to work extra hard to keep up with the toll that Mother Nature takes on our constantly-aging properties.
“Camp is a magical place that gives a sense of calm and peace -- there is something about it that just sends any worries far away.” – GSNorCal site user
Snow happens. So do heavy rains, mudslides, lightning, and high winds. Trees fall, sometimes on cabins and bathhouses, across roads, even into swimming pools. Winters are tough on our properties, with storms that damage our roads, our buildings, and even our water lines. Buildings age, roofs leak, floors warp, water systems need upgrades, and equipment breaks down.
Your site rental fees cover expenses during your stay including site preparation and clean up, security, and insurance for your group. But the costs of planned and unplanned maintenance and repair for our sites far exceeds what your rental fees bring in. In fact, this year, we expect site user fees to total $85,000, but we expect to spend $1 million for property repairs and operating costs.
A gift to this campaign is a gift to yourself and your girls, because it helps the Girl Scout places you know and love. To donate, click here, and to volunteer your time and skills to help our sites, email camppropertyvolunteer@girlscoutsnorcal.org.
Please donate a gift of time or dollars today, and keep the campfires burning for years to come.
Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Please consult your tax advisor as individual situations vary.
