LEAP 2014 BASIC INFORMATION, WORKSHOP SCHEDULE, AND SUPPLY LIST Thank you for registering for LEAP 2014 at Camp Juniper Knoll from September 26-28, 2014. Whether it’s your first time or you have been attending for years, we hope you will use your time at LEAP to learn something new and spend time with Girl Scout friends -- old and new. Here is all the information you need to make your weekend an enjoyable experience. Be sure to return your Preferences st Form no later than Friday, September 6 . Sleeping preferences and workshops are assigned on a first come, first served basis, so return your form promptly. Before choosing a workshop, check the supply list to be sure you have what is needed in order to participate. Please indicate a first and second workshop choice. SLEEPING UNITS Women’s indoor sleeping units will be: Wilderness (20 people – 11:00 p.m. lights out), Promise Lodge (35 people -12:00 a.m. lights out), or Citadel (12 people – 1:00 a.m. lights out). Women’s outdoor sleeping units will be Wilderness – platform tents (16 people – 11:00 p.m. quiet) Shongela – yurts (28 people 12:00 a.m. quiet) and Citadel – platform tents (24 people– 1:00 a.m. quiet). Male volunteers and couples will be living in the little cabins in the meadow (outdoors) (10 people-12:00 a.m. quiet) or in the Health Center (indoors) (18 people -11:00 p.m. lights out). The use of earplugs has been found to be very beneficial to a good night’s sleep. Earplugs will be available by request at the registration desk in Low Lodge on Friday night. NOTE: Promise Lodge will also be used as the dining hall this year and will begin activity around 7:00 a.m. Please abide by the quite/ lights out time of the unit you have chosen. If you would like to stay up later, please be courteous to your sister Girl Scouts and use Low Lodge, the Late Night Gathering Spot designated for that purpose. MEALS Meals will be served cafeteria style in Promise Lodge, with the exception of Saturday Lunch. You may choose to attend a Saturday lunch cooking workshop or make a bag lunch after breakfast to eat while participating in a one of the off site activities or take a break and relax on your own. We will make every effort to accommodate your special dietary needs if we know about them in advance. CAMP KAPERS Everyone participates in kitchen kapers for one meal (food preparation, set up or clean up). Meal kapers will be assigned by sleeping units. Everyone is responsible for kapers in their sleeping unit before brunch on Sunday. Everyone also participates in area/unit clean up in their last station of the Juniper Knoll Birthday Wide Game on Sunday A volunteer from your sleeping unit will serve as unit leader and direct the clean up on Sunday morning. Saturday only participants help with Saturday dinner kapers. LATE NIGHT GATHERING SPOT Low Lodge will be open around the clock for late night gathering and game playing. Bring a game, if you like. HEALTH HISTORY Participants are asked to complete a Health History form and turn it in at the registration desk when they arrive. Please place it in a sealed envelope. It will only be opened if there is an emergency. You may pick it up at the end of the event so you can use it at other events this year. Those not picked up will be shredded. FINAL CONFIRMATION You will receive a final confirmation that includes your schedule, a packing list, health history form, a camp map, and directions to Juniper Knoll approximately two weeks before the event. As you select your workshops, make a list of what you will need to bring to each one so you can begin to gather your supplies. Keep this list in a handy place to help with your packing for the event. LEAP Weekend Schedule 2014 Time Session Wilderness Health Center Citadel FRIDAY NIGHT Lake/Trips/Archery Range Registration and Snacks beginning at 7:30 - Low Lodge Greenlight Specials beginning at 7:30 – quick activities that you can use during meetings and other activities. Campfire at 8:30 p.m. at the Promise Lodge Fire Scar 7:30 - 10:30 PM SATURDAY 7:30 – 9:00 AM 8:00 - 9:00 AM 9:15 - 9:40 AM Travel Essentials 9:45 - 10:45 AM 1 Registration – Promise Lodge Breakfast - Promise Lodge Opening Ceremony and Getting to Know You Games- Flag Pole Advice for the Recycled Jewelry Rainbow Loom Canoeing - Meet at the lake Future Bracelets & Wire and Bead Rings Rajsic--Lanier Melt and Pour Soap Making 11:00 - 12:15 PM 2 Schuster/Ewing Pocillujko Tackling Dietary Issues Allfred/Melendez VanNingen The History of Camp Juniper Knoll 3 3:00 - 4:30 PM 4 4:45 - 6:15 PM 5 H. Linehan Brownie, Junior Crafts Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine Jamrock Kruse Building Teams with Duct Tape Games Pie Iron Panic! Moss/Kita Arm Knitting – Infinity Scarf Pasco Macola Yerkes Observatory Pick up your brown bag lunch and meet in the parking lot to form car pools leaving at 11:10 a.m. and returning at 2:45. $5.00 M. Linehan Lunch Time Service Project (Brown Bag Lunch) Devine Morris Woodworking With Kids Allibone Crochet Loom Hat Zentangle Beyond Tie Dye Walenga 12:30- 2:45 PM LUNCH 6:45 - 8:00 PM 8:00 - 10:00 PM Book Nest Cline Silk Screen Basics H. Linehan Dinner in Promise Lodge All Camp Activity H. Smith OFF SITE FIELD TRIPS Pick up your brown bag lunch in the parking lot and form car pools leaving at 12:45 and returning at 4:30. THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS PAYABLE AT THE VENUE. Autumn Harvest Fest at Elegant Farmer $ Varies Horseback Riding at Dan Patch Stable $25 Climbing Wall and Zip Line at Eagle’s Nest $20 Archery – Meet at the Archery Range Pavlik Time 7:30 – 8:30 AM 8:30– 9:30 AM 9:45 – 10:45 AM 11:00 -12:15 PM 12:15-12:30 PM 12:45 - 1:00 PM Session Wilderness Health Center Citadel SUNDAY Book Nest Lake/Trips/Archery Range Pack Up Your Gear/Clean Up in your Sleeping Unit All Camp Workshop – Passionate About Protecting the Environment Brunch in Promise Lodge th All Camp Juniper Knoll 90 Birthday Wide Game Clean Up in Your Last Wide Game Station Closing Scouts’ Own (meet at Peace Pole)/Depart for Home THE IMAGINATION STATION Recycle your extra stuff and get some “new-to-you” stuff in return! Bring your unused or no longer needed supplies (craft materials, tin cans, jars, candle stubs, fabric remnants , balls of yarn, colorful magazines, etc., etc., etc.) to share with others. If you have samples or instructions to go with what you are bringing, you can display them at the station. Be sure to put your name on your creation, so others can ask you questions about it. Participants can use their imaginations to create something unique from the recycled/repurposed items on the tables or take stuff home to use with their troop. NOTE: All left over materials and samples should be packed up by 10:30 p.m. on Saturday evening to take back home. One person’s trash is another’s treasure WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS AND SUPPLY LIST As you select your workshops, make a list of what you will need to bring to each one so you can begin to gather your supplies. Keep this list in a handy place to help with your packing for the event. FRIDAY EVENING • • Green Light Specials and Snacks 7:30 p.m. Low Lodge - Quick and easy program activities. Bring: a tote or box so you can pack and carry your completed projects home. Campfire - 8:30 p.m. Promise Lodge fire scar. Relax and unwind by firelight. Bring: a camp chair, if you like. SATURDAY Session 1 - 9:45 am-10:45 am (choose one) • • • • • Travel Essentials – Double Session - Dream big! Pack your bags! Let’s Go! Everything you always wanted to know about traveling with Girl Scouts. For leaders who work with Juniors through Ambassadors. This is a double session, do not sign up for a workshop in session 2. No supplied needed Advice for the Future – Are you giving your girls the right advice? They should be aware of their online footprint, tracking their service hours and supplemental education, branding themselves and more. Learn what they need to be doing so you can give the right advice. This session is for leaders who work with Cadettes through Ambassadors. No supplied needed Recycled Jewelry – Repurpose your Pop Cans into trendy jewelry! You’ll make pop can charms, bracelets and more! Bring: Your favorite empty pop cans, sharp scissors, and a small cutting board. Rainbow Loom Bracelets and Wire and Bead Rings – Learn to make several patterns for rainbow loom bracelets and wire and bead rings. Bring: Rainbow loom if you have one(borrow if you can). We will only have a few to borrow. wire cutters or round nose pliers, if you have them, please label with your name. Canoeing – Spend part of your morning out in the canoes on Pleasant Lake. Beginners welcome! Bring: Knee pads or cushions, towel, sunscreen, cap/hat, sunglasses something to keep any glasses from falling into the water, water shoes if you have them. Session 2 – 11:00 am - 12:15 pm (choose one) • • • • Melt and Pour Soap Making – A repeat of last year’s popular session. Learn the art of melt and pour soap making to use with Junior through Ambassador Girl Scouts. Bring: Scissors. This group will return for 30 minutes after Saturday Dinner to finish their project. The History of Camp Juniper Knoll – Juniper Knoll is 90 this year! Learn about one of the oldest Girl Scout camps in the country. Find out about famous JK visitors, including a movie star lifeguard! Take a look back through old scrapbooks and pictures. No supplies needed, but bring old JK pictures if you have any. Beyond Tie Dye – Love tie dye but ready to try something different? Learn new techniques to decorate t-shirts. No shirt needed - we will practice with bandanas.. No supplied needed Yerkes Observatory - FIELD TRIP - Yerkes Observatory is a facility of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Chicago. It was established in 1897 on Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, and offers free tours on Saturdays. We will meet in the parking lot at 11:00 to form carpools and participate in the 12:00 tour. Bring: Your brown bag lunch. A $5 donation is suggested admission. NOTE: This is a double session. Do not sign up for a Session 3 lunch cooking group. You will be back at camp in time for the 3:00 session. Session 3- Lunch 12:45 - 2:45 (choose one or look below for off site field trips) • Tackling Dietary Issues – Sample alternative recipes and learn to plan for a variety of food needs. Cook lunch and discuss cross contamination, anaphylaxis, food aversions, allergies, gluten-free, and vegetarians. Bring: mess-kit or unbreakable dishes, silverware, water bottle and bandana. E-mail your specific food issues by 9/12/14 to gstroop742@hotmail.com. • Pie Iron Panic! - .Skip the usual pizza. Make and sample several delicious pie iron recipes. Bring: mess-kit or unbreakable dishes, silverware, water bottle and bandana. • Lunchtime Service Project – Make a brownbag lunch after breakfast and have a quick picnic before helping to repaint the interior of the Meadow Cabins. Bring: Your favorite house painting tools. Wear: Something you won’t mind getting paint on. Session 3 and 4 – FIELD TRIPS: 12:30 -4:30 (choose one instead of a lunch group) Make your brown bag lunch when you finish your breakfast in Promise Lodge. Mark it with your name and field trip name. It will be waiting for you in the parking lot. Carpools leave at 12:45 and will return in time for the 4:45 session. • Autumn and Harvest Fest at Elegant Farmer –Enjoy Southeast Wisconsin's beautiful fall colors aboard a tractor-pulled hayride or vintage turn-of-the-century train ride before or after picking one of 12 varieties of apples in the orchard, 5-acre corn maze or enjoying the bounty of food offerings in The Elegant Farmer's Farm Kitchen, Bakery and Deli. Bring spending money for activities and purchases. • Horseback Riding at Dan Patch Stables – Have a picnic lunch, take a tour of the site and find out about programs for Girl Scouts, then take a 45 minute trail ride. Bring: $25.00 cash payable at the site and wear sturdy closed toed shoes. • Climbing Wall and Zip Line at Eagle’s Nest Adventure Center – Challenge yourself! The 3 sided 40 ft climbing tower teaches many life skills like goal setting, perseverance, teamwork, and encouraging others. Have a picnic lunch and learn about programs available for your troop. Zip-line off the top of the tower. The feeling of accomplishment will build your self-confidence. You will be taught basic climbing techniques, equipment use, and commands. Bring: $20.00 cash payable at the site and wear long pants and gym shoes. Session 4 – 3:00 -4:30 pm (choose one) • • • • Brownie and Junior Crafts-Check out this workshop that includes craft activities found in the Journeys and Badges. Bring: a pair of scissors. Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine – Participants will learn about an interesting activity for illustrating problem solving, communicating, leadership and development and many other skills No supplies needed. Arm Knitting – Infinity Scarf –Arm knitting is easy, fast and fun. Learn to arm knit and make an easy scarf. Anyone can learn. No knitting experience needed. Bring: Scissors, 2 skeins yard (recommended Wool-Ease Thick and Quick Yarn by Lion Brand - #6 SUPER Bulky; if allergic to wool 2 skeins Hometown USA Yarn by Lion Brand #6 Super Bulky), your own two arms, and a yarn needle if you have one. Woodworking with Kids – Using a hand drill, sandpaper and other non-electric tools, make a birdfeeder, wood games, tree cookies or a magic broom holder. No supplies needed. Session 5 - 4:45-6:15pm (choose one) • • • • • Zentangle – Meditative drawing – yoga for your brain. No supplies needed. Building Teams with Duck Tape Games– Come play games using duct tape as a prop. Easy to learn, fun to play and a great way to build teamwork with girls and adults. ….And who doesn’t love duct tape! No supplies needed. Knit Loom Hat – Make a hat with this quick and easy technique! Match it to your Arm Knit Infinity Scarf for extra chic! Bring: One skein of yarn. (recommended: #6 super bulky, like Lion Brand or Bernat Baby Chenille) and $6 payable to your instructor if you would like to keep your loom and yarn needle. Silk Screen Basics – Make a simple silk screen that you can use to screen shirts with your troop. Bring either an embroidery hoop (10-12 inches) or an old wooded picture frame (no larger that 11 x 14) and a prewashed t-shirt or a piece of white or light colored cloth. Archery- Whether you have done archery all your life, or never picked up a bow and arrow before…come and enjoy learning or practicing archery skills. No supplies needed. Do not wear open toed shoes. SUNDAY 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Coffee/Tea and Pack Up/Clean Up - In your sleeping unit. Bring your gear down to the parking lot before the all camp workshop. 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Passionate about Protecting the Environment? This all camp activity will help us investigate how traditional and alternative energy sources affect the environment, learn about links between air quality and health, and experience how to incorporate learning activities into the It’s Your Planet – Love It Journeys. 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Brunch in Promise Lodge 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. All Camp Wide Game Happy 90 Birthday JK Celebration 12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Final Clean up and Closing Scout’s Own th PREFERENCES FORM h Please complete and return as soon as possible but no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 13 to: L.E.A.P. Registration Lisle Gathering Place, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana 2400 Ogden Avenue Lisle, IL 60532 FAX: 630-544-5999 E-Mail: LEAP@girlscoutsgcnwi.org Name:___________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________ City State Zip code Daytime phone: __________________ Evening phone:___________________ Cell phone:______________________ E-mail address: __________________________________________ Troop Number: __________________________ Please Print I prefer to receive my final confirmation materials by: ____E-mail I am attending: ____ Entire Weekend Please check one of the following: ____ U.S. mail ____ Saturday Only ___ I am a new LEAP participant ____ I have been to LEAP before Sleeping Arrangements: (Please indicate a first and second choice): INDOORS: ___Wilderness (11:00 p.m. lights out) ___Promise Lodge (12:00 a.m. lights out) ___Citadel (1:00 a.m. lights out) ___Shongela (12:00 a.m. quiet) ___Citadel (1:00 a.m. quiet) OUTDOORS:___WIlderness (11:00 p.m. quiet) ___ Meadow Little Cabins (outdoors 12:00 a.m. quiet) MEN/CO-ED:___ Heath Center (indoors 11:00 p.m. lights out) Workshop Selections: (Workshops are assigned on a first come, first served basis. Respond early for best selection!) Please write in the name of your workshop choices. If no choice is indicated, we will assume that you have scheduled a free period. Before choosing, check the descriptions to see what supplies are needed for the workshops you have selected. If you do not wish to be in a cooking group or participate in a trip during Saturday lunch, you can make a brown bag lunch after breakfast, and have free time from 12:30 until the afternoon workshops begin at 3:00 p.m. SESSION TIME Sat. 9:45 a.m. Sat. 11:00 a.m. Sat. Lunch 12:30 p.m. Sat. 3:00 p.m. Sat. 4:45 p.m. First Choice Second Choice Special Dietary Needs:___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Other Special Needs:_____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, 2400 Ogden Avenue, Ste. 400, Lisle, IL 60532, 630-544-5900, fax: 630-544-5999