Where in the World is Gofer Guiding District Camp

The day has finally come where I tell you all about our district camp that happened a few weeks ago. It was a ton of work to plan and participate in and I am pleased that it seemed to go off pretty well with beautiful weather and lots of happy campers. I took a few photos (as always "a few" is an understatement) but I thought I would share them! 

The first Saturday of camp started off with a flag ceremony with over 200 people, it was a pretty great way to start the camp-plus all of the girls and leaders were in their official camp wear! 

The whole morning was spent in a round robin of activities where girls participated in activities like 3 legged races... 

Potato sack races...

Creating a district banner with their hand prints on them...

Trusty parachute games....

Games discussing melting polar ice and the effect on the animals in the north...

A globe craft with tissue paper and mod podge...

And my personal favourite, the commissioner's candy store where girls could try different candies from all around the world...

The double salted licorice from the Netherlands was, well, not exactly a hit. :) 

We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was not too hot or too cold and the sun was shining! 

In the afternoon I led the Sparks' session were we made Maasai necklaces out of paper plates and learned some songs and games from other parts of the world. 

I was really impressed by the variety of designs the girls came up with, and they still look like Maasai necklaces!

After supper we had a SWAP meet where it was basically a chaotic mess of girls switching crafts and laughing with each other. I think they had a lot of fun. 

Afterwords we gathered for the best part of any camp, campfire. Each unit was asked to contribute to the campfire program and lead a song so every unit from Sparks to Rangers got to lead a song. It was nice to see so many girls singing together and reminded how important it really is to have large events like this. 

If you haven't seen the post already, here is a link to the Advancement ceremony post I made based on the ceremony my sister and I planned together. It was probably my favourite part of the camp! 

Thanks for reading!