We had our first campout for the year with our Girl Scout Troop. We had a great time. On Friday night we taught the girls some of the basics of camping so they could earn their "Ready, Set, Go Camping" Try-it. They learned 4 different knots (overhand, square knot, bowline and clovehitch), how to light a match (the first step in making a fire), and how to properly roll up a sleeping bag. We had 8 girls and 3 adults in the tent, it was cozy :) We even had a "leader inspired" pillow fight. The girls didn't know we planned it and we had them sitting on their pillows in the tent so away the 3 leaders went with a pillow fight :) We finished the night off with S'mores, wouldn't be a campout without S'mores. The girls finally fell asleep about 11:30pm and the leaders were up all night of course being moms and checking to make sure all the girls were warm enough.
In the morning we got up make lunches for a Habitat for Hummanity house that was in the building process. The girls decorated bags and made sandwiches for 38 people. We drove out to the house and handed out the lunches. We got to meet the family that will be moving in and even got a tour of the house. What a great experience for the girls and leaders. It's so nice to see all these people volunteering to work on a house for a family they don't even know and yet they were so thankful that the girls made them lunch. It makes me proud to be part of an organization that in less than 24 hours we taught the girls about being strong, learning survival skills and donating time to those less fortunate than ourselves.
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