Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts

Green Eyrie Overnight Camp

For Girls Entering Grades 2-3

Mermaids
Session 1: June 30–July 5
$370

Is the water your favorite place to be? Join us for a week of fun at the waterfront. Swim, boat, play water games (maybe even create a game of your own), and learn how to be safe in thewater. You’ll still have time for other camp activities. If your group decides, you can even work toward the Brownie First Aid badge.

Fireflies
waitlisted
Session 3: July 14-19
$370

Discover the magic of camp! Make fairy houses, search for mermaids in the pond and unicorns in the woods. Make a fairy wand and have your very own fairy picnic! Learn some of the real magic of nature, then cozy up with a nightly bedtime story. If you have wings, bring them along.

Teddy Bear Camp: Sampler
Session 4: July 21-23
$255

Are you a first-time camper? Not quite ready to spend a full week? This program is designed just for you! For two nights and three days, you will enjoy a sampling of popular camp activities including swimming, arts and crafts, games, campfires, and more! Don’t forget your favorite teddy bear or stuffed animal for a teddy bear picnic and other activities.

Snazzy Snackers
Session 5: July 28–August 2
$370

Jump into the world of snacks! Learn how to make healthy choices with sweet, savory, and energy-filled snacks. Make a recipe book to bring home all the things you learn. If your group decides, you can work toward the “Snacks” badge. You’ll still have time for arts and crafts, swimming, and lots of games.

For Girls Entering Grades 4-5

Fourth of July Week – Team RED
Session 1: June 30 - July 5
$370

Celebrate the 4th of July in style as we host a camp-wide, week-long color war! Enjoy an all-camp barbecue and a carnival complete with games, face painting, and a five-foot long gutter ice cream sundae.

CSI: CGE Investigate
Session 1: June 30–July 5
$370

There has been a crime committed at CGE and we need you to investigate. While enjoying all Camp Green Eyrie has to offer, learn how to gather and analyze evidence. At the end of the week, you can test your new skills to solve a mystery.

Splish, Splash
Session 1: June 30–July 5
$370

Do you want to make a splash this summer? Then join us for swimming, boating , and great water games. You will even create a water show to perform for the rest of camp! There will also be time to learn water safety. You may choose to work toward your First Aid badge.

Camp Hogwarts
Session 3/4: July 14-25
$620

Join the world of wizardry. It is time for you to be sorted! Enjoy the magic of Green Eyrie as you whittle your own wand, play Quidditch, and experience the fun of Potions, Transfiguration, and even Herbology. Don’t forget to come to the Camp Green Eyrie Yule ball, where you will be served butterbeer, cauldron cakes, and other bewitching treats! Dress robes optional.

Kaleidoscope: Sampler
Session 4B: July 23-25
$255

Are you a first-time camper? Not quite ready to spend a full week? This program is designed just for you! For two nights and three days, you will enjoy a sampling of popular camp activities including swimming, arts and crafts, games, campfires, and more! Also take some time to make and learn about kaleidoscopes, prisms, and other light-bending experiments.

Foodies
Session 5: July 28–August 2
$370

Interested in cooking inside and over a fire? Want to see what it takes to feed the whole camp? Come for a week packed with all kinds of food fun! Take a tour of the camp kitchen, make your own recipe book to keep and add to at home, and even create your own menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert! You will be able to work towards your Junior “Cooking” badge.

Slimy Scientist
Session 5: July 28–August 2
$370

Would you like to get your hand in some goop? Learn to make different types of slime, gak, gunk, putty, floam, and ooze, then you can experiment with your own recipes. You may even make some slime good enough to eat. All during the week, you will still have time for traditional camp activities.

Star Chasers
Session 5: July 28 – August 2
$370

If you like staying up long after the sun sets, then this is the program for you. Enjoy after-hours activities including night hikes, star gazing, and late-night cooking! Then, sleep in before heading out for swimming and archery in the daylight.

For Girls Entering Grades 6-8

Fourth of July Week – Team WHITE
Session 1: June 30 - July 5
$370

Super Sitters
Session 1: June 30-July 5
$460

Are you a babysitter or looking forward to being a babysitter soon? During this week at camp you will earn the American Red Cross Babysitting Certificate and try your skills caring for a baby all while enjoying a fabulous week at camp.

Voyagers
Session 1: June 30-July 5
$450

Try your hand at all types of boating - canoing, rowing, sailing, and kayaking. Learn how to do a Canoe-over-Canoe rescue and other water safety skills. After you have explored Bare Hill Pond, plan a day trip down a local river. Don’t forget to enjoy the rest that Green Eyrie has to offer! *Must be comfortable in and around the water.

Green Eyrie Games
Session 3/4: July 14-25
$620

Are you ready to volunteer for the first annual Green Eyrie Hunger Games? Learn about shelter building, camouflage, plant identification, orienteering, outdoor cooking, and archery! You’ll even have the option to spend the night in a shelter you build yourself. At the end of the session, participate in a tournament to test your new skills where everyone survives.

Pedal Power
Session 3/4: July 14-July 25
$620

Bring your spirit and bike (or reserve one of ours), and we will supply the fun! You will have plenty of biking time to build your strength, as you take day trips near camp. Learn basic repair, work on techniques, and practice first aid too. You will still have plenty of time to enjoy the rest of Camp Green Eyrie.

Rangers
Session 3/4: July 14-25
$650

Love to hike and “rough it”? Come to camp where you’ll learn basic backpacking skills while taking day trips to local state parks. Then, head out to Mount Monadnock, where you’ll get to test yourself on a hiking adventure. While you are at camp, take full advantage of the low ropes and archery course. You can even work toward your Cadette Trailblazing badge.
*Participants should bring broken-in hiking boots and must be able to hike 3-5 miles per day.

Allez Cuisine: Around the World in Six Days
Session 5: July 28–August 2
$370

Spend the week with counselors from different countries while cooking ethnic cuisines, playing games from around the world, learning basic phrases in other languages, and making outfits to represent diverse cultures all while still enjoying the other activities that camp has to offer!

Explore It: Massachusetts
Session 5: July 28-August 2
$490

Get ready to see the best that Massachusetts has to offer! Your group will decide on two day trips. Perhaps you will decide to go to Salem, Concord, or Lexington. Then embark on an overnight at a youth hostel in Boston where you will explore the Freedom Trail and other sites.

Night Owls
waitlisted
Session 5: July 28-August 2
$370

Do you enjoy staying up late into the night? Tune in to your five senses. Take a hike, explore the stars, and do some late night cooking. You’ll also learn about nocturnal creatures and triboluminescence. Perhaps you will watch the sun rise before heading to bed. Sleep in, but still have enough daylight to swim, boat, and shoot archery. You may choose to work toward the Cadette “Night Owl” badge.

The Crew
Session 5: July 28 – August 2
$370

Does the thought of using power tools and building items with you own hands excite you? Join “The Crew” and you will learn how to use power tools safely while designing and completing your own project. Perhaps you will build something we can use at camp or maybe help Camp Green Eyrie: Glee build props and a set for their performance. While working on your Cadette Woodworker badge there will be plenty of time to swim, try your hand at archery, and other camp activities.

For Girls Entering Grades 8-11

Rocks & Rafts
Session 1: June 30–July 5
$540

Get the best of both worlds - spend a day rock climbing and a day white water rafting (both trips are professionally-guided). Use the rest of your time to enjoy all the fun offered at Camp Green Eyrie, including archery and sailing.
*Participants should have had boating experience, knowledge of basic strokes, and be able to swim the front crawl 50 yards and tread water for 5 minutes. It is recommended that you have participated in Voyagers or have similar experience.

Camp Green Eyrie Glee
Session 5: July 28-August 2
$370

Get ready to Gleek out at camp for a week! Have you ever had a desire to be on stage or work behind the scenes? Come along to Green Eyrie to be part of a Glee inspired production week where you can choose to be the writer, director, or actor. You will get to work with other girls to create a performance from start to end, while still getting to enjoy all the other fun that camp has to offer.

For Girls Entering Grades 9-12

Fourth of July Week – Team BLUE
Grades 9-12
Session 1: June 30 - July 5
$370

Sea to Summit
Grades 9-12
Session 3/4: July 14-25
$810

Join us for a trip to the White Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. We’ll begin by spending two nights camping in the White Mountains, taking fabulous day hikes and relaxing around the fire at night. Then it’s off to camp at Salisbury Beach State Park for two nights to enjoy the sights and sounds of the ocean. Seniors can work toward their Adventure badge.
* Bring broken-in hiking boots and must be able to hike 5-10 miles per day. It is recommended that you have participated in Rangers or have similar experience.

Teen Leadership Programs

Camp Green Brae
waitlisted
Grades 9-10
Session 3/4: July 14-25
$670

Can’t choose between Green Eyrie and Bonnie Brae? You don’t have to! Discover and experience the very best of both camps during this special two-week session. You’ll spend your first week at Green Eyrie then head southwest to spend your second week at Bonnie Brae. During your stay at both camps, you’ll learn a little bit about what it takes to be on staff, practice leadership skills, and work with some younger campers. If you’re thinking about doing CIT at either camp, this program is the place to start.

*Check-in will be at Camp Green Eyrie and pick-up will be at Camp Bonnie Brae.

CIT I
Grade 11
Session 4,5,6: July 21-August 9
$345

Develop skills to work with children in an educational, outdoor setting. You will gain an understanding of child development, camp programming, outdoor living, behavior management, teaching techniques, problem solving, decision making, and communication. Then, put your new skills to the test when you intern in a camper unit. All interested girls must submit an application and will participate in an interview process.

*Campers will go home in between sessions.

CIT II
Grade 12
Session 1,2,3,4: June 30–July 25
$200

Live at camp, work in units or program areas, and get in-depth, on-the-job experience and training. You may opt to earn your CIT II pin. Prior participation in CIT I preferred. All interested campers must submit an application and three reference forms and will participate in an interview.

*Campers will go home between sessions, except between sessions three and four.