Thank you for your interest in Girl Scout camp!

Click here to watch the new 2008 30-second GSRI summer camp television commercial!

If you plan to send your daughter to Girl Scout camp - or if you are a girl and you plan on attending Girl Scout camp...you have made a fantastic choice!!! Girl Scout camps offer girls so many opportunities...Girls have so much fun, they make so many friends, they create lifelong memories, they try new activities, they explore the outdoors and they grow so much in so many wonderful ways while they have a great time.

On this page you will find general information about Girl Scout camp and you can download forms and program information! Click here to read a July 2007 Providence Journal article about the importance of connecting children with the natural world (and notice that the last few paragraphs in the article feature information about Girl Scout camps and a few quotes by our very own Laurie Pansa!).  Click here to access campparents.org, a website created by the American Camp Association to help parents learn more about the benefits of camp and what type of camp may be the best for your camper.

Why is Girl Scout Camp Special?

• A Girls Only environment - When in an all-girl environment girls are more comfortable, ask more questions explore new opportunities and they succeed more.
• Girl Decision making - All Girl Scout programs are based on girls making sound decisions about themselves and their activities.
• Peer Leadership - Girls have the opportunity to lead their peers in accomplishing projects they have chosen.
• Girl Scouting is a values based organization. These values are expressed in the Girl Scout Promise and Law. Camp encourages girls to apply these values and strengthen values learned at home, school and through religious instruction.
• Environmental Stewardship - While at Girl Scout camp, girls learn the importance of caring for our natural world. They are encouraged to explore the world around them and to take an active role in appreciating, conserving and improving the environment.

Girl Scout camps are special because they are a place for girls (and staff!) to explore their world in a safe, comfortable setting. Girl Scout camps are special because they offer a supportive environment, where girls learn to be stewards of the natural world, and caretakers of each other. Girl Scout camps are special because girls learn to make decisions, compromise, work together as a team, develop self-esteem and become leaders. Girl Scout camps are special because girls have fun!

Girl Scouts is the preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls – all girls – where in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. The safe, all-girl environment increases campers' comfort level, encourages girls to try new skills, and allows girls to test their abilities without the pressure and competitiveness that frequently characterize co-ed camps.

Girl Scouts of RI is a proud member of the RI Association of Camps!
All GSRI summer camps are accredited by the American Camp Association.  For more information on The American Camp Association click here.

Click here for the 2008 Day and Resident Camp catalog.