I volunteered to help out at the Girl Scout day camp again this year. This year the theme was GSI:Girl Scout investigation, and we held it at the Girl Scout building in American Fork. They had a crime scene set up, with some clues for the girls to figure out. The crime? Someone stole the thin mints! We had it set up so that each day there was a clue that the girls were to pay attention to, then each of the leaders at day camp was given a set of answers to tell the girls when the girls asked us about the clues. One of the leaders was set up to be the cookie caper, and all the rest of us were considered other suspects until our answers ruled us out. That went on throughout the three days of camp. There were other activities to keep us busy each day.
One day we had a K-9 officer come talk to the girls and give them a demonstration of how they’ve got the dogs trained to help them.
Another day we had an ambulance come, and the girls got a tour of all the compartments and the inside. The last day the girls got to participate in an obstacle course for one portion of the day, and they got to play cops and robbers for another portion. Cops and robbers was kind of just a twist on tag. The “cops” got to wear a cardboard police car, and chase all the people who weren’t wearing cars at all.
At the end of every day, it was so cool to see the girls form a giant friendship circle.
