[leaders] Day camp - help needed

Leaders,

Day camp this year is in trouble and we need your help.  Due to family and personal reasons, Lori Dettloff will not be able to be a co-director.

Due to council delays and difficulties, we do NOT have

a list of volunteers

an approved budget from council

the camp posted on Countil's Day Camp website

more than 40 girls signed up  (see above issue)

any supplies ordered (due to no approved budget)

any paperwork on girls or adults

We have repeatedly asked council for help and information.  Everything logical cries out that we should not host day camp this year.  We will not be holding the evening camp.  But 100 girls usually come to this camp and aides want to volunteer.  Not having the camp will make Rockford Girl Scouts look bad and make girls miss out.  I just feel sick thinking about it.

Holly is presenting the final budget to council tomorrow so that if approved, we might be able to start ordering supplies.   

Holly and I have decided to make Friday the decision day. 

By Friday - we need from from council: an approved budget, the day camp posted, a list of girls, and paperwork.

By Friday - we need from our leaders and girl scout neighborhood:

a co-director

a nurse

20 adults signed up as unit leaders and craft and boys unit, etc

girls to be signing up

I do not know if the refunds will be approved this year.  So I can't promise that at all.  If you have signed up with our website, please email me and  check that your name is on the list.  Please remember that a day camp volunteer does NOT have to be a leader.  We need moms, dads, aides, etc. 

I know that many of you have tried to sign up and can't find it.  I sympathize and we have been trying.  Call Council - 784-3341 and ask for Sandy Kohne.  Tell them you need to sign up for Rockford Day camp. 

If we have a co-director, a budget, have the camp posted, can start ordering supplies, and have people signing up to be unit leaders, we might be able to pull this off. 

If we don't have these items in place by Friday, we will not have day camp this year.

Thanks,

Beverly

Beverly Dickinson

Rockford Neighborhood Girl Scouts

874-8926

304-2615 (cell)

beverlyd@charter.net