Winona

★★★★★Itsjust mee

It was a great experience for my Girl Scout. She had many new adventures such as kayaking, archery, and slingshot. She mentioned that the restrooms could use work but overall great experience.

★★★★★Abby Depaul

My daughter had an extremely tough time staying for her first night at sleep away camp. The inclusion team did not give up!! They are so very patient and wonderful. They never made her feel left out, they surrounded her with comfort and acceptance. They are hands down the most inclusive program my special needs daughter has ever attended. I’m so thankful for their hard work. Would give 10 stars if I could ❤️❤️❤️❤️😭

★★★★Erin M (Underanelmtree.com)

Good signage to find your way around, flush toliets now-yay!, maintained well. Unfortunately, a lot of litter. Sad to see that at a girl scout camp.

★Noah D. Nutz

Doing this on a throwaway account. I absolutely loved this camp as a kid, and its sad to see the obvious shift in direction that has impacted the campers and staff. the camp has become extremely more conservative, enforcing no phone rules and threatening to send the CIT campers home over having phones during the morning/night/FOB time when they are old enough to drive a car. As well as enforcing a dress code and telling teenagers to “coverup” in over 90 degree weather because apparently younger children should not be “exposed” to women's bodies. I chose to be a girl-scout because i believe in showing younger girls to see that bodies are normal, natural, free and comfortable. Because I was born with larger breasts and a bigger body, i’ve faced lots of discrimination and comments throughout my life and have been shamed simply for how my body had developed. the last thing i was expected was to be shamed at girl-scout camp. I should be able to wear a tank top in 95 degree weather. Many parents of people I know have responded to the emails enforcing this dress code asking for specific sizing information and where in the contract we signed that we have to coverup, and there has yet to be a response. Younger girls of this generation should be taught that it’s okay to feel free and comfortable in a safe community of women and its appalling how the admin have dealt with this. I have been a girl-scout for 10 years and I plan to become an ambassador, and personally I think the treatment that the staff, JC’s, and CITS’s have received is absolutely outrageous. Yesterday, the admin came to the CIT unit to re-enforce the phone rule and dress code and it seemed as though they were threatening us. This could have been a friendly reminder but it was obvious this was a tactic to scare us. I understand the phone rule, as nobody wants to be on their phones during camp, but as the CITS are almost if not already all old enough to drive cars, have jobs, and even emancipate its completely absurd we are not allowed to have phones during cabin time to communicate with our parents, employers and friends. My friend got threatened to get sent home for texting her mother from her phone “i miss you ❤️”. This is not how you model leadership for impressionable young women. I have observed staff get lectured for simply letting two CITS up from the dining table at a time. (One was in the bathroom, one was at the salad bar.) Many significant changes have been noted since I last attended this camp, such as making everyone stand and wait to sit down before every meal to listen to the rules of mealtime and grace, even on the last day of camp, making all the staff wear staff shirts because a parent complained about a staff wearing a rainbow shirt one time, not letting the CITS have any freedom, and giving the CITS the same portion of food as the five year old campers get for cookout day. There is another week of camp left in my session, and I hope there will be changes made immediately.

★★★★★Meredith Mandich

We had a great time there last weekend for our Girl Scout Unit's Encampment with many different troops. 😀