Comments on: Camp Info Now Online

By: gsmoheartland

gsmoheartland — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:56:42 +0000

Hello, thanks for commenting.
We’ve looked into your question, and we here at the Council Office have no knowledge of any blogs that ran last year. If so, it was done on an individual basis and weren’t “official,” so to speak.
However, we think it’s a great idea!!
We can’t guarantee that we’ll absolutely have running camp blogs next year, but it is something we’re now going to try to do. Thanks for the suggestion!

By: Abi's Mom

Abi's Mom — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:27:29 +0000

Last year we could check a camp blog site to see what are daughters where doing at camp- —and a general overview of how camp was going for the week.. The posts where made by the camp director, I think. Is there something like this available this year? Thanks

By: gsmoheartland

gsmoheartland — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:22:43 +0000

Thank you for the feedback!
It has been passed along to the appropriate people for upcoming publications.

By: Deidre Wipke-Tevis

Deidre Wipke-Tevis — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:19:37 +0000

Thanks! I had the exact same question.

Just another quick suggestion. Since our Council does extend north all the way up to the Jefferson City-Columia-Sedalia-Herman areas, it would be nice to have driving directions to the camps that reflect driving from the Northern part of the Council too….It was quite challenging to get to Camp Latonka from Columbia yesterday since there is no direct driving route to begin with, we had 20+ minutes of torrential rainfall during the 5 hour drive, Camp Latonka doesn’t show up on Map Quest or Google Maps, etc., and the directions given were from Popular Bluff direction (south west of the camp).

Thanks,

Deidre

By: gsmoheartland

gsmoheartland — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:50:30 +0000

The mailing addresses for the camps are:

Mintahama
7013 Eland Road
Joplin, MO 64804

Latonka
HCR 1 Box 1175
Wappepello, MO 63966

CCR
RT 1 Box 117
Patterson, MO 63956

Finbrooke
2740 Finbrooke Road
Rogersville, MO 65742

Hope this helps.

By: Lenda Curry

Lenda Curry — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:43:52 +0000

I have been trying to find the address to the camp, my daughter went to, so I can send her a letter. In the past it was always on the paperwork that came with her confirmation letter. I didn’t save the one from last year. This is the first time she has gone to camp for two weeks, and I think she would have enjoyed getting some mail while she was gone, but I don’t know how to find the address to Camp Mintahama. I have usually sent her a letter or card each year.
It would be helpful to have the address and phone number to the camp the girls are actually going to be on their confirmation letter, and have the letter be a little individualized for that specific camp.
Thank you,
Lenda Curry

By: Wendy W.

Wendy W. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:59:56 +0000

You may also note that the expenses to run Latonka were very low while other camps are high due to property tax and upkeep costs. We are all bearing the burden of councils that were in debt. I don’t like the new camp costs but it does seem to me to be the best way to divide the costs. Why should my daughter pay more to go to a camp that is run essentially the same as another because it is close to us? Now they are all similar in pricing.

By: gsmoheartland

gsmoheartland — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:50:19 +0000

Thank you for expressing your concerns…
Every legacy council camp had vastly different camp fees. Therefore, the way in which we determined camp fees this year was by simply developing a camp budget and determining what it cost to run our GSMH Resident Camp Program. This is what our fees are based on this year. We do have financial assistance available for girls across the council for resident camp.

Also, while the number of weeks of camp might be different in some areas from last year to this year, the actual number of slots available for girls is the same or higher. Essentially, we consolidated the weeks of camp so that we would not be running weeks that were half full.

All of these decisions were in an effort to be good stewards of our resources and to provide a consistent camp program throughout our jurisdiction.

By: moejoe

moejoe — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:40:41 +0000

Last year my girls spent a week at Camp Latonka for 90$ each and this year the price is over 200$. With camp prices more than doubling they will not be attending camp. In addition you have cut the number of weeks offered in half at camp Latonka. Are you trying to cut down on the number of campers so that you can justify closing the camp next year? We have no desire to make a 10 hour round trip to take the girls to the camps out in springfield.

By: gsmoheartland

gsmoheartland — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:05:54 +0000

Unfortunately the permission slip form is not available in Word’s .doc format and attempts to convert the original file (which is not PDF) into a Word format has proven…problematic.

What we have been able to do, however, is convert the existing PDF into an editable form which will let you fill in the blanks you wish and then print out as many copies as you need.

But keep in mind, if you are using Adobe’s free Acrobat Reader (as opposed to their Acrobat Pro editor), you cannot SAVE the edited form for later use! You will need to print up as many as you think you may need at one time, and if you need to open the file later, re-fill out the form once again.
I hope this helps somewhat!