Volunteer Essentials

• A certified First Aider (a registered, approved adult volunteer certified in Adult and Child CPR/AED and Standard First Aid) must accompany the troop if the destination is less than 30 minutes away from EMS • For destinations where access to EMS is 30 minutes or more, an individual certified in Wilderness First Aid is required • Unless the troop is camping at a Missouri State Park, Girl Scouts must have a Certificate of Insurance (COI) on file for the property used for the activity. If the property used does not currently have a COI on file, please submit a copy when submitting the application for camping • Applications submitted to Council must be signed by the Neighborhood Manager • After the Camp Department has received your application, you will receive a Non-Council Owned Camp Approval Response indicating the status of the trip approval To reserve a unit at one of Eastern Missouri’s camps, use the Council website and select the Camp tab from the homepage, then search under Troop Camp. You can search unit availability by the unit type or by the date you want to take your Troop Camping. For overnight camping on Council-owned property, at least one registered, background checked and approved adult volunteer per unit must be a licensed Troop Camper. Another adult volunteer must be certified in Adult and Child CPR/AED and Standard First Aid when a camp supervisor is not on duty. A Troop Camp license may be obtained by any registered, background checked and approved adult member of Girl Scouts who is 18 years or older and who successfully completes a Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Troop Camp certification course.

Troops/groups using pressurized fuel for cooking must be accompanied by a First Aider. Pressurized heating stoves, grooming or other equipment may not be used.

All Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri camp properties are closed during Modern Firearms Deer Hunting Season and special managed hunts sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation. Outdoor program activities including camping on non-Girl Scout-owned property are restricted in areas that may be impacted by these hunts. Applications by troops for camping on non-Council-owned property during hunting season will be considered only if the site is in an area where these hunts do not take place.

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