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Welcome to the West Coast Area Girl Guides camping website. We are so lucky to live in an area surrounded by mountains, ocean, and still have all the commodities a big city has to offer. We have tons of opportunities for adventure and camping in our area. So get out there and explore!
If you ever have any West Coast Area camping questions please email: wcacampingadviser@gmail.com. 
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Upcoming Camping Events & Trainings
***Announcement***
Carole Cooledge has accepted the position of West Coast Area Camping Adviser. Thank you, Tammy for your 3 years of service as the area camping adviser.
Let's Camp S'more - Oct 20th to 22nd at Camp Olave (Event full, now wait-listing!)
The Let's Camp S'more program objective is to introduce and teach basic camping skills to newer guides and their guiders, to help to motivate them to want to camp in tents, and to increase their interest to camp more often while having fun in a camping environment. Basic camping skills include activities such as outdoor cooking, fire building, tent care, shelter and tarp erecting, trail marking, dish washing, basic compass, bedroll and gear packing, outdoor dressing, kit list developing, and running Guides Own.
Who: Patrols of six 1st & 2nd yr Guides and 1 Guider
Cost: $630 per patrol (Please make cheques out to "GGC - West Coast Area".)
Forms: Info Sheet/ Application Form (Registration deadline Oct 10th!)
To register for this event please mail the application form and registration fee to Rosemary Meech 5245 Empire Drv, Burnaby, BC V5B 1N1 by Oct 10th! Registration will be done on a first come first served basis, but only 1 to 2 per patrols from an individual unit may be allowed to allow for representation from the whole area. The camp registrar will email Safe Guide forms to accepted patrols.
Iron Chef 2017 - Sat, Oct 28th 12:30 to 5 pm at Deas Island
Assemble your crew and get to your spaceships galley to create space worthy fair to compete in our annual camp cooking competition! Teams of Pathfinders or Rangers will create a three-course menu using a selection of provided ingredients to wow our fabulous guest judges and vie for the ultimate award: the West Coast Area trophy for Culinary Supremacy! Registration questions, please contact Vanessa Neuman at kitscamp@gmail.com.
When: Saturday, October 28th from 12:30-5 pm
Where: Fisher Field Picnic Shelter in Deas Island Regional Park, Delta
Who: Teams of 4 to 6 Pathfinders or Rangers
Cost: $70 per team
Online Registration Form: https://goo.gl/forms/S79KoFDhmxfBrWLX2 (Registration deadline Friday, October 20th!)
Forms: Information Sheet/ SG1/ SG2
Carole Cooledge has accepted the position of West Coast Area Camping Adviser. Thank you, Tammy for your 3 years of service as the area camping adviser.
Let's Camp S'more - Oct 20th to 22nd at Camp Olave (Event full, now wait-listing!)
The Let's Camp S'more program objective is to introduce and teach basic camping skills to newer guides and their guiders, to help to motivate them to want to camp in tents, and to increase their interest to camp more often while having fun in a camping environment. Basic camping skills include activities such as outdoor cooking, fire building, tent care, shelter and tarp erecting, trail marking, dish washing, basic compass, bedroll and gear packing, outdoor dressing, kit list developing, and running Guides Own.
Who: Patrols of six 1st & 2nd yr Guides and 1 Guider
Cost: $630 per patrol (Please make cheques out to "GGC - West Coast Area".)
Forms: Info Sheet/ Application Form (Registration deadline Oct 10th!)
To register for this event please mail the application form and registration fee to Rosemary Meech 5245 Empire Drv, Burnaby, BC V5B 1N1 by Oct 10th! Registration will be done on a first come first served basis, but only 1 to 2 per patrols from an individual unit may be allowed to allow for representation from the whole area. The camp registrar will email Safe Guide forms to accepted patrols.
Iron Chef 2017 - Sat, Oct 28th 12:30 to 5 pm at Deas Island
Assemble your crew and get to your spaceships galley to create space worthy fair to compete in our annual camp cooking competition! Teams of Pathfinders or Rangers will create a three-course menu using a selection of provided ingredients to wow our fabulous guest judges and vie for the ultimate award: the West Coast Area trophy for Culinary Supremacy! Registration questions, please contact Vanessa Neuman at kitscamp@gmail.com.
When: Saturday, October 28th from 12:30-5 pm
Where: Fisher Field Picnic Shelter in Deas Island Regional Park, Delta
Who: Teams of 4 to 6 Pathfinders or Rangers
Cost: $70 per team
Online Registration Form: https://goo.gl/forms/S79KoFDhmxfBrWLX2 (Registration deadline Friday, October 20th!)
Forms: Information Sheet/ SG1/ SG2
