Pictures of Farnsworth

This is a view of the Dining Hall from the lake at Camp Farnsworth.





This is the Program Center at camp. This is the newest building on our property and houses the camp office during the summer.







This is one of the living units at Camp Farnsworth.







Some campers enjoying the lake.

Property of the Month

Property of the Month – April 2010

Camp Farnsworth is a resident camp located in East Thetford, Vermont. This property has been the site of a girls’ resident camp for over 100 years. The original owners of the camp were from Turkey and many of the units have Turkish names.
There is a building on camp called the Recreation building that is available for use year around. This building has a large meeting area, stage, small upstairs area, bathrooms, and a shower. There is a small kitchen area with a microwave, sink, and dorm-sized fridge.

There are several living units available at Farnsworth from platform tents to clusters of small cabins.

During resident camp, there is horseback riding in the three rings on camp, a low challenge course, boating, swimming, and arts and craft programs. Farnsworth is also a great base site for many local day trips including to King Arthur Flour, Montshire Museum, Billings Farm, Quechee Gorge, and the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) Nature Center.

Community Service Thank You!

April 21-23, 30 students and their teachers helped us do some spring cleaning at Camp Kettleford and the Bedford Service Center.

They spent three long days doing a variety of activities from raking, picking up limbs and sticks from paths, and painting signs. We appreciate all they did in helping us get our properties ready for spring camping.

Calling all Girl Scout adults…

Did you know that you have the opportunity to WIN a FREE weekend at a GSGWM property for your troop? Help us spread the word about camp by participating in our promotion activity about camp. You can find the activity sheet with details and directions on our website on the Summer Camp page under Resources for troop leaders or you can click on the link below:

Activity Checklist

There are several different activities you can do with your parents and girls, and for each activity you complete, you will get entered into the drawing for the FREE weekend. Entries must be submitted by June 25th.

Earth Day is Coming

A Brief History of Earth Day

Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, proposed the first nationwide environmental protest "to shake up the political establishment and force this issue onto the national agenda." On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment. As 1990 approached, a group of environmental leaders asked Denis Hayes to organize another big campaign. This time, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting the status of environmental issues on to the world stage. Earth Day 2000 combined the big-picture feistiness of the first Earth Day with the international grassroots activism of Earth Day 1990. For 2000, Earth Day had the Internet to help link activists around the world. By the time April 22 rolled around, 5,000 environmental groups around the world were on board, reaching out to hundreds of millions of people in a record 184 countries.

Spread this environmental spirit through your troop and into your community. If you live near one of our properties and would like to do a community service environmental project, please contact Kristine Jones at kjones@girlscoutsgwm.org and she can share some project ideas or camp needs.

Fire Extinguisher Inspection

Terry, from Tri-State Fire Protection Company, inspects the fire extinguishers from Camp Kettleford, Seawood and the Bedford Service Center.

Spring has sprung!

As we prepare our camp properties to open for the spring, they go through certain safety inspections to make sure they are ready for troop use. Some of these inspections include fire extinguishers, sprinkler inspections, and hood suppression inspection. Hood suppression applies to our properties that have commercial kitchens such as Chenoa and Sunset Valley. The hood is over the oven range and is basically a fire extinguisher for the stove.

On top of these required inspections, we also replace the batteries in all the smoke detectors at our properties and we obtain seasonal permits for the sites where they are required.

Opening days for our properties are:

Anne Jackson Lower Camp – May 1st
Anne Jackson Lodge – Available year around
Chenoa – May 1st
Essex – Available year around
Farnsworth Recreation Building – Available year around
Farnsworth rest of site – May 15th
Kettleford – May 1st
Seawood Lodges (Roost and Thaxter) – Available year around
Seawood Adirondacks – May 1st
Sunset Valley Lodges (Program Center and Barn) – Available year around
Sunset Valley – May 15th
Twin Hills Pixie Cabin – Available year around
Twin Hills – May 15th

Hope to see you there soon!