Girl Scouts and leaders at Twilight Camp enjoy camp songs before the opening ceremony. Courtesy photo

Two Girl Scouts from Twilight Camp’s Iris Cabin at the end of the three-legged race. Courtesy photo

Girl Scouts from the Twilight Camp Artemis Cabin practice the opening flag ceremony. Courtesy photo

Girl Scouts from Twilight Camp Hera Cabin show off their shields in a phalanx formation. Courtesy photo

BY JEANINE WOOD
Recruitment Chair
Girl Scout Service Unit 22

Girl Scouts from the Los Alamos, White Rock, and Espanola areas gathered at Aspen Elementary School last week for Twilight Camp, a Los Alamos Girl Scouting tradition going back nearly 30 years. The theme this year was Greek Mythology and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series of books.

Cadette Girl Scouts chose the theme and planned and led all the activities, which included monster fighting with foam swords and cardboard shields, weaving and tin stamping, constellation stories, capture the flag, Medusa tag, three-legged obstacle course racing, and of course songs and s’mores around a “campfire.”

Campers also participated in the Changemakers National Service Project, writing thank you cards to local heroes like firefighters, teachers, nurses, police, and Hot Shots. If you have a daughter interested in Girl Scouts, please visit nmgirlscouts.org/join or email Grace Wiele at gwiele@nmgirlscouts.org.”