Camp Bay Breeze

Leader Handbook
Chapter One - General Staff Information
Chapter Two - Staff Responsibilities
Chapter Three - Equipment and Care
Chapter Four - Unit Set-Up
Chapter Five - Kapers
Chapter Six - Flag Ceremonies
Chapter Seven - Cooking at Camp
Chapter Eight - Arts in the Outdoors
Chapter Nine - Hiking
Chapter Ten - Games
Chapter Eleven - Songs
Chapter Twelve - Conservations
Chapter Thirteen - Emergency Protocol
 CHAPTER ONE

STAFF GENERAL INFORMATION

You are a very special person to donate so much time, energy and skill, so that our campers
can live and learn outdoors. You are the reason day camp is possible. You will want to come
every day... to laugh, play and grow with your campers!

OUR GOAL:

GSCNC Day Camp Bay Breeze will provide scouts a positive, safe, nurturing camp environment
where scouts will discover strengths and skills for life, connect to other scouts and nature, and
take action for a better world.

Our mission:

GSCNC Day Camp Bay Breeze will focus on scouts experiencing the outdoors. Scouts will
develop outdoor skills like building a campfire, pitching a tent, sleeping outdoors and archery.
GSCNC Day Camp Bay Breeze will provide a way for scouts to explore leadership, build skills,
and develop an appreciation for nature.

OUR GUIDES:

The Girl Scout Program

The Girl Scout Promise and Law as the rules of camp
Small groups for maximum camper participation
National and local Girl Scout standards and policies of leadership
Safety Checkpoints

WELCOME TO FUN!

Each day will bring new adventures, friendships and activities. Though the end of the day may
find you tired, it will also find you satisfied and happy. So relax, take each day as it comes and
enjoy every moment! You will see FUN all around camp... look for it...and have a lot of it
yourself.

WELCOME TO FRIENDSHIP!

You will have a score of campers who think you, yes YOU are the greatest! Campers have a
way of hopping into your "heart pocket" and years later you'll still find them there. You will also
be making lasting friendships among the other adult leaders you work with.
 WHO’S WHO IN DAY CAMP

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

The information on administrative staff is from the GSCNC Day and Evening Camp Director’s
Essentials.

CAMP DIRECTOR - Responsible for the total operation of the camp including training,
placement of leaders and program aides, scheduling and coordinating all camp activities.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS - Responsible for carrying out jobs as delegated by the Director. Help
with training and coordinating activities.

REGISTAR - Responsible for tracking and updating all official records of registered campers.
Placement of campers. Helps with training and coordinating activities.

FIRST AIDER - Responsible for providing immediate care to a camper with an injury or illness.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ALL ADULTS FOR HELP,

ADVICE AND INFORMATION.

UNIT STAFF UNIT LEADER/CO-LEADER - Responsible for the unit girls and for a balanced
program, fun and spirit. Plans with girls and adults all the details of unit activities. Responsible to
the Administrative Staff for records, reports, standards and equipment.

AIDE - A high school teen volunteer who is responsible to the Director or Directors’ delegate, to
assist leaders where needed, to carry out unit program plans, such as helping to teach basic
outdoor skills, arts & crafts, or assisting with songs and games. These teens are working on
Leadership Recognition requirements.

*** REMEMBER ***

Aides are not adults. Under no circumstances are they to be left alone with a group of campers
without an adult present.

ALL OF THE UNIT STAFF HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ATTEND AND TO CONTRIBUTE

THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMP PERIOD. ATTENDANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN
PROVIDING A GOOD UNIT PROGRAM.
 “GOOD LEADERS MAKE GOOD CAMPS”

Good leaders are well trained and equipped for their jobs. Each one has some viewpoints, skills,
ideas, and experiences to contribute to the camp program. Leaders who strive to follow the
camp code will contribute more to the day camp program and get more satisfaction from their
camp jobs.

Camp Code:

I am a Friend.
I have time for each camper and show no partiality toward anyone, while recognizing that some
campers need more help than others.
I have a broad appreciation of my fellow workers, the day camp aides, camping problems and
all camp activities. I am dependable, prompt and courteous. I set an example worth following, in
all my work, appearance and conduct.
I am loyal to the Day Camp, its objectives and procedures.
I expect to add to my knowledge and ability as a Day Camp Leader and provide a learning
atmosphere for the day campers.
I am ready for adventure, fun and new experiences.
I have a philosophy of life worth sharing.
I am here to be of service to the day campers and am willing to place their needs and interests
ahead of mine.
I will strive to work as a member of the group and cooperate in all activities.

LEADERS SET THE TONE OF A PROGRAM:

If the leaders have fun, the campers will have fun.

Terms Used at Camp

Buddy System: A system of having girls do Nosebag: A lunch, which does not need
things in pairs, as a safety precaution. No cooking or refrigeration, carried in a bag or
girl ever leaves her unit alone. Need not bandanna.
always be the same buddies
Patrols: Small groups of girls within a unit.
Drip Bag: A mesh bag to put dishes in so
they may be hung to dry. Aides: Trained and experienced older Girl
Scouts, who assist with program activities in
Fire Ring: Cleared Safety Ring 3.3 yards in camp. These are girls, not adults.
diameter, with doubled metal rings for the
fire and the charcoal grill. Scout's Own: Special, girl planned,
inspirational occasion; an opportunity for
Flag Up: The raising of the flag, at the girls to express their deepest feelings about
beginning of each day during camp. their Girl Scout ideals. It is not a religious
ceremony.
Flag Down: The lowering of the flag, at the
end of camp each day. Sit-upon: A lightweight, waterproof pad or
mat to sit upon when the ground is damp or
Grace: Giving thanks for food, before eating dusty.
each meal, usually sung.
Unit Site: Your units’ own special place in
Unit Kaper: A temporary job or responsibility the woods.
done by individual girls, small groups of girls
or patrols within their own unit. Wide Game: An adventurous game, with the
fun of a contest, sporting event or treasure
Camp Kaper: A temporary job or hunt, based on a special theme. It can last
responsibility done by a unit of girls for the an hour or all day and can range over a
camp. wide area

Kaper Chart: A chart showing each girl or Mess Kit/Eating Equipment:Plate/ cup/ bowl:
each patrol what her or its job is for any hard, reusable plastic or metal, NO paper or
given project. It provides for rotation of jobs. Styrofoam.

Hand-Washing Setup/Station: Hand Knife/ fork/ spoon: metal not plastic.

washing equipment in the unit and at the Drip Bag; net bag with drawstring/lingerie or
latrine. Consisting of a plastic bottle of water laundry bag.
and hand soap.

Latrine: An outdoor restroom or “BIFFY”,

(Bathroom In the Forest For You).

Lunch Line: Rope strung between trees on

which lunch bags are hung with clothespins
or sticks.
 Camp Bay Breeze Song

I wanna’ wake up in the morning

Where the old Bay Breezes blow
Where the sun comes a creepin’
Into where I’m a sleepin’
and the seagulls say hello

HELLO!!

I wanna’ wander through the wildwood

Where the fragrant breezes blow
And drift back to old Bay Breeze
The greatest camp I know.

All RIGHT!
THE LEGEND OF BAY BREEZE

We are told that long ago, before the first settlers came to these shores, a tribe of peaceful
Indians inhabited these cliffs. They made their living from the forest and the bay. They
worshiped the “Great Spirit”, who gave them deer from the forest and fish from the bay.
The chief of the tribe was a very wise and just man…a man of peace. As he grew older he
became very sad and depressed because he did not have an heir. His tribe would be left without
a chief or guide when he went to the Happy Hunting Grounds.

One day when the breeze from the bay blew pleasantly over the cliffs, the chief, his wife and
tribe prayed to the “Great Spirit” for help. Within the next year the chief and his wife were
blessed by the birth of a child.

But the child was a girl. This presented a problem because no woman had ever ruled a tribe. A
horrible truth came to life…unless the “Great Spirit” favored the chief's beautiful daughter the
tribe would still be left without a ruler. The chief's wicked nephew, the ruler of a neighboring
tribe, would overrun the chief's peaceful tribe. His people would become slaves of the wicked
nephew.

As the young princess grew into womanhood she became known not just for her exceptional
beauty, but also because the “Great Spirit” had blessed her with the Spirit of Truth. So, when
the princess became eighteen years of age her father made her the ruler of his tribe and
named her Princess Bay Breeze. Only a few short moons later the chief was carried away to
The Happy Hunting Grounds. Even as his spirit was still being carried on the winds, his wicked
nephew was already making plans to capture the young princess and enslave her people.

One dark night, the wicked nephew and his warriors swooped down upon the peaceful tribe and
forcefully carried the princess off to a distant cliff. Here they planned to sacrifice her to their god,
“The God of the Sea”. As the dawn of the next day broke, the princess slipped away from her
captures. She climbed to the highest cliff on the bay and here she prayed to “The Great Spirit”.
As she prayed for the safety of her people, huge tears rolled down her face and dropped into
the bay.

The bay became very troubled and churned against the cliffs. Then a beautiful ray of light shone
down from the sky. The princess believed she was feeling the presence of her father and so she
went quietly back to her wigwam in the camp of the wicked nephew.

The next day the wicked nephew came to Princess Bay Breeze, bound her and had his warriors
carry her back up the cliff. Here the medicine men prayed to the Great Sea God to send up the
mighty fish of the deep to devour the young maiden as a sacrifice. They prayed for hours, but
nothing happened. The wicked nephew became very impatient and prepared to throw Princess
Bay Breeze over the cliff. Suddenly the bay became very angry and roared violently, giving forth
in great amounts the teeth of the great fish, the dreaded shark, which would have devoured the
young princess. The wicked nephew, his warriors and medicine men ran shrieking from the
cliffs.

The bay stilled and became calm. Princess Bay Breeze and her people were saved. Since that
day no sharks have dwelled in the waters of this bay. People say that as you walk along these
shores and you see a shark's tooth, be it big or small, you will know that what I have told you is
true because in your hand you have a symbol of …

THE LEGEND OF BAY BREEZE.