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The Timbers

Summer Address:

   Traverse City, Michigan, USA
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Off-Season Address:

   Flint, Michigan, USA
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The girls who come to the Timbers are junior and senior high school girls (6th-12th grades). The Timbers has many of the attractions of a traditional summer camp, like swimming and boating lessons and arts and crafts. It is our central program that is unique and progressive in its focus on wilderness trip experiences. It is the girl-driven philosophies and practices which makes the Timbers special.

The girls who attend the Timbers plan their own experiences as a group and are given a lot of responsibilities. The staff is expected to give encouragement and guidance, providing a positive and motivating role model for each girl, as opposed to planning everything and controlling the girls’ experiences.

The Timbers itself is 262 acres of forest, fields and lakes that surround the camp facilities. It is a perfect setting for adventure in the out-of-doors whether girls are using it as a home base for out-of-camp trips or they are finding adventure on the lakes or trails of the camp.

Camp Type:  Residential  Travel
Year Established: 1962
Gender: Girls
Age of Campers: 10 to 17 years old
Cost/Week: $201.00-$350.00/wk
Religious Affiliation:
Camp Owner(s): Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan
Camp Director(s): Jarrah Buch
Nearest Large City: Grand Rapids
Off Season Rental: Yes
Accreditations ?
ACA
Camp Focus:
Adventure Camps: Assorted Adventures
Adventure Camps: Sailing
Adventure Camps: SCUBA
Adventure Camps: Wilderness
Art Activities:
  •  Arts and Crafts
  •  Pottery

Adventure Activities:
  •  Assorted Adventures
  •  Backpacking
  •  Canoeing
  •  Girl Scouts
  •  Hiking
  •  Kayaking
  •  Primitive Skills
  •  Rock Climbing
  •  Ropes Course
  •  Sailing
  •  SCUBA
  •  Scouting
  •  Whitewater Rafting
  •  Wilderness

Academic Activities:
  •  Leadership

Miscellaneous Activities:
  •  Team Building
  •  Travel/Trips

Programs are scheduled into specific session dates based on the number of campers who register for a given program/session. This is how we ensure that a maximum number of qualified campers are placed in the program and session of their choice. More programs may be add to a session if enough girls request a specific program. 

Session 1  June 21-July 3, 2009

Session 2  July 6-18, 2009

Session 3  July 20-August 1, 2009

Session 4  August 3-9, 2009





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