CAMP COLEMAN

girl scouts of north-central alabama

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PROPERTY LAYOUT

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GENERAL INFORMATION

• Camp Coleman is located in Trussville, AL in Jefferson County, it was established in 1925 and has 140 acres

• Facilities: • Pinetree: All-season indoor bunk style, w/kitchen (Capacity 20) • Daisy: All-season indoor bunk style, w/kitchen (Capacity 14) • Sherwood: All-season indoor bunk style, w/kitchen (Capacity 20) • Virginia: 7 Outdoor cabins (Capacity 34) • Adirondacks: 7 Outdoor cabins (Capacity 34) • Older Girl Unit (OGU): 3 Outdoor Cabins (Capacity 17) • Dogwood: 4 Outdoor Cabins (Capacity 22) • Merry Men: 3 Outdoor Cabins (Capacity 24) • Memory Shelter: Picnic tables, cooking fire place (Capacity 40) • Low Dining Hall: Industrial kitchen, conference/dining areas (Capacity 120) • Storm shelter

• Pool • Equestrian Center • Nature Hut • Hiking trails • Handicap Accessible • Open to the Public to reserve

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7 Outdoor Cabins that sleep 5 or 6 each- Total Capacity - 34

Cabin exterior

Typical Cabin Interior- 5 person cabin

Handicap accessible cabin

Cook shelter with cooking fire pit

This unit shares the Main bath house (shown in the background in this

picture – past the bridge)

ADIRONDACKS UNIT

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Indoor all-season cabin (Heating and AC)- Sleeps 23

Main room has a fireplace

There are 11 bunk beds and 1

bed

Kitchen with stove and

refrigerator

Bathroom has 2 showers and two

stalls

Large attached screen porch. Outside there is a small grill and

picnic area

DOGWOOD UNIT PINE TREE UNIT

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All season lodging (Heat and A/C)- Located underneath the

Dining Hall

Main Bunk room Sleeps 14

Kitchen w/refrigerator and stove

Bathroom with 2 stalls and 1 shower

Cook shelter with cooking fire pit

DAISY UNIT

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7 Cabin unit- 6 cabins have 2

bunks and 1 bed (sleep 5) and 1 cabin has 2 bunks (sleeps 4)

Cabin Exterior

Cabin Interior

Bath house has two sides, one is

Handicap Accessible

Picnic Shelter, camp fire ring in

center of unit

Small bathhouse with 2 toilets -- need to use main bathhouse for

showers

VIRGINIA UNIT

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All season bunkhouse with AC and heat

Shares small bathhouse with OGU (2 bath, 2 shower) or

uses Main Bathhouse

Back view of the unit

Bunkroom sleeps 20

Unit has a refrigerator and stove

Picnic shelter with fire pit

SHERWOOD UNIT

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3 screened in cabins with 3 bunks each and 1 smaller cabin with 2 bunk beds- sleeps 22

Cabin Exterior- Note there are no

shutters

This unit is closest to the main parking lot, behind Memory Shelter

Cabin Interior

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Picnic pavilion with fire pit

Bath house with 2 toilets and 1 shower

DOGWOOD UNIT

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3 attached cabins, 2 bunks and bed,

sleeps 5 in each 1 small cabin (shown below) apart from cluster, sleeps 2- Unit

sleeps 17 total

Picnic shelter with fire pit

Cabin Interior

View of bath house from the cabins

Bath house with 2 toilets and 2 showers

OLDER GIRL UNIT (OGU)

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3 Outdoor style cabins, unit sleeps 24.

There are 3 cabins- 2 sleep 10 each.

Interior of cabin

Below is view to Main bath house from Merry Man

Cook Pavilion has in ground tub stove.

MERRY MEN UNIT

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MEMORY LODGE

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Batting cage

Screened in porch

Indoor climbing wall

Stage

ROBINHOOD

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Dining Hall Capacity is 120

Commercial kitchen available for rent

JULIETTE LOW DINING HALL

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CAMP COLEMAN EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITY

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CAMP COLEMAN- BUILDING GIRLS OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE & CHARACTER

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CAMP WISHLIST

• Cleaning Supplies- any and all types of bathroom and kitchen cleaners

• Hand soap • Dish soap • Bleach • Clorox Wipes • Mops and Brooms • Gently used furniture • LED light bulbs • Green and brown paint • Batteries- 9V • Paper towels • Trash bags (all sizes)

A full list can be found at: http://girlscoutsnca.org/programs/Documents/camp_needs_wishlist.pdf

SERVICE PROJECTS

• Painting • Landscape work • Cleaning of cabins and bath houses • Trail clearing • Staining

Monetary donations for Camp Coleman maintenance can be designated through a contribution to GSNCA.

ITEMS COMMONLY NEEDED AT CAMP AND TROOP PROJECTS

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You will be met at the camp by a Caretaker, and given a check-in sheet and emergency information. Please have your Troop Roster, emailed with your confirmation information, with you.

• If you are staying in Pinetree or Daisy, these buildings have A/C and heat and restroom/shower facilities in them. Pinetree, Daisy, and Sherwood lodges have an outdoor fire pit with picnic tables and also an indoor kitchen with a refrigerator and a stove.

• All units have an outdoor Cook Shelter with tables. • If you are staying in outdoor cabins (recommended from March through October), there is no

A/C or heat. Virginia, OGU, and Dogwood have restroom facilities co-located with the Unit. Other units share the Main Bathouse facility. The cabins do have power and electrical outlets.

• Items available for you to check out at camp include: Large water coolers, ice, Cook Boxes (these include basic kitchen supplies, e.g. knives, pitchers, cookie trays, serving bowls, utensils, marshmallow sticks, measuring cups, etc.), and Dutch ovens. When you arrive let the person checking you in know what you need. If you know you want something prior to arrival, let Tonya Sails know ahead of time and it will be moved to the unit.

• No matter what unit you rent, have everyone bring a twin size fitted sheet to cover the mattresses

• Firewood is available at camp • LEAVE A PLACE BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT!- Ensure the girls have cleaned up every

room/cabin that was used, including the Cook Shelters and Bath houses and you sweep and mop the floors. If you have rented Low Hall the floors and tables need to be cleaned as well.

WHAT TO EXPECT AT CAMP