admissions policy

We aim to accept and welcome to Day Camp as many Girl Scouts as our volunteer staffing and activity programs can support.  In recent years, we have accepted most Girl Scouts to camp. Sometimes certain age levels have more potential campers than Day Camp can accommodate, especially our critical AIDE-in-Training (AIT) program.  Our Admissions Policy details how waitlisting is determined when more campers register than can be accommodated. 

Campers are grouped in units with campers of their own age/grade and are supervised by trained volunteer staff members and program AIDEs. 

Campers participate in a wide variety of activities including earning badges, hiking, learning outdoor skills, outdoor cooking, crafts, games, singing and more. 

• Campers in 5th grade participate in Archery, and campers in 6th grade participate in Horseback Riding. 
• Campers in 4th grade and older may participate in an overnight on the last night of camp. 
• Please note there is no camp on Fridays, and the last day of camp for campers in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade is Wednesday of the 2nd week.

Campers will be accepted based on available volunteers to run units, according to the following criteria:

1. Unit availability at the grade level, with higher priority in volunteer staffing units given to the upper grade levels
2. Child of volunteer staff member
3. Current Diamond Crest Girl Scout member 
4. Diamond Crest Day Camp participant in prior 1-2 years and/or sibling
5. Current non-Diamond Crest Girl Scout member
6. By lottery for remaining spaces

The AITs spend their time at camp preparing for their future roles as program AIDEs the following year. It is necessary that campers registering as AITs are able to attend camp the entire two weeks of the program and attend the overnight on Tuesday of the 2nd week of camp. 

The  Day Camp Team is continually striving to provide all of our campers an excellent camp experience. Well-trained AITs are critical to this goal!

The AIT unit will be filled to a maximum of 60 based on our Admissions Policy.

1. Child of volunteer staff member
2. Current Diamond Crest Girl Scout member 
3. Number of years as a camper at Diamond Crest Girl Scout Day Camp
4. Entering 8th graders who were unable to attend or complete AIT training the previous year, using criteria 
5. Current non-Diamond Crest Girl Scout member
6. By lottery for the remaining spaces

Campers entering grades 8 through 10 who have completed the AIT Program serve as assistant volunteer staff at Day Camp, working with Unit Leaders to supervise campers. 

Campers entering 10th grade who have been an AIDE for 2 years may also request to be a Leader in Training (LIT) and work in a unit with two adult leaders if they have completed AIT training and have been an AIDE for two years.  

There will be a mandatory on-site training for AIDEs on the Sunday afternoon before the first day of camp. 

The AIDEs unit will be filled to a maximum of 100 based on the following criteria:

1. Child of volunteer staff member
2. Incoming 10th grade AIDE who was at camp for all of 8th and 9th grade sessions.
3. Current Diamond Crest Girl Scout member 
4. Current non-Diamond Crest Girl Scout member 
5. Completion of AIT course at Diamond Crest Girl Scout Day Camp or equivalent *
6. Years of experience and evaluations as a Diamond Crest Day Camp AIDE
7. Years as a camper at Diamond Crest Day Camp

* If equivalent, would need to submit application verifying training & experience.  Any applicant for the AIDEs unit, who has not completed the Diamond Crest AIT Training or equivalent, will be placed in the AIT unit to complete training regardless of their current grade level.

Junior volunteer Staff entering 11th grade or older, but under 18 by the first day of camp. Please register as Adult Volunteer Staff member if you will be 18 or older as of the first day of camp. If you will NOT turn 18 until AFTER the first day of camp, please register as Junior Volunteer Staff. 

No camper fee is required for Junior Volunteer Staff, but all Junior Volunteer Staff must register as a Girl Scout before Feb 28, 2025

Opportunities for Campers Entering 11th and 12th Grade in August 2025  

• JAD (Junior Assistant Director) - Assistant to the Camp Director in all aspects of camp.  
• JAL (Junior Activity Leader) – Full or Part Time – Leads activities in specialty areas, such as singing camp songs, music-based crafts, field games (Frisbee games, yoga, Zumba, parachute games, hula hoop games, etc.), geology, geocaching, Theatre Games, and STEAM (science, tech, engineering, arts and math).
• JUL (Junior Unit Leader) Full or Part Time – co-lead a unit of campers with the majority of activities provided by camp and/or bring your own ideas. 
• LIT (Leader in Training) – Lead a unit paired with an adult.

All camp volunteer staff are required to attend training before camp. Details to come.

Camp doesn't run without volunteers! There will be both at camp and outside roles. We need In-Person Unit Leaders, Program Leaders, and other camp volunteer staff to make it happen! This opportunity is open to all adults, not just Girl Scout leaders. No experience in Girl Scouting or in camping is required. Volunteers must register as Girl Scouts and complete the required training and background screening through Girl Scouts of Northern CA.

You must enjoy playing outdoors and having fun. We’ll give you lots of program ideas, training and moral support. We need adults to be unit leaders and program instructors and have many behind the scenes and at camp jobs helping with food, buses and more.

Child of Volunteer Staff Discount Fees:

• Full time (7-8 days at camp): ~70% discount per Girl Scout camper
• Part time (4 days at camp): ~40% discount per Girl Scout camper
• Outside Volunteer (Bus COP, shopper, etc.): ~20% discount per Girl Scout camper

Please note that child of staff discounts will be applied after your volunteer position is confirmed and before the autobilling date. 

All adult camp volunteers who will be in contact with campers are required to take the Mandate  Child Abuse Reporter Training (online, through the Girl Scouts of Northern CA Volunteer Learning Portal, for all adult volunteers who will spend 16 or more hours with campers)

For Adult Volunteer Staff members, we offer an onsite childcare program for Pixies (co-ed, entering Preschool, Pre-K and K),  and Boys (entering grades 1-10). The parent or guardian of the child must be onsite at camp for their child to attend these programs. Pixies and Boys do not ride the bus unless their parent or guardian is also riding the bus.

PIXIES: Pixies are potty-trained, preschool aged children or are entering kindergarten.

BOYS (entering grades 1-10)

Boys who are children of volunteer staff and are entering grades 1-10 will be placed in the Boys' unit and will participate in camp activities such as games, crafts, singing, cookouts, etc.