Cert-a-thon - Western Slope
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Date: Fri Jul 18, 5:30 PM MDT - Sun Jul 20, 5:00 PM MDT
Category:
  • Adult Training
Level:
  • Volunteers

All adults are invited to step into the great outdoors for a weekend dedicated to learning, connecting, and growing. Take part in certification trainings to strengthen your outdoor leadership skills. With overnight and day-only options, this event offers the perfect chance to step up, relax, and leave with new knowledge, new friends, and a renewed sense of purpose for all adults and volunteers!

Friday Volunteer Appreciation
Come out Friday evening for a volunteer appreciation event! Join your friends and regional staff members for an evening of fun activties, a musical bonfire with s'mores, and old fashioned camp celebration! Come out for just the evening, or make this a great kickoff to a fun-filled Cert-a-thon weekend.

Courses offered:

  • Let's Go Backpacking weekend track: Learn the backcountry basics! Includes Saturday overnight at a primitive tent site. Volunteers must already have a Let's Go Camping certification before taking this course.
  • Let's Go Camping: Come for just a Let's Go Camping course on Saturday or Sunday.
  • Paddle Sport Facilitator certification: Saturday only. Become certified to take Girl Scouts paddling in canoes, kayaks, and stand-up paddle boards.
  • Archery Instructor certification: Sunday only. Get certified to take your Girl Scouts to the range!

This event will be held at Highline Lake State Park, so please plan to either pay the park entrance fee, or use an annual Keep Colorado Wild Pass for each vehicle. Carpooling is recommended!

Overnight guests must bring their own tent, sleeping pad, and linens, either a sleeping bag or twin-sized bedroll, and pillows. A limited amount of gear is available to rent upon request! Please reach out to the training team for more details. 

Location: 
Highline Lake State Park
1800 11 8/10 Rd
Loma CO 81524

  • This event is open to all interested adults, so invite your friends!
  • Event capacity is very limited. Registration will close when capacity is met.

Questions? For more information, please contact Nicole Fleming at training@gscolorado.org

If a specific training course offered here is full, please join our waiting list to be the first to hear about any changes and courses scheduled for later this year!

If you have trouble completing registration, please contact inquiry@gscolorado.org or 877-404-5708.

If you cannot attend a Girl Scouts of Colorado event, please cancel to allow another Girl Scout to take your spot! Full refunds will be given up to two weeks before the registration deadline, partial refunds (minus a $5 processing fee) will be given within two weeks of the deadline, and no refunds will be given after the registration deadline. Contact registrars@gscolorado.org for cancellations or refund requests. Review the Cancellation Policy for full details.