News Release 238

CAMP PIN OAK GIRL SCOUT REUNION
PLANNED FOR SEPT. 5 THROUGH SEPT. 7 AT
LAKE OF THE OZARKS STATE PARK

Volume 36-238

Contact: Sue Holst

(For immediate release)

573-751-6510

JEFFERSON CITY, MO., MAY 5, 2008 -- Connect with old friends and reminisce around a campfire at the Camp Pin Oak Girl Scout Reunion to be held Sept. 5 through Sept. 7 at Camp Pin Oak in Lake of the Ozarks State Park in Kaiser. Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the Missouri State Parks Foundation and the Girl Scouts-Heart of Missouri Council, the reunion is open to former Girl Scout campers and counselors over the age of 18.   

Share stories and memorabilia and relive memories during this fun-filled weekend.  Many activities are planned, including flag ceremonies, pontoon boat tours of the lake area, leisurely hikes through camp and a visit to one of the outlying overnight sites. And, of course, what is camp without some arts and crafts, a nature program and singing around the campfire? Camp will end with the traditional boat ceremony with the reading of I am Camp…the Legend of Petah.

Registration for the reunion is open now and will run through Aug. 15. Visit the reunion Web site at http://www.mostateparks.com/gsreunion.htm or call the Department of Natural Resources toll free at 800-334-6946 (voice) or 800-379-2419 (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf) for more information about the event or to request a registration brochure. 

For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of upcoming meetings and events in the state park system, visit the department's online calendar at www.mostateparks.com/events/events.htm.   

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