Summer Camp 2021
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​There will be 3 sessions of camp this summer:
  • Session 1 - June 21 thru June 25 (M-F), Virtual Camp - Friendly Faces of Butano Creek
  • Session 2 - June 28 thru July 2 (M-F), Virtual Camp - Friendly Faces of Butano Creek
  • Session 3 - July 18 thru 24 (Sun-Sat), In-Person Resident Camp - Camp Butano Creek***

Registration is staggered this year:
  • Friendly Faces of Butano Creek (virtual camp) - Registration Opens March 6th
  • Camp Butano Creek (resident camp) - Registration Opens March 20th

New Units:
  • Chickadees - entering 4th and 5th grade
  • Quails - entering 6th through 8th grade
  • Ravens - entering 9th and 10th grade
  • Pelicans - entering 110th and 12th grade

For unit descriptions please visit our "What Can I Do?" page.

​For information on being a volunteer staff member, see our "Staff Resources" page.

**​*PLEASE NOTE: At any time, Girl Scouts of Northern California, the county of San Mateo or the state of California can say that we cannot hold in-person camp this summer. If this happens, we will transfer all Session 3 registrations to Virtual camp, M-F, July 19 – 23.

financial aid (in-person only):

                (March 30th submission deadline)                 (June 1st submission deadline)

Cancellations:

If you need to cancel your camper’s registration or waitlist spot, for any reason, send an email to MacGyver or written notification to: Camp Butano Creek, c/o MacGyver, 1771 Dawn Street, Livermore, CA  94550.  

Refund Policies:

Friendly Faces of Butano Creek Virtual Camp

The $10 camp fee is non-refundable.  If registration is cancelled or camper does not attend, fee will be considered a donation and applied to either our Build a Better Butano Fund or to our Camp Butano Creek Fund.  If you have a preference to which fund your donation goes to, please let us know at time of cancellation, otherwise one will be chosen for you.
Camp Butano Creek Resident Camp
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Prior to May 18th:
  • Full Refund:  The balance of the camp fee, including deposit, will be refunded only if:
    • The financial aid amount requested from GSNorCal and/or the Faulkner Family Foundation Campership is not fully granted; the total amount paid will be refunded.
    • If we (Camp Butano Creek) need to cancel our in-person camp, your camper’s registration will be transferred to our Friendly Faces of Butano Creek virtual camp session (during the same week, M-F).  You will be refunded your camp fee less $35. 
  • Partial Refund:  The balance of the camp fee, less deposit, will be refunded only if:
    • Family plans change and the camper can no longer attend. In this case, written notification must be received four weeks before the opening date of the confirmed camp session.
    • The camper does not attend due to illness or injury.
      • Phone call to notify Camp Director, MacGyver @ 925-337-0443
      • A written request, accompanied by a letter from their Physician, is received by the Camp Director 4 weeks prior to the first day of the start of the camp session for which the camper is enrolled.
After May 18th:
  • Camp fees/deposits are non-refundable, unless:
    • Camper has developed a health condition that prevents them from attending camp.  In this case, a refund of camp fees minus $200 and any non-Girl Scout fee (if applicable) will be made after BOTH of the following conditions are completed:
      • A phone call is made to the Camp Director, MacGyver @ 925-337-0443, as soon as this fact is known.
      • A written request, accompanied by a letter from their Physician, is received by the Camp Director PRIOR to the start of the camp session for which the camper is enrolled.
  • Once Camper’s Session Starts:
    • No refunds will be made if the camper does not attend their camp session or leaves early for any reason. 
  • PLEASE NOTE:
    • To receive a refund of the registration fees paid less the deposit, a notice of cancellation must be received four weeks prior to the first day of the camp session for which the cancellation is being made.
    • Make refund requests in writing no later than August 1, 2021 to Camp Butano Creek.
    • Refund payments will be issued in the same form of payment originally used (Checks, Credit Card, Cookie Dough, etc.).

for registered campers:

  1. Click on the link above.
  2. This will take you to the sign-in page.  Type in the email address and password you used when registering for camp on-line.
  3. This will take you to your account.  You can see your balance, forms to be downloaded and this is also where you re-upload your forms.

Note: When scanning health form, do this as a 2 page document.  Upload Form button does not allow for multiple page document to be uploaded as individual pages.
If you need the map to camp, please email Cookie at lindac8@comcast.net.