The Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast are challenging young women mentally and physically with a new rock wall.
The structure was installed at Camp Skimino, a 98-acre camp in Williamsburg on Dec. 2.
A gift of more than $12,000 from the council’s Lynnhaven Shores Service Unit made the wall possible, according to a news release. The Lynnhaven Shores Service Unit is part of the Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast and includes more than 500 Girl Scouts.
Most of the donation came from three donors in the service unit: Linda Linke, Susan Ramsland and Carol Watkins. Ramsland was present at the dedication and helped some of the girls scale the 16-foot wall for the first time.
“I was climbing up and I looked down and I was really nervous,” Girl Scout Addison Bremer said in an email from Amy Poulter, public relations manager for the Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast. “But then I felt like, ‘I got this, I got this.’ So I let go and I fell down and it was awesome.”
The wall allows climbers to build confidence, overcome fears, sharpen their problem-solving skills and meet new physical challenges, according to Poulter.
Before building this wall, there was a climbing wall available at Yorktown’s Camp Darden, but it’s located outside. This makes it difficult for climbers to use the wall during the winter and during inclement weather, Poulter said.
“We’re very excited to have this opportunity for all the girls to come to camp this summer and climb the rock wall,” Janice Ingham, a member of the Lynnhaven Shores Service Unit, said in the release.
The rock wall will be available to Girl Scout troops of all sizes, according to the camp’s website. Skimino is a year-round site located near Busch Gardens.
Upcoming events being held The Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast in January and December which can be found on the organization’s event page.
For more information, call 1-800-77SCOUT.
